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Germany's 60,000-game archive project collapses due to funding shortfall

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A large-scale German initiative to create the world's biggest publicly accessible video game archive has ceased operations due to a lack of renewed public funding. The Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS), which had cataloged over 60,000 games since 2012, was unable to secure additional financial support after its €1.5 million in public funding concluded in April. While the physical game collections remain with their original institutions, the future of the shared database and its infrastructure is uncertain. AI

RANK_REASON Funding for a major cultural preservation project has dried up, leading to its collapse. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.1]

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now abandoned just as Sony kills physical media

    A German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive is being wound down after roughly €1.5 million in public funding expired.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available,

    Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now … A German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive is being wound down after …

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