Do you know any software that is now "Lost Media"?

[WadmodderShalton]

For years many software have been available on Floppy disks, CD and DVD-ROMs or being freeware or open-source.

However, not all software is easy to find, thanks to lack of record keeping and lack of availability. There are quite a couple of software now considered "Lost Media"

A couple of examples that I can think of are as follows:

ThinkDesktop Screenmates - a series of desktop toys released in the 2000s and discontinued in the 2010s.

Bonzi Software products - software products that were released in 1993 until 2004. Many of its programs are now lost due to the installers requiring the Bonzi Software servers to download the files. Their product catalog included Voice E-Mail, InternetALERT, InternetBOOST, BonziBuddy and MaxALERT.

Do you know of any other software that are now "Lost Media"? Feel free to provide comments on this thread.

[PitKoz]

I have some very old soft on my 20 years old PC Workstation. Starting with # inch Ninja funny game.

Some desktop bugs/worms or dwarf or hamster screensavers and more

And big collection of very old CD with free soft.

Love Recoil game. The best tank game ever

[mina7601]

On 5/29/2023 at 9:34 AM, PitKoz said:

Love Recoil game. The best tank game ever

Yeah, it's my favorite game too. Had a lot of fun with it.

[Tripredacus]

6 hours ago, JK.Robert said:

HandBrake. It is an open-source video converting program built by volunteers.

OT: if we are talking about software and not games, the first software I can think of might be the original Microsoft Azure. Trying to search for it is a nightmare as you can imagine. Azure was the precursor to Microsoft CRM which later became Microsoft Dynamics.

[WadmodderShalton]

AgentTaskForce UK - a software suite that was developed in the early 2000s that utilized Microsoft Agent technology. Their specialty was that they were centered around different topics like video games, movies or the weather. This company made a program called WebScrapbook that was able to design websites and appeared to have connections to another British company WebPrecint. This small British company was founded in the year 2000 but went defunct three years later in 2003. They had financial issues in 2002, and their software would slip into obscurity. As of today, only three of the Microsoft Agent characters have been recovered, and the other five characters are nowhere to be found. Unless someone who is British have that CD-ROM that costs £9.75 at the time, it is unlikely that the remaining characters will ever resurface.

[jaclaz]

9 hours ago, WadmodderShalton said:

As of today, only three of the Microsoft Agent characters have been recovered, and the other five characters are nowhere to be found.

It seems like actually 5 were recovered:

https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/11868/old-british-software-early-2000s

(but seemingly no links to get them)

jaclaz

[WadmodderShalton]

Now for someone who can try to make an iceberg for lost Windows software made in the 1990s til the early-2010s. One has to find more to fill in the iceberg to begin with.