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The '''Data Design Interactive lot''' is a collection of [[Wikipedia:Hard disk drive|hard disk drives]] formerly owned by British video game developer [[Data Design Interactive]]. The hard drives were purchased by members of the video game preservation website Obscure Gamers in September 2020. The files recovered from the hard drives have been referred to as the '''Data Design Interactive dump''' or '''DDI Dump'''. As a number of the hard drives were damaged, recovery efforts are still underway. | |||
== History == | |||
On 13 September 2020, Obscure Gamers founder Damien announced plans to purchase a lot of hard disk drives that had been used by Data Design Interactive Ltd. The lot was priced as US$1,000 and contained twenty-two hard drives; nine of the drives were damaged or would not power on, however, and required specialist repair work that would cost more than the purchase price. Damien posted a thread on the site's forums with a fundraiser to help purchase and repair the drives. The initial fundraising goal was US$2,500 (plus a buffer of $250 for [[Wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal's]] fees); the first thousand dollars would be used for purchasing the lot, and any additional fund would go towards recovery costs.<ref name="OG thread 2779"/> | |||
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<ref name="OG thread 2779">{{cite web |url=https://www.obscuregamers.com/threads/data-design-interactive-hdd-group-buy-repair-costs.2779 |title=Data Design Interactive HDD Group Buy & Repair costs |type=Forum thread |author=Damien |date=13 September 2020 |website=Obscure Gamers |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200921025850/https://www.obscuregamers.com/threads/data-design-interactive-hdd-group-buy-repair-costs.2779 |archive-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> | |||
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== External links == | |||
* [https://tcrf.net/Category:2020_Data_Design_Interactive_Leak Category:2020 Data Design Interactive Leak] at [[Wikipedia:The Cutting Room Floor (website)|The Cutting Room Floor]] | |||
* [https://hiddenpalace.org/Data_Design_Interactive_Lot Data Design Interactive Lot] at Hidden Palace | |||
[[Category:Data Design Interactive]] | [[Category:Data Design Interactive]] | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 16 September 2025
The Data Design Interactive lot is a collection of hard disk drives formerly owned by British video game developer Data Design Interactive. The hard drives were purchased by members of the video game preservation website Obscure Gamers in September 2020. The files recovered from the hard drives have been referred to as the Data Design Interactive dump or DDI Dump. As a number of the hard drives were damaged, recovery efforts are still underway.
History
On 13 September 2020, Obscure Gamers founder Damien announced plans to purchase a lot of hard disk drives that had been used by Data Design Interactive Ltd. The lot was priced as US$1,000 and contained twenty-two hard drives; nine of the drives were damaged or would not power on, however, and required specialist repair work that would cost more than the purchase price. Damien posted a thread on the site's forums with a fundraiser to help purchase and repair the drives. The initial fundraising goal was US$2,500 (plus a buffer of $250 for PayPal's fees); the first thousand dollars would be used for purchasing the lot, and any additional fund would go towards recovery costs.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Damien (13 September 2020). "Data Design Interactive HDD Group Buy & Repair costs". Obscure Gamers (Forum thread). Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
