Items tagged with game preservation
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Chris Harper - Fri, Jul 24, 2026
It's an interesting time for emulation and game preservation, and Microsoft's official Xbox-for-PC emulation efforts have added fuel to the fire. Officially, the Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC program only supports a tailored selection...
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Chris Harper - Thu, Jul 16, 2026
Amidst the discussion around game preservation for Xbox and PlayStation gamers in the digital era, one Redditor has created a unique game cartridge system for Steam. The game cartridges are each individual SATA 2.5-inch 128GB SSD drives...
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Chris Harper - Tue, Jul 14, 2026
It's been a tumultuous time for game preservationists as of late, with Sony potentially ditching physical media despite vocal outcry, and numerous stories of digital content being deleted after it's been bought and paid for. Today though...
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Chris Harper - Thu, Jul 09, 2026
As Sony is amidst a PlayStation disc-killing gaming preservation crisis of its own making, Nintendo has also put itself in the crosshairs of gamers by killing Mario Kart Tour, its mobile Mario Kart title. If you own Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe)...
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Chris Harper - Tue, May 26, 2026
OmniDrive is custom firmware for select Blu-Ray drives powered by the MediaTek MT1959 chipset that allows for numerous proprietary game disc formats to be read or ripped for backups and emulation. One of the more sought after uses for...
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Chris Harper - Wed, Apr 29, 2026
It's been an interesting week for PlayStation players, but among conflicting reports of a 30-day DRM policy applied for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, GameStop has stepped into the spotlight thanks to a "Play really has no limits at...
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Chris Harper - Tue, Feb 24, 2026
GOG (formerly known as Good Old Games) has been fighting an uphill battle for some time, despite being generally well-received, in a battle to stay relevant amid Steam's unapologetic market dominance. Despite gamers' widespread hatred of...
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