Tech demos

I disagree.

Take the Final Fantasy VI tech demo for instance; sure, full video footage of that exists and is readily accessible, but the software itself is not. If the tech demo is purely video and said video is available, then yeah, you'd be right, it wouldn't be counted as lost. But when the tech demo is interactive, that's another thing entirely. Think of it as a short video game; having footage of a lost video game, however complete said footage may be, does not make the game itself found. The same can be said for interactive tech demos. Plus, with lots of these things, we really have no way of knowing for sure whether available video footage contains 100% of a demo's functionality. So yeah, that's my take on it. If it's an interactive tech demo, with only video available, then I definitely still count that as lost.

Is Meowth's Party not interactive? Because if it isn't AND is available in video form, in its entirety, then yeah, I'd agree with you in saying that it's not lost. Because in that context, it's really only a video. My main point was that interactive tech demos are pieces of software in and of themselves and simply having video footage of that software does not make it found.

The bottom line is that both of those demos are interactive pieces of software, said software being inaccessible to the general public. By that definition alone, they count as lost. One person's recorded playthrough of a demo is not sufficient to rule the demo itself as being found (I suppose you could maybe think of it as partially found, but not entirely found, IMO). Hope that makes sense...

I got another question, whant about the van buren fallout 3 alpha...would that be considered found?

I post this on here,becuse I though the meowths party tech demo dident need an article period. And the van buren fallout 3 is compleatly playable does that make it found.