Ludic Don Quixotes Rewritten: Hobbyist French Game Ports as the Reconstructions of Former Game Culture
In scientific discourse, high-budget remakes of classic digital games have been claimed as the purest examples of “retrospective nostalgia” on part of players and developers. This article aims to rehabilitate the remake and demake hobbyist development as a historical practice, reinstating the forme...
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In scientific discourse, high-budget remakes of classic digital games have been claimed as the purest examples of “retrospective nostalgia” on part of players and developers. This article aims to rehabilitate the remake and demake hobbyist development as a historical practice, reinstating the former game culture instead of simply thriving on players’ nostalgic feelings. Citing examples of Hervé Monchatre, Dominique Pessan, and the Abandonware France organization, the author shows different methods of the same practice – porting French 8-bit retro games into other 8-bit gaming platforms. The indicated retro game ports are more than instances of “retrospective nostalgia.” While their development seems l’art pour l’art, they nevertheless raise historical awareness about the former game culture.
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| spelling | doaj-art-64ef9d8ec19442a78be60ffc2b33c4e42025-08-20T03:26:34ZengLodz University PressReplay2391-85512449-83942023-12-0110110.18778/2391-8551.10.01Ludic Don Quixotes Rewritten: Hobbyist French Game Ports as the Reconstructions of Former Game CultureFilip Jankowski0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-2549Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Management and Social Communication In scientific discourse, high-budget remakes of classic digital games have been claimed as the purest examples of “retrospective nostalgia” on part of players and developers. This article aims to rehabilitate the remake and demake hobbyist development as a historical practice, reinstating the former game culture instead of simply thriving on players’ nostalgic feelings. Citing examples of Hervé Monchatre, Dominique Pessan, and the Abandonware France organization, the author shows different methods of the same practice – porting French 8-bit retro games into other 8-bit gaming platforms. The indicated retro game ports are more than instances of “retrospective nostalgia.” While their development seems l’art pour l’art, they nevertheless raise historical awareness about the former game culture. https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/Replay/article/view/16886Hobbyist gamesFrench digital gamesgame culturehistorical heritagevideo game nostalgia |
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| title | Ludic Don Quixotes Rewritten: Hobbyist French Game Ports as the Reconstructions of Former Game Culture |
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