Which is why archive.org is so important. Many of the earliest films have been lost to time. Now Nintendo is trying to shut down rom sites and websitea hosting pdf’s of their game manuals, and yes, Nintendo Power.

So far they’ve been sucsessful, except for archive.org, who has an exemption. That exemption lasts for a few years, and every few years it needs to be voted on to KEEP that exemption.

I don’t trust our government to always do the right thing. So over the next few weeks, I’m hoard downloading. Instead of downloading 1 or 2 roms at a time, for games I recently discovered, I’m just downloading entire rom sets. Fuck you Nintendo. Instead of downloading a few dozen roms, I’m now downloading your entire catalog, and making backups once I have everything. And sorry Sony, but Nintendo roped you into this. And microsodt? Oh, you’re safe. I don’t give a shit about xbox…