"Thank God for pirates, modders, and hackers. Emulators are pretty much why."
"The benefits that emulation provides are vast: archiving games that would otherwise be lost to time or unavailable."
"Emulation can be used for preservation, where we can keep these games running."
"I do expect the Switch eShop to close and there are thousands of games on that system and so I'm really worried about what's going to happen from a preservation standpoint at that point."
"Emulation is not piracy; it's a tool, the best tool."
"The eShops may be over, but their legacy will forever be remembered. And if Nintendo isn't going to preserve it, we sure as hell will."
"This project has done a remarkable job of preventing huge swathes of Flash game history from being destroyed."
"Its founder, Frank Cifaldi, had a hand in releasing most of the unreleased NES games we have today."
"Proposed DMCA exemption would allow people to resurrect dead online games."
"We are actually legitimately preserving our 3d models for the next eon, yeah as long as the crust of the earth doesn't like explode, you know, Yellowstone."
"Newgrounds can be seen as a kind of time capsule preserving both the good and bad sides of the internet."
"Classic games should be preserved for the future."
"What these companies are doing is the equivalent of trying to burn down the modern-day digital equivalent to the library of Alexandria."
"Rest in Peace, Stadia. This obviously sucks and is counterintuitive to gaming as a long lasting medium."
"People who are about sharing the history roms and ROM sites will never be fully eliminated but pushing them deeper into the shadows has far-reaching ramifications."
"A lot of games from the early days are just like poof gone."
"Having these digital copies of important fossils at least we have some kind of record."
"Piracy is often the only way older titles can be preserved."
"Pirating games is the only way to preserve many of them."
"PT itself is a piece of gaming history that needs to be preserved."
"This trust that someone else will preserve your content or even that a creator will preserve their own culturally important works is the reason for so many entries on this list."
"Some of these authors spent months writing and editing novel length works to have them then deleted entirely as if there were something with no artistic or cultural worth."
"Less than 20% of games in any given generation are actually preserved."
"Server closures erase brilliant titles that cannot be replaced."
"We see now that many of you are incredibly passionate about being able to continue purchasing classic games on PS3 and PS Vita for the foreseeable future so I'm glad we were able to find a solution to continue operations."
"Legacy box is a simple, safe way to digitize your treasured videotapes, film reels, and photos."
"Imagine saying that when those same games are locked in closed online stores forever because greedy companies care more about profit than game preservation."
"The PC is the ultimate platform for preservation."
"In theory, long term, you're securing your library into the future."
"I filmed a bunch of my dad's stories and I put him up on a YouTube channel and these are the stories that I grew up with."
"Flashpoint preserves Internet history with 38,000 games and 2400 animations."
"It's not just about playing it on the PC, it's about preserving the title on the PC."
"The digital age has already got us asking questions about what it means to own a game, how long a digital collection can exist, what might happen to a game when it’s not properly preserved in its original state."
"Personally, I'm just not thrilled with the idea that if you don't play a game within five years of its release, you've missed your chance and it's gone forever."
"In other words, if a publisher cares enough, this is possible. This can happen."
"The one wildcards that we have really the one ace up our sleeve is archiving things."
"The most important thing is data preservation."
"Remember, this whole story would have been forgotten if it wasn't for the internet, if it wasn't for the hashtag, if it wasn't for the memes keeping it alive."
"Some of the games being lost forever are beloved acclaimed titles, the removal of which is a tragedy."
"Piracy is the only way we can actually preserve our video games."
"Preserving games for the future especially on PC means preserving them as they were in all those places where it matters and then improving them at the same time."
"The idea is to create something of an internet time capsule."
"I'm currently in the process of backing up all my DVDs in a digital format."
"Your nightmare is it's going to go down, some digital black hole, and never be able to be seen again."
"Migration, emulation, encapsulation, and UVM are strategies for digital preservation."
"Beware of shiny tools, proprietary formats, and cloud storage; don't want to lose my second brain."
"Digital preservation allows us to engage, teach, and inspire through the power of rock and roll not only on site but online, extending our reach to the entire world."
"It sincerely cannot be understated just how important the internet archive is for me, this channel, and so many other channels on this platform."
"How would you feel if your most precious photos and videos were just gone? It's a terrifying thought."
"The life work of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, will be meticulously captured and cataloged in a new digital archive."
"Isn't ensuring that your family's legacy is digitally preserved so it can be passed down just as important as creating those memories?"
"With a margin of error of only five millimeters, the scan is an incredibly accurate digital record of the cathedral as it stood before the fire."
"And then you enjoy, and you get back perfectly preserved digital copies."
"Cloud storage for your photos is one of the best ways to enjoy, share, and back up all of those photos and videos."
"Don't rely on Facebook or others to be your family history archive forever."