Building A Strategy For Digital Game Preservation Based On The Practices Of Communities Of Players

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Heiberg, Cherie
    • School of Information and Library Science
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  • This paper describes an interview and observation-based study on the practices of communities of game players in preserving digital games using disk images and hardware emulators. An emulation-based preservation strategy was built based on the findings from this study. Five hobbyist digital game preservers were interviewed via online text-based chat clients, two online forum-based discussions were conducted, and seven forums and eight websites dedicated to the practice of game preservation and the distribution of disk images or ROMs were read and analyzed. The game players were found to adhere to high standards of authenticity and data integrity and demonstrated a concern that not enough was being done to preserve digital games. The resulting strategy of emulation-based digital preservation derived from their practices could be adapted to the need of a heritage institution. However, more research is necessary before a complete strategy with an appropriate metadata structure adapted to the specific needs of digital games can be developed.
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  • Tibbo, Helen R.
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  • Master of Science in Library Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 46
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  • November 11, 2013

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