--- title: OSRS only exists today because someone found a 2007... description: Old School RuneScape exists because a Jagex employee discovered a 2007 server backup in a desk drawer, according to senior communications manager Danni Amos.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/osrs-only-exists-today-because-someone-found-a-2007-backup-in-a-drawer-says-jagex-afhrbf3zg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OSRS only exists today because someone found a 2007 backup in a drawer, says Jagex | daily.dev og:description: Old School RuneScape exists because a Jagex employee discovered a 2007 server backup in a desk drawer, according to senior communications manager Danni Amos.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/osrs-only-exists-today-because-someone-found-a-2007-backup-in-a-drawer-says-jagex-afhrbf3zg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aFhrbf3zg.png og:image:alt: OSRS only exists today because someone found a 2007 backup in a drawer, says Jagex og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OSRS only exists today because someone found a 2007 backup in a drawer, says Jagex **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Old School RuneScape exists because a Jagex employee discovered a 2007 server backup in a desk drawer, according to senior communications manager Danni Amos. Players had originally requested a 2006 version, but Jagex had no copy of that year, so the 2007 backup became the foundation for OSRS instead. The legacy version went on to massively outgrow the modern RuneScape, at one point drawing roughly eight times its player count. The story is used as a reminder of the value of keeping data backups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why is Old School RuneScape based on the 2007 version instead of 2006? Jagex only had a 2007 server backup available, not a 2006 one. Players originally requested the 2006 version, but according to Jagex senior communications manager Danni Amos, an employee found the 2007 server backup in a desk drawer, and the company booted it up to see if it still worked, then built Old School RuneScape from that copy. _Stories like this game history saga surface on daily.dev for readers who follow gaming and tech culture._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [No more chasing competitors or following trends: Why RuneScape is going back to its British roots](https://daily.dev/posts/no-more-chasing-competitors-or-following-trends-why-runescape-is-going-back-to-its-british-roots-ebceo2tnh) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [RuneScape tops $4 billion in lifetime revenue](https://daily.dev/posts/runescape-tops-4-billion-in-lifetime-revenue-ilj0tyq2n) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Jagex Unveils Fourth RuneScape MMO Powered by Unreal Engine](https://daily.dev/posts/jagex-unveils-fourth-runescape-mmo-powered-by-unreal-engine-0nnvez7ig) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - 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