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So many over the years have utterly disappeared. I remember playing a lot that are just gone completely. I mean in the case of say, Dragon Warrior Online long ago, I know that's gone because Silk pulled it for NEStalgia.

However, practically every other game I remember has long-since vanished.

Did the site get a massive wipe on a lot of old games at some point? The GTA one I remember with..... the Zaibatsu and the other gang is gone. Raekwon or whatever it was with the Chaos from Sonic is gone.

Was there like, a cease and desist on fan-made copyrighted games or something? Used to be so many more Dragon Quest, Dragon Ball and Final Fantasy games too.
I think this topic might give you some information. But you're last sentence is basically correct. You can still find fan games via the Pager though.

http://www.byond.com/forum/post/2792022
In response to Rickoshay
Blagh. Don't link to that trash topic. There's no value there.

The real answer is just that a lot of fangames were never really made available for download and only appeared on the hub when hosted, and a lot of them just stopped hosting.