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Although the current version of the game is still up and playable, the clients from 2005 and  2006 have been lost in the sands of time. The only builds ''(from pre-2010)'' that have been uncovered so far are from 2007, 2008, and 2009. While there has been only a handful of pictures and information from 2005 that have been discovered by the community, there has been no gameplay footage featured from this time period ''(nor an archive from the Roblox servers)''.
Although the current version of the game is still up and playable, the clients from 2005 and  2006 have been lost in the sands of time. The only builds ''(from pre-2010)'' that have been uncovered so far are from 2007, 2008, and 2009. While there has been only a handful of pictures and information from 2005 that have been discovered by the community, there has been no gameplay footage featured from this time period ''(nor an archive from the Roblox servers)''.
==Discovery of Previously Lost Builds==
On September of 2017, an installer from February 2nd, 2007 was uncovered<ref>[https://clientsearch.tumblr.com/post/163540178183/history-of-the-clientsearch History of the clientsearch blog.] Retrieved Sep '17</ref>. Although it isn't possible to download the actual client anymore ''(as the original 2007 files have since been deleted from the Roblox servers)'', a download of the file can be found on Wayback Machine using [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202170622/http://roblox.com/setup/roblox.msi this link].
[[File:Roblox2007Installer.png|thumb|300px|What the installation wizard looks like.]]
On October 25th of 2017, user '''ReDZ''' found an unnamed user who played Roblox back in 2007 and was able to find a handful of clients<ref>[https://fi.nobelium.xyz/forum/post?id=6348 Better information on the clients that were found. Includes an almost complete list of what was found apart from January 2008 actually being February 8th, 2008.] Retrieved 26 Oct '17 on the forums</ref> on their hard drive with builds dating from mid-2007 to mid-2008. User '''Kallus''' later contacted the unnamed user for the August 31st, 2007 client and leaked it upon getting given it. Hours after the build got leaked, user '''CloneTrooper1019''' published the leaked vanilla build with permission from Finobe onto a Github repository<ref>[https://github.com/CloneTrooper1019/Roblox-2007-Client Github Repository] Retrieved 26 Oct '17</ref>. The repository contains all the files necessary for the build to run properly since some of it was originally missing ''(such as fonts, textures, sounds, music, and animations which were borrowed from the February 8th, 2008 build)''.
As of October 25th, 2017, there is absolutely no security within this particular build in its vanilla state. It is advised by CloneTrooper1019 himself that you should be safe when using this build. Finobe did however on October 29th, 2017 release their version of the client onto their site that has the security issues patched and has Finobe branding for the purpose of competition.


==Other Information==
==Other Information==

Revision as of 23:16, 22 December 2017

ROBLOX 2004.png

An old logo that dated back to 2006. Dubbed the "second generation" logo.

Status: Partially Found

Roblox is a massively multiplayer online platform that allows users to create and design their own games and play a wide variety of different types of games created by other users [1]. Before the game became open to the public, it was originally named "Dynablocks" up until in early 2005 that David Baszucki and Eric Cassel (the founders of Roblox) decided to rename it to Roblox because of complications with the name of Dynablocks [2].

Although the current version of the game is still up and playable, the clients from 2005 and 2006 have been lost in the sands of time. The only builds (from pre-2010) that have been uncovered so far are from 2007, 2008, and 2009. While there has been only a handful of pictures and information from 2005 that have been discovered by the community, there has been no gameplay footage featured from this time period (nor an archive from the Roblox servers).

Other Information

If you are currently looking for any other builds from pre-2010, I'd highly suggest you check out the clientsearch blog on Tumblr. DirtPiper, the owner of the blog, has been searching for these clients since 2012 and he has made a complete download list of these builds[3]. CloneTrooper1019 has also made numerous Github repositories in the past that contains certain builds from Roblox.

If you've discovered a build that dates before 2007, please email the Finobe admins (at finobeofficial@gmail.com) or dirtpile (at dirtpiper@gmail.com).

Videos

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Original gameplay trailer from 2006.

Chaos canyon gameplay video from 2006.

A reupload of an old "ROBLOX Blooper" from 2006.

Footage from the August 2007 build.

A 2007 demo that introduced the explosion feature.

A 2008 demo that introduced the sparkles feature.

A 2008 demo that introduced the shirts and pants feature.

Original gameplay trailer from 2009.

Gallery

References