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Exhibit · The Korean origins (2002-2005) · 2004-07-16
Metin2.exe (Korean launcher, 16/7/2004)
The oldest Metin2 executable in circulation. Inside: the domains of the official Korean site and patch server, metin2.bin, patch.ver, patch.add, Metin2Mutex. The launcher/patcher of the Korean beta.
| Bytes | 540,672 |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 9c0534c46fa86616df884f3e4022f9b0 |
| SHA-1 | 8e20241e2031ec9c34dc27e2f3c000ddf762fdb2 |
| SHA-256 | a9ca730550cb4ece9cf4875830b1bd9206f9152db88b43208870fc2b379ecd55 |
| Internal date | IMAGE_FILE_HEADER.TimeDateStamp = 16/7/2004 06:14:22 UTC: the compilation date, which no one can backdate without breaking the file. |
| Possession | Distributed by the official Korean server during the open beta (2/7/2004). In the museum archive in two copies; SHA-256 verified. |
What it is
It had been around since 2020 under three neutral names, with no one knowing what it was or dating it. The date sits in the PE header and is the most reliable metadata a Windows binary can carry.
The evidence
- F PE TimeDateStamp read directly from the file; strings of the official Korean domains.