Farewell to HotU

Post by **zobraks** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:25 pm

Just noticed that there's no more Home of the Underdogs .

It went down over a month ago.

Post by **Virgil** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:43 pm

It seems, that some people trying to restore the archive here.

Post by **Shattered** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:14 pm

Yes, it's a pity it went down. I remember the downloads were taken down already some time before that.

Virgil wrote:It seems, that some people trying to restore the archive here.

Thanks for the link.

Post by **zobraks** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:37 pm

Shattered wrote:I remember the downloads were taken down already some time before that.

Yeah, they first removed the games, then the screeenshots, and finally the whole place went to legend.

Virgil wrote:It seems, that some people trying to restore the archive here.

Great news, :thanks:

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DoctorShark · Post by **DoctorShark** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:16 pm

when it was alive it was okay but not really that special now that i've pretty much can get all isos here

Post by **Scaryfun** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:36 pm

Hehe, webhosts in those days were much crappier. HOTU was the only place that had huge number of game additions each update, Plus, there were quite a bunch of rarer games that could only be found there. I have to admit that our regular weekly updates is something I'm very proud of, and hopefully it's a great joy to oldgame lovers also.

level1900 · Post by **level1900** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:43 pm

HOTU has died and resurrected countless times, I'm optimistic

Post by **zobraks** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:57 am

I sincerely hope you're right.
Although the look of the resurrected HotU leaves much to be desired...

Post by **SwedeBear** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:11 am

…wish someone could do the same for Macintosh Garden.

but it´s great to see the spirit still is strong within some of those out there.

level1900 · Post by **level1900** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:06 pm

zobraks wrote:I sincerely hope you're right.
Although the look of the resurrected HotU leaves much to be desired...

They could make it a css-less blank website for all I care, as long as the database is live!

NE0 · Post by **NE0** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:28 pm

http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net

this will be it

join the forums ppl and lets start helping the guy out.

Post by **Scaryfun** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:43 pm

Wow, never seen the pages load so fast.
This one - http://www.hotud.org/index.php?option=c ... e&Itemid=1
now has some downloads available, plus users can add new game entries. Will be great if there's moderators to check which games are allowed or not when uploaded games are enabled.

level1900 · Post by **level1900** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:55 am

NeoRAGERx wrote:http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net

this will be it

join the forums ppl and lets start helping the guy out.

Wow is that permanent? And that thing is fast too. A tear falls into my handkerchief (rference to a bad game)

bullthorn · Post by **bullthorn** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:31 am

NeoRAGERx wrote:http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net

this will be it

join the forums ppl and lets start helping the guy out.

There are two different sites? And they appear to be independent of one another. This may even brew into a minor battle since one site wants to preserve the classic look and feel of HOTU and the other wants to modernize. I wonder which one will work out?

Post by **zobraks** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:06 am

I'm with sentimentalists/conservatives.