Remember RuneScape? Every original version of the game is lost. But if you ever played it once you might have a missing old version ($500 bounty)

Hi all, we posted about this in /r/DataHoarder before and had a lot of success, but it's been almost 18 months so we thought it was worth trying again.

RuneScape is an online game launched in 2001 that could be played in browser. The game has had thousands of updates since its launch each with unique content and features. However, the game's developers did not start keeping comprehensive backups until 2012, with only 2 versions surving from before then. Everything else is lost.

However, if you ever tried the game once on a computer just for a few seconds, the full files would be downloaded and stored on the hard drive. We've found many missing old versions of Runescape this way and it would be great if archivists here could check any old computers, laptops, hard drives, or backups they have.

The files were located in:

• C:\WINDOWS\cache-93423-17382-59373-28323 (2001-2002)
• C:\WINDOWS\.file_store_32 (2003-2007)
• C:\WINDOWS\.jagex_cache_32 (2007-2011)

We are also offering a $500 reward to anyone who finds a lost version from 2001-2004 ($250 if the files are incomplete)

Thanks in advance.