Myrient is closing March 31, 2026

[AkihitoZero1224]

Sad day for game preservation, one of the best sites is going down next month

 

[MasterEn]

i knew they would eventually get hit. i was hoping that where ever they were located would give them some protection, but i guess not.
got to get going on grabbing some games and other things from there.

 

[AkihitoZero1224]

i knew they would eventually get hit. i was hoping that where ever they were located would give them some protection, but i guess not.
got to get going on grabbing some games and other things from there.

They even have 360 and PS3 DLC there too as well as Wii U stuff

 

[RageBurner]

This is a disaster.

 

[Don Patch]

Fuckin' lame....

 

[QrtzQdrnt]

Incredibly unfortunate news... I've been using Myrient for as long as I can remember and it's been my go-to all these years and honestly the loss is catastrophic because of their massive amount of content I couldn't really find anywhere else.

Unfortunately I was afraid that sooner or later this would happen

 

[MasterEn]

They even have 360 and PS3 DLC there too as well as Wii U stuff

i know. i already got the wiiu stuff from usbhelper. it not only gets the games downloaded for you with a pause and resume feature, but it can also convert them and make them playable on cemu.
i need to check and make sure i got all of the ps3, xbox and 360 games that i want before they disappear forever.

 

[AkihitoZero1224]

Incredibly unfortunate news... I've been using Myrient for as long as I can remember and it's been my go-to all these years and honestly the loss is catastrophic because of their massive amount of content I couldn't really find anywhere else.

Unfortunately I was afraid that sooner or later this would happen

One day maybe a new site may take its place

 

[MasterEn]

One day maybe a new site may take its place

hopefully.

 

[Scotty Scotty]

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.

 

[cjl8336 cjl8336]

I have 3.5 terabytes on my external drive and another 2tb drive - a month is sufficient time to fill one to capacity

 

[Don Patch]

That mean hshop is going belly-up, too?......

 

[||REDACTED||]

Mostly because they dont have the money and access to the part required for maintaining the servers, due to guess what? Ai...

I wonder what is the position of Spyke and RGT on the same subject?

 

[merzbun]

completely fucking gutted. devastating loss. one million billion plagues upon silicon valley. ai companies deserve so much suffering that it is fundamentally impossible to quantify it in the fabric of reality

 

[MasterEn]

That mean hshop is going belly-up, too?......

possibly. i hope not.

 

[Don Patch]

possibly. i hope not.

Here's hoping it keeps a'float

 

[||REDACTED||]

Sry i'm on tablet, so a bit hard to crop things but no, hshop will continue
**Information about uploads**
Myrient is no longer accepting new uploads as of 26 February 2026.

**Information about Discord and Telegram**
The Discord server and Telegram channel are not affected by Myrient's closure and will continue to be available for the forseeable future.

**Information about hShop**
hShop is not affected by Myrient's closure and will continue to be available for the forseeable future.

**Information about donations**
All donations received after 31 March 2026 will go towards hShop's monthly hosting costs.

 

[MasterEn]

Sry i'm on tablet, so a bit hard to crop things but no, hshop will continue
**Information about uploads**
Myrient is no longer accepting new uploads as of 26 February 2026.

**Information about Discord and Telegram**
The Discord server and Telegram channel are not affected by Myrient's closure and will continue to be available for the forseeable future.

**Information about hShop**
hShop is not affected by Myrient's closure and will continue to be available for the forseeable future.

**Information about donations**
All donations received after 31 March 2026 will go towards hShop's monthly hosting costs.

well, that's a bit of good news then.
what is the telegram channel? i haven't heard of that before.

 

[||REDACTED||]

Cant say, i'm only on their discord

 

[Viviana Santos]

I fucking hate AI companies, man.

 

[drizzes]

From the site's discord. The gist is Myrient has had a long reputation of being a safe, stable, and free site for rom preservation. But the combined increasing costs and insufficient funding has lead the owner to shut it down soon. Also apparently people have been using AI programs to force download the site en-mass, abusing it in a way the owner couldn't compensate for.

Post automatically merged: Feb 26, 2026

 

[tonyhoro]

Hope this doesn't become an issue for RGT

 

[x_lod]

Every single day these artificial intelligence things happen, processors are getting more expensive, RAM is already ridiculously expensive. I also didn't know the site, but I know it well. Sorry if I commented here, I just wanted to share my opinion.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

What really gets me is the second point: why the HELL would you program a tool designed to screw the site you are supposedly a fan of?!

I absolutely sympathize with the owner in this case. That's just gross.

 

[RageBurner]

Let's not forget to include lagging legislation and bribable people that slow down regulation.

We can rage on our end of the rope all we want, but the problem is on the other end.