“This project needs international cooperation”.
The Japanese Game Preservation Society has released its annual newsletter detailing the NPO’s activities – of note is that after two years of research, it has begun doing the first data migration of LaserDisc games. This is exciting news since it could lead to certain rare games finally being more accessible.
Lewis Packwood previously covered LaserDisc gaming for us, while site contributor Ashley Day wrote about LaserDisc games on the MSX. Two obvious LaserDisc examples are interactive movies such as Dragon’s Lair and Road Avenger, arcade games which saw home conversions to CD-based systems. But as the above articles allude to, there was also LaserDisc hardware and games exclusively for home use, and some of the games didn’t have conversions elsewhere.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“This project needs international cooperation”.
The Japanese Game Preservation Society has released its annual newsletter detailing the NPO’s activities – of note is that after two years of research, it has begun doing the first data migration of LaserDisc games. This is exciting news since it could lead to certain rare games finally being more accessible.
Lewis Packwood previously covered LaserDisc gaming for us, while site contributor Ashley Day wrote about LaserDisc games on the MSX. Two obvious LaserDisc examples are interactive movies such as Dragon’s Lair and Road Avenger, arcade games which saw home conversions to CD-based systems. But as the above articles allude to, there was also LaserDisc hardware and games exclusively for home use, and some of the games didn’t have conversions elsewhere.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
