Saving the dinosaur

Posted by Rich Carlson.
First posted on 25 April 2000. Last updated on 01 March 2013.
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Well, first off, you cannot save the dinosaur. They are already long gone. If conditions have been right some of their luckier bones may become fossilized for our plucky perusal. Still, it is difficult to imagine the reconstruction of a living dinosaur from mere stony bits, Jurassic Park notwithstanding. That is the problem with organics.

Saving the older computer adventure games, or…

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Excellent

My take on emulators:

If any given cartridge/disc and machine are still being sold, you should own both before emulating. But if you do you've stolen nothing; everyone who benefited from the sale of both has been duly paid.

Some machines are so rare that most people have no hope of even finding one. Or the same with a cartridge/disc. At some point the company who made said items should either make them again or Just. Let. It. Go.

It's up to individuals to decide how much effort to spend before drawing the line, though.

United States By Dark-Star • On 10 January 2009 • From Omaha, USA

Since the time this article was written, something great has come up for playing classic games that were made for DOS. I just thought it might be good to add this, so people reading this article can find out about it if they have not been aware of it: Just search for DOSBox, it is an open-source application that is available for most current operating systems. It emulates a complete IBM-compatible PC with MS-DOS, and today, it is able to play almost all games that have ever been released for this platform, right inside a window of your modern Windows or Linux or Mac computer.

Switzerland By Daniel • On 17 May 2008 • From Switzerland

HOW DO U GET SO U CAN PLAY THIS GAME ON LINE ? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE MY SISTER PLAYS IT ALL THE TIME.

By LAVERNE SMITH • On 14 October 2001 • From LAGUNA NEW MEXICO

Adventure games as emulator ROMs? (dinosaur article)

Really?

By _ • On 09 May 2000 • From Somewhere