RETRO GAMING

385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been '100% backed up' and validated, torrents being generated

A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been “100% backed up!”

By Toms Hardware

• March 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM

385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been '100% backed up' and validated, torrents being generated Photo: Toms Hardware

Last month, the site’s hosts announced a shutdown due to spiraling costs.

Descent II hits 30 (Image credit: GOG )
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As for getting the mirror up and operational, remember the original site doesn’t get decommissioned until the end of this month.

However, with the 385TB resource now backed up, work is underway “generating torrents and getting them available.”
As mentioned previously, Myrient is still operational.

So I thought I’d take a look.

It was good to see some old favorite Atari ST apps like Calamus there.

Moreover, if you feel like celebrating the 30 th anniversary of the release of Descent II on MS-DOS (March 13 in the U.S., March 29, 1996 in Europe) then today may be a good day to do it.

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