[game_preservation] MoMA Game Collection

[Henry Lowood]

Devin,

It would have been nice to know more about the preservation strategies 
for the various games.  For example, I am curious about the ways in 
which they would use source code towards that end, how they would 
migrate data, and so on.  Yes, there is a nice discussion of selection 
criteria, so I am sure there will be more information about the project.

Henry


On 12/6/2012 3:46 AM, Devin Monnens wrote:

> I'm sure many of you are aware of this, but I wanted to bring it up 

> here because I had a few observations/questions.

>

> http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2012/11/29/video-games-14-in-the-collection-for-starters

>

> First, I like how they have selected a series of criteria for which to 

> evaluate the games (even though the casual dismissal of 'of course, 

> games are art!' was a bit surprising, even for someone who has taught 

> a class on it).

>

> What interests me though is the images they chose, the emphasis on 

> source code and original hardware, and technical data for the games. 

> Essentially, with Tetris, they show a picture of the Electronika 60 

> version, which is really quite surprising. Does this mean the MoMA 

> acquired one? And with something like MYST and Another World, are they 

> looking at the original release or a re-release? (Especially important 

> with Another World since later PC releases added new material.) Is 

> anyone here involved with the project who can clarify?

>

> It's interesting they put a lot of focus on being able to get the 

> games to run in the future - hence source code and documentation, as 

> well as collection of original hardware. It looks like they are taking 

> both methods as possible approaches.

>

> -- 

> Devin Monnens

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