The nostalgic brand of early 2000s music peer-to-peer file-sharing service LimeWire has been resurrected in Web3, and a quirky music downloading game that plays on its history has been released today.
The LimeWire Game simulates an old Windows operating system with the LimeWire software running. Players must enter their email address in order to play. The browser-based game involves pretending to “search” for old music and movies to “download.”
Players can search for any musician, song, or movie that was popular in the early 2000s—most will show up in the results. Then, players must pick which items to “download.” Each download that doesn’t contain a “virus,” regardless of type, will reward the player with 10 points. The LimeWire simulation continues until either the clock runs out or the user stumbles upon a “virus.”
It’s worth noting that the files are not real nor are they actually downloaded, so users can’t play or access the content they collected in-game.
All scores are entered onto the leaderboard, and the players with the highest scores are being promised crypto rewards in the form of LimeWire’s upcoming ERC-20 token,
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Author: Kate Irwin
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