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Re:Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Pri... by gray_-_wolf on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:19PM (#17279058)
Could work 20 years ago, but now? Games (software in general) is usually patched at insane rates (which version to keep? All of them?) and most games don't work without internet anymore (and you can hardly mandate archiving or never-released-server-software).

Sadly, I don't think there is a reasonable way to do this...

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Re:Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Pri... by nitrogen on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:26PM (#17279104)
and you can hardly mandate archiving or never-released-server-software

Why not? A hypothetical preservation law could require the submission of all servers, assets, and instructions required to make the game useful. Doesn't matter which version as long as the submitted package is usable as a whole.

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