Retro Nintendo on the Net: Active Archiving - VGF

Serial Miller · 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NO LONGER UPDATED SITES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 ]

**L007 is Undecided** · 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.

Serial Miller · 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.

Serial Miller · 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.

Serial Miller · 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.

Serial Miller · 09-28-2005, 07:57 PM

NESplayer.com added

joe_brown · 01-22-2006, 06:44 PM

Ehm, You could add nintendoland.com

Serial Miller · 03-03-2006, 08:53 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/

Serial Miller · 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.

Serial Miller · 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.

08-22-2005, 11:45 PM	#1
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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 Serial Miller; 07-22-2006 at 03:49 PM.

08-27-2005, 08:11 PM	#2
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,297 Thanks: 90 Thanked 285 Times in 166 Posts Points: 80.12 Bank: 13,620.99 Total Points: 13,701.11 Donate	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
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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: 2,952 Thanks: 4 Thanked 37 Times in 32 Posts Points: 21,335.47 Bank: 646.80 Total Points: 21,982.27 Donate	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
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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: In a pretty place surrounded by sparkly faerie dust!! Gender: Posts: 27,382 Thanks: 227 Thanked 245 Times in 181 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 34,812.78 Bank: 1,627,229.63 Total Points: 1,662,042.41 Donate	Cool links there, AyeEye!! Did you check out classicgaming.com? Just curious.

09-08-2005, 06:34 AM	#7
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	NESplayer.com added

01-22-2006, 06:44 PM	#9
joe_brown Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Gender: Posts: 1,644 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 6,983.39 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 6,983.39 Donate	Ehm, You could add nintendoland.com

03-03-2006, 08:53 AM	#10
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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: 5,474 Thanks: 43 Thanked 53 Times in 46 Posts Points: 1,318.94 Bank: 17,565.38 Total Points: 18,884.33 Donate	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
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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: Where Chuck Norris and Jesus duke it out on the battle field of glorification Gender: Posts: 1,800 Thanks: 82 Thanked 38 Times in 31 Posts Points: 11,744.06 Bank: 9,108.77 Total Points: 20,852.83 Donate	Gee...I'm suprized someone hasn't gone phyco crazy from reporting this topic as spam...awesome!

09-29-2006, 09:44 PM	#15
Serial Miller Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,679 Thanks: 416 Thanked 1,046 Times in 585 Posts Points: 14,140.59 Bank: 1,556,398.07 Total Points: 1,570,538.65 Donate	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.