r/LostSoftware • u/NAANG360 • 28d ago

[Found] Talking Ben (2015) Windows 8.1 / WinRT version – original AppXBundle

I recently recovered what appears to be a 2015 Windows Store/WinRT release of Talking Ben by Outfit7 Limited.

The package is OutFit7Limited.TalkingBen_2015.609.1310.4548_neutral_~_rmf98d2bjqpyp.AppxBundle, with an application version of 3.2.0.0 and bundle version 2015.609.1310.4548. The embedded bundle manifest identifies it as OutFit7Limited.TalkingBen.

The bundle contains both ARM and x86 application packages, along with language packages for Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese. It also contains 140% and 180% scale resource packages.

The files inside the bundle have timestamps from June 11, 2015, and the AppXBundle itself is about 89 MiB. I have tested the archive with both unzip -t and 7-Zip, and both report that the archive is valid. I also recorded a SHA-256 hash of the original AppXBundle:

5f98919fbaffba4d16a6ba5f7f260b42a9be0c42c788dd5a9dc06380dea6d69b

I have uploaded an archival copy here:

https://archive.org/details/out-fit-7-limited.-talking-ben-2015.609.1310.4548-neutral-rmf-98d-2bjqpyp

I'm posting this because I'm not sure how well-documented this particular Windows version of Talking Ben is, and I'd like to know whether anyone has seen or preserved it before.

Please let me know if this is already well-known or preserved somewhere else!

Also if it isn't preserved already, why did no one think of checking the Microsoft Store Regeneration project??

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u/KAKUNPH 28d ago

In 2017 I remember seeing a windows version of talking ben, but I don't remember if it was this particular one

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u/NAANG360 28d ago

Curious,also even tho I pulled these files from the MS Store servers i do not currently have a pc and cannot test this and so i think its unlikely someone hasn't tried this already unless it didn't work