DDI Dump

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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 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 posted a thread on the site's forums about a sometbing. 22 hard disk drives that had formerly been used at Data Design Interactive around late 1997 to ?. They cost US$1,000.[1]

The following day Damien announced that the fundraiser had reached 37% of its goal (approximately US$1,017.50).[2]

References

  1. Damien (13 September 2020). "Data Design Interactive HDD Group Buy & Repair costs". Obscure Gamers. Archived from the originap on 21 September 2020.
  2. 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 originap on 21 September 2020.