Just because it’s not sold doesn’t mean they’re “critically endangered”. You can get most if not all ROMs on the internet.
Yeah but what can you do if a lot of the companies who made the original games aren’t around anymore and didn’t sell the rights to anyone else? Even some of the people who claim piracy is immoral understand that “pirating” abandonware is perfectly fine.
*legally available, if those megacorps won’t spend/earn a penny on running antiques or legacy services. The players can do it. And they need support from the law to do it, which in this case, Nintendo of America.
Pirates" I am something of a game preservationist my self."
I fear for the day that Something Happens to Vimm’s lair. Such a great resource
I have a couple really old games you can’t even pirate because they’re just not around anymore. They’re PC games and still run well on my version of Windows so I’ll hang on to them as long as that’s the case. Even so there’s always going to be a consideration for supporting hardware and software. It can get tricky as things forge ahead and old games fall into obsolescence.
Fuck for that matter, put them on archive.org. If they’re that obscure they’ll probably be fine against takedown.
It’s chill bro I have a copy of everything.
