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Created by Sebastián Vargas

(Source: insanelygaming)

Interesting post about video games on display at the Smithsonian. They have most likely used a strategy called “emulation,” in which a program enables a modern computer to emulate the original game console. This is one way to preserve digital programs.  

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Image Description: Curators prep and test displays from the Art of Video Games exhibit, which opened at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Friday, March 16. For videos, a list of the featured games, interviews with curators, and a schedule where the show will be travelling in the future, visit the official exhibit site.

Photos from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.