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385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been '100% backed up' and validated, torrents being generated (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Non Tom's slopware original post:

I'm the head mod of r/savemyrient. today, we got some amazing news from the myrient community backup discord server.

Long time no see. We've been kicking major ass in the background getting downloads completed and validated. We can now announce that the Myrient mirror is now 100% COMPLETE!! Total size is 385TB Work is now continuing on generating torrents and getting them available. Website will be back soon, had to get that ready for the next stage and it was easier to just take it offline to do that. More news to come!

https://old.reddit.com/r/Roms/comments/1rr53dw/the_myrient_mirror_is_at_100_backed_up_see_post/

Tom's Slopware delenda est

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 76 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is why piracy is preservation. Torrents are just really damn good for this sort of thing.

[–] spy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 6 hours ago

Great job to all volunteers who organized and participated in this initiative. And also, a big thank you to Myrient for having had so many games preserved all this time and for giving the community a chance to prepare for a time when it will no longer be around.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 30 points 6 hours ago

Torrents? Yes, but another SaveMyrient mod has confirmed “Torrents is only a temporary solution as of now.”

That's reassuring. I'll donate where possible, half my NAS is Myrient sourced well before the shutdown announcement.

[–] NullPointerException@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

I didn’t open the article. I remember playing this game. Anyone knows the name?

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Descent

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

That game fucked my online gaming life for years /cry

I couldn't play anything where they hadn't added the ability to invert y axis...

Finally played a single game non inverted for like 6 months straight till my muscle memory finally broke.

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

Descent II

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Darude - Sandstorm

But if you mean the thumbnail, just open the article and read the caption. It's labeled.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth -3 points 6 hours ago

It's not a game, it's an archive of games

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I thought I saw an earlier story that suggested they may try to bring the site back if hardware costs come down to earth, but I may have imagined it. Did anyone see that?