> That ruling cites the belief of the Entertainment Software Association and other industry lobby groups that "there would be a significant risk that preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes."

I have an RPi which has over 10k games from my youth. I play those games, some arcade, some from early consoles when I want to play those games. Just like sometimes you want to listen to music from when you were a teen.

I also have many consoles and games which I will hook up to my TV when I want to play those games - SSX Tricky anyone?

I have a PC and a Steamdeck with almost 9k licenses to play games.

So what do the ESA want?

Kill off music older than x years? KIll off games older than x years? (MAME would like a word there)

The ESA argument - as quoted above - is bullshit.

I just recently had a mini obsession with SSX Tricky after ~20 years away.

I got it running using PCX2 with a few graphical tweaks including upscaling and widescreen, running it over sunshine/moonlight so I could play it via an Android box on the TV. It looked and felt like a modern game. Great work by the community to keep it up to date like that.

I'm not sure if I could have gotten it working with the actual PS2 and disc, whether those devices are still working and whether the TV could accept RCA cables as input.

Did you buy all 10k of the games from your youth?