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1. criddell · 1789561579 · focus · HN ↗

   This will be great for preservation of PS2 games. Well done!

   It seems like preservation of games for later consoles is a lost cause. If I pull out my PS5 30 years from now and pop in my Cyberpunk 2077 disk to play, I'm going to have a barely playable game.

   It's better than nothing, I suppose, but I won't be able to re-play the excellent version that I played through last year.

   1. sharperguy · 1789565144 · focus · HN ↗

      It's only a matter of time until most of these games get vibe-coded back end clones. Still not as good as a full ROM but at least and improvement over complete unplayability.

      1. VulgarExigency · 1789565537 · focus · HN ↗

         Do you honestly believe that most of the thousands of PS2, PS3 and PS4 games will get vibe-coded backend clones?

         1. patates · 1789566471 · focus · HN ↗

            I have no doubt it'll be attempted, but they won't be clones, they'll be clowns.

            Even if they were pixel perfect clones with exactly the same play. As a person who vibe codes like there's no tomorrow to have custom software, I still find the color of the bytes important for something like a retrogame.

            Otherwise it's like color photocopy of an art piece.

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