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Where to Search for Rare Files

How to find rare files onine

Where to search

Planetquake

Sites hosted on planetquake may have a number of URLs to check, given changes to the site over the years.

For example, given a site like qmatrix check urls like:

  • planetquake.com/qmatrix
  • planetquake.gamespy.com/qmatrix
  • hosted.planetquake.gamespy.com/qmatrix
  • qmatrix.planetquake.gamespy.com
  • dynamic.gamespy.com/qmatrix
  • dynamic0.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic1.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic2.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic3.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic4.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic5.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic6.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic7.gamespy.com/~qmatrix
  • dynamic8.gamespy.com/~qmatrix

Before files were moved to fileplanet, planetquake used an ftp that was mirrored. Mirrored locations may contain reference to files you seek. Some mirrors include:

  • dukeworld.com/planetquake
  • dukeworld.duke4.net/planetquake
  • freshmeat.netc.pt/pub/planetquake
  • ftp.cdrom.com/pub/planetquake
  • ftp.netc.pt/pub/planetquake
  • ftp.sunet.se/idgames2/planetquake
  • ftp.sunet.se/planetquake
  • ftp.sunet.se/pub/games/PC/idgames2/planetquake
  • ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames2/planetquake
  • ftp.telepac.pt/pub/idgames2/planetquake
  • ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.gamers.org/pub/mirrors/ftp.planetquake.com
  • gamers.org/pub/games/idgames2/planetquake
  • gamers.org/pub/games/idgames2/planetquake
  • gamers.org/pub/games/quake/planetquake
  • gamers.org/pub/idgames2/planetquake
  • gamers.org/pub/mirrors/ftp.planetquake.com
  • mirrors.telepac.pt/pub/idgames2/planetquake
  • mmnt.net/db/0/0/ftp.gamers.org/pub/mirrors/ftp.planetquake.com
  • quaddicted.com/files/idgames2/planetquake
  • quaddicted.com/files/mirrors/ftp.planetquake.com
  • shub-hub.com/idgames2/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/idgames2/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/idgames2/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/quake/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/public/0-Most-Packages/idgames2/planetquake
  • src.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/public/packages/quake/planetquake
  • sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/planetquake
  • sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/idgames2/planetquake
  • sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/0-Most-Packages/idgames2/planetquake
  • sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/packages/quake/planetquake
  • sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/pub/0-Most-Packages/quake/planetquake
  • task.gda.pl/pub/games/idgames2/planetquake

And many more. Search for mirror urls with /plantquake/XXX (where XXX is the dir) and then crawl those archived pages to discover known files.

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