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“They lose the assets they were in charge of keeping.
This has happened multiple times in my career.
Early design notes, code for different versions, prototypes, all the GURPS code gone.”
Cain says that Interplay intended to keep an archive internally, but “they lost it.
Turns out, no, they really lost it.”
The original artwork is gone.
The original version of the game, which used the GURPS tabletop system is gone.
“Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation,” Cain says.
“The amount of stuff that’s been lost about Fallout and its early development saddens me.
I had that in digital form and was ordered to destroy it.”
The art assets are gone," Cain concludes.
You’re not getting the original source code or art.
I think it’s even happening for the ’00s and the ’10s and probably now in the ’20s.
Stuff is being lost."
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