Besides retaining the ability to play games from the past, preservation of video games enables research on the history of … See more

Most issues related to video game preservation are based on the United States, one of the largest markets for video games, and as such, issues related to preservation are limited by laws of the country. … See more

Video game console emulators use software that replicates the hardware environment of a video-game console, arcade machine, or specific PC architecture. Generally these create a virtual machine on … See more

While in most cases, digitizing the software for video games is sufficient for preservation, there have been enough unique consoles with limited production runs that can create further challenges for video gam… See more

Box art and game manuals accompanied most games published before 2000, and there had been an extensive number of magazines published on video games which have since declined. There is a strong inter… See more