curl-6 on 08 September 2025
| HoloDust said: Old cartridges with their ROM memory - out of everything, they should probably last the longest, until we finally get to see something like 5D optical storage or some other advanced tech, |
Can confirm, I own Atari 2600 carts from the 1970s that still function. Heck, as a kid I had a copy of Yoshi's Story on the N64 where the casing had been smashed in, but it still worked.
Optical discs by contrast are easily scratched and most from that long ago don't work any more.
