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The Gaming Websites of Yesteryear
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Etrian Oddity
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Antagonist Inc on AOL in the late 90s.
That was the peak time of the internet as far as I'm concerned.
http://vgmusings.blogspot.com/2008/11/whatever-happened-to-antagonist-inc.html
That was the peak time of the internet as far as I'm concerned.
http://vgmusings.blogspot.com/2008/11/whatever-happened-to-antagonist-inc.html
ss_lemonade
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One of the first sites I browsed when I first had my hands on an internet connection was www.videogames.com. I remember looking up screenshots of dreamcast games like Dead or Alive 2 and being blown away.
I used to really be into Serious Sam in the early 2000's. the dedicated website http://www.seriouszone.com/ is still around, and looks great. I used to frequent the forums.
Spunky Monkey
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Im going to list a few sites, i really miss the web from early 2000. Just the way the sites looked and worked, how simple and to the point they were, visiting various sites to get different information and exclusives being something huge rather than now becoming the norm.
I'll start first with digiape, a site dedicated to the dreamcast, great small community of gamers who im still friends with 10 years on.
Which then became Games Asylum and whilst the site is still alive today (and well worth checking out) i remember its 2002/2003 layout with the most fondness.
Sega Swirl was another site i visted at the time along with Games Paper and a bunch of other Dreamcast related stuff. Everyone seemed to hang out in the same place but all made their own very professional for the time fan sites. Thats what i miss most, fan sites that came across as professional even though one guy was running it all.
I was so inspired by them all that i decided to make my own site, VGChimp.com which later became Casuallyhardcore.com - the latter site is still up now and pretty popular but has totally changed direction from where it first started all them years ago. I actually started making my own gaming website to get demo code, at the time developers would send code to anyone with a website so a few smart people worked that out (me included) and got loads of free PSone, Dreamcast, PS2 and Xbox games before they all caught on that we were only doing this to get free games and most of our sites were not getting many visitors.
But for me the thing i loved most was the ezines. Being online cost a fortune back then so logging on, letting emails download for a few minutes and each week getting gaming news was great. My favs were Future Gamer (which became Daily Radar/Games Radar) which was almost a complete website every week, containing news, reviews, features, letters etc. But i also enjoyed Dreamcast Weekly / Sega World Weekly. Its hard to find now so i've attached an issue below.
I'll start first with digiape, a site dedicated to the dreamcast, great small community of gamers who im still friends with 10 years on.
Which then became Games Asylum and whilst the site is still alive today (and well worth checking out) i remember its 2002/2003 layout with the most fondness.
Sega Swirl was another site i visted at the time along with Games Paper and a bunch of other Dreamcast related stuff. Everyone seemed to hang out in the same place but all made their own very professional for the time fan sites. Thats what i miss most, fan sites that came across as professional even though one guy was running it all.
I was so inspired by them all that i decided to make my own site, VGChimp.com which later became Casuallyhardcore.com - the latter site is still up now and pretty popular but has totally changed direction from where it first started all them years ago. I actually started making my own gaming website to get demo code, at the time developers would send code to anyone with a website so a few smart people worked that out (me included) and got loads of free PSone, Dreamcast, PS2 and Xbox games before they all caught on that we were only doing this to get free games and most of our sites were not getting many visitors.
But for me the thing i loved most was the ezines. Being online cost a fortune back then so logging on, letting emails download for a few minutes and each week getting gaming news was great. My favs were Future Gamer (which became Daily Radar/Games Radar) which was almost a complete website every week, containing news, reviews, features, letters etc. But i also enjoyed Dreamcast Weekly / Sega World Weekly. Its hard to find now so i've attached an issue below.
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This week the highlights include a review of Marvel
Vs. Capcom, lots of coverage from the Tokyo Game Show,
tips for Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, and after many
e-mails about our last word find, another one for you
in this issue. Look out next issue for the first of
many Dreamcast game reviews and atlast, part one of
our House Of The Dead story!
Finally, there's a new video of Shenmue out on the net
now (Thanks to Gamefan), and if you only ever download
one Dreamcast movie, it HAS to be this one. It's amazing
how Shenmue looks so much better than any of the
Playstation 2 demo's, and you have to remind your self
all the way through it's in REAL TIME! Honestly, this
is THE movie. It's 27mb, but even if you have a 14k
modem, You HAVE to see it! It's 27mb of video gaming
history!
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>>>> Marvel Vs. Capcom
>>>> By Dennis Day
>>>> Out Now From www.Extreme-Imports.com
With the introduction of the 32bit consoles, many
gameplayers thought the line of demarcation had
been clearly drawn between 2D and 3D. To be
perfectly honest, they were correct. With few
exceptions, the face of console software development
has gone through evolutionary changes within the
past five years. Amidst all the change, one thing
has remained constant: the cultist following for
2D series titles. It's only through the dedication
of companies like Capcom and SNK that 2D has
continued to flourish. That being said, and considering
the recent induction of arguably the most powerful
3D console to date (Dreamcast), one can only wonder
whether 2D can maintain it's 'niche' market share.
Enter Capcom yet again, this time bearing their
first 2D Dreamcast entry, Marvel Vs. Capcom. Praised
in the arcades as the 'quintessential cross-over
series title,' this translation will undoubtedly
be put through microscopic scrutinization by 2D
fans and industry pundits alike. With that being
said, how does the translation fare? To put it
luntly, DAMN GOOD.
>While I'm not particularly a fan of Capcom's
serial 2D releases, I did play Marvel Vs. Capcom
extensively in the arcades. Therefore, I approached
the translation with a handful or preconceived
notions. In particular, I expected a major loss
in animation and likely excessive loading time.
Thankfully, Capcom has proven me wrong on both accounts!
To begin, the graphics in the Dreamcast version are
near arcade perfect. However, I did notice some subtle
differences. In particular, the characters appear
slightly smaller on-screen when compared to their
arcade counterparts. The Dreamcast version also
appears to be running at a different resolution than
the arcade, therefore the graphics appear slightly
rough around the edges, almost compressed to some
degree. Nevertheless, don't get me wrong, these aren't
major differences. Unless you're really looking for
them or an arcade purist, the game looks almost exactly
the same. The backgrounds are all meticulously detailed,
and there's basically no loss in animation whatsoever.
In the arcade I never really stopped to admire the
backdrops, but they're actually quite impressive.
My personal favorite being the 'Rockman' one, it absolutely
shines on the Dreamcast.
Moving on to gameplay, the Dreamcast version includes
a handful of added gameplay modes including arcade,
versus, survival, training, cross fever, and options.
Most of the modes are fairly self explanatory, aside
from cross fever wherein you can have 4 on 4 matches,
rather than the typical 2 on 2. The actual gameplay
itself remains arcade faithful, with all of the speed
and combo packing power from the arcade. My only
serious gripe with the gameplay is the control via
the basic Dreamcast controller. Although I've had the
game for a few days now, it takes quite awhile to
become adjusted to playing on the normal Dreamcasr pad.
Pulling off massive combo's at will can be tricky and
takes extensive practice. I typically reconfigure the
controller like an old snes pad, putting the hard punch
on Y and the hard kick on X. This way they're easier to
access (typically they're located on the triggers) and
it's easier to 'tag' in your partner. Pulling off
super's, however, definitely takes practice.
Unfortunately, I don't have an arcade stick handy,
although I'm certain the control must be easier than
using the regarding pad. For those of you who are
wondering, the game only uses the D-Pad, no analog.
Overall, the gameplay remains arcade faithful, but
the regular Dreamcast controller can be troublesome
for a few gameplayers.
In terms of sound, the Dreamcast version appears to
have retained all of the music from the arcade.
Surprisingly, although most of the tracks weren't
audible in the arcade, they're actually quite good.
Furthermore, all of the sound effects and voices appears
as they should, clear and distinguishable.
For those of you who were worrying about loading time,
worry no more. Without any reservations, I can honestly
say the game has virtually no loading time whatsoever.
The transition from match-up screens to when the match
actually begins is practically instantaneous. Trust me,
you'll be pleasantly surprised how quickly the game loads.
Thus far, I've found little use for the VMS either than
saving. For those of you who were wondering, the save file
is relatively small as well, 5 blocks or so. Unfortunately,
I've found nothing so far in terms of hidden goodies, so
the game is pretty much straight forward.
In the end, while the translation has some control issues
when utilizing the regular Dreamcast pad, it's still an
excellent game. Despite the onslaught of impressive looking
titles this month, Marvel Vs. Capcom is definitely worth
checking out.
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>>>> Shenmue Split Up
Sega has now announced the huge upcoming game, Shenmue,
will be split into "chapters". Shenmue Chapter 1: Yokosuka"
is due on August 5th in Japan (delayed from April).
"Shenmue Chapter 2: Mainland China" at the end of the year.
Yu Suzuki even commented that he has 16 different chapters
in his mind, and maybe even 48, but he doesn't know quite
how many will end up in the series. Thanks to GameFan for
that news.
Have any thoughts on this? Steve@sega2000.com would love
to hear them.
>>>> SNK VS CAPCOM!
>>>> Dreamcast Weekly first.
At the TGS, SNK finally revealed the much-rumored SNK Vs.
Capcom. Due out on the Neo Geo Pocket, are 2 different
versions. The first game is a card game, due out this summer,
and the second is a fighting game, due out this winter.
>>>> Capcom's Lineup
Marvel Vs. Capcom: Early impressions are very, very good.
One of our contributors, Hito Yamazaki, had a chance to
play a demo version on display outside TGS. Yamazaki-san
explained that the Dreamcast version is actually very fast,
and has virtually no loading time. He went on to compare this
translation with past Saturn - Capcom translations by
explaining that is virtually no slowdown (even when there's
4 players on screen at once!), or loss of animation on the
Dreamcast. Marvel Vs. Capcom is expected to hit the streets
next week in Japan, and you can order your own copy now
from www.extreme-imports.com of course.
Biohazard: Code Veronica: Sadly, initial impressions
suggest this game is still in the very early stages of
development. The video, albeit slightly longer, was said
to be surprisingly familiar with the original video shown
at the Fall TGS. Code Veronica is now expected sometime
around Christmas in Japan, although a demo of the game
is rumored to be packed in with an enhanced version of
Biohazard 2 for the Dreamcast.
Street Fighter Zero 3: The Dreamcast version, much like
Marvel Vs. Capcom, is said to be extremely fast and
responsive. Apart from some minor control issues, we've
been told the Dreamcast version is nearly identical to
it's arcade counterpart. Rumored to be included in the
final version is a special networking mode as well.
SFZ3-DC is expected to arrive sometime late this
summer, rumors suggest August.
>>>> D2 ON 3 CD'S!
Warp announced that D2 has now grown to fill 3 GD-Roms, and
there's a chance it may even use 3 more! For people worrying
about the length of this game (a problem with the original),
I think that should put our minds to rest.
>>>> SNK: Dream Match 1999
While SNK initially displaying the Neo Geo Pocket, and
drawing crowds with its very attractive stand, they've now
begun to show off King Of Fighters: Dream Match 99 for the
Dreamcast. According to various reports out of the show,
consumers and press alike have been very impressed with
the game, especially in the visual department. Not only
are the backgrounds made with 3d, but real polygons are
used to enhance the experience, making it a lot more
realistic.
Finally, a brand new fighting game was announced. Known
as "Buriki One", it's actually an arcade game, but is said
to be running on the Naomi Board. No more information is
available at the moment, except that SNK are aiming for
an early Summer release.
>>>> DREAMCAST PASSPORT 2
At the Tokyo Games show today, the Dreamcast Passport 2
was unveiled. Supporting Java Script and Macromedia Flash,
Sega have changed the colors from the original version,
and improved it for the new one. However, possibly the
biggest change is that it enables players to use email to
send their saved data on the Visual Memory from one
Dreamcast owner to another, making things a lot easier.
Currently set for an unknown release this year, it's
likely that Sega America, Europe and Australia will
incorporate these new features into their own Dreamcast
Passports.
>>>> Soul Calibur In The Spotlight
Thanks to Gamespot, here's a report straight from the TGS.
"Two weeks after Namco's Soul Calibur was officially
announced for the Sega Dreamcast, it was on display in
playable form throughout both the Sega and Namco booths at
the Tokyo Game Show.
Needless to say, it was the highlight of an otherwise stale
show, and it drew in the crowds more so than any other
Dreamcast game on the floor, including Shenmue.
Eight of the game's initial ten characters were playable
only Maxi and Sophitia were off-limits to showgoers), and
the games graphics were incredible. The game looks even
better than its arcade counterpart, with more detailed
characters and improved animation (which is just
beautiful, by the way), not to mention consistent 60fps
gameplay with absolutely no slowdown or breakup whatsoever.
As always with Namco's home titles, there are plenty of
extras in Soul Calibur. Only the Arcade Mode was readily
playable at the show, but Soul Calibur will feature
several other modes of play when it releases this summer
in Japan including: Survival Mode, Vs. Mode, Team Battle
Mode, Time Attack Mode, Practice Mode and Watch Mode.
Hopefully there'll be a mini-game or two available for
play on the VMS as well, though nothing has been
announced thus far.
Game of the show? We think so. If all goes according to
plan, Soul Calibur should be available in Japan by July,
with a US release to follow at or around the time of the
DC's stateside launch in September. Despite the rumors
about Soul Calibur being Namco's only Dreamcast title
in development, sources close to the company have
informed us that in fact, two other DC projects are
currently underway in Japan."
>>>> Cool Boarders DC
Thanks to Gamespot, "We got to play a 30 percent complete
version, complete with two selectable characters (a girl
or a guy), and an entire course to board on. The controls
were smooth and responsive, but even more impressive were
the game's graphics, which were stunning. Try and picture
1080 Snowboarding, only in hi-res and running at 60 frames
per second. The snow trails and effects were very realistic
looking, and the course design was nice, as well. Some
obstacles were scattered about the course, and there were
several jumps and tight turns. Near the bottom, a part of
it branched underground, where some real nice lighting
effects came in. There was a first-person viewpoint, too,
though it's a bit impractical, since you can't see the
moves your character is pulling off when doing jumps and such.
Overall, Cool Boarders DC is looking pretty hot right now.
There's a Neo-Geo Pocket version on the way as well (Cool
Boarders Pocket), which will interface with the Dreamcast
game in some form. CBDC is scheduled for a summer release,
with a US release almost guaranteed at some point before
the end of the year. Cool Boarders Pocket is expected to
ship in Japan in July."
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Welcome to a new section of Dreamcast Weekly, each week
we'll keep you upto-date with the latest rumors going around.
>>>> Resident Evil 2 On Dreamcast
While Capcom won't confirm or deny these reports, rumors
say they are porting the PC version of Resident Evil 2 to
the Dreamcast. It would make sense for them to, since it
requires minimal effort to port the game.
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>>>> Wordfind #2
>>>> By Tails
W A K V E C T O R M A N A B E K T Y
U A I O P A S D F G N I G H T S H J
K L Z X C V B N M Q V E G T A U I O
D A T I K F W N M Y D S S S W B X U
I J A M E S P O N D O N A L D C S A
G A M E Z A W A I X G E K H V O C E
C O R O L W D K W O N D E R B O Y L
B C I Q U L X F B B C X Z R J L O D
U A S S W E U G E U B C D U G S K W
G T T D L J I K P O S E F B A P H J
B D A A S W G A U J O B C T H O T H
O R R A A S N S S T Y N S Y H T E M
L A U R E Z Y W H X I J S W J K L A
B D E G E E U I J E C A K I R A V I
L A O R V E W H S J A P P Y B O T S
>>>> Words To Find:
AlexKidd
Akira
Bug
Busby
Coolspot
JamesPond
Nights
Panzer
Sonic
Ristar
Vectorman
Wonderboy
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O If you've discovered a secret on a Dreamcast or O
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>>>> Star Wars Trilogy - Arcade
>>>> Written by brain_warp@worldnet.att.net
In the first level, when you have to shoot all the ties,
hit the event button and wait for a second. For each tie
that the wingmen take out, you will get about 2000 points!
Also in the first level, in the trench, when Darth Vader
and two ties swoop down, you can shoot them with torpedos!
You have unlimited, so don't worry about failing.
In Hoth, when Luke says "Attack Pattern Delta, go NOW!"
Repediatly press the event button. There will be a red
triangle around its head. Shoot, and you will kill it!
Press the event button whenever Luke says "Attack
pattern Delta"
On Endor, when you are on foot, sometimes the event
button will flash for a second when you are in front of
a single troop. Repediatly hit the event button, and
don't shoot the trooper. An Ewok will fall on his head,
giving a kill, and 3000 points!
On The battle with Darth Vader, if you kill him, hit
the event button, and you will hear the emporer say
"So be it....Jedi"
On the final level, when the Tie Bombers are flying in,
take out the last one, and IMMEDIATELY press the event
button before the shuttle comes. The a-wings will hit
the shuttle, and give many points for each hit!
The official website for the Dreamcast Weekly is now open at
www.dreamcastweekly.comWe've got the history of the
magazine, daily news and plenty more. Specially if your a
webmaster, there is lots of great information about how
you can be involved as well! Then in the future... who knows,
hopefully we'll be a print magazine one day
Tarin02543
Member
My pre-neogaf forum of choice was the games section on the somethingawful forums.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
used to read games are fun, which obviously shares the GAF acronym. it was a pretty good little blog-type site that caught most of the biggest breaking news and had a clean interface. it's lapsed into nothingness from what i can tell.
also, there was a final fantasy 7 fan page i would just wear the hell out. i can't remember the name of it, only that it had a name in the title that was sort of unfamiliar to me, and that it had an animation of little cloud on a chocobo as its logo.
also, there was a final fantasy 7 fan page i would just wear the hell out. i can't remember the name of it, only that it had a name in the title that was sort of unfamiliar to me, and that it had an animation of little cloud on a chocobo as its logo.
Fuck yeah ANT. It was the /v/ of the 90s.
Also,
Camp Hyrule 2000 Cabin 5 forever.
At first everyone was really passionate, but I think it was more that just life happened, and people went to do other things. The lack of bodies left just the owner to update news and reviews toward the end, and he seems to have moved on as well. It was a fun point in time, though. Lots of good memories of there.
mango drank
Member
Now that you mention it, I'm not sure how I started being a regular visitor of Gamesarefun.com. The possibility that I kept seeing mention of "GAF" in those days, did a google search, and found Gamesarefun.com by mistake, and then stuck around because "well, everyone's talking about it, must be good" ... is actually kinda disturbing. You're right, it wasn't anything that special, but as I remember they had frequent news updates, and it was all stuff I was interested in, etc.
I didn't find the REAL GAF until 2005 or so, before the name change to Neo. There was a logo redesign contest going on around that time. Damn, can't believe how long it's been.
mhayze
Member
Most of the original, interesting content on Next Generation came from Edge (the UK magazine sister publication), and next-gen.biz still redirects to Edge. There is less content posted now, but if you don't get the actual magazine, there is still some good stuff there, although their 'for game developers and industry insiders' slant has made it a less fun read overall.
I think my first gaming website I hung out at was Intelligent Gamer online.
The one I spent the most time at was Gone Gold
Also during the mid 90s wasted vast amounts of my time working on my own gaming website. I still get a few emails every year requesting files I hosted there.
Ah yes, Gone Gold, remember it fondly. It was sad when the wheelchair-bound writer (ex police officer, IIRC) finally got too sick to update.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
yes, i think this is definitely it. additionally, i should say, a lot of its usefulness was somewhat robbed--ironically enough--by THIS website, as is the case for almost every one of the websites under discussion. it's really bizarre how any visiting of video game-related websites dropped so significantly once i found neogaf; the community acts as such an effective news aggregator that going to individual sites seeking new info is practically useless. if an article is especially interesting or thorough, you will probably be linked through to it from neogaf. all the trawling the major sites for news is essentially useless.
You're pretty much spot on. When I did news there I'd find stuff really early in the morning on places like gamefront.de and... some .biz site I can't remember at the moment, but that early posting helped give us a little lead time on some of the bigger sites that didn't really do late night/early morning updates at the time. But even back then, I could come here and see tons of content we didn't have yet and had already been discussed that day, so once this place and others like it got bigger, yeah. Kind of defeated the purpose of a news site any more, aside from covering what we were interested in.
Flakster99
Member
CapScott's N64HQ.com was the absolute king in the mid 90s. Loved going to that site.
Also, yeah, loved TheGIA as well.
All the good ones are taken, so I'll thumbs up this particular site. I greatly enjoyed the scoops, the news and the daily updates and impressions. Used to have a cup of coffee in the morning and explore it's daily updates before work. I know all about the folks who left, where most of them went, and even kept in touch with a few of them over the years, though, it has been years since my last communication.
What an awesome site, and it only added to the build-up and hype that was the N64.
/Salute!
DonasaurusRex
Online Ho Champ
didnt this place used to be called gaming-age.com
I think it was called "AnimePSX", or if not that one... there was a PS1 site hosted on a Norwegian server (sol.no) that had a lot of pictures of import games and RPGs... forget the name, I want to say PSExtreme but I don't think that's quite right.
The Unofficial Squaresoft Home Page was one of my first forays to the web, downloading FF5 midis and screenshots for the Romancing SaGa games. Then there were the first-wave emulation sites (Zophar's Domain, The Dump, tsr's NES Archive)... also remember the Mana Treehouse vaguely and Cafe Eblana.
Augemitbutter
Member
i think that's right. this or anime playstation.
Wow, Zophar's Domain. There's a website I haven't heard of in a long time. I stayed up all night just downloading/listening to NSFs and SPCs one night in the middle of summer. It was awesome.
Lionel Mandrake
Member
Anybody remember cheat planet? There was a porn site that you would get redirected to if you put in cheatplanit.com
bet the government cracked down on the garbage that did that cause a lot of kids went on cheatplanet.
The best part about this site was that it was poorly moderated, so there'd be a bunch of secrets that were absolute crap mixed with real stuff, so you just had to try them all, and you'd never be sure if it was a fake or if you were doing it wrong.
Like, one for Sonic Adventure on DC said by doing some crazy spin thing at Tails's house you could unlock the upper floor and battle a hidden boss. I tried for hours to get that stuff to work. It actually kind of added to the fun.
Yeah, I remember this one. From what I recall it was kind of destroyed by invasive ads.
I did used to go to GameFAQs a lot during my pubescent years. It was a strange time.
TheMan
Member
i can't believe it's been a decade since they shut down. i loved the maps they made for xenogears...helped me get passed those pesky sewers.
also used to love planet classic gaming (I think it was called that, it was one of those "planet" sites affiliated with gamespy.) i really looked forward to fridays when they would answer reader mail.
transience
Member
My Xenogears resource was The Nisan Sanctuary. What an awesome resource that site was back before stuff like Wikia.
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The G.I.A. for life.
soxinthebox
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Has anyone said Happy Puppy yet? Was my number one source of finding Mac shareware back in the 90's.
Fuck yeah - high five!
I loved that site... man I miss it.
I also will miss Fileplanet, which is heading into ye sunset soon.
