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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: sean-o-mac on October 17, 2009, 04:07:16 am
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Hey guys, I was wondering since localarcade is down, does anyone have all the artwork backed up from the site? It would be a shame to lose all that art. If anyone has it or would send it to me, I would host it all on a new website.
Sir woogie if you should read this, maybe you could send me the files? I would be more than happy to pay for material and shipping.
I have about a quarter of it backed up but not all of it.
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I have all the PP guts and a cockpit cabinet at work to serve as reference so I'll probably do a repro of the cockpit cabinet. I was counting on the artwork on localarcade because my chances of someone doing a real repro of the artwork seem to be slim to none. Hope it comes back!
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yep, all the art from AAL (plus some other ones) is backed up.
we (some mates and me) are working on setting up (currently running but not finished) web site to host all those precious files.
stay tunned.
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Sorry guys, meant to post hear sooner. Somehow The abuse department at GoDaddy took the domain out as they say spam has been sent with the address. The problem is, their evidence shows it's just someone including the URL for the site, not relaying through it. It's just taking me a bit to get this through their legalese to get it reinstated (without charging me $75 dollars!).
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Sorry guys, meant to post hear sooner. Somehow The abuse department at GoDaddy took the domain out as they say spam has been sent with the address. The problem is, their evidence shows it's just someone including the URL for the site, not relaying through it. It's just taking me a bit to get this through their legalese to get it reinstated (without charging me $75 dollars!).
Sir Woogie, you need some cash to keep the site up Im sure we can all pitch in and help out...
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I think I'll be fine once I get through all their red tape. But, thank you for the kind offers. I'll be sure to put up a paypal link. Someday I'll get to cleaning things up better.
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Silly question, but has anyone got or can anyone link me to a download location for pixelhugger's mame logo's (the round blue and orange ones), whilst localarcade is down, or can you sirwoogie?
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Silly question, but has anyone got or can anyone link me to a download location for pixelhugger's mame logo's (the round blue and orange ones), whilst localarcade is down, or can you sirwoogie?
http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Mame/ (http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Mame/)
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Thanks a bunch!
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Why does it go down so much?
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this one was not neglect. This is an issue with the registrar. Still working on it (jebus they're slow).
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any ETA on this?
It's breaking my heart. :cry:
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Still working.
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2 months have gone by. Wondering what the status of localarcade.com is, or if anyone seems to have a backup of all the art. (including bitmap)
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Shoot I was looking for that blue space CP background alot of folks use. I'm pretty sure it was on this site. It's the one that looks like these discs of different charater (pacman etc) are spinning away from the center. Anyone know where else this might be? It was a large bitmap image if I remember correctly.
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Shoot I was looking for that blue space CP background alot of folks use. I'm pretty sure it was on this site. It's the one that looks like these discs of different charater (pacman etc) are spinning away from the center. Anyone know where else this might be? It was a large bitmap image if I remember correctly.
syph007, I have those files. PM me your e-mail address and I will send them to you.
DeLuSioNaL29
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Any word?
Anywhere I can get Ms pacman side art and marquee?
EDIT: found them here http://vectorlib.free.fr/MsPacMan/ (http://vectorlib.free.fr/MsPacMan/)
still would like to know what's up with Local Arcade
can Saint host it here in the file repository?
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can Saint host it here in the file repository?
Now THAT is a good question. :applaud:
Hmm.
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Do you mean the whole art repository? That's like 400gb.
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Shoot I was looking for that blue space CP background alot of folks use. I'm pretty sure it was on this site. It's the one that looks like these discs of different charater (pacman etc) are spinning away from the center. Anyone know where else this might be? It was a large bitmap image if I remember correctly.
I didn't see this earlier, but if you still need the file, post in the artwork section. It's called Rom's character fusion or fusion explosion. Plenty of people have it on email that they can send (Encryptor, Arzoo etc came up in various threads from the search).
You may also send a message to Scott at Mamemarquees to see if he can email it to you. I know it's been uploaded there before. I'm not sure if he can or not but it's another place to try.
Good luck.
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can Saint host it here in the file repository?
Now THAT is a good question. :applaud:
IIRC, saint was pretty clear on not wanting to host copyrighted artwork.
Having said that, there are a number of people, like zorg, who would be happy to.
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Woogie, if they still have your domain blacklisted, I might be able to help.
At one of my recent jobs, I was the head of the abuse department for a major ISP. I'm very knowledgable of spam and how to dissect spoofed headers, and have worked with several ISPs and registrars to clear these things up.
Let me know if they're still accusing you of spam, and send me a copy of one of the messages (as an attachment). I can analyze it for you and tell you what to tell them. :D
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Nah, it's proven already that it wasn't me doing it. They just want $100 to leave them or $200 to stay with them (great extortion plan). I've not been able to nudge out of the costs, so I'll have to figure something else out. Over the holiday break I'm probably going to temporarily bring it up on another domain I have.
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Yeah, I've seen some of these businesses do that. I especially liked the one that would blacklist half the domains out there each week. You could pay $50 to have them delist you, but they say there is no guarantee that you won't get blacklisted again in a week. Which usually happened.
Definitely need to be careful who you listen to blacklisting advice from, as that company was a scam, pure and simple.
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I'd be more than happy to host the files I have on my mediafire account....most of the files I do have are screenshots and box scans for snes,nes,genesis,tg16,n64 etc. let me know, though I do hope localarcade comes back because it's a freaking awesome site and I love it!
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I don't think this is a question of where the files can be hosted. I think it's more a question of how to get the website back up and running. I personally think a mirrored storage solution would be best for both bandwidth and accessibility reasons. As long as the files are still SOMEWHERE, I'm sure they will be back at some point (either at the web site, or with Saint hosting them).
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any update on the situation?
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Found an alternative in the interim:
http://vectorlib.free.fr/ (http://vectorlib.free.fr/)
And here is the Mame Multi files on that site:
http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Mame/ (http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Mame/)
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Also found this which may be of some interest:
http://web.archive.org/web/ (http://web.archive.org/web/)*/http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/
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sirwoogie,
Any updates? Any thing else we can do to help? If it's back to money being the issue, I would be very willing to give you what I can. I think others would too. Local Arcade has been an invaluable resource, and I personally am holding off on getting my art printed until I know I can do a full search of your site to find the rest of the things I need.
Please tell us if we can do anything.
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bump
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bump
bump from this morning ?
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I have a web server with ample space and monthly bandwidth and would be willing to use it to mirror the files, at least until the original site can be brought back up.
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Nah, it's proven already that it wasn't me doing it. They just want $100 to leave them or $200 to stay with them (great extortion plan). I've not been able to nudge out of the costs, so I'll have to figure something else out. Over the holiday break I'm probably going to temporarily bring it up on another domain I have.
I'll donate what I can if you give them a grand ---fudgesicle--- you and go with a different registrar.
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Using the web archive link, I was able to retrieve a few of the screenshots that they backed up but they didn't backup any files that were more than 10 Mb. So I wasn't able to grab the visual pinball screenshots, NES, SNES, N64 and others. In the meantime, if someone could upload some of these on rapidshare or megaupload for the others, that would be great. I'd be willing also to donate to SirWoogie so he can get LocalArcade back up with someone else, not those SOB's...
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what's the deal with this site?
is it ever coming back up?
it can't be a matter of just money to godaddy to get it back up because there are plenty of interested hobbyists who would put up enough money to cover getting it back online.
i guess it would be one thing if all the art came from one person but a lot of that artwork was the result of multiple people contributing to the hobby.
i completely understand the costs behind keeping that thing up for so long in terms of hosting and bandwith but we're going on 4+ months now without any resolution to this.
can someone give the community some concrete dates or at a minimum throw all the files on a torrent and let it rip so at least we can have something.
not trying to flame, just kind of frustrated that something i looked forward to giving to and taking from is just plain gone over what what initially said to be a $70-200 issue.
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throw all the files on a torrent and let it rip
That would be a good temporary fix...
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It's a good permanent solution if the site isn't coming back. If updates are likely, then a site would be better (or at least someone to maintain the torrent and add the new files).
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if someone has the full collection, i have several web servers...
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if someone has the full collection, i have several web servers...
Same Here, we can get several mirrors.
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bumpage ;)
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looks like everyone wants to help get this back up!
such a shame it's been down for so long.. let's do it :notworthy:
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I've been trying to find all the content that was on there to put it up again, I even had it on an external but as the rule states; 'Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." and so that drive is unreadable. How many gb of content did Local Arcade have anyway?
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I've been trying to find all the content that was on there to put it up again, I even had it on an external but as the rule states; 'Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." and so that drive is unreadable. How many gb of content did Local Arcade have anyway?
I have some programs to help get the files off hard drive
send me a PM.
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The drive has already gone through a professional recovery process, Most of the information was unrecoverable, that includes the local arcade images.
Who runs local arcade anyway, I can just host a page if necessary. If anyone has most or all of the art, let me know and we can set something up.
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Zorg has as much of the art as anybody and it is already hosted.
Found an alternative in the interim:
http://vectorlib.free.fr/ (http://vectorlib.free.fr/)
And here is the Mame Multi files on that site:
http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Mame/ (http://vectorlib2.free.fr/Mame/)
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Sirwoogie is a member here (did you read the thread ?) and I'm sure will turn his attention to it when he has a chance.
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cool, yeah I know about vectorlib and I read some other thread about it a few months back. I'm looking more to bring it back as it was, site and all.
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Sirwoogie is a member here (did you read the thread ?) and I'm sure will turn his attention to it when he has a chance.
years after, with no sign of life ? do you really think this will happens ??
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This needs another bump!
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This is still a bit rough around the edges as I've upgraded the 4images software, so I may have introduced a some bugs into the site. However, I have it all running as it was prior to it going dark. I've moved it to a new domain because that old domain just had to much spam and junk associated with it.
The new address is:
http://arcadeartlibrary.com/ (http://arcadeartlibrary.com/)
I will go through the forum and change any of the links to go there instead.
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Nice to see it back! ;D
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Sirwoogie is a member here (did you read the thread ?) and I'm sure will turn his attention to it when he has a chance.
years after, with no sign of life ? do you really think this will happens ??
I do now!
;)
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THIS IS AWESOME NEWS!
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This is great... I have been looking for various art files for a long time that I knew were part of the library before it dissappeared. So happy it is back.
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Just an FYI the site link isn't working.
This is still a bit rough around the edges as I've upgraded the 4images software, so I may have introduced a some bugs into the site. However, I have it all running as it was prior to it going dark. I've moved it to a new domain because that old domain just had to much spam and junk associated with it.
The new address is:
http://arcadeartlibrary.com/ (http://arcadeartlibrary.com/)
I will go through the forum and change any of the links to go there instead.
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It worked when I posted, but now, not so much.
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I logged in a few minutes ago but it's down at the moment.
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Yeah, no sooner than I tell everybody it's up, the system takes a kernel fail (first one I've had in 7 years). I am having them power-cycle it.
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Yeah, no sooner than I tell everybody it's up, the system takes a kernel fail (first one I've had in 7 years). I am having them power-cycle it.
Nevertheless, thank you Sirwoogie!!!! Looking forward to it being fully operational!
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So....a day later and still nothing.....
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<checks calendar> Nope, today isn't April 2. :dunno
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FYI, my box is still dead at the moment. The hard drive is starting to go, and I'm in the process of moving to a new host. Rock solid for 6 years, and then boom.
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FYI, my box is still dead at the moment. The hard drive is starting to go, and I'm in the process of moving to a new host. Rock solid for 6 years, and then boom.
We feel your pain. Loosing hard drives....well it sucks.
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Back online. Moved to a new host that should be more reliable (knock on wood).
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What registrar is it registered with? I ask because a couple of different ones said GoDaddy and that it is pending delete. I then went to GoDaddy and they say localarcade.com isn't in the database and it is pending delete.
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It isn't localarcade.com anymore
I now have this at arcadeartlibrary.com
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Thanks Sirwoogie. Working good for me (fingers crossed). :applaud: :applaud:
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Good stuff. Thanks! :cheers:
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I had a number of humorous responses for sirwoogie here...but they do not do justice to the appreciation I have for bringing back that artwork.
Thank you. :)
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Big thanks from over here too, sirwoogie. And just in time for me to make my instruction card (found some good stuff!).
And it's so much faster than before!
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Brilliant news and thanks for the heads up. Hopefully now someone with web space going spare could offer to mirror the repo in the event of slowdowns or go-downs.
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Brilliant news and thanks for the heads up. Hopefully now someone with web space going spare could offer to mirror the repo in the event of slowdowns or go-downs.
Yes, perhaps. One of my first thoughts here is to offer a nightly or weekly zip file of the entire art directory. My other alternative is to get a torrent of it going to crowdsource the content. :)
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Torrent it IMO...torrents are fantastic for things just like this.
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Bumptastic news folks!
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http://www.arcadeartlibrary.com/ (http://www.arcadeartlibrary.com/)
Its back up... for now... get it while you can!
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Torrent it IMO...torrents are fantastic for things just like this.
+1 I would love to see a torrent for this.
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Hey that's a good idea :)
It saves bandwidth because torrents are spread by users :)
Here is "http://arcadeartlibrary.com/arcade_art/" complete from September 19 2011
It's about 2.3 GB
Also "http://vectorlib.free.fr/" complete from September 21 2011
Weighing in at 721 MB
RAR'd for a total of 2.65 GB
Let's all seed it, it will be slow at first but eventually will gain speed as more people start seeding.
Try downloading it from here :
http://www.kat.ph/arcade-artwork-rar-t5853509.html (http://www.kat.ph/arcade-artwork-rar-t5853509.html)
alt : http://tinyurl.com/3toms5c (http://tinyurl.com/3toms5c)
Cheers!
Craig
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We need more seeders :D
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This is one of the torrents I'm going to keep in my transmission for seeding purposes.
Thanks alot for the torrent guys!
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Did anyone back up B a l l s o f s t e e l?
PM me if so
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Trying to help, but no-one on the torrent.
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What is actually in the torrent? The original package was like 400gb.
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Trying to help, but no-one on the torrent.
No one on the torrent ? Right now I have 60 peers, I'm uploading at 100 kps, I've uploaded 9 GB.
This page shows 2 seeders too :
http://tinyurl.com/3toms5c (http://tinyurl.com/3toms5c)
What client program are you using ?
What is actually in the torrent? The original package was like 400gb.
Original package ? What's that ?
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I'm using utorrent and it shows 0 peers. The file is 2.5 gb
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That is funky, I'll try it on a 2nd computer.
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I'm using Vuze and it is showing 0 as well...
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Strange, the torrent from your last post is working. The original torrent that you attached is not.
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Oh I am not good at making a torrent LOL
Try downloading it from here :
http://www.kat.ph/arcade-artwork-rar-t5853509.html (http://www.kat.ph/arcade-artwork-rar-t5853509.html)
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I got about 5 hours left. I will leave my computer on for 24 so anyone else can get it.
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transmission (under freenas) is going this message: "Tracker returned a warning: Tracker gave HTTP response code 404 (Not Found)"
It does work, and has completed. I will, as promised, keep this going until I don't see more activity.
I do not have that much bandwidth, but something is better than nothing i guess!
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If the torrent I made is screwed up, and you have the file (Arcade_Artwork.rar, 2.65 GB)
Perhaps you could make a better torrent with it ?
I must have done it wrongly
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I'm not sure what or if anything is wrong.
I will check when I'm back from work, tonight.
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Need more seeders. I am shutting it down for the day when I reach 5.0 share ratio....
Thanks.
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Does this work?
http://kanskje.com/bilder/mame/Arcade_Artwork.rar.torrent (http://kanskje.com/bilder/mame/Arcade_Artwork.rar.torrent)
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OK, I'll seed both :)
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Leaving my copy up to seed.
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BobA to the rescue :)
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I'll try to get an official one on the site as a magnet link and update it from time to time with the archive automatically. Just need to get the tools I need to auto-generate it.