Retro Games Play and Preserve Forum

Retro Games Play and Preserve Forum is a two-part event that took place on June 15, 2024. during Toronto Games Week.

In Toronto Reference Library's Browsery area, we set up three areas:

• Last Chance to Play, a retro arcade of rare and difficult-to-emulate games and hardware, including some from the Syd Bolton Collection.
• What's in a Game, an interactive exhibit to compare versions of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 VCS, ColecoVision, and Intellivision.
• Preservation Station, a hands-on area for attendees to learn how to clean and preserve games media, and have their own cartridge and save data backed up onto SD card.

For the main event, Phil Salvador, Library Director at the Video Game History Foundation joined us for a fireside chat. He shared his thoughts on what preservation means, difficulties in capturing the full context around games, and the advocacy work of the Foundation.

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