“Only 13 percent of all classic games released between 1960 and 2009 are currently commercially available.” Survey of the Video Game Reissue Market in the United States (2023). Josh Renaud Journalist & computer historian

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   🎮 From Pac-Man to Nosh Kosh—retro games shaped generations. But many are vanishing.

   Only 13% of classic games from 1960–2009 are still available. Some, like Jewish educational games by Yaakov Kirschen, who died on April 14 at 87, were almost lost forever.

   Journalist Josh Renaud @kirkman explains why preserving niche software matters in the latest essay from the Vanishing Culture report.

   🔗 Read the full essay: https://blog.archive.org/2025/05/07/vanishing-culture-recovering-lost-software/