[game_preservation] On Disk Monthy (Big Blue Disk) issue with the game Bubba Goes West
Andrew Armstrong
andrew at aarmstrong.org
Sun Feb 27 10:08:39 EST 2011
I've never heard of it, sorry :(
Also; If you're an IGDA student member try applying for a scholarship
next year Henry! Good way to get to GDC, if you're still around in a
years time doing your studies.
Andrew
On 27/02/2011 14:44, Henry Borchers wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image student at the
> University of Amsterdam and I've chosen to write my master's thesis on
> video game preservation. I am dedicating a section of my thesis on the
> loss of video games and comparing it to the loss of early cinema. As
> an small case study, I'm trying to locate a game from my childhood. I
> wanted to pick something that wasn't a console game. Instead I wanted
> to focus on disk magazines since it's relatively forgotten or unknown
> to my generation. I know I'm not picking an easy target because it is
> something that took me 10 years of personal research in my free time
> to even remember the title. There are only about 5 hits on Google that
> even match the name of the specific game. Nevertheless, I figured it'd
> be a good example for my thesis.
>
> It is for this reason, I'm asking the community for your help. I am
> wondering if anybody knows of any archive that has any information
> about which On Disk Monthly (aka The big blue disk) issue the game
> "Bubba Goes West" was featured on. Even better, if any knows if an
> archive has this in their collection. Any information would be great.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Henry Borchers
>
> Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image Master's Student
>
> University of Amsterdam
>
> PS. I really wanted to go to GDC for the talk on bit rot but holy
> moly, that's way out of my budget as a student.
>
>
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