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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Jowi Morales

390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

SNES console and CRT TV.

Myrient, one of the largest online video game archives, has announced that it will shut down on March 31, 2026. According to the archive’s official Telegram page, it’s closing the service due to insufficient funding, rising costs, and abusive download managers. The creator said that donations are not keeping pace with hosting costs, and that they are paying more than $6,000 out of pocket per month to cover expenses, which is hardly sustainable.

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