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New video! | Games Won't (and Can't!) Save Themselves
🕑 Added 2018-08-30 23:27:32 +0000 UTC Hi everyone,Wow, can't believe we managed to get this one done before PAX West weekend! If you're in the area, be sure to come to our panel on Friday at 11am in the Sasquatch theater! ;)
In case you haven't been following this story, Nintendo sued the owners of LoveROMs and LoveRetro for over a hundred million dollars in July, one of the largest lawsuits of its kind. Its announcement caused a chilling effect, prompting Emuparadise, one of the longest running ROM websites, to voluntarily shut down.
Here's the rub: ROM piracy plays an important role in preserving video game history and building a retro audience. The conversation sparked by Emuparadise's closure made me want to dig down and find out how many games are already lost to time.
This is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy the video!
Grace
P.S. Our next video is likely going to be about the Nintendo E-reader! We've got the outline done and are hoping to get the script done by the end of next week (before Derek leaves for RetroWorld Expo).
Comments
Adam Burkhart
Great topic! I also envision a Netflix-style streaming service for old games. It makes sense they'd go that way.
