I’ve been thinking about how quickly gaming has changed in my 50 years of gaming.
There was a time when preserving a game simply meant putting the cassette, floppy disk or cartridge back on the shelf.
Today, preserving a game can mean holding onto old consoles and hardware, keeping servers online, maintaining digital storefronts, archiving updates and hoping licences don’t disappear.
At what point does nostalgia become preservation?
Are we simply looking back at the games we grew up with… or do we have a responsibility to protect gaming history for future generations?
I’d be interested to hear how others see it.
#retrogaming #gaminghistory #gaming
