CMR | 549 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 nesguide.com was a great site and database of NES games, but then it just seemed to vanish. There hasn't been any updates on the site's social media either. Anybody know what happened to it? https://web.archive.org/web/20230128233519/https://nesguide.com/ Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,577 Administrator · Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Hopefully just a server issue or something; hate to see resources, especially free resources, disappear. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-358939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,256 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 I looked it up at least 2mo ago and it was dead, ended up having to backdoor anything useful finding their companion youtube account to look up a video I was after. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-358940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 549 Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 I hope it comes back. It was a great resource. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-359920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,414 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Well, the WHOIS record was updated on 6/17, created 7/24/2005. It doesn't look like the domain expired and someone snatched it up because, I think, that resets the Created Date, but I could be wrong. Maybe it was an old hobby project and the guy wants to keep it up but he needs to shift servers, and isn't motivated to be fast about it. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-359926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 549 Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 It was pretty complete for a hobby project, and the site had even been adding videos to the game descriptions. I hope you're right about him just being slow to shift servers. On 6/29/2023 at 3:47 PM, RH said: Well, the WHOIS record was updated on 6/17, created 7/24/2005. It doesn't look like the domain expired and someone snatched it up because, I think, that resets the Created Date, but I could be wrong. Maybe it was an old hobby project and the guy wants to keep it up but he needs to shift servers, and isn't motivated to be fast about it. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-362235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 544 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 GoCollect strikes again. Jokes. Good questions... I also enjoyed using this website time and again. Hope they get things figured out. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-362263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock | 7 Posted December 3, 2024 Share Posted December 3, 2024 (edited) Hello old homies. I've started playing around with my old consoles and capture cards again. I'm hoping to get an updated website launched soon, minus the radio which I know will bum a lot of people out. But, you can keep up with these developments on BlueSky and Twitch if you'd like. https://bsky.app/profile/nesguide.com https://www.twitch.tv/nesguide And, thanks much for the kind words! Edited December 9, 2024 by Airlock 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-422960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,256 Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 No X profile or facebook eh? NESguide was such a great resource as were the spinoffs. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-422979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreakofkorn | 341 Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 seems to be up , somewhat . . . Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-422980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock | 7 Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 43 minutes ago, Tanooki said: No X profile or facebook eh? NESguide was such a great resource as were the spinoffs. BlueSky seems to be a decent microblog platform that can be viewed without someone needing to have an account on the platform. That's really all I care about, but sadly FB and X don't work like that anymore. Thanks for that, yeah. I've missed working on them. 42 minutes ago, Jfreakofkorn said: seems to be up , somewhat . . . Yeah, I've had a new server set up for a while and I've got a new version of the site really close to being ready to let go. The main difference being that it's mobile-friendly. The old site was desktop only. Basically, someone above had it right. The server crashed one day and other things have just been taking priority since. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-422983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreakofkorn | 341 Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 i so digged the desktop version . . . navigating it was so user friendly and easy to search thru it Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-422987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock | 7 Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 Definitely, and thanks! The overall design in development is pretty much the same, just responsive making things shrink and rearrange when it's being viewed through mobile. Not reinventing the wheel, just trying to change the shape of the wheel when viewed on a phone. I remember reading back in the day that the majority of web traffic would be coming from mobile devices within a few years and I totally blew it off as being nonsense. Hindsight is 20/20. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-422998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,256 Posted December 5, 2024 Share Posted December 5, 2024 23 hours ago, Airlock said: BlueSky seems to be a decent microblog platform that can be viewed without someone needing to have an account on the platform. That's really all I care about, but sadly FB and X don't work like that anymore. Thanks for that, yeah. I've missed working on them. Yeah, I've had a new server set up for a while and I've got a new version of the site really close to being ready to let go. The main difference being that it's mobile-friendly. The old site was desktop only. Basically, someone above had it right. The server crashed one day and other things have just been taking priority since. Fair enough, I've had a twitter/x account for years, yet I've never once posted to it. They locked it down years back and frustrated I made one just to view stuff I was curious about as many sites got comfy linking twitter stories directly and I hated empty boxes. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13416-anybody-know-what-happened-to-nesguide/#findComment-423039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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