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Myrient, one of the largest online video game preservation archives hosting 390TB of games, is being forced offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive costs driven by AI industry demand. The closure threatens a major resource for gaming history preservation.

A priceless floppy disk containing the 1999 trial edition of visual novel Tsukihime was destroyed during international shipping, allegedly by US Customs or DHL inspectors. One of only 50 ever produced, the irreplaceable piece of gaming history has been permanently lost.