Myrient to shut down on March 31 2026

[BlusterBong]

Sorry, I expected search to function like 99% of other websites do.

But even on the default page, it stays blank when hitting Enter.

Works fine for me when I use the search as intended.


I'm not the one with a developer tag here, surely you couldn't have taken 10 seconds to have used the search on the subdirectories instead of assuming it didn't work.

 

[Nakamichi]

This shitty site doesn't even work, lol. Nothing of value lost.

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you can only search the contents of the folder youre currently in.
this isnt windows search.

 

[lightwo]

Works fine for me when I use the search as intended.
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I'm not the one with a developer tag here, surely you couldn't have taken 10 seconds to have used the search on the subdirectories instead of assuming it didn't work.

As always, the trolls cannot demonstrate basic understanding of what they are badmouthing or any effort to get there. Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[Nakamichi]

@RetroNerdGamer please dont. if you have 4 dollars, please be careful, maybe buy food.

 

[k66]

I have been using this website (Myrient) for many years.
Due to China's internet issues (GFW), this may be the only website where I can find the most complete ROM downloads.
I am very grateful for its existence.
Searching is also very convenient (browser F3 search), and the download speed is very fast.
Thank you, Myrient.

 

[MeowthBlep]

the myrient guy should immediately put everything there on archive.org

 

[lightwo]

the myrient guy should immediately put everything there on archive.org

Good luck with that, I don't think they (or anyone else for that matter) would bother. There are thousands upon thousands of entries. Having them under one listing risks the entirety of it getting removed by [insert entity here] all at once. Splitting into sub-entries doesn't make it much better. Having each separate file be its own listing would probably take months to do.

While technically possible, you could avoid having to use the grotesquely buggy IA web uploader, but that doesn't solve any of the aforementioned issues.

IA is not the answer you're looking for. While it is, indeed, giant dumping grounds for various things, companies are very well aware of it, and IA does serve takedown requests. While it does let you get a torrent for any entry listed on the website instead of going the regular download route, it is probably the worst place to rely on for that for all the reasons I mentioned.

 

[MeowthBlep]

Good luck with that. There are thousands upon thousands of entries. Having them under one listing risks the entirety of it getting removed by [insert entity here] all at once. Splitting into sub-entries doesn't make it much better. Having each separate file be its own listing would probably take months.

While technically possible, you could avoid having to use the grotesquely buggy IA web uploader, but that doesn't solve any of the aforementioned issues.

IA is not the answer you're looking for. While it is, indeed, giant dumping grounds for various things, companies are very well aware of it, and IA does serve takedown requests. While it does let you get a torrent for any entry listed on the website instead of going the regular download route, it is probably the worst place to rely on for that for all the reasons I mentioned.

So… maybe not everything. Perhaps just the stuff that isn’t already there?
It already has major amounts of the libraries of every console up to PS1, so maybe myrient could complete it and then some?

 

[RetroNerdGamer]

@RetroNerdGamer please dont. if you have 4 dollars, please be careful, maybe buy food.

I have food, n stuff. I would only mention doin' it if I can, which I could.

 

[CMDreamer]

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And it is HILARIOUS that a massive piracy website like Myrient is incessantly whining about fellow criminals taking advantage of their bandwidth.

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Actually they never had, it was the users that complained on many Reddit's threads about that.

Myrient even provided means (guides/instructions) to use mass downloaders to "get them all".

 

[SylverReZ]

Sorry, I expected search to function like 99% of other websites do.

But even on the default page, it stays blank when hitting Enter.

You have JavaScript disabled possibly.

Works fine on my end.

 

[Jayro]

You have JavaScript disabled possibly.

Works fine on my end.

Possibly, I do use an ad blocker.

 

[SylverReZ]

Possibly, I do use an ad blocker.

NoScript would've been the cause of this, or if your adblocker is messing with the site.

 

[ertaboy356b]

Why hasn't anyone ever mentioned it here then? This is the first I seen it mentioned, ever.

If you somehow use HSHOP on the 3DS, you'll see it for the first time there.

 

[Jakeeenator]

Sorry, I expected search to function like 99% of other websites do.

But even on the default page, it stays blank when hitting Enter.

Wow you're dumb lol.

 

[Jayro]

If you somehow use HSHOP on the 3DS, you'll see it for the first time there.

I haven't touched my 3DS since the Switch came out

 

[Kioku]

So… maybe not everything. Perhaps just the stuff that isn’t already there?
It already has major amounts of the libraries of every console up to PS1, so maybe myrient could complete it and then some?

Hate to be that guy, but the Archive is a terrible place for stuff like this. It's an open target for big corporations to take aim at. If you add an influx of pirated material that'll raise some eyebrows and likely draw unwanted attention.

 

[BreadDrinker]

The Myrient ressurection people (Minerva) have put out an updated way to help archive files here: https://github.com/rlaphoenix/minerva. Basically, you run an exe that helps transfer data from Myrient to the new archive, and they need multiple ppl bc bandwidth limitations.

 

[SecureBoot]

What a tragic loss truly. I guess we should've seen the writing on the wall when they removed ftp access

 

[bonkmaykr]

But why, though?

Internet Archive is a clusterfuck of thousands of duplicate entries and (possibly) bad ROM dumps. Sometimes you find some good stuff, but it's not always easy, and you may not find what you're looking for. It doesn't help in IA's case with funding lawsuits only to fail miserably instead of funding their services.

I'm not so sure, I've found plenty of good dumps on IA, particularly from large megacollections belonging to a single platform. And search indexing IME is good enough you can find these by looking for a specific game, i.e. if I search hard enough for "Super Stardust" I will eventually find a repository of almost every single Amiga game I can think of right there in the same folder, several dozen GB worth. It might be full of cracked copies since it's from a home computer and not a console but it's never not worked. I guess not everyone is so lucky, it takes a double coincidence of wants: multiple people have to give enough of a shit about your specific game or their collection with your game inside to share it, and this view of IA's quality is one of the reasons people may not upload there.

I don't see the harm in keeping a dump of Myrient on IA though, if Myrient's existing catalog is so much higher quality than every other site then just search for the Myrient dump on IA before you search elsewhere, as if the site were still up problem solved. only it will be frozen in time

The infringement lawsuits are going to happen regardless, IA is far better equipped to handle them than Myrient ever was. And ultimately the only solution for sure would be either p2p distribution (which IA offers automatically - this is currently the only way to get the leaked Windows sources), or to fight copyright lobbyists, which'll take many more years of protesting and word-of-mouth. If you're not sharing because you're scared of the law, you're letting tyrants win, that's lame.