The Video Game History conducted a study and revealed that 87% of Classic Games are commercially unavailable. This is a preservation nightmare, so let's break this all down.

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0:38 What Is Preserved Play?
2:29 What Is a "Classic Game"
4:05 The Study's Results
5:57 How Classic Games Are Currently Being Preserved
7:45 Regarding Piracy and Emulation
9:06 Company Solutions
10:37 Problems with New Hardware
12:28 Problems with Porting
14:41 What's Next?
16:52 Continuing the Preservation Conversation

Read the Full Study Here: https://zenodo.org/record/7996492
Read The Video Game History's Blog: https://gamehistory.org/87percent/

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