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Will Classic Games Disappear Forever?
Knightfall writes "Who doesn't remember pumping tons of quarters into games like Joust and Tron? I shudder at the thought of what could have become of that large quantity of money. Well, it seems remembering those games may soon be all that is left. As companies are dropping support, but not property rights to our old favorites, many are in danger of vanishing forever. There are a few trying to prevent this though. An article in Wired tells a little about it. I for one still find these games, on a pure gameplay level, better than most anything out there currently. What can we do to prevent them from no longer being available?"
Who doesn't remember pumping tons of quarters into games like Joust and Tron?
Me.
Shortly after my video game phase, I got heavily into pot.
If we forget the classics, how will our great great grandchildren know where "All you base are belong to us" came from?
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A scam in which all people involved perceive as beneficial...
No kidding!! To the rescue!!!
Oops, what the hell was I thinking?!!!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Morally, there is nothing wrong at all.
Call me silly, but... Slashdot is a lot of things, but a moral compass just isn't the first that comes to mind.
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would't that be four words?
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What's the point of using acronyms when you have to type out the whole phrase anyways?
C:\>tracert life.liberty.pursuit-of-happiness
Tracing route to life.liberty.pursuit-of-happiness [123.45.67.89]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 28 ms 29 ms 29 ms 89.1.23.11
2 29 ms 30 ms 30 ms 89.1.227.153
3 44 ms 29 ms 29 ms patriot.congress.gov [140.147.249.9]
*** Destination host unreachable: life.liberty.pursuit-of-happiness
C:\>
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As a geek, if you don't already have your favorite roms and emulators burned to cd, you simply don't deserve to play the classics.
It's like second on the list right after the pr0n get's archived. Geez, what are you guys doing all this time?
Games live on as long as someone is alive to remember them.
But they were talking of slot machines, right?
So are you for or against allowing such "great" games to continue to exist?
Won't someone think of the children?
Ben
Work Safe Porn
Seriously, buy a used machine, learn to keep it repaired and running (or find someone who can), and enjoy! I enjoy classic pinball machines and that's what I did. I play them almost every day, worth every penny.
So... enjoying the single life, eh? My game room got turned into a spare bedroom... not that we have that many guests, but *just in case* was her reason (sigh).
-- If god wanted me to have a sig, he'd have given me a sense of humor.
I had a real Qix in my appartment when I was still a bachelor. My wife thinks it does not look good in her living room (bummer). She thinks a 50" plasma screen doesn't either anyway... If you have any tricks on how to convince a wife, please share.
No. The problem with NES carts had nothing to do with the lock out chip. It didn't have very much to do with dirty contacts on the cart or the NES unit either.
It had an awful *lot* to do with that asinine sideways cartridge insertion. Ever noticed that *no other* console system *ever* required you to slide a cartridge in sideways then push it down? That's where your problems come in.
Simple fix: take apart your Nintendo so you can actually get the cartridge to make good contact.
Note: If you accidently break your Nintendo, electrocute yourself, or burn down the cat, I refuse to take responsibility. Instead, it is you who should feel stupid for actually believing *anything* you read on slashdot. You have been warned. Now go find your screwdriver and have fun with Legend of Zelda.
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What is this lim mit of which you speak? I am aware of no such attribute on copyrights. Well, I remember learning of them when reading your history files, but if I remember correctly, they were abolished in the early 21st century, before you even had warp, hyoo-mon!
AHHH!!! Flashbacks!!! AHHHH!!!! Make it stop!!! AHHH!!!!!!11