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I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Seriously.
I was playing Duke Nukem (anniversary addition on PS4) and I was reminded of a Duke Nukem 3rd person game that was released on the PS1 called Duke Nukem: Time to Kill.
It wasn't the greatest game of all time. It was Duke Nukem traveling through time with a third person view point. It was good, but nothing amazing, but thinking about this game made me realise that the only way to play it for most people is by trying to obtain a physical PS1 disc, then having the console to actually play it on. I then started to think about all the other games released on older hardware that is lost to time.
Surly there is something we can do about this? We don't have the same problem with films, books and music, so why must it be this way with games?
Take the PS1 for example. It has some absolute amazing games that are just lost to memory with no way for modern audiences to play them. Yes the graphics of say, Wild 9 or Alien Resurrection will not hold up by today's standards, but I think publishers are leaving money on the table by not making these games available to purchase on modern consoles as digital downloads.
Why don't publishers do this? I understand there are licensing issues, but surly these can be resolved in the name of game preservation and the money it would make. Tell me that you wouldn't want to download the absolute full PS1 catalogue on your PS5 or the full N64 catalogue on your Switch?
So what is stopping them? Costs? Licensing issues? Effort? I think it's important and we should be pushing more to preserve these games.
Also, apologies if this seems like the ramblings of a mad man. I've had a few Krakens ( rum) and I'm feeling nostalgic.
I was playing Duke Nukem (anniversary addition on PS4) and I was reminded of a Duke Nukem 3rd person game that was released on the PS1 called Duke Nukem: Time to Kill.
It wasn't the greatest game of all time. It was Duke Nukem traveling through time with a third person view point. It was good, but nothing amazing, but thinking about this game made me realise that the only way to play it for most people is by trying to obtain a physical PS1 disc, then having the console to actually play it on. I then started to think about all the other games released on older hardware that is lost to time.
Surly there is something we can do about this? We don't have the same problem with films, books and music, so why must it be this way with games?
Take the PS1 for example. It has some absolute amazing games that are just lost to memory with no way for modern audiences to play them. Yes the graphics of say, Wild 9 or Alien Resurrection will not hold up by today's standards, but I think publishers are leaving money on the table by not making these games available to purchase on modern consoles as digital downloads.
Why don't publishers do this? I understand there are licensing issues, but surly these can be resolved in the name of game preservation and the money it would make. Tell me that you wouldn't want to download the absolute full PS1 catalogue on your PS5 or the full N64 catalogue on your Switch?
So what is stopping them? Costs? Licensing issues? Effort? I think it's important and we should be pushing more to preserve these games.
Also, apologies if this seems like the ramblings of a mad man. I've had a few Krakens ( rum) and I'm feeling nostalgic.