LimeWire Launches Nostalgic Music Downloading Game With Crypto Rewards

The nostalgic model of early 2000s music peer-to-peer file-sharing service LimeWire has been resurrected in Web3, and a unusual music downloading recreation that performs on its historical past has been launched right now.

The LimeWire Sport simulates an outdated Home windows working system with the LimeWire software program operating. Gamers should enter their e-mail deal with in an effort to play. The browser-based recreation entails pretending to “search” for outdated music and films to “obtain.”

Gamers can seek for any musician, music, or film that was fashionable within the early 2000s—most will present up within the outcomes. Then, gamers should choose which objects to “obtain.” Every obtain that doesn’t include a “virus,” no matter sort, will reward the participant with 10 factors. The LimeWire simulation continues till both the clock runs out or the person stumbles upon a “virus.”

It’s value noting that the recordsdata aren’t actual nor are they really downloaded, so customers can’t play or entry the content material they collected in-game.

All scores are entered onto the leaderboard, and the gamers with the best scores are being promised crypto rewards within the type of LimeWire’s upcoming ERC-20 token, LMWR, which is slated for launch subsequent month. The highest 1,000 gamers will obtain a complete of 150,000 LMWR distributed hierarchically amongst them, in addition to “merch packages,” in keeping with the corporate.

The sport might be out there to play till Might 15. 

“Our method in tapping into nostalgia to advertise the brand new LimeWire was a aware resolution to acknowledge and have fun our roots,” LimeWire Co-CEO Julian Zehetmayr informed Decrypt by way of e-mail.

General, it’s a fairly easy but enjoyable recreation that maxes out on early 2000s nostalgia and recreates the now-defunct LimeWire torrenting expertise that may really feel like a recreation of Russian roulette on your pc. 

“By meticulously designing a recreation that captures the spirit of that period, we have efficiently recreated the early 2000s in a charming and pleasurable approach,” Zehetmayr added. “The nostalgic connection not solely resonates with those that are accustomed to LimeWire in its early days but additionally introduces the youthful technology to the wealthy historical past of LimeWire as we enterprise into the Web3 panorama.”

In 2023, LimeWire is now a creator membership platform and NFT market, the place artists can paywall unique content material for followers, just like Patreon. On the brand new LimeWire, creators can promote each piece of content material they add as an NFT and earn royalties on secondary gross sales.

Since its launch final 12 months, LimeWire tells Decrypt, its market has seen $1 million in complete quantity traded, with a waitlist of three million customers and 20,000 creators.