Universal emulator for old games

As part of the program to preserve the cultural heritage of mankind, the European Union has allocated 4 million euros for the KEEP (Keeping Emulation Environments Portable) project to create a universal emulator program that could run absolutely all video games created in the history of mankind. Games written for a variety of operating systems, file systems and hardware architectures, including gaming machines of the 60-70s of the last century and old gaming consoles.



Now technologies are developing so quickly that already 15-20 years after writing software, it dies de facto, because the equipment on which these programs can be launched disappears from the sale. According to experts, this means a real "cultural catastrophe for future generations." Everything created by previous generations for them may be lost.



Apparently, such an emulator, if it can still be created, will guarantee the possibility of running not only games, but also other programs in outdated formats and created for different file systems.

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via New Scientist