Game media preservation, where?
from fullovellas@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 25 May 16:35
https://lemm.ee/post/64962987

Sometimes, a video game enjoyer just wants to be showered in nostalgia.

Sometimes maybe they just want to be more immersed before starting a playthrough of a classic game.

Maybe they obsessively keep a (digital) journal and want to give it a bit more color by including trailers, posters, commercials, you name it.

So I wanted to ask what your go-to sites to get all that good stuff are. Are there any, even?

#games

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B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 25 May 16:55 next collapse

Out of Print archive is my go to for nostalgia.

make sure to look in the WIP section for even more magazines

fullovellas@lemm.ee on 25 May 17:04 collapse

Thanks! Didn’t know about this one.

Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org on 25 May 16:56 next collapse

archive.org has old media of all sorts including game magazines, demos trailers and manuals.

a lot of video material has been uploaded to youtube, that was formerly hosted elsewhere. hell i’ve watched the old eoLithic frag movie from like 2002 a week ago.

vimm’s lair is also worth a visit if your are looking for old game manuals.

fullovellas@lemm.ee on 25 May 17:07 collapse

Yeah I’ve sometimes used all those sites at some point, but they’re so vast (or have only manuals, like vimm’s lair). I was interested in finding something a bit more curated and game-oriented.

LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org on 26 May 11:52 collapse

This one Archive.org user has a bunch of “Champion Collections” which may fit the bill. archive.org/details/@madhattersez

fullovellas@lemm.ee on 26 May 13:56 collapse

awesome!

Zarxrax@lemmy.world on 25 May 17:31 next collapse

archive.gamehistory.org

fullovellas@lemm.ee on 26 May 09:32 collapse

this is awesome, thanks!

Brewchin@lemmy.world on 25 May 17:53 next collapse

GOG does preservation. That and Archive.org are the ones I use.

arudesalad@sh.itjust.works on 25 May 23:23 next collapse

Not the most searchable since it’s main use is through it’s api (I use it through retrodeck/ES-DE which is for ROM libraries) but screenscraper.fr contains scans of boxart, title art, videos from the games, manuals that used to come with physical copies and a lot more.

If you want retro ROMs, I can’t help you since I don’t know if I can link to those types of sites but ask on !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and check their wiki linked at the top of the community.

fullovellas@lemm.ee on 26 May 06:00 collapse

Sounds interesting, I’ll check it out.

Luckily, I have the ROM part covered, but thanks for the pointer 👌

SolarPunker@slrpnk.net on 26 May 06:50 collapse

Discs, roms, piracy.