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European petition to preserve video games (eci.ec.europa.eu)

submitted 3 months ago by trougnouf@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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European petition to preserve video games, please sign 👾

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[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve long maintained the US needs to start a National Video Games Archive akin to the film and sound archives. Committee selection and all.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Better just leave it up to individuals. No need for the government to get involved.

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Getting the government involved does not in any way impact the ability of individuals to do it. The national Film and Sound archives are national treasures that provide a critical function when it comes to preserving media that hobbyists can’t duplicate. Their value for the arts/humanities and the preservation of culture simply can’t be overstated. For starters, a national video game archive would presumably store source code/as many generations of builds as possible, a lot of which do not exist on the world. They’d also follow proper backup protocols for these assets.

There is no downside.