This is still fresh news, but… I’m just gonna use this opportunity to share some neat stuff with you first. More details to come as soon as I can!

Looking to download the Teraleak files? They’re not hosted here, but this guy has a whole page of magnet/torrent links covering ALL the entire Teraleak download: https://rentry.org/gfteratorrent … the list of files available for download are in the handy table below, just in case you want to zero-in on a specific collection.

Some quick helpful tips first for these files:

  • The Teraleak files are available as Magnet links, so you’ll need a torrent app to load them. I personally recommend using qBitorrent: https://www.qbittorrent.org/download
    • It’s up to you how to figure out how to access the Magnet links… sorry!
  • You’ll need different decompression software to unpack them all:
  • The names of the downloads can be self-explanitory, but I’ve added some extra notes for the ones I’ve opened myself just so you know what to expect.
  • Even though it’s just these files listed, they’re PACKED with additional info. You can spend days just poking around in just one of the files.
    • For example, the download 梁瀬のひきつぎ資料.7z is stuffed with all kinds of TCG-related material. There is a screenshot at the bottom of the page which shows the items within it.
  • The Teraleak covers GameFreak file history across many years, however a lot of it utilizes programs that aren’t easy to access on modern computers. In fact, a lot of their material—at least the stuff I’ve seen—were made on early-2000’s Apple Macintosh computers, particularly the PowerPC-era when it was transitioning between Classic MacOS 9 and the newer MacOS X.
    • The apps they used include (but is not limited to):
      • ClarisWorks/AppleWorks — a Classic MacOS app for document design, with multiple versions across MacOS 9 and MacOS X. In fact, there is a Japanese-specific version of ClarisWorks that was used, but the most recent version of AppleWorks for the PowerPC versions of MacOS X (up to Tiger) should be able to open them. Unfortunately, ClarisWorks files don’t have a file extension, so if you see a bunch of files without them, there’s a good chance that they’re ClarisWorks files. You MAY be able to add a .CWK or .CWJ extension to it and it might load using AppleWorks for MacOS X, but I forget if this works. It should…
      • FileMaker Pro 5 — frustratingly, modern versions of FileMaker Pro can’t open older FMP files made from earlier versions of the app, including FileMaker Pro 5. You’ll need to load the files into FileMaker Pro 6—MAYBE FileMaker Pro 7—in order to convert them for modern FileMaker Pro versions.
      • StuffIt Expander — if you find a .SIT or .HQX file, that’s a common compressed file format. Use Stuffit Expander to unlock them.
      • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc) — thankfully modern versions of Office can load the old Mac files easily, just make sure to confirm they end in .DOC, .XLS, .PPT, etc
    • The EASIEST thing to use to load these older files is to grab a pre-2007, PowerPC-era Apple Mac, ideally one that runs the Classic environment. Thankfully those computers all have USB ports and should still be able to access modern wi-fi networks, so it’s really as simple as dumping everything onto a USB stick and plugging it into an old Mac.
      • There is also a 7-ZIP format decompressor for PowerPC-era MacOS X (at least from MacOS X 10.3.9 onward) called “The Unarchiver”, which you can download here: http://macpaw.com/download/old-versions — Windows MAY strip out Classic MacOS file data when you unzip those files, so at least this way you can ensure files get unzipped on an actual Mac which will recognize the files.
    • If you don’t have an old Mac to use, you can still emulate older MacOS versions on your computer. Here are some suggestions:
      • SheepShaver (source) — a Classic MacOS 9 (PowerPC) emulator, with builds for Windows and modern MacOS (Big Sur). Specifically intended to run Classic apps, such as ClarisWorks
      • QEMU — a MacOS X 10.4 Tiger (PowerPC) emulator, allowing you to run AppleWorks and FileMaker Pro 5. This will help bridge the gap between Classic MacOS and modern Windows/MacOS, but also give you a way to save what you find as PDFs. (This video shows how to set up QEMU.)
    • Regardless of the route you choose, you can download pretty much all of the necessary apps from the Macintosh Garden or the Macintosh Repository.
FILE NOTES
Miscellaneous @207.82
BW2_builds.7z
turtleproject.7z
gsmirror.tar.gz
rom-selected.zip
オレ-selected2.zip オレ is either “Me” (as in “Myself”) or “O’re”. So “Me-selected2.zip” or “O’re-selected2.zip”? I’ll be honest, I haven’t opened this file myself to know what’s in it.
Q36H7N~B.zip
momiji_git_program.zip
plmirror.tar.gz
wbmirror.tar.gz
HaveSomeFun__RandomFromBoxEnt.7z This file has a lot of old Gen 2/3 content, including most (if not all) of the R/S Betamon which I’ve listed on my Ruby/Sapphire Lost Pokémon page.
HarmoKnight.7z
☆同人誌GAME FREAK.7z “☆Doujinshi GAME FREAK.7z”
holoholo_allbuilds.zip
映像案件.7z “Video projects.7z”
05_ポケモン商品・広報イラスト.7z “05_Pokemon product and PR illustrations.7z”
02_ポケモンアニメ設定.7z “02_Pokemon anime settings.7z”
03_ポケモンプログラム関連.7z “03_Pokemon program related.7z”; “program” as in video game programming, IIRC
梁瀬のひきつぎ資料.7z “Yanase succession materials.7z”; this file has a ton of files relating to the Pokémon TCG; see the screenshot at the bottom of the page to give you an idea of what’s in it.
salmon-and-turtle-builds.7z
sangowiki.zip
swanmirror.tar
sango_builds.7z
niji-momiji-build1.7z
niji-build2.7z
XY-staff-old.7z
xy-random-builds.7z @358.07
Nintendo SDK 15.3.2.7z
XY-Builds @004.91
XY-Staff
sangopart1
sangopart2
sangopart3
sangopart4
beluga_allrepositories.7z
Legends Arceus Builds@863.76
★派生作品.7z “★Derivative work.7z”;
hayabysa_allrepositories.7z
BDSP Builds

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In the meantime, we’re having fun over on the PA! Discord trying to find out whatever we can find within the Teraleak files… come swing by!