It's okay. Thanks for the thoughts, though! :)
I haven't had the chance to see if I could recover my files from the drive yet. Been too busy with life/personal stuff and paying attention to various events occurring in the early part in the year. You know, awards ceremonies, political primaries, American football (hooray Broncos!), those kinds of things.
I'll have time this upcoming week to see if I can get back my files. If I can... well...
... I honestly don't know how I'd react now. Part of me actually became relieved when it happened. Even when I wasn't actively working on Throwback, I felt some sort of burden on my back to make something that I felt was fully satisfactory. Anything I had released up to that point I gradually became disappointed in. There's always things I'd want to be different about the hack, and knowing that I'm the one who's making the changes adds extra frustration to it.
That's not to say that I wouldn't look back at it, though. I still want to hopefully recover the files for the sake of the future of the project. There's still some things I'd like to do about Throwback myself. Or, at the very least, I'd want to back up the files to several locations. If I was to continue it, I don't know how much longer I'd necessarily want to go on with it. If I don't, it'd be wonderful to have the source files available to pass down to someone else who wanted to maintain the project.
I guess we'll see what happens soon enough.