In the event this place goes down (permanently) soon, where can we found you all?

[Emperor Megas]

The management seems to have stepped out, so if this place goes down soon what forums, blogs, youtube channels, etc. can you guys be found at?

For all the years I've been here there are only a few personalities I can pick out of the crowd, but I actually really like reading what those few people say and viewing what some, like those with youtube channels, have created. I don't do other forums (besides a few facebook groups) anymore, but if this one is inaccessible I'll probably look for another retro gaming one. I generally go by the handle Emperor Megas (or EmperorMegas if the format doesn't allow spaces), and use this Megas avatar.

I'm not trying to be negative or herald an exodus from this forum, which I still really love, I'm just planning for the worst and would like to know where I can find a few familiar personalities online.

So then, where might we find some of you IF this place disappears soon?

[rmaerz]

VectorGamer on AtariAge & DonkeyKongForum.com

rmaerz on KLOV

My YouTube, Twitter and www in the sig

[celerystalker]

I am not on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Youtube, or any other forums of any kind. Be happy to PM you e-mail/contact info sometime if you want, Emperor. Hell, I might just be your imaginary friend who plays your shit while you sleep.

[bb_hood]

If people want to stay in contact, just make an atari age account. That place isnt going anywhere. Im pretty sure Ive got one with the same username.

[Leo_A]

I'm Atariboy over at AtariAge.

[otaku]

so sad to see this place end up like this. i am on atari age but very rarely last time i logged in it was with my facebook login which is my name josh dollins
i am jdotaku over at neo geo forums and belong to numerous gaming pages on facebook may join more forums in the future just not enough time

[Aussie2B]

I've been kinda thinking about if I should join a new forum if this place goes down too. I'm on Hardcore Gaming 101, random GameFAQs boards (because I'm dumb), PCEngineFX once in a blue moon when I'm in an NEC mode, other random forums that I view/post at with even less frequency. I do feel like if this place was gone, I'd miss interacting with people knowledgeable and experienced with collecting and playing all kinds of different retro games. Other places I visit don't quite get the collector mentality and/or are more modern-focused, or they're fixated on one particular system/company/era. That's why I've always been hesitant to join places like AtariAge, NintendoAge, etc. I don't have great interest in pre-crash gaming, and I care about a lot more than just NES/Nintendo. I've always appreciated how Digital Press embraces all systems and games equally.

[OldSchoolGamer]

My real name is ROB, most online places (Youtube, forums etc) I am MaximumRD. On Atariage I am OldschoolRetroGamer. For other links and things you may or may not be interested in here is my About.me link!

https://about.me/maximumrd

[Wraith Storm]

It'll be a sad day if this place ever goes. But honestly its been a shadow of its former self for years now.

This was the first forum i ever joined and it still feels like home. I have 3 children and work some crazy hours now, so the last few years i haven't been as active as i once was, but I still pop in here and there.

I can also be found on Sega-16, Atari Age and the Retro Gamer magazine forums as "Silence the Fallen".

[Graham Mitchell]

This is the first forum I ever joined as well. It got me through med school, actually, and I've learned so much on here. I'm pretty active over at neo-geo.com. I'm Psygnosis8 over there.

[Tron 2.0]

Just neo-geo.com and pcenginefx.com are the only other message boards i post at.Also i just use tron as nickname at those sites as well.

[Porksta]

I'm mostly found at GTZ but also use NA and CAG for trading. Same username everywhere.

[Az]

I always wondered what happened to the regulars I always ran into prior to the mass exodus whenever the rec.games.video heirchy died when Usenet gave its last dying gasp. Rec.games.video.sega and alt.sega.genesis were the main groups I followed. ASG was a small, close-knit group of people who were either players or actively collecting Genesis stuff at a time that no one gave a shit. That, and the occasional lost Phil Collins fan who had no idea what Usenet was.

RGVS pretty much died immediately after the Dreamcast. Since there were no "new" Sega games coming out it eventually turned into a crossposting ghost town. (Which as a side note is something that young 'uns of today have totally missed out on. Even the OP trolls couldn't hold a candle to the dumbasses hitting "reply all" so their opinions were cast out onto two dozen diametrically opposite and unrelated groups. When you can fire one simple trollbait post across a Nintendo group, a Pro Wrestling fangroup, a kiddie porn ring, a militant Islamic group, and some random places like alt.suicide.methods, the fun never stops). Belpowerslave and Sheath are probably the only guys I see around that still use their same nicknames.

And if you were a rec.games.video.* user during that time; Buy Rite Video Games.

There were always a bunch of people that posted in RGVS and ASG that I didn't know on a personal level but always wondered where they migrated to. Digital Press seemed like the closest thing to those type of discussions I could find which is why I ended up here.

[Sailorneorune]

I frequent GTZ and NA, mostly. sailorneorune there too.

[Dangerboy]

I'm all over :D
game-rave.com
gameraveTV on youtube
gamerave on Twitter
GameRaveTV on FaceBook

[lendelin]

In case this great place would go down (and I truly hope it won't!), I have my games listed on RFGeneration (same user name - lendelin - link is below). I never posted there and I don't visit them regularly, but they have very interesting threads and discussions. I'll post there if the worst happens.

DP was and is my only gaming website. I was very active from 2003 to 2008, also wrote for some time for the DP fanzine, then I left the country for a couple of years and didn't login in anymore. When I came back last year I noticed a heavy decrease in traffic and posts. I got so far only a couple of minor tidbit informations in various threads what happened while I was gone but it is still unclear to me. I even read that the site was supposedly completely down for a couple of months.

I hope so much that someone will keep this site alive and well.

[PreZZ]

Whats going on here? why are you guys expecting dp to close?

[Bratwurst]

I am Bratwurst at Atari Age, Nintendo Age and Sega-16.

Personal stuff I update occasionally:

http://magictrashman.deviantart.com/
https://twitter.com/MagicTrashman
http://puppyblob.tumblr.com/

[InsaneDavid]

InsaneDavid at most places - twitter, youtube, KLOV forums and the like.

Currently helming the third incarnation of Retrogaming Times / Retrogaming Times Monthly as "The Retrogaming Times" - http://www.classicplastic.net/trt - come write with us! Come December I'm going to have an old DP "12 Days of Xmas" type thing on The Retrogaming Times Facebook community.

It's been a hell of a ride here guys and gals. I sincerely mean that. May your Jolt Cola always be frosty, may your JVC X'Eye always register that the door is closed, and may that sentient Dreamcast controller finally let me go!

[bb_hood]

It's been a hell of a ride here guys and gals.

Its not over yet.... is it??

[Edmond Dantes]

Whats going on here? why are you guys expecting dp to close?

Because the only admin still around is Nz17 and a month ago he... had an emotional meltdown, closed off forum registration (so ever since nobody new has been able to register) and has not been seen since.

If you build a city in Simcity but then somehow hack the game so that no new Sims can inhabit that city, then your city does not have much of a future.

Anyway, to answer that topic question.... pretty sure my blog is linked in my sig.

[Mayhem]

You can find me at many other places as Mayhem.

[Bloodreign]

I'm everywhere, Sega 16, Castlevania Dungeon Forums, occasionally Atari Age, Twitter, FB, though a lot less places than I used to be at one time. But I'm still mostly everywhere.

[Dire 51]

In the event anyone remembers me, I still exist.

I have accounts at HG101 and AtariAge, although I'm barely at either one these days. More often (although still not much), I'm at Prime Central Station and The Strider Citadel. And of course, I'm on my own (sadly, also dying) forum, The Third Moon. On all of these forums, I'm known as Dire 51 in some way, shape or form.

I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter under my real name. Facebook I'm in and out of at least once a day, Twitter I rarely use.

[Nebagram]

This is the only dedicated gaming forum I visit. :(

But I still occasionally upload gaming videos to my YoTube- username, as it is absolutely everywhere, is Nebagram.

[jonebone]

NintendoAge is the only forum that is active enough and suits my main interests. I'm also on VGMM, N64Forever, SegaAge and here, but don't post as much on the others.

[Emperor Megas]

NintendoAge is the only forum that is active enough and suits my main interests. I'm also on VGMM, N64Forever, SegaAge and here, but don't post as much on the others.I didn't realize there was a SegaAge forum. I supposed I could have guessed that though.

[calgon]

Probably a lost cause for me. I do have an account at nintendo age but have 24 posts in the past three years so...

[retroman]

I can be found on Gamefaqs as retroman20.

[7th lutz]

When I'm on a video game forum, I'm usually on Atariage as 8th lutz. I also rarely post on Nintendo Life as 7th lutz.

[JeremiahJT]

I am JeremiahJT or jeremiahjt anywhere I have an account. Sometimes like with YouTube I have to throw a 1 on the end. I am at all the Ages (Atari, Nintendo, Sega, and even the short lived 3DOage). I also have an account at RF Generation and I think I even have logins at Sega-16 and PCEngineFX.

[InsaneDavid]

Probably a lost cause for me. I do have an account at nintendo age but have 24 posts in the past three years so...

Well if it makes you feel any better, I only had one post there and was eventually banned. Hehehehehehehe....

[YoshiM]

I'm Gamemoose over at Atari Age. On Youtube, with my paltry single video done eons ago, I'm Pmode4. Like on this board, I haven't been all that active.

[Leo_A]

... or they're fixated on one particular system/company/era. That's why I've always been hesitant to join places like AtariAge, NintendoAge, etc. I don't have great interest in pre-crash gaming, and I care about a lot more than just NES/Nintendo. I've always appreciated how Digital Press embraces all systems and games equally.

AtariAge is far more than just Atari or even just pre-crash gaming.

It has a general classic gaming forum for non-Atari discussion that not only is more active than this area of Digital Press, but also has active sub-forums dedicated to more specialized topics like the Sega Genesis. And several of those even seem to get more traffic than the entire classic gaming forum here at DP. And the modern gaming section is definitely more active on a routine basis than that here at DP.

The one area where its specialization remains is the main site itself. You won't find a NES category for instance in the rarity guides, perhaps something that could be changed if some dedicated members here got together with Albert and such over at AA and tried to expand things if he was amicable to the idea.

I for one would love to see a lot of the scanned material here at DP not be lost now that Joe and NZ17 both refuse to even acknowledge ownership of this place let alone actually visit and do something for a change.

And as seen by this thread, an awful lot of us already are active over there and likely will become more active as DP finally fades from the collecting scene.

[Emperor Megas]

Well it seems a lot of us have accounts at Atari Age, so I've registered an account there. I'm pretty sure I still have an 11 year old account at the PCEngineFX forums. I think I only posted there once, but have visited a lot more, though hardly regularly.

I hope this place is still around in the months/years to come.

[WCP]

Man, this forum used to be the bomb back in the days. Back in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 etc, etc. It's too bad there isn't a retrogaming forum right now that can truly replace the vibe that DP had like 10 to 13 years ago. I'm on Atari Age (Kid Chameleon), but for some reason, I just don't seem to find very many of the threads interesting. Somebody will make a thread about something, and it will get a few comments, but the discussions never seem to get very deep.

I don't know.... maybe I'm being a bit too harsh, but when I used to be able to browse Atari Age while at work (it's blocked now), I just never found too many interesting discussions. Of course, I'm mainly interested in video gaming stuff that happened from about 89 to 96, so maybe there are amazing discussions about stuff from the Atari / Intellivision / Colecovision days, but I'm not really into that era too much. My favorite era is early 16-bit to early PS1 /N64.

[ALAKA]

Well it looks like this place is paid up to sometime in December, unlikely it will get renewed for another year it seems. The silver lining is it looks like all the info from the main site has been archived at least.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160527052343/http://www.digitpress.com/

[Aussie2B]

AtariAge is far more than just Atari or even just pre-crash gaming.

It has a general classic gaming forum for non-Atari discussion that not only is more active than this area of Digital Press, but also has active sub-forums dedicated to more specialized topics like the Sega Genesis. And several of those even seem to get more traffic than the entire classic gaming forum here at DP. And the modern gaming section is definitely more active on a routine basis than that here at DP.

The one area where its specialization remains is the main site itself. You won't find a NES category for instance in the rarity guides, perhaps something that could be changed if some dedicated members here got together with Albert and such over at AA and tried to expand things if he was amicable to the idea.

I for one would love to see a lot of the scanned material here at DP not be lost now that Joe and NZ17 both refuse to even acknowledge ownership of this place let alone actually visit and do something for a change.

And as seen by this thread, an awful lot of us already are active over there and likely will become more active as DP finally fades from the collecting scene.

That's fair enough. I figured there may be more to the forums than I know, seeing as I have never registered and could probably count on my fingers the number of times I've ventured to that site or forum over the years. But I do think a forum being attached to a site with a specialization does have impact. I'm sure I'm not the only gamer who hasn't bothered joining due to a low level of interest in Atari/pre-crash gaming. Likewise, I'm sure a lot of the members there joined for Atari/pre-crash discussion first and other systems/eras second. Given that, I still feel like I wouldn't particularly fit in there, and I appreciate that Digital Press has a broad scope in all regards, from the site to the forum.

[Greg2600]

I'm Atariboy over at AtariAge.

Ha, I never knew that!

I'm the same name Greg2600 on Atari Age, Nintendo Age, Sega-16, Assemblergames, etc., etc. I use AA the most.

[JeremiahJT]

Ha, I never knew that!

I'm the same name Greg2600 on Atari Age, Nintendo Age, Sega-16, Assemblergames, etc., etc. I use AA the most.

You thought the cat picture being the same was purely coincidental?

[Gentlegamer]

AtariAge is far more than just Atari or even just pre-crash gaming.

It has a general classic gaming forum for non-Atari discussion that not only is more active than this area of Digital Press, but also has active sub-forums dedicated to more specialized topics like the Sega Genesis. And several of those even seem to get more traffic than the entire classic gaming forum here at DP. And the modern gaming section is definitely more active on a routine basis than that here at DP.

The one area where its specialization remains is the main site itself. You won't find a NES category for instance in the rarity guides, perhaps something that could be changed if some dedicated members here got together with Albert and such over at AA and tried to expand things if he was amicable to the idea.

I for one would love to see a lot of the scanned material here at DP not be lost now that Joe and NZ17 both refuse to even acknowledge ownership of this place let alone actually visit and do something for a change.

And as seen by this thread, an awful lot of us already are active over there and likely will become more active as DP finally fades from the collecting scene.

I think Atari Age is the best "all classic gaming" forum out there right now, particularly that hasn't been collectarded.

[Gameguy]

I'm really not on any other forums besides one that's even more dead than here, I'll have to sign up elsewhere if this place dies out completely.




Man, this forum used to be the bomb back in the days. Back in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 etc, etc. It's too bad there isn't a retrogaming forum right now that can truly replace the vibe that DP had like 10 to 13 years ago. I'm on Atari Age (Kid Chameleon), but for some reason, I just don't seem to find very many of the threads interesting. Somebody will make a thread about something, and it will get a few comments, but the discussions never seem to get very deep.

I don't know.... maybe I'm being a bit too harsh, but when I used to be able to browse Atari Age while at work (it's blocked now), I just never found too many interesting discussions. Of course, I'm mainly interested in video gaming stuff that happened from about 89 to 96, so maybe there are amazing discussions about stuff from the Atari / Intellivision / Colecovision days, but I'm not really into that era too much. My favorite era is early 16-bit to early PS1 /N64.
A large part of that is there's almost no interesting finds now. No amazing finds at great prices, no new prototypes turning up, or new information on old games, etc. There's really not much to talk about. If you can find old sports games at a thrift store or yard sale it's actually something to take note of, it's all modern junk that turns up.

People would just turn up to look over the finds, then post some replies to other topics. It's finds that keep game forums alive, besides actual detailed articles and reviews like the ones regularly posted at Sega-16.

[understatement]

I've pretty much moved to RF Generation (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php) I'm understatement (http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/collection.pl?name=understatement&folder=Collection&action=profile) there as well. To be honest it feels the most like DP to me with the way the forum is set up. Also they have a really nice game database with literally every system and game in it for keeping track of your collection.

[Alianger]

I'm at Sega-16, HG101, Favslist, Racketboy and YT. Alt nicks: residentleever, ommadawnyawn

[ave1]

I spend time on DP, gamefaqs, Atariage, and Racketboy (username ave1). I may try out that RFgeneration forum :)

One that I discovered recently is Retrocollect.com.

[Daria]

Chances are if you see a Daria at any classic gaming site it's me. I lurk at a lot of forums. Most active on NintendoAge these days though.

Also @DariaPlays on Twitter and YouTube.com/DariaPlaysToo

[fergojisan]

It was a good run, not as active here as I was in the early 2000s. It was a lot of fun in those days. People move on and lose interest though, such is life.

I do a 2600 podcast, which is currently on semi-hiatus as I get some shit done around the house. http://2600gamebygamepodcast.blogspot.com/

I am fergojisan on the Atari.io forums, and ferghead on AtariAge.

[Daltone]

I've always wondered - how does one buy a website? This thing can't bring in much / any revenue and it would be sad to see it vanish to nothing.

Honestly, reading the random crap posts here helped me get through the misery of my teenage years (tiny violin).

[InsaneDavid]

This reminds me that I need to archive my all time favorite thread on any forum - http://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?128555-Im-going-to-florida-and-taking-a-disney-cruise-from-there

[kupomogli]

Other than this and an another forum that includes a lot of old Atlus forum members before it was shut down, I don't go to any other forum. Not too big on some forums that just have too many people, so you don't really know anybody, just everyone trying to get their word in. Then other forums like Castlevania Dungeon and Chapel of Resonance I was banned somewhere before Castlevania died out. I'm sure the forums are no longer relevant now that the series is dead though, unless they're making up threads about erotic violence and pachinko machines. I'm also on Youtube and have a Gamefaqs account.

[Emperor Megas]

I'm also on Youtube and have a Gamefaqs account.Same username?

[lendelin]

I'm Gamemoose over at Atari Age. On Youtube, with my paltry single video done eons ago, I'm Pmode4. Like on this board, I haven't been all that active.

I watched your video and now I can finally put a face to your user ID. :) And this after all them years. :) The video was very good, I liked the comparison to the SuperGrfx. Actually, I've never seen any footage of the SuperGrafx, so it was really nice to see a comparison of this great game on both systems.

[kupomogli]

Same username?

Yeah, despite Final Fantasy becoming garbage as of late, still keeping it as a username. Square Enix is not only ruining their franchises, they're ruining my username.

[YoshiM]

I watched your video and now I can finally put a face to your user ID. :) And this after all them years. :) The video was very good, I liked the comparison to the SuperGrfx. Actually, I've never seen any footage of the SuperGrafx, so it was really nice to see a comparison of this great game on both systems.

Thanks!

It was an idea I had when I worked with J2 Games/Video Game Trader. I was going to put out more but life/other interests got in the way like community theater (and lost the beard), having a child, etc.

Needless to say, now with a new wife and large family, I don't work on Youtube much anymore.

[Cornelius]

I have the same username on AtariAge, NintendoAge, and RFGeneration. Doubt I have more than 6 posts on all three of those combined.

[Kid Fenris]

I'm Kid Fenris wherever I go: HG101, Lost Levels, Something Awful, and a bunch of other forums that I can't remember now. I think I'm the only one dumb enough to use this name.

My hangouts:
http://www.kidfenris.com/
https://twitter.com/kidfenris
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/kidfenris


I am Bratwurst at Atari Age, Nintendo Age and Sega-16.

Personal stuff I update occasionally:

http://magictrashman.deviantart.com/
https://twitter.com/MagicTrashman
http://puppyblob.tumblr.com/

You forgot your YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxkK9gCSf7ievLS14fTmHA).

[jupitersj]

I haven't been active in a long time; I sold a good portion of my collection to fund my 400hp WRX build ^^;

It would be a sad day to see this place go.

[MASTERWEEDO]

I'm Masterweedo everywhere I post.