Updates

I started fixing the home pages for games back in April and finally finished the project yesterday. There was a lot more than I expected and I took a break for a few months, so it took a while. Aside from a few technical improvements that modernized the description pages, the main change has been to the galleries. Many of the galleries on older pages were not formatted properly and did not look good on mobile devices. Of course that’s been changed. I’ve also added links back the the home page for the platform the game appeared on as well as outbound links to other sites with pertinent information. Hopefully things will look and work a bit better with all that done.

Here’s a logo I came up with for 2021 and beyond. It’s styled after one of my favorite franchises, Mega Man. RetroMaggedon has grown a lot over the past year, so I wanted to change the look of the site a bit. I’m probably going to keep this one up for a few years, because I finally feel like I have gotten to the point where I kinda sorta almost know what the hell I’m doing and I consider this a new era for this site. I’m not exactly sure how a new banner relates to that, but it just seems right if that makes sense. I’ll also add that I don’t really plan on changing how I do things in any radical way. My plan was for this to be an old style website that was mainly focused on providing gamers with useful info for their favorite games and that allows them interact with the site freely. There’s no reason to change something that works, so I’ll just stay focused on providing everyone with passwords, saves, cheats, and walkthroughs as well as the occasional review. As always, thanks for all the support you have shown just by visiting this site!

~tankMage

For starters, this isn’t an Aprils fool’s joke even though it’s April 1st. I’ve started improving the home pages for games that appear on this site by adding outgoing links to other sites that have useful/interesting resources and a link that allows users to directly visit the console page. This should make it slightly easier to get around the site and find information that we may not have. I generally link to smaller, independent sites, because anyone can find a Wikipedia article talking about a game with a simple search. It’s going to take a while to update all of the pages, because we’ve covered somewhere in the area of 200 games over the years. Feedback on the quality of these changes is appreciated as always.

Earlier this week we had a major problem with spam as well as a few technical difficulties that culminated in the comment section getting shutdown for a few days. The problem has been solved (for now) and everything should be working. Once again, I’m sorry if this has caused any inconvenience. People often comment on pages with questions about games or how to get things like saves and passwords to work, so I try to keep the lines of communication as open as possible. At the same time, bots tend to post dubious links and solicitations that present potential security threats. It goes without saying that I want to make sure anyone using RetroMaggedon.com does not have to worry about clicking a bad link accidently and can contact us easily, so it’s sometimes necessary to take action when the spam gets out of hand. Hopefully we will have smooth sailing for a while. Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments.

~tankMage

RetroMaggedon has grown a lot in the past month and I’m really grateful for the support. Unfortunately, we’re experiencing a massive influx of spam comments. While I like to keep comments open so everyone can share questions and opinions freely, I’ve had to temporarily turn comments off until I can come up with a countermeasure. Hopefully everything will be back to normal in a day or two. I’m very sorry if this has caused any problems, but the security of this site and its users are among my top priorities.

~tankMage

Long ago, a much younger version of myself sat leafing through the pages of the now defunct Nintendo Power magazine thinking “Wow, I would like to do this!”. At the time I was completely unaware of the fact that someday I would eventually build this site, but I already had the idea firmly planted in my mind that I should always be honest, do my best, and remain focused on the games if I ever got into video game writing. Looking back, I have to admit that I’m not perfect and neither is this site, but I’m always striving to improve. None of this is a surprise, but what has shocked me is the positivity and attention RetroMaggedon has received.

When I first started back in early 2016, I wondered if anyone would use my reviews and guides. It seemed absurd to even imagine someone looking up and using something I wrote. Still, if my work helped even one person enjoy a game more, it would have been worth it. The response to this site turned out to be far greater than anything I expected and I have to thank my fellow gamers for making this dream into a reality. After all, there would be no point in making all of this stuff if no one used it. The only way I can ever possibly repay you is to work harder, continue to improve my work, and remain true to my principals, which is exactly what I intend to do over what will hopefully be another thirty years running this project in whatever form it may take as it evolves.

I also want to thank a few of the many people who have put their faith in me by contributing their hard work into this site: Rontro, The Every Gamer, Grawlix, Manhalt, and Cowboy Yojimbo. Without their efforts, RetroMaggedon would not be what it is today.

~tankMage 

We experienced an outage that lasted from Feb. 5, 2021 to Feb. 9, 2021 due to technical problems. Thanks to the efforts of Manhalt, everything is back up and running. I apologize for an inconveniences this may have caused. Unfortunately, it’s necessary to perform maintenance and sometimes things go badly. In the future, I’ll do my best to reduce the amount of downtime RetroMaggedon experiences when something gets borked. Once again, thanks for your patience and extra thanks to Manhalt who go us back on track.

~tankMage