Bit Rot

[Rickstilwell1]

The filesize is about half as big, sometimes a bit less.

Ah, I guess I'll stick with sacrificing disk space for ease of compatibility and access.

[Panzerfuzion]

are you guys saying 25 years from now nes and snes games will be worthless?

[Atarileaf]

are you guys saying 25 years from now nes and snes games will be worthless?

Nothing lasts forever. This is why emulation is so important.

[JSoup]

are you guys saying 25 years from now nes and snes games will be worthless?

To quote the Angry Video Game Nerd; "What's the point? It'll all be dust one day anyway."

[Atarileaf]

To quote the Angry Video Game Nerd; "What's the point? It'll all be dust one day anyway."

True, heck I'm 42, in 25 years I may not be around to play them anyway.

[treismac]

How sad it is to contemplate the gradual and inevitable demise of all the video games from our childhood.

The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things;
the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline.
The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night;
the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind.

[BetaWolf47]

I have had a PSX game give me garbage video output before, like a dirty NES cart. I don't know if this was due to bit rot, or due to something in the system.

[Mayhem]

A couple of my audio CDs have rotted a bit, a couple of tracks refuse to play properly. But they are "early" CDs, from the late 80s or early 90s. My game discs are fine currently.

[bunnyboy]

are you guys saying 25 years from now nes and snes games will be worthless?

The mask roms used in almost all licensed production NES/SNES games do not get bit rot. It only applies to flash or eproms. However that does include many unlicensed games, prototypes, competition carts, homebrews, and repros.