Abandonware: Lost Archives of Gaming

Abandonware encompasses some of the best and most iconic classic videogame titles over the past few decades, that you unfortunately can no longer obtain or even play.. Today, we'll take a look at the history and meaning behind the Internet's underworld of forgotten videogames, the controversial topic of Abandoned Software.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
01:30 - What is Abandonware?
02:43 - Examples
03:22 - Piracy vs. Abandonware
04:03 - Abandonware Sites
05:44 - Legal Abandonware?
06:32 - Ethical Considerations
07:42 - Conclusion

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We'll look at some Abandonware Games and the controversial legal and ethical issues associated with it. Exploring the lost archives of gaming history, from unsupported to delisted, all the way to straight up abandoned for good, there's tens of thousands of classic games across all different types of genres and platforms, that have pretty much been lost with time.


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