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Long-Lost Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home Recovered From 2000s Phone, Archived Online

Years of fan preservation culminated in cracking an encrypted Sony Ericsson handset.

Overview

  • A complete, playable J2ME build was extracted from a Sony Ericsson W880i after the team cracked the device’s encryption and uploaded the game to Archive.org.
  • The search was led by preservationists Emily and Super Gamer Omega Clank, with a new video from YouTuber The Golden Bolt detailing the multi-year effort he helped start in 2019.
  • Players report the recovered version is finished and fully playable, though unpolished with some bugs and balance issues.
  • The game’s original developer remains unclear, with long-held attribution to Handheld Games challenged by new research suggesting JavaGround.
  • Rumors of a brief accidental carrier release remain unverified, and neither Sony nor Insomniac has offered on-the-record comment.