The legend began when a user named PixelVagrant posted a link on an obscure gaming board. The description was unnervingly simple: "Everything you ever wanted to play. One file. Don't look at the metadata."
As the story goes, once you reached the "end" of your specific date's game, the program would prompt: . The Aftermath WONDERFUL GAMES.rar
Those who successfully opened it didn't find a library of hits. Instead, the folder was filled with hundreds of executable files, all named with dates: 1992_JULY_12.exe , 1998_OCT_03.exe , and so on. The legend began when a user named PixelVagrant