About six years ago, I began creating guides that use maps. The idea was to provide users with visual references that would make it easier to navigate. Creating these guides was fun and I developed some new skills, but I never felt they were as good as they could have been. At the same time, none of my map walkthroughs seem very popular nor have I received the sort of feedback that written guides get, which has made it very difficult to tell if they are actually helpful for my audience. It also takes far longer to create maps than it does to make a simple written guide.

Taking all of these factors in account, I’ve decided to take a break from making map walkthroughs. I hope this does not disappoint anyone who uses this site, but I do not see a reason to continue making something when its usefulness is questionable at best. That said, I intend to continue making written walkthroughs and will hopefully be able to produce a lot more in the near future. I’ll also use what I’ve learned from editing maps to include more visual elements in future guides.

I’m always seeking to improve, so feel free to let me know what you think of any of my walkthroughs and whether or not you find my map walkthroughs useful.

~tankMage

Unfortunately, I’ve had to close the comments section again due to an inordinate amount of spam. The comments section of this website is for visitors to share feedback on the subject material of this website. It is not for bots and spammers to advertise their garbage products and phishing scams.

I am sorry for the inconvenience this may cause for the people who use this site and its comment section in good faith. Sadly, spam has become increasingly sophisticated over the years and I have had to resort to increasingly stringent measures in order to crack down on it. Spammers share malicious links, leave comments that have nothing to do with the topics on this site, and try to promote their own products. All of these things ruin the experience for the actual users of Retromaggedon and waste the time of the people who operate it. Thank you for your patience, hopefully this issue will be resolved soon.

Over the years there have been occaisional instances where visitors have had difficulty getting save files to work with their games. This often occurs when the version of the game used to create the save file differs from the one used by the visitor. In such cases, save files will often fail to load, because they are dependent on a specific version of a game. These differences can often be attributed to regional variations (usually NTSC vs PAL) or revisions made by the developer. In cases where the game was modified or translated by ROM hackers, there may be differences between versions of the hack. While save files are nearly always named exactly after the game used to generate them, the files themselves are zipped and named after the point in the game in which they were made. As a result of this, visitors have to download and unzip the save in order to see what version of the game it was made for, which is inconvenient for the visitor.

From now on, every save file posted to this site will include specific version information in addition to emulator info. This change will not be immediately retroactive, because there are hundreds of saves on this site and it will take time to update them. However, all new saves will feature this info in their description as well as the Readme file packed in with them. Older saves will be updated over time.

Finally, I’d like to thank everyone who has taken time to point out this oversight. Input from visitors is always welcome as it helps me improve this site.

~tankMage

Over the past year, I’ve been busy with work, family, and home renovations, which made it very difficult to update the site regularly. Things are finally returning to normal, so I’ve starting adding cheat codes again. As always, these cheats are tested thoroughly for accuracy since a lot of the codes shown in old books and online do not work. I’ve also begun the practice of including cheats that do not work on the cheat pages. Non-working cheats will be labeled as such in order to avoid confusion. In the past, I would merely omit any cheats that didn’t work, but I decided to start including them for the benefit of anyone interested in testing them. There’s also the possibility that I may be able to solve the mystery of some of these broken cheats myself.

Thanks for your support!

~tankMage