The Internet Archive is now emulating Flash animations, games and toys in our software collection. Jason Scott writes in a blog post: Utilizing an in-development Flash emulator called Ruffle, we have added Flash support to the Internet Archive’s Emularity system, letting a subset of Flash items play in the browser as if you had a Flash plugin installed. While Ruffle’s compatibility…
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GIF Site Gfycat Announces Mass Deletions, Threatens Archive Team With Lawsuit
Gfycat is threatening to sue Archive Team for archiving the site’s old, anonymously-posted images that are marked for deletion. Gfycat’s CEO, Dan McEleney, says archiving the memes it hosts is a “denial of service attack” and demands compensation. From a report: The fallout is ongoing on Twitter, with users of the site panicking about their old content and the company asking…
Internet Archive Releases 2,500 MS-DOS Games
The latest update from Internet Archive brings thousands of MS-DOS games from the ’90s like 3D Bomber, Zool and Alien Rampage. CNET reports: On Sunday, Internet Archive released 2,500 MS-DOS games that includes action, strategy and adventure titles. Some of the games are Vor Terra, Spooky Kooky Monster Maker, Princess Maker 2 and I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream….
Milton’s Notes On Shakespeare Appear To Have Been Found
Almost 400 years after the first folio of Shakespeare was published in 1623, scholars believe they have identified the early owner of one copy of the text, who made hundreds of insightful annotations throughout: John Milton. The Guardian reports: The astonishing find, which academics say could be one of the most important literary discoveries of modern times, was made by Cambridge…
The Source Code For All Infocom Text Adventure Classics Has Been Released
You can now download the source code of every Infocom text adventure game, thanks to archivist Jason Scott who uploaded the code to GitHub. “There are numerous repositories under the name historicalsource, each for a different game,” reports Ars Technica. “Titles include, but are not limited to, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Planetfall, Shogun, and several Zork games — plus…
Long Lost ‘Zork’ Source Code Uploaded to GitHub, But Few People Understand It
With access to the source code, a group of dedicated fans is now tinkering with the Zork Implementation Language (ZIL).Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xdk8/long-lost-zork-source-code-uploaded-to-github-but-few-people-understand-it…