CLUSTER GAME-BACKUP-GAMES · 26 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2017-12-27
Game save and ROM backup tools
This cluster comprises utilities for backing up and restoring game save files, working with ROM and cartridge data, and managing console game backups, spanning PC stores, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Wii, and Xbox formats. The dated history shows a thin, irregular pattern of single entries spread across years (2006, 2017–2020, 2023, 2025–2026), with no sustained clustering before the index start. Traction is led by save-editor-toolkit with 150 stars, followed by Machete-PS5-Backup-Manager at 10 stars and Local-Game-Progress-Backup at 8 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 4 hand-coded · 2 unlabelled
Operator · 6 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 6 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21slsk0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceBackup utility for Linux Steam games that preserves and restore game data and settings.
- 22wiibafu0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceBackup utility for Wii games that fixes game splitting and simplifies the backup process.
- 23savestate0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceGame save backup manager that detects Steam games, supports Minecraft saves, and restores backups through a desktop interface.
- 24gbm0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceUtility that monitors game folders and automatically backs up save files to prevent data loss.
- 25ucon640★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceUtility for backing up video game cartridges and working with ROM files, serving as a companion for emulator users.
- 26ucon64-gui0★8 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceGraphical interface to a ROM backup program, letting users manage emulator copies and game data with point-and-click controls.
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