According to one study, about 80 percent of computer games released before 2010 are not accessible today. If close to 90 percent of games ‘in danger’.
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With the development of consoles and the slow ending of backward compatibility, old games are getting harder to play.
According to technology site The Verge A new study by the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) and the Software Preservation Network has revealed how difficult it is to access old games.
Kelsey Lewin, deputy director of the VGHF, said in the report: “87 percent of classic video games released in the US are critically endangered” he wrote. Report, ‘classic games’ It identifies as games released before 2010.
It’s impossible to verify the release status of every video game released before 2010. That’s why the research looked at 4,000 games from three different outlets with varying degrees of commercial interest. These channels are Commodore 64, Game Boy and Playstation 2.
According to research, about 80 percent of games released before 2010, regardless of category, are not accessible.
This shows that video game history is at stake.
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