Nov 13, 2024 at 10:24 PM GOG launches preservation program to keep classic PC games alive on modern systems forever
GOG.com has launched a new Preservation Program designed to keep classic PC games playable on modern and future systems. This initiative involves updating and maintaining retro games using the company’s own resources to ensure they remain compatible with evolving PC configurations. The program begins with a collection of 100 classic titles, including Diablo, Fallout, or Resident Evil games, with plans to expand this library over time.
The Preservation Program guarantees the highest quality versions of these games, complete with any bonus content and missing DLCs or features from other editions. Buyers will receive technical support for any issues they encounter while running the games. Additionally, these games come with offline installers, allowing users full control over their game libraries, a standard feature of all GOG purchases.
With this new initiative, GOG becomes one of the few major platforms committed to preserving video games, ensuring continued access to beloved titles even after they are delisted by their publishers, or their storefronts are closed.
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Also, one should check out https://www.stopkillinggames.com, which is an EU initiative to bring a law which shall require publishers to leave games in a playable state when they would abandon it.
That's neat. Because even it's still possible to start a virtual machine with an old OS version to hope the game will still work as well as decades ago, online activation that became unavailable can prevent the installation, to the point of some patch are simply not possible to apply no more. And I have experienced it with games that are not more than 8 years old. So this kind of initiative allow players from 2050 to hope they could play a game from 2024 just as simple as a SNES/Genesis game nowadays. Yes, I know, I keep dreaming.