Preserving Gaming History: The Battle for Emulation and Conservation

The fight to save old video games involves organizations like the Video Game History Foundation and Digital Eclipse, as well as engineers and developers working on emulation and restoration projects. Efforts are being made to ensure that games from consoles like Atari, SNES, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy can still be played even after the original hardware becomes obsolete. However, the laws surrounding copyright and distribution need to change to allow for preservation and lending of digital game copies. The debate revolves around compensating developers while also ensuring that gaming history is not lost.