Coming over the next 24 to 48 hours
We're Hosting The Games Ourselves
GitHub and other hosts have been removing legal projects. Since the end of October, 62 games in Decomp Buddy have disappeared that way, and every time it happens the download is gone for everyone - even though these are legal projects made by fans, for free, that need your own copy of the game to play.
So we're doing something about it. Over the next 24 to 48 hours, Decomp Buddy is moving every game's files onto our own servers, so they can't be removed.
What's Changing
- We keep our own copy of every game. The newest version and the older versions too, so you can still go back to one that worked for you.
- Two copies, with two different companies. If one ever has a problem, the other one is still there.
- The app downloads from us. From now on, when you install or update a game in Decomp Buddy, it comes straight from our servers instead of GitHub.
- The website gets download buttons. Every game's page will let you download its files directly from us.
- Games that get removed stay. If a project disappears from GitHub after we've saved it, it stays in Decomp Buddy and keeps working.
What Stays The Same
- Every file is still checked for malware before anyone can download it, and your computer still checks that the file is exactly the one we checked.
- You still use your own copy of the original game. We never host those, and we never will.
- Games you've already installed keep working. You don't need to do anything.
This Is A Massive Undertaking
Hundreds of gigabytes of games, kept in two places, with new versions added every hour. If you'd like to contribute, you can do so below.
The author of this project isn't taking a cent of this money. Every cent donated goes to this project.