There's a parallel with the early film industry. In the early 1900s, when a film had completed its run at the theaters, no effort was made to preserve it. The a

There's a parallel with the early film industry. In the early 1900s, when a film had completed its run at the theaters, no effort was made to preserve it. The amazing science fiction classic "Metropolis" was a famous example. We still don't quite have a complete copy of this groundbreaking visionary film, and until recent years (when missing scenes were discovered) DVD releases of the film had placeholders describing the action that was missing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_film It sounds like we are doing a better job preserving our early video game history than we did preserving our early film history.