vga256<p>digital preservation and archivist friends: it came to my attention recently that mobygames was bought by some trashy atari holding corporation a few years ago. all of the scans and item entries that many of us slaved over for the past 25 years were sold off. anyone submitting mobygames entries/updates are effectively working for free now.</p><p>i can't say i'm unhappy to see it going downhill with the new owners. updates to entries went from taking 1 day for approval from moderators, to 4-6 months.</p><p>it also had a frustrating limitation of declaring any software outside of its very traditional definition of game as out-of-scope.</p><p>that being said, it's a critical service for those researching and writing about games.</p><p>i'd like to know if there are any publicly-owned database initiatives in development to replace and/or subsume mobygames.</p><p>and if not, let's build one.</p><p><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/mobygames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobygames</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/gamePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamePreservation</span></a></p>