[game_preservation] Mobygames and KLOV

[Andrew Armstrong]

 From what Jim has said on this very list, and what I've looked at the 
KLOV, they're both user submitted metadata information databases (ie; 
they don't actually contain the objects they have data about). I also 
read their article, and think the term is entirely correct, there's not 
much more then that to say, I guess.

The KLOV however has associated parts that seem to host events (or is 
there an actual coin op museum?), no doubt private collectors maintain 
it but I've not investigated further, and should email them to get some 
contact going. I'd also be interested to know about their situation.

Andrew

Devin Monnens wrote:

> I was reading Judd and Ken's article on Beyond the Steady State, which 

> has a discussion about Mobygames and KLOV and how the contents of the 

> archive are essentially metadata rather than games themselves.

>

> http://flowtv.org/?p=50

>

> One thing I think that's worth asking is whether or not Mobygames and 

> KLOV (and Arcade-History, for that matter!) have their own physical 

> collections of games. Some of the people involved must be game 

> collectors and have personal collections, but I wonder if the database 

> itself has a physical archive somewhere...

>

> -Devin

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