Ninjalerts CEO Trevor Owens argued that Bitcoin is the best place to preserve “cultural digital artifacts” for future generations.
Developers at the Bitcoin Ordinals portfolio tracker Ninjalerts have inscribed the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator on a satoshi, allowing the community to play classic games on the Bitcoin network.
In an X (formerly Twitter) thread, Ninjalerts CEO Trevor Owens explained that it took six months to customize the emulator to work on all marketplaces and explorers. He wrote, “If the Laser Eyes are gonna host all our JPEGs forever, at least now they can play games!”
According to Owens, the effort to inscribe SNES on the blockchain was made to address the issue of the preservation of classic video games. Citing a study concluding that 90% of classic video games are critically endangered, Owens argued that Bitcoin is the best place to preserve these “cultural digital artifacts” for future generations.
