[game_preservation] MoMA Game Collection

[Frank Cifaldi]

I'm trying to get in-depth with them for a Gamasutra article, but they
haven't been too responsive yet.


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


>  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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