Retro Nintendo on the Net: Active Archiving

***Cosmonautical*** · 08-22-2005, 11:45 PM

Okay, here's the drill: I'm keeping this topic stickied, and in it I will be posting links to everything and anything NES or SNES related on the net. PM if you ever find that a site I've linked to goes down, and feel free to leave comments all you like. If you know of a site I'm missing, make comment here, and I'll check it out.

That said, let's get started:
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NES COLLECTION/REVIEW SITES

www.NESWORLD.com - NESWORLD is an extensive site maintained by a single collector who reviews clone systems, multicarts, prototypes, and keeps updates on the latest relating news. He has lists of tons of pirate carts, and has archived Nintendo's legal exploits during the NES era. Tons of content, go check it out. Updates semi-frequently.

The Warp Zone - Somewhat similar to NES World, has articles on every aspect of the NES system and its marketing. Particularily of interest are articles written about unreleased games, and their likewise fates after production. It has many smaller sub-sites which I may or may not link to individually later on. Updated rather haphazardly.

NESplayer.com - Another all-around collector/review site. Plenty of interesting information for those willing to dig around - decent amount of links to related sites, too. One unique characteristic could be the large amount of "shrines" they've put together for particular games. Also worth mentioning is their hardware mods page.

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SNES COLLECTION/REVIEW SITES

SNES central - One of the best sites for SNES info on the web, infrequently updated.
SNES central is home to a wide variety of content, from articles to peripherals to pirates.
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NO LONGER UPDATED SITES

the NES Enshrined - NES Enshrined is a private site that has been left to the ravages of the net. It seems decent for a Geocities-type page with reviews, philosophy, NES media, and more. Pretty annoying midi on there, though.

NEStopia - A high-quality Geocities page with tons of easily accessible content. Notably shares the same name with an emulator that likely came after the author gave up the ghost. Most valuable feature of the site is the list of rarities, which compares NES carts and controllers on a scale of rarity from A+ to E.

[ September 28, 2005, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: enjoyFantasticPr1cedDrugs ]

**Loot** · 08-27-2005, 08:11 PM

Aw, man, I can't believe I overlooked NESWorld. They have a nice amount of information of pirated units. Many thanks, AI.

***Cosmonautical*** · 08-27-2005, 08:38 PM

That's just the sort of reason I'm doing this. When I get the time to waste on this again, I'll do more write-ups. I'll try to focus on Nintendo-specific sites, first. Between working on a rom-hack, writing music, and maintaining a somewhat-crippled social life, I'm kind of stretched for free time.

Erdawn Il Deus · 08-31-2005, 06:49 PM

There was an awesome site called the NES Enshrined. It went down, or the creator ditched it, but some pages are kept online somewhere.

***Cosmonautical*** · 08-31-2005, 07:20 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, I found it, and it's up on the list, now. If you were thinking of a different site, lemme know and I'll look some more.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 09-08-2005, 03:16 AM

Cool links there, AyeEye!! Did you check out classicgaming.com? Just curious.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-08-2005, 06:34 AM

Yeeesss, I've been there before. It's a little general for what I'm thinking of, but I do agree it has plenty of old Nintendo content.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-28-2005, 07:57 PM

NESplayer.com added

null · 01-22-2006, 05:44 PM

Ehm, You could add nintendoland.com

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-03-2006, 07:53 AM

Nintendoland isn't retro in particular, unfortunately. Honorable mention, though. As well as Classicgaming.com

mushroom · 07-22-2006, 03:15 AM

a few dead sites that I still love dearly:

http://tnca.myrmid.com/
http://osg.myrmid.com/
http://www.nesfiles.com/

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-22-2006, 03:48 PM

Awesome. Thanks a ton for the links, Mushroom. I'll skim through them and give them each a short writeup over the next few days.

ChuckleHuck · 09-29-2006, 06:23 PM

Gee...I'm suprized someone hasn't gone phyco crazy from reporting this topic as spam...awesome!

SephirothKirby · 09-29-2006, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChuckleHuck

Gee...I'm suprized someone hasn't gone phyco crazy from reporting this topic as spam...awesome!

How is it spam? It's related to retro Nintendo, so it's perfectly on topic.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-29-2006, 09:44 PM

I'm the moderator, so it would be pretty assinine to whine about my topic being spam. Thanks for the props.

Seems I forgot to checkout those links Mushroom posted >_>

Well, I suppose I'll get to them sometimes soon, having all this free time.

lkermel · 01-14-2010, 05:40 PM

I'm new here and I've been browsing the whole forum today.

I do have a website with more than 200 Super Famicom/Famicom reviews on it, it's videogameden.com

08-22-2005, 11:45 PM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Okay, here's the drill: I'm keeping this topic stickied, and in it I will be posting links to everything and anything NES or SNES related on the net. PM if you ever find that a site I've linked to goes down, and feel free to leave comments all you like. If you know of a site I'm missing, make comment here, and I'll check it out. That said, let's get started: __________________________________________ *NES COLLECTION/REVIEW SITES* www.NESWORLD.com - NESWORLD is an extensive site maintained by a single collector who reviews clone systems, multicarts, prototypes, and keeps updates on the latest relating news. He has lists of tons of pirate carts, and has archived Nintendo's legal exploits during the NES era. Tons of content, go check it out. Updates semi-frequently. The Warp Zone - Somewhat similar to NES World, has articles on every aspect of the NES system and its marketing. Particularily of interest are articles written about unreleased games, and their likewise fates after production. It has many smaller sub-sites which I may or may not link to individually later on. Updated rather haphazardly. NESplayer.com - Another all-around collector/review site. Plenty of interesting information for those willing to dig around - decent amount of links to related sites, too. One unique characteristic could be the large amount of "shrines" they've put together for particular games. Also worth mentioning is their hardware mods page. __________________________________________ *SNES COLLECTION/REVIEW SITES* SNES central - One of the best sites for SNES info on the web, infrequently updated. SNES central is home to a wide variety of content, from articles to peripherals to pirates. ___________________________________________ *NO LONGER UPDATED SITES* the NES Enshrined - NES Enshrined is a private site that has been left to the ravages of the net. It seems decent for a Geocities-type page with reviews, philosophy, NES media, and more. Pretty annoying midi on there, though. NEStopia - A high-quality Geocities page with tons of easily accessible content. Notably shares the same name with an emulator that likely came after the author gave up the ghost. Most valuable feature of the site is the list of rarities, which compares NES carts and controllers on a scale of rarity from A+ to E. [ September 28, 2005, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: enjoyFantasticPr1cedDrugs ] Last edited by Cosmonautical; 07-22-2006 at 03:49 PM.

08-27-2005, 08:11 PM	#2
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Aw, man, I can't believe I overlooked NESWorld. They have a nice amount of information of pirated units. Many thanks, AI.

08-27-2005, 08:38 PM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	That's just the sort of reason I'm doing this. When I get the time to waste on this again, I'll do more write-ups. I'll try to focus on Nintendo-specific sites, first. Between working on a rom-hack, writing music, and maintaining a somewhat-crippled social life, I'm kind of stretched for free time.

08-31-2005, 06:49 PM	#4
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	There was an awesome site called the NES Enshrined. It went down, or the creator ditched it, but some pages are kept online somewhere.

08-31-2005, 07:20 PM	#5
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Thanks for the suggestion, I found it, and it's up on the list, now. If you were thinking of a different site, lemme know and I'll look some more.

09-08-2005, 03:16 AM	#6
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Cool links there, AyeEye!! Did you check out classicgaming.com? Just curious.

09-08-2005, 06:34 AM	#7
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Yeeesss, I've been there before. It's a little general for what I'm thinking of, but I do agree it has plenty of old Nintendo content.

09-28-2005, 07:57 PM	#8
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	NESplayer.com added

01-22-2006, 05:44 PM	#9
null Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Gender: Posts: 1,652 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Ehm, You could add nintendoland.com

03-03-2006, 07:53 AM	#10
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Nintendoland isn't retro in particular, unfortunately. Honorable mention, though. As well as Classicgaming.com

07-22-2006, 03:15 AM	#11
mushroom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Brandon, MS Gender: Posts: 5,527 Thanks: 43 Thanked 55 Times in 48 Posts	a few dead sites that I still love dearly: http://tnca.myrmid.com/ http://osg.myrmid.com/ http://www.nesfiles.com/

07-22-2006, 03:48 PM	#12
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Awesome. Thanks a ton for the links, Mushroom. I'll skim through them and give them each a short writeup over the next few days.

09-29-2006, 06:23 PM	#13
ChuckleHuck Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the walls. Gender: Posts: 1,983 Thanks: 117 Thanked 64 Times in 46 Posts	Gee...I'm suprized someone hasn't gone phyco crazy from reporting this topic as spam...awesome!

09-29-2006, 09:44 PM	#15
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I'm the moderator, so it would be pretty assinine to whine about my topic being spam. Thanks for the props. Seems I forgot to checkout those links Mushroom posted >_> Well, I suppose I'll get to them sometimes soon, having all this free time.

01-14-2010, 05:40 PM	#16
lkermel Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Gender: Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm new here and I've been browsing the whole forum today. I do have a website with more than 200 Super Famicom/Famicom reviews on it, it's videogameden.com