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As a practical matter, if I had a 30+ year old game still up in my attic, it would probably take more time/knowledge/money in many cases to get it running usefully than most people would reasonably put in.



That would be in the realm of Total Annihilation (middle 1990s). I installed that a few weeks ago from the CDs provided on archive.org

It took a few minutes to download AND install.

What it really boils down to is the ever-downward trend to destroy ownership by converting as much as possible to a service or hidden rental.

Me? I prefer to own games that work now or 30 years from now.


> What it really boils down to is the ever-downward trend to destroy ownership by converting as much as possible to a service or hidden rental.

The phrase I use for that is "erecting toll-booths".


Not if you still had the original system as well. I imagine it is not the norm though.




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