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Think back to your earliest video game memories. The Whether it's Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy 4 or Animal Crossing, when was the last time you played those games?

And what are the odds that you still

own the original console that you played it on. According to a 2023 study by the

video game history foundation, 87% of video games released before 2010 are endangered.

That means they can't be purchased or played on modern consoles,

or they've been lost to time entirely.

Unlike movies, television shows, and music, accessing classic video

games can be difficult and it often depends on the hardware you own. So what

happens when titles become unplayable?

For this edition of Game Mode, that's our series where we cover video games in the gaming industry,

we're discussing the efforts being made to preserve classic video games.

I'm Jen White, you're listening to the one a

podcast where we get to the heart of the story. Stay with us. We've got a lot to

get into.

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