> Can there be a "criterion collection" for early video games and interactive fiction
It's not exactly the same thing, but the closest analogue I can think of is the old "Hall of Fame" list that Computer Gaming World magazine used to curate, back when that magazine was still a thing:
It'd be an interesting exercise to put together an annotated version of that list showing the current status of each title, including availability via GOG/Steam/Archive.org/etc.
It's not exactly the same thing, but the closest analogue I can think of is the old "Hall of Fame" list that Computer Gaming World magazine used to curate, back when that magazine was still a thing:
http://www.1up.com/features/hall-of-fame
It'd be an interesting exercise to put together an annotated version of that list showing the current status of each title, including availability via GOG/Steam/Archive.org/etc.