Smannesman: That's not keeping it alive, that's necrophilia.
jamyskis: Also, in a perfect world, we'd be buying these classic games to support the original creators. In reality, the original creators very rarely see a dime of the income from these digital releases - it's the publishers that are profiting here.
My perfect world would be having al of these classic games on handhelds. I mean, I would love to boot up the majority of the retro GOG library on my 3DS. I know that would never happen. But hey a guy can dream.