History of the clientsearch

A quick and simple history of our search.

2012 - The 2008 client installer (3.809) is found on the roblox servers, and is then shared by users on the forums. Many users begin to speculate whether older clients could be found using similar methods. RBLXDev development begins using this client as a base.

2013 - All old roblox versions are removed from c5.roblox.com, including the mid-2008 installer. The clientsearch pores over the wayback archive, but no archives of clients were made beside 3.809. RBLXDev becomes public, and the old roblox revival community begins its steady growth. The mid-2010 client is also found at this point. A link to a “2007″ client that was supposedly hosted on c5.roblox.com goes dead - this client was later confirmed to most likely be a fake, as the version number did not match what is now known about 2007 clients.

2014 - The archives of the 2005 and 2006 roblox site become more widely known, though no files are found on them besides various pictures. Old models and places still available on roblox are dug up in an attempt to deduce certain things about old roblox, notably toolbox’s models.

2015 - Few new discoveries of note are made.

2016 - A broken 2007 installer is found, but does not become widely known. RBLXDev dies, marking the end of the four-year lifespan of the first roblox revival. It ends up living on through nobelium.

2017 - Finobe is founded, as well as the clientsearch getting an official discord, tumblr, and a page in the lostmedia wiki. The search gains a ton of new members, as well. The broken 2007 installer becomes more widely known, and another broken installer is also found. The earliest roblox forum posts are discovered, the controller function was thoroughly documented, several veteran members of the roblox community are contacted (with no new leads), and DHTML is discovered as a removed feature of roblox from 2007. More screenshots from 2006 are found, revealing that 2006 had built-in shaders, making the client even more in-demand. A slew of previously-unreleased archived pages are made available on the wayback archive, including lost article from the roblox wiki detailing more lost features. The original roblox wiki is also found.

-DirtPiper