COSOMGame preservation
A personal game preservation archive

Games worth
keeping.
Games worth
playing.

Old favorites deserve another turn. A growing home for video games, PC games, and the work of keeping them alive.

Original games. New ways to play.Sega CD & PlayStation 3.
One project at a time.
The collection

Old favorites.
New beginnings.

Play preserved Sol-Feace, or listen to the recovered music of High Velocity Bowling as its PS3 preservation work begins. Wii Revived adds Pinbusters Studio with original characters, venues and audio.

The sound archive / WebTV

Web TV Music
Preservation.

The soundtrack to a different way of going online. Explore the original RMF files, MIDI files, and MP3 recordings in the collection. A restored synthesis engine brings the original sequence formats into your browser.

Open the WebTV music player
Video games

From a disc to
your browser.

Sega CD game preservation sits alongside a new PS3 shelf, starting with the recovered music of High Velocity Bowling.

Browse Sega CD
Visit Revived PS3 Games
Visit Wii Revived
The next shelf

PC & computer games.

This part of the archive is still being built. No projects are published here yet; future recoveries will have a home of their own.

Visit the computer games shelf
A little care goes a long way

Preserve the game.
Share the work.

A playable copy is a beginning. Keeping the source material, documenting the recovery, and making the changes understandable help a game stay accessible.

How this archive approaches preservation
  1. 01
    Keep the original material

    Retain the game data and distinguish it from the tools used to run it.

  2. 02
    Recover the experience

    Bring the picture, controls, and sound back together in a usable player.

  3. 03
    Leave a clear record

    Explain what was verified, what was changed, and what still needs work.