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A brief history of surface types. (2004-2006)

As many of us are probably aware, ROBLOX started development sometime around mid to late 2003. Throughout the years, ROBLOX has made several revisions of the surface and joint system. From Bumps to Spawn, there's loads of fun! In 2004, ROBLOX was still getting prepared to make their

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Was Old Roblox Better? (Part 2: What is Roblox even all about?)

So, what is Roblox all about? What is it's purpose? Has it even changed at all? What is Roblox all about? This question is hard to answer, but I believe it's socializing. Since very early on, Roblox has helped lots of people socialize with others. Roblox

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Was Old Roblox Better? (Part 1: Common arguments)

The age old question, thousands going to John Shedletsky's promotional Roblox videos and screaming "Old roblox was better!". Several voices seemingly unheard by Roblox themselves. Do they care? Are they ignoring us? Was it really better? Common arguments 1. There was TIX 2. There were no

Digging up buried 2005 treasures!

Within the past week or so, there have been two findings about 2005 which have been publicly uncovered. We have found how the part of the 2005 UI might have functioned, and we found color images of the previously known 2005 patents. Let's start off with the 2005

Dynablocks October 2004 Found! (April Fools 2022)

After over 10 years of our search efforts, we have finally found the 2004 prototype for Roblox! David Baszucki himself sent us a copy after simply just asking him... go figure... We proudly release this to everybody today! Have fun dataminers! EBlocks 2004 Dynablocks 2004 Real eBlocks_2004.7z 10

General Roblox Misconceptions

There are many misconceptions about old roblox, and I think it would be a good idea to figure out where they may have originated, figure out why they're wrong or inaccurate, and then discuss the truth. It's good to keep an open mind while discussing these,

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Player Colors? But What, When and Why?

Roblox has had colored usernames for the chat and player list since 2006. These colors are seemingly given at random, however any game which a player joins, will keep the same color for their name. What colors? (Part 2) It seems when Roblox was looking for their playlist colors, they

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Client Searching FAQ, and why do we say years?

FAQ "When we do find 2006, will it only be used for revivals?" No, it can be, but that's not why we want it. One of the main reasons why we want it is for research, and more importantly, archival. We don't have a

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UPDATE [1/31/2022] The Clearing of Deploys in February 2020

Roblox has a Deploy server, that is hosted on an amazon s3 bucket, this server is used to deploy Clients, Studio, RccService, and WindowsPlayers. This Deploy server is more commonly known to ClientSearch as "DeployHistory", in reference to the filename of the log which lists the history of

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What Colors, When Colors, Why Colors?

Those of you who played Roblox back from 2006-2017 might remember being limited on the color palette given. "What colors were there to choose from, when did these colors get added, and why was the palette so limited?" What Colors? In 2006, Roblox added Lego part colors, down

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When was Roblox created, and what was it called?

So, the question seems simple, "What was Roblox called when it was first being created, and when was it made?" The most commonly accepted answer is DynaBlocks, or maybe even GoBlocks depending on who you ask. However, the rabbit hole goes much deeper than you might think. Let&

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So, what is Robloxopolis, anyway?

What is Robloxopolis, and why do we have it's domain? Well, to answer the first question, let's go back in time to 2006, November 2006. Robloxopolis was an attempt to bring a bunch of Robloxians together to build a huge city. https://archive.froast.io/forum/

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We are the Robloxopolis(.com)

We have plans to host unique archives on here, such as sets and asset details, to be used in the future for something special :D Look forward to the future of this website, as we have some tales to tell and information to educate!