TOKYO -- Japan is mounting a rescue operation for early video game copies, some from the 1980s, as more of these pieces of pop history give way to corrosion.
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Save game history: Japan preserves its cartridge-bound treasures
National Diet Library fights off legal barriers, corrosion, even drain to abroad
In Tokyo's otaku headquarters of Akihabara, early game cartridges can fetch hundreds of dollars, many multiples of their original prices from decades ago. (Photo by Manami Yamada)
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