Do you have any old computers you played RuneScape on from 2001-2012? You might have one of the game's lost old versions

Hi all,

Runescape has gone through hundreds of updates since 2001, with each one bringing unique changes and progressively altering the game. But despite the huge evolution during this time, Jagex did not start keeping comprehensive backups until 2012. Aside from the final version of Runescape classic and the August 2007 tape, everything else from 2001-2012 was lost.

However, if you ever played the game, even just for a few seconds, the full files would be downloaded and saved on your computer. Therefore, we're asking everybody to check any old computers, laptops, hard drives, or backups that they might have ever tried Runescape on back in the day.

We've made many cool discoveries so far such as graphical updates), inaccessible areas, and scrapped content that hadn't been seen by anyone in over 2 decades. People might find this website interesting, which allows you to explore the worlds of older versions in full 3D. However, there is still lots to find - in particular anything from 2005 or earlier.

We have made a custom search tool that will quickly scan a drive for old RS versions. However if you want to search yourself, the common directories would be "C:\WINDOWS\.file_store_32" or "C:\WINDOWS\.jagex_cache_32". You can submit anything you found to this form.

Thanks in advance, and feel free to check out our Discord server and website which have more information and answer common questions.