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Game media preservation, where?

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    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?

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      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?

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      Out of Print archive is my go to for nostalgia.

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

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        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?

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        https://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.

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        • b0nk3rs@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

          Out of Print archive is my go to for nostalgia.

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

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          Thanks! Didn't know about this one.

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            https://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.

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            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.

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              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?

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              https://archive.gamehistory.org/

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                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?

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

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                  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?

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                  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 [email protected] and check their wiki linked at the top of the community.

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                    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 [email protected] and check their wiki linked at the top of the community.

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                    Sounds interesting, I'll check it out.

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

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                      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?

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                      Discs, roms, piracy.

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                        https://archive.gamehistory.org/

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                        this is awesome, thanks!

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                          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.

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

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                          • lunarloony@lemmy.sdf.orgL [email protected]

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

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                            awesome!

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