Hacker News with Generative AI: Gaming History

Epic Allows Internet Archive to Distribute Unreal and Unreal Tournament Forever (techdirt.com)
One of the most frustrating aspects in the ongoing conversation around the preservation of older video games, also known as cultural output, is the collision of IP rights and some publishers’ unwillingness to both continue to support and make available these older games and their refusal to release those same games into the public domain so that others can do so.
Valve developers discuss why Half Life 2: Episode 3 was abandoned (arstechnica.com)
After Ars spent Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary week looking back at the game's history and impact, Valve marked the occasion with a meaty two-hour YouTube documentary featuring insider memories from the team behind the game itself.
Grim Fandango (filfre.net)
One day in June of 1995, Tim Schafer came to work at LucasArts and realized that, for the first time in a long time, he didn’t have anything pressing to do.
Grim Fandango (filfre.net)
One day in June of 1995, Tim Schafer came to work at LucasArts and realized that, for the first time in a long time, he didn’t have anything pressing to do.
The Return of Stealth Mountain (xeiaso.net)
It's more than a sneaky peak, it's a legend reborn.
Feds: You Don't Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books (gizmodo.com)
The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get anywhere else.
Ask HN: What old video games did you love that haven't left a large footprint? (ycombinator.com)
Once in a while I think back to games I used to play as a kid/teen, and while some are considered classics, many seem to have been forgotten by time. Curious which games in your opinion should be more talked about?
How Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure DOS Game Works? (cosmodoc.org)
From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction (arstechnica.com)
Ask HN: What are some must-read books about video games and gaming history? (ycombinator.com)
Super Mario 64's "Unopenable" Door Opened After 28 Years (timeextension.com)
Inside the Super Nintendo cartridges (fabiensanglard.net)