#gamepreservation — Public Fediverse posts

« Le #jeuvidéo en ligne : jouer, étudier, préserver », journées d’étude les lundi 8 et mardi 9 juin 2026 à Paris :
https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes (attention, un lien différent pour chaque site/journée) :
- Pour s’inscrire à la journée du lundi 8 juin à l'École nationale des chartes : https://www.chartes.psl.eu/gazette-chartiste/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver#form-anchor
- Pour s’inscrire à la journée du mardi 9 juin à la BNF : https://bnf.tickeasy.com/fr-FR/produit?Famille=2612662128880400162

N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information autour de vous !

#GamePreservation #Gamestudies

It's a lazy Sunday #DailyBlogroll but all the more special for that. Enjoy coffee and musings from TAGN, Dave Winer, Wes, Scopique, Jamie Zawinski, Warner, Belghast, @[email protected], Brennan and more! westkarana.xyz #IndieGames #MMORPG #GamingCommunity #AI #GamePreservation

It's a lazy Sunday #DailyBlogroll but all the more special for that. Enjoy coffee and musings from @wilhelm_arcturus, @davew, Wes Fenlon, @scopique, @WarnerCrocker, @belghast, Bhagpuss, @brennanbrown and more!

https://westkarana.xyz/

#IndieGames #MMORPG #GamingCommunity #ArtificialIntelligence #GamePreservation

today's dose of software history: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? by Brøderbund

i wonder how many kids never got to see the physical box contents, because they played it in a school classroom, or borrowed the disks from a friend.

this is one of those games where having the physical box contents was imperative, because you couldn't play the game without them. the game came with a *thick* paperback copy of New American Desk Encyclopedia, printed specifically for the game.

in order to progress through each investigation (and track down the thief), you have to hunt for clues by looking up objects, places, and eras in the encyclopedia.

the best part of the game is that learning about other people and places around the world is incidental to the act of playing the game. you're never grilled for memorized facts, and your ability to progress is limited only by logical deduction and encyclopedia entry lookups.

the rear box cover art is a masterwork of false tableaux design - they even spent the time to build a fake chronoskimmer to complete the effect.

#gamePreservation #dosGaming #carmenSandiego #retroGaming #edutainment

La Bibliothèque nationale de France #BnF et l'Ecole nationale des chartes - #PSL organisent deux journées d’étude les lundi 8 et mardi 9 juin 2026 : « Le #jeuvidéo en ligne : jouer, étudier, préserver ».

Ce #colloque s’intéressera à l’évolution du jeu en ligne, de ses premières expérimentations aux écosystèmes contemporains, avec le passage au dématérialisé. Il y sera question des manières et des moyens d'étudier et conserver non seulement les jeux en ligne, en réseau ou multijoueurs, mais aussi les pratiques et productions communautaires - en lien avec le grand public, les amateurs et les professionnels du secteur.

Le pré-programme vient d'être mis en ligne à l'adresse suivante : https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver

N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information autour de vous !

#GamePreservation #Gamestudies

La Bibliothèque nationale de France #BnF et l'Ecole nationale des chartes - #PSL organisent deux journées d’étude les lundi 8 et mardi 9 juin 2026 : « Le #jeuvidéo en ligne : jouer, étudier, préserver ».

Ce #colloque s’intéressera à l’évolution du jeu en ligne, de ses premières expérimentations aux écosystèmes contemporains, avec le passage au dématérialisé. Il y sera question des manières et des moyens d'étudier et conserver non seulement les jeux en ligne, en réseau ou multijoueurs, mais aussi les pratiques et productions communautaires - en lien avec le grand public, les amateurs et les professionnels du secteur.

Le pré-programme vient d'être mis en ligne à l'adresse suivante : https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver

N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information autour de vous !

#GamePreservation #Gamestudies

La Bibliothèque nationale de France #BnF et l'Ecole nationale des chartes - #PSL organisent deux journées d’étude les lundi 8 et mardi 9 juin 2026 : « Le #jeuvidéo en ligne : jouer, étudier, préserver ».

Ce #colloque s’intéressera à l’évolution du jeu en ligne, de ses premières expérimentations aux écosystèmes contemporains, avec le passage au dématérialisé. Il y sera question des manières et des moyens d'étudier et conserver non seulement les jeux en ligne, en réseau ou multijoueurs, mais aussi les pratiques et productions communautaires - en lien avec le grand public, les amateurs et les professionnels du secteur.

Le pré-programme vient d'être mis en ligne à l'adresse suivante : https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver

N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information autour de vous !

#GamePreservation #Gamestudies

La Bibliothèque nationale de France #BnF et l'Ecole nationale des chartes - #PSL organisent deux journées d’étude les lundi 8 et mardi 9 juin 2026 : « Le #jeuvidéo en ligne : jouer, étudier, préserver ».

Ce #colloque s’intéressera à l’évolution du jeu en ligne, de ses premières expérimentations aux écosystèmes contemporains, avec le passage au dématérialisé. Il y sera question des manières et des moyens d'étudier et conserver non seulement les jeux en ligne, en réseau ou multijoueurs, mais aussi les pratiques et productions communautaires - en lien avec le grand public, les amateurs et les professionnels du secteur.

Le pré-programme vient d'être mis en ligne à l'adresse suivante : https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver

N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information autour de vous !

#GamePreservation #Gamestudies

La Bibliothèque nationale de France #BnF et l'Ecole nationale des chartes - #PSL organisent deux journées d’étude les lundi 8 et mardi 9 juin 2026 : « Le #jeuvidéo en ligne : jouer, étudier, préserver ».

Ce #colloque s’intéressera à l’évolution du jeu en ligne, de ses premières expérimentations aux écosystèmes contemporains, avec le passage au dématérialisé. Il y sera question des manières et des moyens d'étudier et conserver non seulement les jeux en ligne, en réseau ou multijoueurs, mais aussi les pratiques et productions communautaires - en lien avec le grand public, les amateurs et les professionnels du secteur.

Le pré-programme vient d'être mis en ligne à l'adresse suivante : https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le-jeu-video-en-ligne-jouer-etudier-preserver

N’hésitez pas à faire circuler l’information autour de vous !

#GamePreservation #Gamestudies

i’m not sure what i expected when i received a copy of @aaronareed’s 50 Years of Text Games. i was mostly afraid that it would be an encyclopedic mishmash of wikipedia facts on IF.

to my complete surprise it is extremely well-written, has original interviews with developers, and a demonstrates a strong understanding of textual game engines and scripting languages.

the fact that Aaron took the time to write entire chapters for Tradewars and LambdaMOO blows me away - I did not expect MUDs and BBS games to earn their way into IF history. hell, there’s even a chapter on Achaea!

if you’re into IF, game history, or how the sausage is made with game development, this book is an exceptional read.

https://if50.textories.com

#bbs #gamePreservation #history #mud #interactivefiction #bookstodon

#TIL about #DarkStoneRestoration.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4557490/DarkStone_Restoration/

#DarkStone #GamePreservation

The "Stop Killing Games" debate has reached the European Parliament. This is the full committee session on the future of digital ownership, game preservation, and consumer rights in gaming. #StopKillingGames #GamePreservation #EU

STOP KILLING GAMES — FULL EU P...

#gamepreservation

Super Combat 3 Brings a Lost 1995 Amiga Battle Game Back
#Amiga #SuperCombat3 #Hambo3 #RetroGaming #itchio #LocalMultiplayer #GamePreservation #AmigaGaming
https://theoasisbbs.com/super-combat-3-brings-a-lost-1995-amiga-battle-game-back/?fsp_sid=5108

Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.

Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer

Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.

#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient

The MARVEL MaXimum Collection is out—and it’s one of the more thoughtful retro bundles in a while.

Six classic games, multiple versions, and modern features that actually make them playable today. Not just nostalgia—something you can genuinely enjoy.

Full review:
https://www.cryovex.com/marvel-maximum-collection-review/

#RetroGaming #Marvel #Gaming #XMen #SpiderMan #IndieGaming #GamePreservation

THIS. This is the reason why we need a GOG-like service for console games. It's utter bull!

#VideoGames #Gaming #CorporateGreed #Capitalism #EatTheRich #GamePreservation
#HorizonChaseTurbo #EpicGames

https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/18691-upd-horizon-chase-and-horizon-chase-turbo-will-disappear-on-june-1

I wouldn't be surprised if Microslop DMCAa the shit out of this video, so download it, preserve it, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTFn4UZsA5U

#gaming #games #xbox #microsoft #microslop #technology #tech #hacking #electronics #gamepreservation

Video Game Preservation Archive Myrient Has Been "100% Backed Up" By The Community https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/video-game-preservation-archive-myrient-has-been-100percent-backed-up-by-the-community #News #GamePreservation #AI via @timeextension64

"We Need As Many Hands As Possible" - There's A New Volunteer-Driven Effort To "Preserve Myrient's Legacy" https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/we-need-as-many-hands-as-possible-theres-a-new-volunteer-driven-effort-to-preserve-myrients-legacy #News #GamePreservation #AI

تسريب الكود المصدر لنسخة PS3 من لعبة Minecraft: ماذا يعني ذلك لعشاق اللعبة؟ VGA4A - اخبار العاب الفيديو
في حادثة غير متوقعة، تم تسريب الكود المصدر الكامل من لعبة Minecraft لإصدار PlayStation 3 Edition (جزء من Legacy Console Edition) على موقع 4chan. التسريب في أعاد فتح ملف “Legacy Console Edition” بالكامل، بعدما انتشرت ملفات يُقال إنها تحتوي على الشفرة الأصلية التي طوّرها استوديو 4J Studios بين 2014 و2016، وهو تطور يضع مجتمع اللاعبين بين … #Games #ألعاب # #4JStudios #GamePreservation #Microsoft

تسريب الكود المصدر لنسخة PS3 من لعبة Minecraft: ماذا يعني ذلك لعشاق اللعبة؟ VGA4A - اخبار العاب الفيديو
في حادثة غير متوقعة، تم تسريب الكود المصدر الكامل من لعبة Minecraft لإصدار PlayStation 3 Edition (جزء من Legacy Console Edition) على موقع 4chan. التسريب في أعاد فتح ملف “Legacy Console Edition” بالكامل، بعدما انتشرت ملفات يُقال إنها تحتوي على الشفرة الأصلية التي طوّرها استوديو 4J Studios بين 2014 و2016، وهو تطور يضع مجتمع اللاعبين بين … #Games #ألعاب # #4JStudios #GamePreservation #Microsoft

تسريب الكود المصدر لنسخة PS3 من لعبة Minecraft: ماذا يعني ذلك لعشاق اللعبة؟ VGA4A - اخبار العاب الفيديو
في حادثة غير متوقعة، تم تسريب الكود المصدر الكامل من لعبة Minecraft لإصدار PlayStation 3 Edition (جزء من Legacy Console Edition) على موقع 4chan. التسريب في أعاد فتح ملف “Legacy Console Edition” بالكامل، بعدما انتشرت ملفات يُقال إنها تحتوي على الشفرة الأصلية التي طوّرها استوديو 4J Studios بين 2014 و2016، وهو تطور يضع مجتمع اللاعبين بين … #Games #ألعاب # #4JStudios #GamePreservation #Microsoft

تسريب الكود المصدر لنسخة PS3 من لعبة Minecraft: ماذا يعني ذلك لعشاق اللعبة؟ VGA4A - اخبار العاب الفيديو
في حادثة غير متوقعة، تم تسريب الكود المصدر الكامل من لعبة Minecraft لإصدار PlayStation 3 Edition (جزء من Legacy Console Edition) على موقع 4chan. التسريب في أعاد فتح ملف “Legacy Console Edition” بالكامل، بعدما انتشرت ملفات يُقال إنها تحتوي على الشفرة الأصلية التي طوّرها استوديو 4J Studios بين 2014 و2016، وهو تطور يضع مجتمع اللاعبين بين … #Games #ألعاب # #4JStudios #GamePreservation #Microsoft

It's a snowy #DailyBlogroll that brings stories by @wilhelm_arcturus, @davew, me, @anarchaeopteryx, @euphoriagremlin, Wes Fenlon, @nicole, @belghast, @monsterladysdiary.com, @virtualmoose.org and more!

https://westkarana.xyz/

#TabletopGaming #RetroGaming #MMORPG #GamePreservation #WebCulture

C64 Tape Samples: Hearing Digitized Speech While Fast Forwarding
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #Datasette #CassetteTape #GamePreservation #Emulation #Audacity #VICE #8Bit
https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-tape-samples-hearing-digitized-speech-while-fast-forwarding/?fsp_sid=2653

cooool Harpoon Online appears to be windows 3.1 16-bit native

it immediately closes on launch without any kind of error dialog hmm
would not be surprised if this is tcp/ip related. i'm running it all in dosbox

but at least we can see the splash screens

@RetroViator

#digiPres #gamePreservation

also discovered today in my cyberdigging: the Meridian 59 alpha client and Harpoon Online

both by kesmai, for anyone who remembers them.

Harpoon Online fascinates me, because I believe it was a CompuServe-only game and there are zero copies of the client online

the only mention of it is an article by @RetroViator but i couldn't find any screenshots https://retroviator.com/harpoon/

#digiPres #gamePreservation

Finished adding out a few updates to The Gaming Emporium (https://thegamingemporium.com/):

• RSS feed

• New dedicated Open Source category

• “Most Popular” lists so you can see what projects are getting attention

• Day/Night modes

Trying to make discovery of decompilations, source ports & fan projects easier 👍

#RetroGaming #GamePreservation #Decompilation #SourcePort #OpenSourceGames #FanProjects #RSS #PGGaming #GamingWebsite

At the 3C conference that took place at the end of December, someone out there presented their attempt at making old Overwatch 1 clients playable for preservation. This is looking promising.

https://cfp.cccv.de/39c3/talk/SRRFPA/

https://github.com/BreakingBread0/prometheus

#overwatch2 #overwatch #gamepreservation #hacking #blizzardentertainment #retrogaming #gaming

#StopKillingGames: New option available to get law passed in #Europe! (VIDEO) https://youtu.be/E6vO4RIcBtE #eupoli #gamedev #gaming #tech #gamepreservation #digitalpreservation #digitalrights #consumerrights #consumerlaw

#StopKillingGames now has a corporate lobbying opposition in the EU. Ross explains:
https://youtu.be/z5Ay_aOUcFw
#gaming #gamePreservation #rightToReplay

🎮🐸 "Breaking News: A centuries-old amphibian game rises from the ashes of obsolete tech—Frogger 2's source code heroically #salvaged from a tape that met an untimely death. Because clearly, humanity's greatest challenge is preserving *more* games we forgot existed. 📼✨"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvEO4IaEJlw #Frogger2 #RetroGaming #GamePreservation #ObsoleteTech #RetroRevival #HackerNews #ngated

Hopefully there's no bad #Fallout from this revelation. #GamePreservation #Interplay #Bethesda #HistoricalSource #HistoricalCode

https://www.videogamer.com/news/fallout-1-fallout-2-source-code-isnt-actually-not-lost-reveals-former-interplay-founder/

Deep dive into how DOS games do copy protection by making themselves unwinnable

https://mrwint.github.io/winter/writeup/writeup.html

#HackerNews #DOSGames #CopyProtection #UnwinnableGaming #GamePreservation #RetroGaming

Microsoft e Xbox hanno svelato Muse, un'IA generativa per preservare i videogiochi. Potrebbe ottimizzare i titoli classici, anche su hardware obsoleto, e renderli giocabili su qualsiasi dispositivo. Ancora nelle fasi iniziali, Muse è promettente per il futuro dei giochi classici. #XboxGames #Videogiochi #classicgamepreservation #gamepreservation #gamingnews

👉 https://www.absolutegamer.it/la-nuova-tecnologia-xbox-potrebbe-aiutare-la-game-preservation/

digital preservation and archivist friends: it came to my attention recently that mobygames was bought by some trashy atari holding corporation a few years ago. all of the scans and item entries that many of us slaved over for the past 25 years were sold off. anyone submitting mobygames entries/updates are effectively working for free now.

i can't say i'm unhappy to see it going downhill with the new owners. updates to entries went from taking 1 day for approval from moderators, to 4-6 months.

it also had a frustrating limitation of declaring any software outside of its very traditional definition of game as out-of-scope.

that being said, it's a critical service for those researching and writing about games.

i'd like to know if there are any publicly-owned database initiatives in development to replace and/or subsume mobygames.

and if not, let's build one.

#mobygames #digipres #gamePreservation

#Lostmedia #lostepisode #filosofia della #gamepreservation in critica al #copyright e gli #abandonware della #musica si parla anche di #Subwaysofyourmind di #FEX

https://youtu.be/OyzwU3MdHK0?si=FfxYfRFURjlmbMcM

In today's total bullshit news, video game libraries lost a legal appeal to emulate physical game collections online https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/copyright-office-libraries-cant-share-remotely-emulated-versions-of-physical-games

#emulation #GamePreservation #GameHistory #PhysicalMedia #emulating #gaming #VideoGames #history #news

thread for finding moots cont. • RETRO • #arcade • #y2k #2000s • #nostalgia • #crt • #retro • #retrocomputing • #windowsxp #winxp • RETROGAME META • #retrogaming • #emulation • #homebrew • #gamepreservation • #piracy • #abandonware • #misterfpga #fpgagaming • #romhacking • #ogxbox #originalxbox

a perfect web page, circa 1997: Sunny's Ultima Webpage

still live on his university webspace after 27 years
http://www.fim.uni-linz.ac.at/staff/sonntag/ultima.htm

#worldWideWeb #webPreservation #gamePreservation #archival

today, some obscure sierra on-line & dynamix history that *shouldn't be* obscure yet is due to how gaming culture developed: Front Page Sports Baseball. this just came in the mail, and i'm so glad to finally have my own copy after playing a demo from a CD-ROM Today! magazine cover disc as a kid.

this dynamix-produced and sierra-published title is weird for a bunch of reasons.

first, it's one of the last few DOS-only games that came out in the mid-90s.

second, it runs in hi-res mode using what i *suspect* is a blend of software-rendered 3D and 2D sprites that were a holdover from dynamix's 3Space engine used in almost all of dynamix's titles. (pic 2) the animation is crisp, the sprites are beautifully rendered in a very compressed colour palette.

third, the Front Page Sports series were massive hits - outselling other sierra/dynamix titles of the time. but no one talks about it, because sports games often get irritated yawns from gamers.

fourth, this game is *fun* to play. it's not just an average EA sports-style title. the batting/pitching gameplay is addictive, and the simulation of the players and teams is deep.

and finally, there is - unbelievably - still an active FPS Baseball community still modding and developing rosters for the game. someone maintains a tool that *generates websites* that lets other people see the outcomes of your baseball games like a late-90s ESPN network site 🤣 https://www.silverbox.com/biorhythm/

#gamePreservation #sierra #dynamix #retroGaming #retroComputing #msdos #sports #baseball

normal saturday night things now include browsing Snood's 2006 web store and imagining all of the great snoodwear i should have owned in grad school @davedobson

https://web.archive.org/web/20060525004032/http://www.wordofmousegames.com/shop/customer/home.php

#snood #retroGaming #gamePreservation

@pasci_lei

"(...) That's exactly how you have to do it. Games that no longer receive support or can no longer be purchased should be #OpenSourced. In that sense: Fuck Ubisoft and fuck Nintendo.

#Gaming #GamePreservation #Descent3

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/descent-3-has-been-made-open-source/ (...)"

@pasci_lei

"(...) That's exactly how you have to do it. Games that no longer receive support or can no longer be purchased should be #OpenSourced. In that sense: Fuck Ubisoft and fuck Nintendo.

#Gaming #GamePreservation #Descent3

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/descent-3-has-been-made-open-source/ (...)"

@pasci_lei

"(...) That's exactly how you have to do it. Games that no longer receive support or can no longer be purchased should be #OpenSourced. In that sense: Fuck Ubisoft and fuck Nintendo.

#Gaming #GamePreservation #Descent3

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/descent-3-has-been-made-open-source/ (...)"

@pasci_lei

"(...) That's exactly how you have to do it. Games that no longer receive support or can no longer be purchased should be #OpenSourced. In that sense: Fuck Ubisoft and fuck Nintendo.

#Gaming #GamePreservation #Descent3

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/descent-3-has-been-made-open-source/ (...)"

Important video regarding preservation of video games, and fighting publishers making them unplayable after a while.

https://youtu.be/w70Xc9CStoE?si=bndPZOEIh7_aY-E_

#Gaming #RossScott #AccursedFarms #RightToReplay #Games #VideoGames #ConsumerRights #GamePreservation