Game Preservation

Playable horror teaser P.T. isn’t backwards compatible on PS5, even if you try to transfer it directly from an…

Word emerged Wednesday of a new project, called Insignia, that aims to recreate the original Xbox Live service,…

If not for a few oversights on Blizzard’s part, the original Diablo’s source code would likely be lost to time.…

Earlier this week, a group of game archivists revealed that a trove of over 70 lost Japanese video games has…

Preserving video game history can be a tricky affair as time marches on and older games become unplayable. A game…

On a Sunday morning in September, Typhoon Talim was flooding the western part of Japan with a torrential downpour,…

Bloodborne’s Lovecraftian setting is full of creative enemies, from multi-eyed brain beasts to half flayed wolf…

Today, Sony Entertainment and Atlus announced that the online servers for Demon’s Souls will shut down next year on…

The Silent Hill series has some gnarly monsters, from demonic dogs to the iconic Pyramid Head. A modder looking at…

Once upon a time there was going to be a Rayman game for the SNES. Series creator Michel Ancel was one of two people…

A YouTube video about relabeling cartridge games opens up a whole can of worms on the ethics of how to restore old,…

Everyone makes purchases they regret. You might buy an expensive toy, binge on cartons of ice cream, get a fancy…

Microsoft has revised Windows Store policy to remove emulators. The new rules bar any applications that emulate…

The Video Game History Foundation officially launched today. A non-profit dedicated to the preservation of video…

Last week, I reported on Byuu, an emulator developer and game archivist who was trying to preserve every single SNES…

Byuu, a revered SNES emulator developer and game archivist, had a plan. With the help of an avid collector from…

Source code is among some of the most valuable finds that archivists can make. Thanks to some auction purchases, one…

It seems that Master Chief almost ended up blasting Covenant made of Mega Bloks. After showing the Diddy Kong racing…

A neat little piece of gaming history has been archived in full thanks to preservationist efforts. The original…

Four lost Kirby minigames from the Super Famicom’s Satellaview have made their way into the hands of…