British scientists have decided to create a universal game emulator.

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth are developing a software emulator to play all the old video games that were released later in 1970, writes TechRadar.
The scientists note that until now no one seriously engaged in the academic catalog and the collection of archival copies of old games, although they are an important part of culture. Games, according to project leader Dr. David Anderson - one of the largest by volume mediaformatov in the world and therefore should be preserved for future generations.
The initiative to establish a so-called general-purpose emulator is part of pan-European Project KEEP (Keeping Emulation Environments Portable, "Saving portable emulyatsionnyh media"). This project aims to develop ways to protect digital objects, including text, audio files and image files, websites, databases, and video games.
In this article, TechRadar not explain how the authors of the draft are going to deal with copyright in the video games themselves, their materials, related information and firmware of popular gaming devices.
As estimated by 2010 the volume of digital data 18 million times the amount of information in books written in the history of mankind. Investigation of the British Library has shown that Europe is losing an annual 2.7 billion pounds because of the difficulty of storing old files.