[game_preservation] More games pulled from virtual console

[Devin Monnens]

Yeah, I've read the Technologizer article. The trouble with it is that
piracy does not equal preservation. Piracy is concerned with access and
playability. It attempts to get software out, though this obviously
subverts copyright and developer profit (perceived or otherwise). The focus
on playability means PC emulation tends to be of higher quality than
console emulation (such as Virtual Console or classic collections).
However, piracy is not interested in data authenticity because access and
playability are its focus.

Preservation is interested mostly in authenticity and longevity - making
sure the data is accurate and that it is preserved in a format that will
last well into the next century.

There is some overlap I feel in the playability department (making sure the
games are playable as well as accessible), but I think that articles like
this have the tendency to raise and praise the pirate flag while ignoring
legitimate preservation efforts.



On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


>  Yeah, software piracy is about it, shame the same can't be easily done on

> other consoles.

>

> None that I know of Benj regarding lost to history games. There are a few

> noted rarities in various articles, but no compiled list AFAIK.

>

> Andrew

>

>

> On 19/11/2012 20:10, Benj Edwards wrote:

>

> Seconded, Frank.

>

> On a tangential topic -- has anyone ever made a list of video games that

> have apparently been lost to history (or are particularly endangered)?

> I've though about undertaking it a few times, but it's hard to make a list

> of things that are, well, lost, because few people know about them.

>

> Benj

>

> On 11/19/2012 3:04 PM, Frank Cifaldi wrote:

>

> Indeed. As far as I know, the raw files from every Virtual Console release

> have been ripped and torrented thousands of times over, so I'm not

> personally worried about games getting pulled. It's not ideal, but it's the

> best we can expect to have accomplished I think. Too bad we can't say the

> same about other digital Nintendo stuff from the past, like a lot of the

> games that were beamed into the BS modem in Japan.

>

>

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Benj Edwards <

> editor at vintagecomputing.com> wrote:

>

>>  One link:

>>

>> http://technologizer.com/2012/01/23/why-history-needs-software-piracy/

>>

>> :)

>>

>>  Benj

>>

>>

>> On 11/19/2012 2:52 PM, Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>>

>> Local until your console fails, you send it back for repair and it is

>> wiped in the process.

>>

>> Sigh.

>>

>> Andrew

>>

>> On 19/11/2012 17:39, Philippe Dubois, association MO5.COM, Président

>> wrote:

>>

>> :(

>>

>> I believe that "local copies" of your legal stuff bought for the Virtual

>> Console will still continue to work, i hope !

>>

>>

>>  Best regards,

>>

>> Philippe Dubois, Association MO5.COM, President

>>

>> --

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>>

>>

>>  I didn't know Nintendo had pulled games previously, but now the DKC

>> games are no longer available on US Wii Virtual Console and will soon be

>> unavailable in the UK (and probably in Japan soon after).

>>

>>

>>

>> http://www.nintendo-gamer.net/2012/11/19/the-donkey-kong-country-games-are-being-pulled-from-virtual-console-this-sunday/

>>

>>

>>

>>  I guess the thing that's worse about stuff being pulled is stuff being

>> pulled with no announcement.

>>

>>

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