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87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation (gamehistory.org)
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New study reveals most classic video games are completely unavailable

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[โ€“] ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can still find the ROMs for the classic NES, SEGA, and TurboGrafix 16 platforms. But that's only a subset of the desired ones. Where are they going?

[โ€“] Ilflish@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I can't actually open the URL but I imagine they are speaking about alder generations and arcade cabinets. I recall a GDC talk about piracy where they discuss attempting to find any information on some of the earliest releases for a studio and finding one or two adverts only,