First Post: A summary and what we have as of 5/13/17
Original post made by DirtPiper
In an attempt to segregate the actual findings from fake finds and common knowledge, this blog has been created by two members of the Finobe/Nobelium Staff Team. Our names are Davi and Whimee. If you’re interested in the search like we are, spread the word! Share this blog with your friends. Publicity will eventually reach that special someone who miraculously has the old clients.
Today, I’m going to be going over what we have so far. This post is meant for showing everyone what’s fake and what isn’t, and to calm down the public so people don’t continue losing their minds over something that was discovered a while back.
The clients we have so far
Currently, the public has access to every ROBLOX client from 2008 to the current year. You can download them all in a zip on Mediafire here, but if you only want to download one of them or download them all unzipped, they’re on this google drive folder here.
You are able to download any client from 2009 - Present through ROBLOX using this method:
- Take this link: setup.roblox.com/version-hash-file.zip
- Replace the hash and file with the correct hash/file
An entire list of roblox versions can be found on this github repository, these are needed to complete the link presented above me.
https://github.com/Anaminus/roblox-data/blob/master/versions
Now I’m sure you’re all aware of the 2007 installer that’s floating around. It is real, but it is incomplete. The installer is only capable of extracting the roblox.cab file into the correct directories on your computer. It holds nothing related to the client. Nevertheless, it’s still worth checking out, and you can download it from archive.org here. If you would rather not download it, you can check out this video I made last year in which i present the installer.
Recently, there have been a number of forum threads and videos created surrounding the search for the old clients.
This thread dates all the way back to the Spring of 2012. A user requested the client from 2006/2007, and someone actually delivered. The link to it is dead though, but luckily the user who posted it is still active on that website. Making an account and attempting to contact the user “Windows XP” will be worth a try. We haven’t done it yet.
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UPDATE-From user Nate.
‘I would just like to clear one thing up. First of all, in the first post there was a mention of a 2007 client that had a dead link on BetaArchive. FYI, you can still download the freaking .exe setup using BetaArchive. And I was disappointed, because when I downloaded the setup, it was just a regular mid 08 client. Nothing special here, boys.'
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A thread posted this year on LostMediaWiki requests the same thing, though nothing new has cropped up on it. We aren’t going to post everything from it here, so this thread is worth checking out for getting the contact information of a ROBLOX developer who worked on one of the earliest versions of the client, the link to the ROBLOX patent filed in 2005 and countless images/videos. After mid-page 4, the thread is no longer worth reading.
This video made by myself was meant to gain as much publicity as possible. The only thing from this video’s comment section that is worth reading is the pinned comment by Plausibly and it’s replies.
FAKES
There are many many fake clients out there today, with YouTube videos on them gaining a lot of undeserved attention. Instead of linking you to all of these pages, I’m simply going to reiterate the fact that AS OF MAY 13, 2017, THE ONLY CLIENTS THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF AND CAN ACCESS ARE 2008 - PRESENT. The fake clients are more than likely simply a modified 2008 client. If you believe you actually have an earlier version of a client though, please e-mail us at finobeofficial@gmail.com with a copy of the client either directly inc