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Game media preservation, where? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 days ago by fullovellas@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Sometimes, a video game enjoyer just wants to be showered in nostalgia.

Sometimes maybe they just want to be more immersed before starting a playthrough of a classic game.

Maybe they obsessively keep a (digital) journal and want to give it a bit more color by including trailers, posters, commercials, you name it.

So I wanted to ask what your go-to sites to get all that good stuff are. Are there any, even?

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[โ€“] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not the most searchable since it's main use is through it's api (I use it through retrodeck/ES-DE which is for ROM libraries) but screenscraper.fr contains scans of boxart, title art, videos from the games, manuals that used to come with physical copies and a lot more.

If you want retro ROMs, I can't help you since I don't know if I can link to those types of sites but ask on !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and check their wiki linked at the top of the community.

[โ€“] fullovellas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out.

Luckily, I have the ROM part covered, but thanks for the pointer ๐Ÿ‘Œ