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Yep, I have a decently large free dropbox account and just use Cryptomator to continue using it

NES: Super Mario Bros 1 and 3, TMNT 2, Galaga and Contra (with Konami code)

SMB1 was my first game ever

Last 2 I played with my dad while friends played SMB3 and TMNT

I use Aegis like several others here and then backup my codes to a Cryptomator vault which I can then sync online for cloud backup

I’ve spun up Gitea in my homelab as well as at work and don’t recall being difficult so perhaps they fixed whatever was causing your issue

This is exactly my backup strategy even using cryptomator for a cloud backup. My PC and kiddos laptops are all linux so have no worries about needing a Windows machine for recovery and even if all systems died I could always use a live distro to boot elsewhere and access my files.

Looks like Gear Lever is more actively maintained too; thanks for sharing!