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sought material

what we are still looking for, in the order we want it. nothing on this list has surfaced in a form we could verify. if you hold any of it, talk to us where you found us. the pub directory accepts nothing.

the january build
status: sought since 2025
content complete was declared 21.11.96. nothing newer than BIOS 0.97b has ever surfaced. the build that was weeks from shipping exists or existed. someone at the company took a copy home. this is the one.
the qa incident log
status: sought since 2025
referenced in a recovered internal email dated 19.12.96. the email survives. the log does not. we do not publish the email.
the mnemonic licence agreement
status: sought since 2025
the licensor is named nowhere in the recovered material. the agreement would name them. it would also name what was licensed, which is the more interesting half.
ects photographs 4, 5 and 6
status: sought since 2025
three of six circulate. the photographer stopped answering in 1998. we know what is said to be in photograph 5. we would rather see it than repeat it.
the ects video
status: sought since 2025
the shrine's midi was sequenced from it by ear in 1998. no copy has surfaced. the author of the shrine described the original audio as having "something under it i cant get midi to do". we would like to know what that was.
cargo manifest patch 1.02
status: sought since 2026
withdrawn 21.11.96, same announcement that declared attract mode content complete. why would anyone withdraw a patch for a logistics program. we want it for completeness. mostly.