Development-Feisty t1_is5r6pa wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:34 PM

I hope the non profit wins the auction, these are pieces of history and belong in a museum or historical archive

robot_tron t1_is5ugv8 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:57 PM

[Indiana Jones liked this]

OcculusSniffed t1_is5zna4 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:31 PM

And Frank would do right by them, he's good people.

ButternutDonut t1_is87oyw wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:31 AM

Someone donate a bucket of money to The Strong Museum Of Play, their entire THING is the preservation, archive, and imagination of play and they have a phenomenal video game archive

superandy t1_iscvwue wrote on October 15, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Thanks for the shoutout!

SENSHU_dp t1_is65a9n wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:08 PM

what if someone buys them and then puts the code on the internet,. would that be a crime?

Floodhunter345 t1_is67qj6 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:25 PM

Technically, uploading the files for distribution would be illegal, yes. But if the company that owned the rights is defunct or doesn't care, there would be probably no consequences.

Archivists have a private (not available for public download) archive of game data backed up, which is perfectly legal, as long as you purchased or was given the game. I personally have a backup library of legitimately copied files of my cartridge games; useful for playing the games via emulation and keeping their physical condition good.

Vibb360 t1_is9u1rk wrote on October 14, 2022 at 10:48 AM

Man just mention to the British museum that there are foreign artefacts of historical cultural significance that needs ‘saving’