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?
12 Comments
Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org · 15 pts · 1y
https://archive.org/ has old media of all sorts including game magazines, demos trailers and manuals.
a lot of video material has been uploaded to youtube, that was formerly hosted elsewhere. hell i've watched the old eoLithic frag movie from like 2002 a week ago.
vimm's lair is also worth a visit if your are looking for old game manuals.
fullovellas@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah I've sometimes used all those sites at some point, but they're so vast (or have only manuals, like vimm's lair). I was interested in finding something a bit more curated and game-oriented.
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
This one Archive.org user has a bunch of "Champion Collections" which may fit the bill. https://archive.org/details/@madhattersez
fullovellas@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
awesome!
Brewchin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
GOG does preservation. That and Archive.org are the ones I use.
Zarxrax@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
https://archive.gamehistory.org/
fullovellas@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
this is awesome, thanks!
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Out of Print archive is my go to for nostalgia.
make sure to look in the WIP section for even more magazines
fullovellas@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Thanks! Didn't know about this one.
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
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.
fullovellas@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Sounds interesting, I'll check it out.
Luckily, I have the ROM part covered, but thanks for the pointer 👌
SolarPunker@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
Discs, roms, piracy.