I wish Bungie and other game companies in the 1990s used CVS or other revision control systems more extensively. (I know some game studios did, but it was rare.

I wish Bungie and other game companies in the 1990s used CVS or other revision control systems more extensively. (I know some game studios did, but it was rare.) Some of these artifacts like the Marathon beta (with the cool doors and Pathways engine), or even the source code to Marathon itself, are lost. (There is the Marathon 2 source code, and efforts like M1A1, but still.) Here’s the Marathon beta, with screenshots: http://marathon.bungie.org/story/betasfjan94.html http://marathon.bungie.org/story/betasfjan94.html That’s also not to mention the various defunct game studios. Every once in a while some incredible artifact will turn up, like an SGI Indy with the source code to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. https://www.pcgamesn.com/turok/turok-source-code-found https://www.pcgamesn.com/turok/turok-source-code-found Games are cultural artifacts and we should make efforts to preserve them similar to other cultural artifacts.