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1. cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:45:39 JST cool_boy_mew
   https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/07/shocking-study-reveals-87percent-of-classic-games-are-critically-endangered
   
   https://gamehistory.org/study-explainer/
   
   Bruh, I could've told you that without needing a big study
   
   I see what it's trying to do, but unless the end result is free access to rom or a universal site that sells roms as is and everyone is strong armed into participating whether they like it or not, then it's entirely pointless
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:49:06 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Proud owner of a potato sack :flag:
     @hj no
   • Proud owner of a potato sack :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:49:07 JST Proud owner of a potato sack :flag:

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     @coolboymew i wonder, if we preserve games that are abandonware... EXCEPT for nintendo games, we could erase nintendo from cultural history, since they won't be able to download their own roms they failed to preserve for rereleases
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:50:22 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta:
     @icedquinn agree, but 40 years is still too much for legit preservation. It is entirely true that a lot of these shit would be lost without having the fans breaking the laws and distributing copies and something has to be done about that
   • iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta: (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:50:23 JST iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta:

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     @coolboymew honestly i would be in support of amputating copyright back to its original 40 year limit.
     
     i would also decriminalize breaking copy protection and criminalize copy protection that persists beyond ~5 years of publication
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:50:54 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Proud owner of a potato sack :flag:
     @hj yes, we had the proof in the gigaleak
   • Proud owner of a potato sack :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:50:55 JST Proud owner of a potato sack :flag:

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     @coolboymew why, you think they actually preserve their own shit?
   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:53:17 JST xianc78

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     • Proud owner of a potato sack :flag:

     @hj @coolboymew I think Nintendo uses ROMs for other sites because I don't think Nintendo actually made their own ROM format for emulation. NES games are actually multiple programs stored on multiple chips.

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   • Casually running on stock! (skoll3@nixnet.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:53:57 JST Casually running on stock!

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     • iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta:
     @icedquinn @coolboymew still longer than old film stock life span for example tho
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   • iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta: (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:54:28 JST iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta:

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     • Casually running on stock!
     @Skoll3 @coolboymew film actually has less protection than books in the berne convention. they only got 20 years with no extensions. books were 20 with an option to pay for another 20.
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   • Store-Brand Pikachu (pcachu@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:23:15 JST Store-Brand Pikachu

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     @coolboymew a lot of this stuff is already lost media, in many cases with no way to recover it
     
     especially in like Japan where they were cranking it out by the truckload and their archive-fu has been notably weak for a long time
     
     never forget that Squeenix had to reverse-engineer the code and assets from the commercial release version of motherfucking Kingdom Hearts in order to make remasters because they lost the source materials for their biggest franchise ever
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   • Tsuki (tsuki@amami.paradigm-x.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:24:22 JST Tsuki

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     I don't think old console games are in any danger at all really. It's very easy to download an entire rom set and make hundreds of copies. Newer games are much more at risk with cloud services, huge file sizes, online requirements and DRM in every release.
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:24:37 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Tsuki
     @Tsuki I agree, but a lot of that is entirely through fans (illegal) efforts though
   • монолит (wishgranter14@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:28:11 JST монолит

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     @coolboymew I miss my Microvision. Don't think you can even pirate it. Same with the original Gameboy.
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:28:11 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • монолит
     @wishgranter14 they looks like literal LCD games. And there's actual emulation for some of these
   • монолит (wishgranter14@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:33:14 JST монолит

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     @coolboymew Yea, you CAN emulate it, but it's not the same as the original on a modern display. Unless you buy that special type of LCD display. I don't remember whether mine got sold in a yard sale, or burned in a fire, but last time I remember it was in near mint condition. The hardware wasn't designed well so a working one would be extremely rare today. (I would think, I haven't checked ebay)
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   • mothball蛾玉 (和文化研究部) (moth_ball@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 00:01:24 JST mothball蛾玉 (和文化研究部)

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     • Store-Brand Pikachu
     @pcachu @coolboymew How about making a new franchise? Is that a meme?
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   • Agora Brewing (agora_brewing@thebag.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 00:22:09 JST Agora Brewing

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     • Store-Brand Pikachu
     @pcachu @coolboymew
     
     Holy shit that's like NASA level bad
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