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1 4 : 1 2 - just a quick one, i got rid of the alien with his wee santa hat, and replaced the caption with "welcome all species". anyone who can think of a better one'll get a prize. not much to say really, except that the forum's down due to server movements and have a good hogmanay, try not to drink too much ;)

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0 8 : 4 6 - merry christmas, guys. no new games (again!) but this is basically a quick little update to say the above. with any amount of luck, i should be putting more games up soon. have a good one. shit, almost forgot, got rid of the anti-leech script, it had huge holes in it.

1 7 / 1 2 / 9 9

1 8 : 0 1 - nothing much this update, mainly just added the keep to the links page and did some tidying up. next game up: system shock. a little explaination is in order i think: why amn't i updating very often? truth is, i don't have the time or the desire to do it. my life is so hectic (and quite good sometime) that i've barely time to update and i'm not sure i have the drive to do so any more.

2 0 : 0 4 - just updated the info. in the link to the keep, as the text to accompany it was a bit duff. despair, despair, i hate myself.

1 2 / 1 2 / 9 9

2 2 : 5 0 - big thanks go out to Elwood for noticing that the main page was somehow absent. fixed it now. thanks Elwood :)

0 2 / 1 2 / 9 9

1 8 : 1 1 - huge things happening since the last update, the biggest of which being the roa's closure. to view the mailout in trbute to the roa click here. the next biggest news is the launch of the ring of ages: gold class (i knew Tom couldn't resist coming back ;), this new site takes over from the ring of ages, and instead of being a general ring, it concentrates on the very best of the scene. home of the underdogs has it's place assured :) access the beta of it @ http://pheatsols.com/rgc. least of the big news is my sakcing from the keep. after having taken Elwood's comments on the roa's closure in the wrong light (i thought they were a boastful sneer, i was apparently the only one) and i offered the tuol the rosy prediction of "may the tuol wither and die", and i was sacked. ah well :)

2 6 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 7 : 4 1 - took down another two "oldwarez" titles: worms and re-inforcements: united and beneath a steel cky. this brings the site down to exactly 0 oldwarez titles; we're completely abandonware. if you find any other games that're being sold, drop me some text. also, no more requests for "oldwarez" games, i'm sick of answering them; basically, fuck off.

2 4 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 8 : 2 9 - took down day of the tentacle, as i'm folowing an Underdogs style of thinking in that there'll be no oldwarez on this site soon. also, i polished up the links page.

2 1 / 1 1 / 9 9 1 5 : 0 6 - added three poems to the misc. section. also added a link to the first run of area 51 abandonware, from a time when the scene still had some magic and mystique in it.... *sigh* the good old days :)

1 6 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 7 : 2 2 - just changed the update date at the top, i'd forgotten to do it. it's our 3rd month since area 51 came back. good tidings to all :) strong! strong! can you feel my power?

1 5 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 6 : 2 9 - righto, first update in a wee while. i've uploaded yet another overhead shooter (they're the best, what else can i say?). i also added the abandonware rating system (ars from now on - less to type) and top zero to the thanks to bit at the bottom. they reviewed me, btw, so go there to check it out. i also added and ars button (that i made) to the bottom, and fixed the buttons up in a table, it looks better now. next update i think i'll put up the old area 51 in the misc seciton - just to let you see how much it's changed. hell, almost forgot - check out hte soapbox article. until next time, signing out.

0 4 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 5 : 4 4 - just noticed that on the front page (and news page) that after "highway hunter" everything was emboldened. nothing else happening.

0 3 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 5 : 4 6 - finally got round to adding another game - yet another overhead shooter, again from safari software, search and destroy. based more in real-world scenarios than most other games here, it's a worthy addition to anyone's collection of games. also, if you've read the story, tell me what you reckon.

1 8 : 5 5 - changed my mind (it's a guy's right) i've put up highway hunter instead, mainly because i had already uploaded it ;) enjoy.

0 2 / 1 1 / 9 9

1 7 : 5 6 - not much going down, added a few more links to the links page. also, i've put up a sotry i wrote for english. it's a bit shite in areas, and it needs some work (the last life especially is bad). just for those whore interested, i'm gonna stick any stories, poems, etc. i write up here. the story is available here and any future publications'l be available on the misc. section of the front page.

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1 8 : 5 1 - not much up, but i've removed the visitor's tc abandon archive from my links page, due to it's containing porn banners (it didn't when i visited it!). also, the ars is now up! yay! submitted myself for a review a few secs ago. should be up soon.

2 8 / 1 0 / 9 9

1 9 : 2 1 - we're still friends, and she seems ok around me, so i'm not feeling as down. hopefully, i should start some more regular updates now. i've put in an anti-leeching script; thanks to anti-leech.com, so no bastarding link stealer'll get me :) enjoy.

2 7 / 1 0 / 9 9

1 5 : 4 3 - she said no :( i'm pretty upset, so don't expect many updates just now. depress grips me now. i've done a bit of fixing, minaly the screenshots for star control ii.

2 1 / 1 0 / 9 9

2 1 : 5 3 - fixed beneath a steel sky, i'd put in the wrong text for the links - so i changed the names of the actual files; minimum effort, maximum results :) still no news though.

1 2 / 1 0 / 9 9

1 2 : 4 0 - no more games or apps are up today, this is just a little message to tell you that i'm going on holiday for a few days, so i can't update until i get back. admittedly, i'd rather stay at home, but it's not because of you or the site (selfish, amn't i?) it's because of a girl that i'm going to ask to go out with me. i won't be able to think of anything else untill she gives me an answer, so if subsequent updates seem vague or just generally stupid, forgive me, as the heart is a fragile thing.

0 9 / 1 0 / 9 9

1 6 : 0 3 - descent joins our ranks now. another 3d shooter (the second in two days) it's also good, but more tunnel-based, and resultantly claustrophobic, than terminal velocity. also, i added a link to visitors tc abandonware archives area 51 abandonware's board is now the roa's. i've made this decision because it means we're one step closer to a universal board if more webmasters do this.

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1 9 : 1 9 - terminal velocity joins the games page. it's a 3d shooter, and it rocks :) i've got rid of the "thanks to" bit for cjb, as i'm abandoning the use of their redirector. please update your bookmarks to http://home.freeuk.com/a51/index.htm as cjb is under alot of strain at the moment. area 51 abandonware's board is now the roa's. i've made this decision because it means we're one step closer to a universal board if more webmasters do this. 0 2 / 1 0 / 9 9

1 9 : 2 4 - alone in the dark is today's only addition. i forgot to mention yesterday that i uploaded aciddraw. and finally, please update your bookmarks to http://home.freeuk.com/a51/index.htm as cjb is under alot of strain at the moment. also, the roa has itss own server now! the roa is accessible @ http://pheatsols.com. check it out.

0 1 / 1 0 / 9 9

1 8 : 4 6 - raptor: call of the shadows and zone 66 have joined our gaming ranks. both are good shooters, both different from the other. also, keep an eye out for a co-production of area 51 abandonware, turnip's vegigarden and elwood's groovy old goodies coming soon in the form of abandonews. and finally, please update your bookmarks to http://home.freeuk.com/a51/index.htm as cjb is under alot of strain at the moment.

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1 4 : 5 5 - uploaded day of the tentacle. a good, if a wee bit short, adventure game. also, if you got a few copies of the last newletter, i apologise, my mailing list system got bollocked up for some reason. hopefully won't happen again.

2 4 / 0 9 / 9 9

1 7 : 3 9 - uploaded worms united and out of this world (known as another world here in the uk.) got some screenshots for out of this world, but couldn't get them for worms, as it was being a bit of a prick. also, me and Elwood're working on a new project for you guys: AbandoNews, an online newspaper about abandonware. stay tuned for more stuff about it.

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1 5 : 5 8 - we're a month old! yay! i changed the greeting message, as it was pretty out of date (in that i amn't being hosted by abandonwarez.com yet, i'm still holding out hopes though, and that i'm no longer in the top 30.) also, i'm now allowing the usage of my faq on any site that wants it, on the condition that i am informed of it's usage (i want to start a collection of links in the next or one after next edition of the faq of all the sites that use it. help me make this the most popular faq.)

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1 2 : 2 2 - it's been a mammoth session today; i screen grabbed from tyrian and star control ii, did hte review of tyrian, uploaded clarisworks v.1 and mirc 2.1 in the apps section. also, i updated the links page to include the linking to me bit and i moved host, as uploading to freealways was too time-consuming. i also removed the top 30 banner, as i wasn't getting anywhere with it.

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1 9 : 3 9 - uploaded ffe, another of my favourite genre (i made up the genre of it, but it's not the point) space-based rpgs. this was the most popular games last time i was up, so it should go down well :) also, if the fighting doesn't stop, i'm removing myself from the rings and going solo.

0 4 / 0 9 / 9 9
1 0 : 3 8 - just fixed the links on the links page, i'd forgotten to put the TARGET="_top" into each link, and as a result, they appeared inside my frame.

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1 7 : 1 4 - added a news [insert date here] @ [insert time here] to the front page. haven't got that space from panos yet, but i reckon he's a bit busy with university and all, so i've got temporary hosting for the time being. added the area 51 abandwareised version of the faq i wrote to this site, so check it out.

1 9 : 3 7 - finally uploaded the first games. currently up is battle bugs, starcontrol ii and jumpman lives! have fun kids.

0 1 / 0 9 / 9 9
2 1 : 4 9 - added some groovy code to the main page to get rid of any bastardous frames that weren't mine ;) here's the code for anyone interested (put it inbetween the <HEAD> containers):

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

if (window != window.top)
  top.location.href = location.href;

</SCRIPT>

3 0 / 0 8 / 9 9
2 1 : 1 9 - removed thecounter.com's counter. it was shite. it pissed me off ;) nothing else. got some reliable free space, incase panos can't supply me.

2 7 / 0 8 / 9 9
1 7 : 1 0 - added a thecounter.com counter, as a visible one. also, did the roa's faq today. that's all

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1 6 : 5 4 - added my extreme dm counter to the navbar page, which hides it, but still makes it work ;) it's not what you're supposed to do, but hey, we're not on the side of the law as it is. the last entry should#ve been dated either the 25th or 26th, that's what you get when you cut and paste and don't pay attention. fixed the roa links and redid all the banners i had done for the roa, as come.to now requires you to have the popup displayed. damn. need to go add a new bit to the "thanks to:" part on the front page, crediting extreme for their kind (and free) services.

2 4 / 0 8 / 9 9
1 7 : 3 3 - did another two banners for the roa. this time round i merely fixed the image links on the games pages. they were duff.

2 4 / 0 8 / 9 9
1 6 : 3 9 - did shitloads of banners for the roa in the last few days. feeling better about the scene now. seems swizzle is resurrecting the bloody spanish inquisition, in htat any bad shit is said aboutthe ar on it's board, then the thread is deleted. tut, tut. pondered getting myself removed from the tuol, but decided against it. they are similar to the roa, and i like them because of it. but i must make one thing known, if fighting breaks out, i'm with the roa 100%. fucking yes! damn, it feels good having organised rebellion against swizzle. some bastard hacked the roa and added the gaming depot to the sites list last night, bet you it was swizzle's minions. bugger off! can't you leave us alone? shit, onto the proper news, added a mailing list to the site, and more links to the links page. support the roa boys and girls.

1 6 : 4 9 - was just browsing the site and i noticed that the current location links at the top of the games and apps pages weren't working, so i changed them. i've got maths to do for tomorow. shit.

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1 6 : 5 2 - got added to the recently resurrected RoA. this is the best abandonware news i've had in ages. i hated the scene under swizzle. t was too controlled. anyway, thank fuck. hopefully it'll get better now. fuck the ar! i feel exhilirated by this. fucking yes!

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1 6 : 2 5 - the preview is up currently, and i'm going to be added to the tuol. the current button i'm using for the tuol was designed by me. still awaiting the info for the space.

1 8 / 0 8 / 9 9
1 6 : 2 3 - still haven't submitted to the tuol. need to do that. back to school today. it was as fun as usual: none. was cool to see my m8s again though. anyway, added more links on the links page.that's about it. still waiting for the info about that space.

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0 8 : 2 3 - didn't all go to plan yesterday, opened a freealways account, but then i couldn't view the files i'd put up there. i'm gonna try again tonight. and i just remembered, i forgot to bloody well submit the preview to the tuol. shit.

1 6 / 0 8 / 9 9
1 6 : 3 9 - almost a month since the last update. i spent about two weeks of that at the scout jamborette in haarlem, holland. it was bloody insane. decided to put up the preview version today. it'll go up tonight, after i put on the banner for the tuol (the ultimate oldwarez linkpage - a new competitor to the ar, and this one's actually got one webmaster from europe. which makes a change from the american dominated scene). also, i don't think i'm going to bother with the ar, swizzle is a complete knob and the rest of them aren't much better. hopefully i'll get that space soon.

1 9 / 0 7 / 9 9
2 1 : 3 8 - i was going to put some registration codes for getright on the front page, but it was more bother than it was worth, it buggered up the look of the page. still waiting the space, but my e-mail is currently buggered, so that's hampering communications.

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1 0 : 3 6 - just got up, and i've inserted a new piece of code into all of the existing pages to make verdana the second choice of font. this is for all those mac users (why the hell are you here if you own a mac, this is a pc-only abandonware site, there's no software here for you!) or those too stupid to have arial on there computers. changed the . in the time to a : as it looks better. i think so anyway.

1 0 : 4 1 - just fixed up some shite code that was on the starcontrol ii page. going off to have some breakfast now.

1 2 : 0 4 - added more links to the links page. nothing else to report. signing out for a while, i'm going out into the (shock! horror!) real world.

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1 2 . 5 0 - added the apps page just now, which currently includes mirc 2.1 and clarisworks v.1. added more links to the links page and changed the layout ever so slightly. still wating for confirmation and details of my server space from panos. going for a rest now, can't be arsed doing anything else for at least a few hours.

1 4 . 3 3 - finished the review of clarisworks, and i tried to visit the claris homepage, but it took me to a page about filemaker, inc. nothing much else has been done. updates from now on'll be pretty sparse, as i now need the space for me to proceed. i've made the concious decision to leave the previous entries as-is, to make sure that it's an accurate record of what happened. hence the lack of case dropping. going off to watch my new star trek ex-rentals from blockbuster.

1 5 . 4 4 - finished wathcing the first ep on the first tape, and i came back and did some more of the site. didn't do a huge amount this time, i merely added an extra paragraph to the front page to explain the design and my new approach to reviews. back to the tapes.

0 6 / 0 7 / 9 9
Scrapped the soapbox article, because in all honesty, it was shite. I am instead, going to make it a kind of open-page, where anyone can send me an article for it, and I'll stick it up if it's relevant.

I re-zipped some of the games using the highest level of Zip compression, just to shorten my upload and your download times.

2 2 . 3 2 - my final triumph of the day is that i've dropped the case shifting in the pages completely now. it looked stupid with all the headings lower-case and the main bodies of text with proper casing. also introduced the time into each entry.

0 5 / 0 7 / 9 9
Done some more basic work today, mainly I set up the games page and put together the directory structure I'm going to use for the site. Also, I have abandoned trying to get screen shots from Starcontrol II, as PCXDump isn't working for them; ScreenTHIEF did work, but it put a big bloody thing in the corner saying something along hte lines of "Taken using an unregistered version of ScreenTHIEF" which was no good. Anyone know where I can get a registered copy of it? Or could you maybe 'mail me it?

Also, I made the soapbox today and filled in the first article for it.

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Started work on the site yesterday, although this is the first entry. Basically just playing around with the design just now, getting it right. An explaination of what's going through my head as I'm designing this for anyone interested: I'm keeping it simple, fast and trying to keep it looking good at the same time. I think I've succeeded rather nicely. I'm keeping my old number from the Top 30, just hoping more people'll vote for me this time. Also, I've started a few reviews, but it's a nightmare trying to get screen shots from Starcontrol II.

This site won't be up for at least a few weeks, so I'm sure you're wondering "Why the hell is he writing this when no-one, except himself, can read it?" The answer is I want to keep a complete record of the site's dealings, from conception to death.