Benzinga - Blending 1990s gaming nostalgia with blockchain technology, NFT analytics platform Ninjalerts has inscribed a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator onto the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) network — enabling users to play games in their browser across Ordinals explorers and marketplaces. The move is part of the "Pizza Ninjas" profile picture NFT project. Ninjalerts also provides tools and guidance for uploading permanent and functional video games onto Bitcoin — explaining how to store Read-Only Memory game files on Bitcoin in an encrypted and password-protected format, according to a statement. Ninjalerts said the initiative was inspired by last year's commercial availability study from the Video Game History Foundation, in partnership with the Software Preservation Network — finding that 87% of classic video games released in the United States are "critically endangered."
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