Games are available from Funet's VIC-20 archive . Although the folks that archived the cartridges have since found other things to occupy their time, other folks are currently working on archiving the huge body of games that exist in cassette tape format. And there are efforts afoot to help preserve the artwork that was used on carts, boxes, tape liners, and magazine ads, so that future generations can see what this system's market was once like. These are on-going projects that will likely take a long time to complete, but it is good that it's being done. So far, no one has complained that we had not asked permission up front.
Most authors are glad that someone took the time to preserve their works.
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