[game_edu] Readings, Libraries & Copyright

[Andrew Armstrong]

The KEEP project is working on this - ie; making a portable emulator 
platform (for emulators and things to run on) in Java and other bits. 
http://www.keep-project.eu/ezpub2/index.php

This won't be operational for a while, but the platform won't be 
necessarily the problem (with copyrightof the system BIOS's, that is 
being looked at too, which is awesome), the software copyrights will be 
however - I mean, there is a physical limitation on how many copies of a 
item is available, and for old games, such as my aforementioned 
Planescape Torment, haven't been re-released - and some games have 
muddled owners too, all meaning a big mess :(

I do agree though that the hardware is disappearing fast, luckily 
emulation is getting there - I mean, KEEP is a multi-million euro 
project, and looks good to expand in the future. Hopefully that'd put it 
in the realm of studying games like films - given the need to obtain a 
copy of the thing to run it in the first place (DRM is another "don't 
ask, don't answer" question that certainly education and loaning have 
major issues with).

Andrew

baylor wetzel wrote:

> It's worth remembering that a lot of classic games aren't playable 

> today either because they require a console most people won't have 

> access too or because they're PC games that don't run on Vista. Even 

> with DosBox, many classics such as FallOut and Ultima IV are 

> unplayable. This is an area where studying classic movies is probably 

> easier than classic games

>

> -baylor

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