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Unlike some examples of other forms of media like books, art and photography, and film, which antedate the mid-20th century and which can be preserved in a variety of formats that are not prohibited by more-recent intellectual property (IP) laws, video games typically require specialized and/or proprietary computer hardware and software to read and execute game software. There is also interest in the preservation of cancelled video games that were known to be in development, as coupled with the reasons for cancellation, they can provide a understanding of the technical and creative aspects, or lack thereof, at the time of the game's development.

6.12 The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainmentīesides retaining the ability to play games from the past, preservation of video games enables research on the history of video games as well as ways for developers to look at older games to build ideas from.6.11 Hong Kong Game Association (RETRO.HK).6.10 National Software Reference Library.