One Of The Rarest Video Games Ever Has Been Preserved Online
You may not know the name of this incredibly rare game, but now you can play it online
The physical CD-ROM for TRIPITAKA was sold via Yahoo Japan in 2023 for just under $300. After nearly two years, Figueiredo successfully convinced the owner to allow him to share the game online for posterity.
Last year, Xbox put together a team dedicated to game preservation, while Sony set up its own game preservation team two years prior. Nintendo has taken a more dim view of game preservation, and the upcoming Switch 2 game key cards has caused some to question how the games attached to them will be saved for future generations. The U.S. Copyright Office also dealt the game preservation movement a blow when it refused to allow libraries to share their game collections online.
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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG
