Digital Press Forum Erased, Wiping 25 Years of Gaming History

1 articles · Updated · Time Extension · May 17

Digital Press's forum has gone dark, removing roughly a quarter-century of archived discussion and documentation tied to retro gaming history.
Digital Press was one of the earliest websites dedicated to celebrating and cataloguing video-game history, making the loss significant beyond a single community forum.
The forum had long served as a gathering place for retro gaming discussion as well as a repository of historical knowledge built up over years by enthusiasts.
Its disappearance highlights how vulnerable online gaming history remains when long-running community sites vanish from the internet.

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