Myrient is closing March 31, 2026

[Bakuma1997]

Well, the Internet Archive is at least still standing

 

[SoThankful]

i think most of the costs is for storage. don't forget, myrient has ps3, xbox/360 and wiiu games. those can

Maybe they should’ve been cut a while back so the rest could’ve stayed up a little longer idk.

 

[ShadowsofCreationAga]

Well shit.. I just recently found Myrient, was searching for something (Legitimately don't remember what) that I was having a shockingly hard time finding anywhere else.

Edit: I remember now. It was a japanese exclusive Wii game.

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Well, the Internet Archive is at least still standing

There is stuff I found on Myrient that I couldn't find on the archive.

 

[χKai]

Maybe I am the only one thinking about it, but you need to be rich or have a very very good job / salary in order to be able to pay even for a few months those 6000 dollars monthly. I believe saying that amount is not an info anyone needs.

Seems to me to be some kind of open invitation to others, like: 'It's 6,000$ if you guys wanna help with this'

 

[ShadowsofCreationAga]

Maybe they should’ve been cut a while back so the rest could’ve stayed up a little longer idk.

Why? Everything else is pretty well archived. You can find complete romsets of every cartridge based system in multiple places online... the Xbox360 and Up are where it actually becomes difficult to find good dumps. That was the main good thing Myrient had going for it.

 

[starseeker300]

 

[Mr. SyS]

Well, the Internet Archive is at least still standing

Every time there's a leak someone tries to upload it to Internet Archive. You know where it gets DMCA'd first? Internet Archive.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

Why? Everything else is pretty well archived. You can find complete romsets of every cartridge based system in multiple places online... the Xbox360 and Up are where it actually becomes difficult to find good dumps. That was the main good thing Myrient had going for it.

Yeah that's it's main use case. Older romsets are easier to share and store, but once we get to the HD era those file sizes start to get pretty large. It limits where they can be shared and how much one person can keep. If anyone's looking to back anything up I would start there, that is, if you have a spare hard drive or two laying around.

 

[DaveTheMan]

Massive Blow for the Gaming Archive Society

But it also shows I reckon why Torrents are very Important as they can then have these Packs as Torrents so people can still download and share. Also would not have to worry about Ratio's

Also show how Important to have more then 1 Place that you get Retro Games from and not just 1 Place.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Every time there's a leak someone tries to upload it to Internet Archive. You know where it gets DMCA'd first? Internet Archive.

Well... we are so F***ed

 

[JG5009]

Oh this one hurts, theres a lot more than the redump and no intro games in there, thanks for sharing the news.

I gotta use the extra storage space and start packing stuff now I guess.

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Though, this is from the same people as the hshop for 3DS, hopefully that one can stay for longer.

 

[Fietto!]

 

[MasterEn]

Maybe they should’ve been cut a while back so the rest could’ve stayed up a little longer idk.

some of them could be removed. there is an app for the ps3 that acts like the psn store and most games barring a few are on there, along with dlc, updates and even themes and avatars. the rest could be removed as long as there is a back up somewhere else on the internet.
same for the wii u. the wiiu usbhelper acts like a digital store front as well. that would just leave xbox/360 games; so the costs should drop quite sharply.

 

[solnK!]

Dammit...never used the site but just hearing the news hurted a lot.

 

[mistymermaid]

Oh, that's good to hear. Actually, I haven't checked on Vimm's in a while, I mostly gave up on it after I found Myrient. Hopefully the other sites will expand a bit to fill in the gaps while another site inevitably rises to try and take it's place.
I am worried though about how much stuff will end up becoming lost media though. I imagine some stuff will just vanish because no one thought to grab it. Bootlegs and unlicensed games especially.

Controversial as the practice is (since the original studio is actively selling them!), few rom sites keep up-to-date with newly-released unlicensed games.

 

[Wesmess]

Once Vimm goes then we're truly fucked.

 

[Lena CE]

I can't imagine any site that does this kind of work is making enough to be truly sustainable. Wish I made more money so I could help out...

 

[DaveTheMan]

I have no idea what kind of site that was but life goes on.

There are sites that still have this sort of Stuff.

Mostly on Torrent Trackers

 

[RoboCod100]

Can we just confirm were ok here?

I genuinely feel fucking shit. Everything's just going to shit. It's either my country being invaded, a government which hates it's own people, forced censorship or ID.

I see this and just feel so utterly shit. I honestly couldn't take it if anything bad happened here

 

[Mr. SyS]

I'm grabbing what I can but 1tb isn't much. My focus right now is hacks, homebrews, some Nintendo prototypes, and below 6th Gen.

 

[Wesmess]

This sucks. Especially because some specific content (Namely, official translations of games like "Ripple Island", "Mappy Kids", "Ninja Jajamaru: Ginga Daisakusen" etc) may be lost to time................ unless some gigachad decides to back all of those up and store them elsewhere.

Thankfully lolroms.com has those new officially translated roms and more in their archive.

 

[DaveTheMan]

Is there even a good alternative at this point? Vimm's has some missing patches since a bunch of Nintendo and Sega stuff was taken down, and the same is true for Internet Archive. Not to mention all of the stuff that's Myrient exclusive... I know we have a whole month left but still. It truly is a tragedy.

Probably Private Torrent Trackers like:

IPT
Pixel Cove
BackUps
Old Toons

 

[otogirisou]

spending $6000 every month is a massive feat. He's a King.

 

[Sfjeov]

dang
it was useful for getting 3ds games

 

[bjork]

Sheesh, $6000/mo. I would bounce too. I think I've only been there a time or two but it's always a shame when one goes down. I hope that person running the site has a good long rest after it ends.