Category: Site Progress
GoA Is Not Dead!
November 2nd, 2011Link: http://www.skunkworx.org/goa/
Hello, anyone who actually reads this blog!
This web site is not dead, it's just been on an very long and unplanned hiatus. I'm one of those victims of too many hobbies, always getting distracted by... ooh, shiny...
Ahem. Anyway, I'm finally returning to the site, dusting it off and getting back to work. The first item of business was to get rid of the mountain of spam that had accumulated in the comments. I had configured the blog so that all comments must be approved, so thankfully none of that spam ever actually appeared, but it was still a lot to go through. Fortunately I found a hack for b2evolution that deleted it all in one simple click. I have disabled comments on the blog for now, but since nobody was commenting anyway, that hardly matters.
The next item of business will be to get new content up. I still have to finish the C-64 captures from games published on disk, with a lot more reviews and other write-ups to be added in the process. Hopefully additions will start flowing as early as tomorrow.
Stay tuned!
C-64 Cartridge Captures Complete, New Menu Pages Added
February 16th, 2008Link: http://www.skunkworx.org/goa/cgi-scripts/list.php?sort=name-a
A few early '80s classics like Battlezone, Centipede and Robotron 2084 have been fleshed out, while some other titles, including Pole Position, Up 'n'Down and Solar Fox, finally have entries. Also, a collection of new menu pages is up, offering new and different ways to browse the game list and also offering a preview of games that will eventually get their own GoA entries. Next up is my collection of C-64 disks, which will take a good while but will also add a huge wealth of content to the site.
Apple II Captures Complete
February 2nd, 2008I've finished capturing screen shots and audio clips from my Apple II collection. Actually, I do still have one more game that needs an entry, Track and Field, but the Apple version requires a game controller that won't work on the Apple IIc I was using, and I'm too lazy to set up a IIe just for one game. Maybe later on.
Next up is the Commodore 64. I know, for a site dedicated to Atari I've been paying a lot of attention to non-Atari hardware. Don't worry, after the Commodore I will cover the Atari 8-bit computers.
More good news: I have some games for all three systems touched so far: the NES, the Apple II, and the C-64. The plan is to write up all the reviews, histories, and so on, for each game once it hits three captured systems. That means a few of those "Coming Soon" blurbs will finally go away! Stay tuned.
