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RVGFANATIC
A newcomer to the world of webmasters much like myself, Steven has finally started his own website! Who is Steven? Only one of the most hardcore Sega Saturn (and now SNES) gamers
that I know. His site specializes in giving you extensive coverage of both the SNES/SFC and Sega Saturn. Quite the odd combo, but that's what makes this site even more interesting. You can also sign his guestbook, read up on some of his personal experiences in both the world of gamers and the world of mortal men, and other various tidbits. Steve's site has an atmosphere
that's all its own, and those interested in either system should take a peek from time to time.
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Video Game Den
This site is maintained by the knowledgable Laurent Kermel, or Ikermel to my GameFAQS brothers and sisters. It's been around for a little while now and while it may not have the largest database of info out there, you can be sure that everything he does on his site is handled with great precision and care, making it worth anyones while. His site is colorful, neat and dare I say "attractive" looking...not in the vixeneous way, but in the "I'm too sexy for my (Insert phrase here)" kind of way. Anyway, I had a blast reading through his video game impressions, and I'm pretty sure you will too.
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Hardcore Gaming 101
Here we have HG101, the site that strives to be the best at what they do; Critique games and have a forum that's a cut above all the rest. The thing that makes this site stand out
more than most is its forum members and the way they tackle their gaming material. Unlike many sites, HG101 specializes in doing articles based on entire gaming series and conversions of games, which is both ambitious and time consuming, to say the least. Because of this, it takes some time for updates to occur, even despite the multifaceted effort from numerous regular members and contributors on the forums. The site has a good deal of mainstream game reviews with some obscure game mentions as well. Check back from time to time.
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Video Game Museum
Video Game Museum...that's all I'm gonna say...nah, I wouldn't do that. Seriously though, how can you surf the wonderful world of the internet and not know about this site? Odds are, you probably do and this site needs no introduction, but what the heck? One more guy spreading the word couldn't hurt right? The Video Game Museum has one
of the largest sources of game reviews, game endings, game scans, games ANYTHING on the net. Nuff said.
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GameFAQs
Most people who flee from GameFAQs on a almost regular basis are probably looking at this and foaming at the mouth. I won't be so black & white about the matter. GameFAQs is a great site for games, news, reviews, pretty much anything you can think of related to games. I've had my bad experiences on the site, but the good certainly outweighs the bad...but you tend to hear nothing but negative dribble thrown wherever GF is mentioned. Even the forums are nice, if you go to the right places. It's funny some of the ridiculous articles you'll find from irate Ex-GF members...and a little sad. They now have game scans and other things they didn't have previously...which has many angered, which is completely understandable. Video Game Museum, PCECP (PC-Engine Catalogue Project), and anyone else who has scans or screenshots are now in danger due to this process. I've even had a couple of people tell me that it's like trying to monopolize on the net. I have stated my opinion on the matter.
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Sega-16
Sega-16...there isn't much that can be said about them that hasn't been said already. It's basically a Sega fans' wet dream, and one of the best Sega sites ever! You'd be amazed to think that SNES still doesn't have a site as dedicated for it as the Sega Genesis has. Also, Death Adder, one of the lead guys of SuperFighterTeam who worked on project "Beggar Prince", can sometimes be found on the forums! I wonder what SFT's next project will be?
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Genesis Collective
I like Genesis Collective...because they are one of the few Sega sites that aren't full of crap when it comes to nearly everything sans Sega themselves. The creator(s) is often pretty modest, and he gives credit where credit is due. I like the fact that you can reply to any of the write-ups on the site. I wonder how I would intergrate something like that? Anyway, the site has good impressions and doesn't go out of its way to make defamatory statements about other systems, companies, and people. The site also has an enormous database of Genesis related info, as well as a few other things. This site, along with Sega-16, are pretty much the two main go-to sites for Sega information that I care to visit.
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Blame The Controlpad
I had to modify the banner to the left a little to better illustrate BTC's site (scaling the original down would not look very good). Run by a member of HG101 known as sh3llsh0ck, he not only aids the denizens of the HG101 forum, but he has his own site for his gaming impressions. The content therein is relatively light at the moment, but he's a good dude at heart and his work is pretty good. Gotta dig the rare Masamune Shirow illustrations and all the familiar (and not so familiar) faces from the gaming world!
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SUPER-NES.COM
A nice and simple website run by Corbie Dillard, who is a long time gamer and writer. If you haven't guessed it, his site covers SNES games. He gives great information for each game, whether it was released in the U.S. or otherwise. It's great if you are a pure SNES enthusiast, as this is the primary focus of the site. You should keep a close eye on this one.
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Virtual-Turbo
Another nice website run by Corbie Dillard, who is a long time gamer and writer. If you haven't guessed it, this site covers Turbo CD games. He gives great information for each game, whether it was released in the U.S. or otherwise. The interesting thing about this particular site is that it also discusses Wii's Virtual Console (hence the name "Virtual-Turbo") and what Turbo CD games may be part of the VC service as well as how many Wii Points they cost and other things. You should keep a close eye on this site too.
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Dan Dare
Why is this site here? No major reason. I grabbed a few of my animated .gifs from here. While some things aren't too important, I do like to give credit to people when I use certain material out there, particularly the stuff that I didn't do myself ;)
This site pays homage to some comic called "Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future". I'm not gonna lie to you; I have no idea who the heck that is, but the site is like a shrine for DD him where you can play little flash games and other neat things. I like the gifs on the site...but if you're a Dan Dare fan, this is a pretty enticing website. It also has small snippets of game related stuff, some of which pertain to Megaman. Just make sure you don't link the .gifs to the site should you use them for site or forum purposes. If you are using them for a site, just credit the site with a link or something to show your appreciation.
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Allnatural's Domain
This site has an extremely simple layout, but it's neatly organized and very fast on any computer browser. It just has some more animated .gifs that are free for anyone to use. Just make sure you don't link the .gifs to the site should you use them for site or forum purposes. The .gifs aren't anything out of the ordinary for the most part, but .gifs are .gifs.
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New Rip
This is yet another "site" for sprite rips (and another custom banner I had to make). Generally speaking, the page consists of numerous links that take you to animated .gifs that you can use...provided that you save them onto your computer. It is a clandestine spot on the net hosted by Angelfire, the people gamers love to hate due to their strict policies and other practices. The assortment of .gifs is pretty good and there are some odd ones that you can find too. Just make sure you don't link the .gifs to the site should you use them for site or forum purposes.
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Fenrir's Sprite Domain
If you haven't guessed it, this is one more site for sprite rips. This site contains both animated and stationary .gifs for several popular franchises. Pretty decent, but not all too pertinent to
what I wish to achieve. Don't misundertand me; there are great .gifs and other sprites in the domain, but couldn't use too many of them because of the message that I'm trying to pass off on my site. If you want a cool avatar or something, you should check this page out. Just make sure you don't link the .gifs to the site should you use them for site or forum purposes.
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EGS-Avatars
Is that G-Unit on the left? Ah well, that's not important. What is important is that you can find more sprites and animated .gifs here. Some of my favorites include the "fond fighters" .gif, which has Kyo, Shingo and Iori from the King of Fighters universe fighting each other with Light Sabers and special moves! Pretty cool and lengthy too.
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01Gif
Whee...even more .gifs. I made another banner for this one too. This site has a couple of strange ones, including some characters from the world of Rage Dragons (Rage of the Dragons). 01Gif is supposed to have around 1000 gifs. Just make sure you don't link the .gifs to the site should you use them for site or forum purposes.
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Blaugh!
This is another custom banner I set up to better illustrate the site I'm going to talk about. This little piece of the web belongs to another HG101 gamer, wildweasel. You know you're gonna find some interesting reads with lines like "This is my Blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine.". Awesome, and modest too. While the site talks about games, it doesn't go into as much depth as sites that primarily focus on games, which is fine because it's not a fully blown game site, but a blog. Here, you can read some honest opinions about numerous things. The tone of his writing is levelheaded and down to earth. Isn't it nice to find sites that feel a little more natural than all the numerous corporate bigwigs telling you what you should and shouldn't do, or how you should do things? Yeah, you won't have to worry too much about that reading wildweasel's BLAUGH!
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8 Easy Bits
Here, you can read numerous funny sprite comics. Another HG101 forum member, Pitchfork, gets props for this one. I'm not the type to dwell on something for too long, trying to find every possible way to criticize, so I'm not the one to attest to their quality. I don't think that I'm hard to please, but I am analytical when the need arises. That being said, I was fairly pleased by what I saw on the site.
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Icy Brian's RPG Page
I've been coming to this site for years, not only because I was impressed by all the characters and artistic talent available on this site, but because I liked to challenge myself. I used to draw some of the fanart on this site to see how close I could get to the original artists, as well as build up my own skills (of course, I didn't take credit for someone else's work). While I don't really do that much anymore because I've gotten better at drawing and can hold my own now, I would still like to pay my respects. You can find numerous fanart pics (of the non-hentai variety) of characters from numerous RPGs on this site. It should come as no surprise really, since I'm an RPG lover myself.
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RHDN
A huge thriving community, RHDN is full of talented men and women who work on translations of old classic games. I don't have any problem with them and a majority of people there are good natured and full of gaming knowledge. While my site generally talks about games in their original state, I know many people are curious to know what games have currently been translated. While one quick search on google could easily give you results, I will be nice and provide a link to where you can look up the latest translations. If you are in doubt, check RHDN out. RHDN is a great site that is while worth your time. You will also find the link to RHDN within the SNES FAQ on this site.
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Skytopia
One of my good friends on the SNES board on GameFAQs mentioned this site a long while ago. I had no idea what the site was about, but I put them in the SNES FAQ on this site anyway. One day, I check my site statistics and it has Skytopia listed in it. I shrugged my shoulders and said: "Eh...why not?"
With that being said, I took a good long peek at the site and let me tell you something. That place is WILD. The site has some excellent information on old school arcade games (something I hope to cover on this site soon) but even more impressive than that is just how ODD the site is. Talk about fruits, mind games, puzzles, and science??? I hated science when I was in High School, but the site talks about certain subject matter in such a way that it all seems so interesting...even when they review fruit! Call me crazy, but I can't help but wonder if I step into the twilight zone everytime I enter the site. It talks about so many things that I feel have little to nothing to do with each other and yet the site is very entertaining and informative!! Fancy that, huh!? Based on their hits, the site seems very popular, and more power to them.
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- Links: Other Cool Sites -
crunchyroll.com
I had never heard of this site until a good man I know in the real world introduced it to me (he's one of the big contributors to the site and his site name was OreoCookie1169). He helps me
procure obscure games AND he's got a real good handle on bringing the U.S. great English dubs of Asian drama. Neat...it just comes to show you that you never know who you'll meet or come to get acquainted with. The site has lots of movies, and you can aid them with small donations to the site. While there are movies I'd like to download, I couldn't really do it before because my CPU wasn't fast enough...but now it is. Anyway, check it out. It also has anime and other things, including a forum. Some of the things on this site will make you laugh and cry!
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Denshi Jisho
Denshi Jisho is basically a site I go to that helps me with some of my Japanese translations. It's a nifty online dictionary of sorts that can translate Japanese to English, vice-versa, and more! It's one of the best tools of it's kind on the web (plus it's free, though you can donate) and though it has recently seen some technical difficulty, it's still a great site and acts as my IE homepage. Go show your support.
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