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56 points diasks2 | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0s | 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 ◴[] No.45026276[source]
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 ◴[] No.45026567[source]
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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1. diggan ◴[] No.45028725[source]
> Any recommendations on how to start a life as a digital hoarder?

Step 1: Get a NAS or whatever, and copy over things manually when you know you care about them.

That's pretty much it for at least some basic protections, and not starting a whole project. Just made checksums before you send it, and verify the checksums after you send it, and that's pretty much it.

Then step 2-6 can involve doing encrypted off-site (cloud) syncing of your backups, automatic backuping and so on, but as a first step, just do something small and easy, so it won't feel like a hassle in the future.

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2. 0cf8612b2e1e ◴[] No.45029435[source]
Hard disagree about the manual copying. I did that for years and that is how you get a mess. “Did I back up that project? On what date?”

You will inevitably omit something you want. Just rsync the entire home folder as a first pass backup strategy.

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3. diggan ◴[] No.45065731[source]
> Hard disagree about the manual copying. I did that for years and that is how you get a mess.

Yeah, I'm not advising they do that for the rest of their life, I suggested that as Step 1, just offload it somewhere first. Then the later steps are setting up syncing, in my previous comment those were steps 2-6.