Did GameValueNow and NintendoAge shut down?

[austin532 | 467]

Both have been down for awhile now and I know they were bought by the same person. Neither site had been updated in a few years so it makes me wonder.

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

I would assume they are both gone. Jim or whatever made his money and left. 

[TDIRunner | 2,774]

According to Google, Nintendo's age is approximately 133 years old.  They were founded in September of 1889.  

[Gloves | 11,839]

I still have the code for GVN, technically I could run it locally on my computer.

[RH | 4,970]

13 minutes ago, Gloves said:

I still have the code for GVN, technically I could run it locally on my computer.

Lol, how did you end up with a version of the code?  As cool as it would be to re-skin and restart it, I assume it's useless after that big fiasco that was eBay changing there terms and the nature of their API.

[a3quit4s | 4,126]

I’m still using the GameValueNow tool for tracking my collection, well most of it. It’s actually working better than it did before when adding games and whatnot. As for the values of the games I take it with a grain of salt lol

[Gloves | 11,839]

4 minutes ago, RH said:

Lol, how did you end up with a version of the code?  As cool as it would be to re-skin and restart it, I assume it's useless after that big fiasco that was eBay changing there terms and the nature of their API.

I worked on the site with Hogie before he sold it, and for a short bit with Gocollect after they bought it. 

[DefaultGen | 5,434]

52 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

According to Google, Nintendo's age is approximately 133 years old.  They were founded in September of 1889.  

Thanks Alexa

[Tulpa | 3,537]

Yeah, GoCollect got what they needed from the NA database and forum datamining. They had that pathetic excuse of a forum up for a little while, that was overrun by trolls, and then they just deleted the whole thing. There's still some archives on Wayback and whatnot. There's also a bizarro NintendoAge.net site that I think was made up from some refugees.

 

[AirVillain | 491]

They died a horrible death and thanks to Gloves and others, we can all gather here. This place is approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000 times better, too.  



 

3 hours ago, Tulpa said:

Yeah, GoCollect got what they needed from the NA database and forum datamining. They had that pathetic excuse of a forum up for a little while, that was overrun by trolls, and then they just deleted the whole thing. There's still some archives on Wayback and whatnot. There's also a bizarro NintendoAge.net site that I think was made up from some refugees.

https://gocollect.com/

This website sucks shit. I tried to access the NES "Price Guide" and others just out of curiosity.... it's unusable at best. 

"Dog shit" would be the best review I could give it.

[PekoponTAS | 171]

I took a break from the site shortly before it all happened, and I didn't feel compelled to watch its downfall either. I'm happy that I missed out on all of that, and got a fresh start here after things fell into place.

The people I didn't get along with don't seem to be here either, which has been a relief to me. I enjoyed NintendoAge a lot, but it could get pretty ugly at times. How many of those times were my fault is obviously something I keep in mind whenever I post here.

[TDIRunner | 2,774]

The funny thing (depending on how you look at it) about the demise of NintendoAge is that about six months prior to everything happening with NA, the PCEngine-FX forums also burned to the ground for completely different and unrelated reasons.  While I was never super active there, I had been a lurker for years and I watched the collapse happen before my own eyes.  While it all was going down, I remember thinking to myself how that could never happen to a site like NinendoAge.  About six months after thinking that, I was a brand new member at VGS.  

[MrWunderful | 2,927]

58 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

The funny thing (depending on how you look at it) about the demise of NintendoAge is that about six months prior to everything happening with NA, the PCEngine-FX forums also burned to the ground for completely different and unrelated reasons.  While I was never super active there, I had been a lurker for years and I watched the collapse happen before my own eyes.  While it all was going down, I remember thinking to myself how that could never happen to a site like NinendoAge.  About six months after thinking that, I was a brand new member at VGS.  

I was a member at pc-engine fx too. A lot of knowledge, but ridiculously toxic

[Teh_Lurv | 254]

7 hours ago, TDIRunner said:

According to Google, Nintendo's age is approximately 133 years old.  They were founded in September of 1889.  

[Tulpa | 3,537]

2 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

I was a member at pc-engine fx too. A lot of knowledge, but ridiculously toxic

All the horror stories about that forum kept me away.

[the_wizard_666 | 1,325]

3 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

I was a member at pc-engine fx too. A lot of knowledge, but ridiculously toxic

Sounds a bit like NA by the end of it...

[ThePhleo | 2,185]

5 minutes ago, the_wizard_666 said:

Sounds a bit like NA by the end of it...

Assuming we didn't drag that here

And if you don't agree with me then LETS ARGUE ABOUT IT

[the_wizard_666 | 1,325]

18 minutes ago, ThePhleo said:

Assuming we didn't drag that here

And if you don't agree with me then LETS ARGUE ABOUT IT

Well, I don't feel the need to disappear from VGS for months on end to avoid the negativity.  Guess GoCollect kept that part of NA too

[RegularGuyGamer | 2,018]

28 minutes ago, the_wizard_666 said:

Well, I don't feel the need to disappear from VGS for months on end to avoid the negativity.  Guess GoCollect kept that part of NA too

Hopefully that part of NA goes in Lil Jim's vault! VGS is a lot of things but it's undoubtedly different than NA in all the best ways. 

NA is like the girl you date just before you meet the girl you end up marrying. I'm not mad that I was a part of NA for so long but after being on VGS, there's just desire to go back. 

Maybe it comes with the size of the user base and the anonymity of a form that brings out dirt bags, but w.e it is VGS is in a sweet spot. Slow activity with quality posts and overall meaning interaction. Maybe just missing the dank database?

[austin532 | 467]

It would be awesome if Hogie could somehow buy the domain back but I doubt it's up for sale or if Hogie wants to run the site again.

[darkchylde28 | 1,546]

1 hour ago, ThePhleo said:

Assuming we didn't drag that here

And if you don't agree with me then LETS ARGUE ABOUT IT

Nah, if this were like NA, you'd just get shadow banned or banned outright, lol!

[the_wizard_666 | 1,325]

56 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said:

Nah, if this were like NA, you'd just get shadow banned or banned outright, lol!

Would you believe I never got so much as a warning there?  Like I was there so long that my shit was tolerated, but a noob wouldn't be.  I definitely wasn't a fan of how some shit was handled there once Dain pretty much checked out.  

[DarkTone | 988]

I miss the collection and rarity database too. 

[the_wizard_666 | 1,325]

3 minutes ago, DarkTone said:

I miss the collection and rarity database too. 

That's the only downside to the fall of NA.  And the only part I wish we could resurrect.

[Gloves | 11,839]

14 minutes ago, the_wizard_666 said:

That's the only downside to the fall of NA.  And the only part I wish we could resurrect.

It was honestly outdated, not really great data. 

When you say resurrect, do you mean you'd be providing a lot of data for it? Or do you wish it existed again in its previous state?

Cuz like I could technically put something up, but people would need to submit significant amounts of data to it, and IMO there are already resources out there that are complete "enough" without subjective data in them.