56 points diasks2 | 5 comments | 25 Aug 25 06:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.826s | source

I developed a game called "Putter King Adventure Golf" for iOS and Android back in the 2010s. It's long since disappeared from the app stores, but my son recently asked if he could play it, which got me thinking about whether it might be recoverable.

I'm wondering if there's any way to find a copy of it somewhere on the web (I assume it was probably pirated at some point during its lifetime). And if I could find it, what would be the best approach to get it running again?

Has anyone here successfully recovered and revived their old mobile apps? I'd appreciate any suggestions on:

* Where to look for archived APKs or IPAs * How to sideload/run old mobile apps on modern devices * Whether emulators might be a viable option

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fastball ◴[26 Aug 25 13:29 UTC] No.45026276[source]▶

>>45010951 (OP) #

Where did the source code go?

I have all the code from dumb little games I made (and never released) from almost 20 years ago.

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mrweasel ◴[26 Aug 25 13:51 UTC] No.45026567[source]▶

>>45026276 #

I've lost so much code, photos and other digital assets over the years. I regret losing most of it, yet I can seem to get started on archiving the things I care about.

So many funny little project, so much code I'd like to revisit, so many photos lot.

Any recommendations on how to start a life as a digital hoarder?

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sfn42 ◴[26 Aug 25 13:59 UTC] No.45026693[source]▶

>>45026567 #

As far as software projects go I'd say GitHub or whatever VCS you prefer. For photos and documents etc you could look into cloud storage like OneDrive. A friend recently told me about filen.io which provides a similar service but with encryption. Not sure whether OneDrive also supports encryption.

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1. mrweasel ◴[26 Aug 25 14:32 UTC] No.45027092[source]▶

>>45026693 #

I really want to store things locally though, and then just stick with cloud as backup. The problem is I also don't want to manage anything complex.

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2. redundantly ◴[26 Aug 25 14:36 UTC] No.45027147[source]▶

>>45027092 (TP) #

If you have a NAS you can run Gogs as a container for a git repo.

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3. cmrx64 ◴[26 Aug 25 14:42 UTC] No.45027225[source]▶

>>45027147 #

if you have a NAS you can just use a bare git directory as a remote