DDI Dump
The 2020 Data Design Interactive file dump, also referred to as the DDI Dump, is a large collection of files recovered from 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 and their contents were gradually released over the following years. As a number of the hard drives were damaged, recovery efforts are still underway.
Events
On 13 September 2020, Obscure Gamers user Damien started a thread on the site's forums detailing plans to acquire twenty-two hard disk drives.[1] The hard drives had formerly been used by Data Design Interactive during the development of LEGO Rock Raiders and for a number of years after.[2] The lot was priced as US$1,000; nine of the included drives were damaged or inoperable and would require specialist repair work. The thread linked to a fundraiser to purchase and repair the drives, with an initial goal of US$2,500 (plus a buffer of $250 for Paypal's fees).[1] The following day Damien announced that the fundraiser had reached 37% of its goal, covering the lot's purchase cost.[3] The drives were purchased by Obscure Gamers user March_42.[4] Obscure Gamers also was given access to five computers from Data Design that had been sold separately.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Damien (13 September 2020). "Data Design Interactive HDD Group Buy & Repair costs". Obscure Gamers. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baraklava (15 September 2020). "Let's save the largest Rock Raiders prototype content dump ever". Reddit. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024.
- ↑ Damien (14 September 2020). "Just a minor update, we've hit 37% of the goal meaning the HDD's are now secured (minus repair/recovery costs)." (comment on forum thread "Data Design Interactive HDD Group Buy & Repair costs"). Obscure Gamers. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
- ↑ "Data Design Interractive" [sic]. Gitlab. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021.
