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The following is content for you to summarize. Do not respond to the comments—summarize them. <topic> Retro Game Preservation # Appreciation for community efforts like this Ready2Play package, Exodos, and various emulation projects to keep classic games playable on modern systems </topic> <comments_about_topic> 1. Yeah, Daggerfall really holds up well today. The game can be downloaded completely for free (truly gratis; no DLC, no ads) on Steam. Then using the official data files you'll get the best experience playing with Daggerfall Unity [2] which is a fanmade rewrite of the game engine on Unity. DFU fixes/avoids a lot of longstanding bugs in the base game, runs in high resolution, and has a long draw distance (which is a big deal since the in-game distances are VAST). [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812390/The_Elder_Scrolls... [2] https://www.dfworkshop.net/daggerfall-unity-1-0-release/ 2. They recently remastered it for modern systems, it will be there when the kids ask “What’s that?” And you get to open Pandora’s box for them. “Oh this? This… is Elder Scrolls”. I had a similar moment in my life when my daughter asked me about D&D late 2010s. They’re grown now but boy did I bombard them with nerddom. 3. Your memory is correct! They released GTA1 (all expansions) and GTA2 as free “Rockstar Classics” in 2003 and 2004 respectively: https://web.archive.org/web/20130116055920/https://www.rocks... One can get those versions here: https://archive.org/details/rockstar-classics_202107 They're great on XP-era machines! I have both installed on my HITACHI FLORA 270HX 4. Check out Exodos for this type of thing. It's built on launchbox (an emulator front end) and just gives a huge listing of every game you might ever want to play. Those games aren't all installed (assuming you didn't do the full 500GB+ install) but you click the game and it quickly downloads, installs into dosbox and jumps into the game (takes seconds since these are old games). 5. Slightly related, if like me you have gone far to far down the emulation rabbit hole and find that you are now onto FPGA emulation, you might enjoy: https://0mhz.net/ https://amiga.vision/ I really want to get these working on my steamdeck too but it looks like a lot of work. 6. https://www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html 7. Love GTA1, but IIRC my version at least is a 3dfx glide game which makes it quite hard to play on modern kit. Will give this a try. </comments_about_topic> Write a concise, engaging paragraph (3-5 sentences) summarizing the key points and perspectives in these comments about the topic. Focus on the most interesting viewpoints. Do not use bullet points—write flowing prose.
Retro Game Preservation # Appreciation for community efforts like this Ready2Play package, Exodos, and various emulation projects to keep classic games playable on modern systems
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