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Keeping the classics alive: how archivists are preserving video game history

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Spellbreak lives.

The game fantasy battle royale game was shut down, but a community version was released on Itch.io at the end of 2022 that has a thriving community around it, as reported by Aftermath. I wish more games would get second lives like this.

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