Rom Hunter Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) The original version of a game is now displayed in white on a game's entry page: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...3494&MENU=2 Showing the original version amongst other versions of the same game with a different title will hopefully be featured in the near future. Edited March 10, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Showing the original version amongst other versions of the same game with a different title will hopefully be featured in the near future. That's a nice can of worms, right there.... ... how will you know which came first? For instance, will you highlight "Go Go Home Monster" as the first known version of "E.T. Go Home"? Also, in your example you say the NTSC version is the original... but they're the same game, just in different flavours. How to decide which came first? I suppose if you have the release dates it's possible. It's a good idea, though! Perhaps just only highlight the ones we know as being original versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) Spirantho, Showing the original version of a game (in black bold) on our game lists is an option we already have for a quite a long time now. I guess you've never noticed the option before. Click on Original version on the Advanced Search Screen to see them all: http://www.atarimania.com/rech_advanced.ph...amp;TYPE_CODE=G For example, the Pole Position displayed in bold here is the original version: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?SOF...age=1&OK=OK Here are all the PAL originals: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search Here are all the NTSC originals: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search And here are all the original proto's: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search BTW: NTSC always comes before PAL if both versions were released. Also, for better overview, I decided to give original Atari releases priority to original Sears releases. Anyway, the original version of a game is now also displayed in white on a game's entry page: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...3494&MENU=2 Enjoy. Edited March 10, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Atari 20th Anniversary video: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_video.php?PA...ENU=A&OK=OK Worth a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) Atari 20th Anniversary video:http://www.atarimania.com/lst_video.php?PA...ENU=A&OK=OK Worth a look. Too many wavey smiley faces ,but interesting none the less.I like how at the end the president/ceo of Atari predicts that they will be the leaders of the video game industry for the next 50 years...lol.. if only he knew. Edited April 5, 2008 by pangasinan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 I like how at the end the president/ceo of Atari predicts that they will be the leaders of the video game industry for the next 50 years...lol.. if only he knew.It's quite ironic indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) From now on, the original version of a certain game will also be shown (in white) between different titled versions of the same game. For example: http://atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?SOFT...3960&MENU=2 In short: originals can now be found in an instant. Enjoy. Edited April 15, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampjoe Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Amazing... another amazing feature of an amazing website... i just can't wait to see the manuals scans added to the giant database of Atarimania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Manuals will certainly be added, but cart and boxes have first priority. Expect a motherload of videos too. BTW: In our Top 100 lists, if you click on a title that's spelled exactly the same as the original game, you'll be directly linked to the original version of that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 From now on, the original version of a certain game will also be shown (in white) between different titled versions of the same game. I really like this feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 Atarimania now features a News Archive at the bottom of our home page. http://www.atarimania.com/start.php Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) Atarimania now features an Advanced Search Guide: http://www.atarimania.com/guide/guide_2600.php Enjoy. Edited June 7, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 BTW: the Guide button can be found right above the Games button on the Navigation panel: http://www.atarimania.com/accueil_2600-MENU-2.html Our 400 800 XL XE section features one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 As everyone else has said, this new feature looks brilliant! For some reason though my IE dislikes AtariMania at first... 1 out of 3 times the page will load. I've just managed to get it to load now, however this is what happens before it finally loads.. .. Most of the time it just hangs on that, don't know why. I think it's about time to change web browser... Thanks again though Rom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Phoenix, Loading the videos (or game entry pages containing a lot of videos) can take some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Phoenix, Loading the videos (or game entry pages containing a lot of videos) can take some time. Thanks for the respone Rom, however the page goes like that no matter what I load on Atarimania... whether it's just Atarimania.com or a direct link to another page, I'm never able to browse Atarimania.com properly.. it's a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 We have checked out many pages on the site with IE, Firefox and Opera, and haven't encountered the problem that you have. Maybe reinstalling the browser would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Nice feature. I personally have the front page and advanced 2600 search bookmarked as I find it takes to long to go between them. I realize there is more than one advanced search, but my internet gets throttled all the time so I can't be wasting clicks in between. A direct link from the front page would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think it's about time to change web browser... Almost 10 years overdue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 I personally have the front page and advanced 2600 search bookmarked as I find it takes to long to go between them. I realize there is more than one advanced search, but my internet gets throttled all the time so I can't be wasting clicks in between. A direct link from the front page would be nice.Comments noted. Thanks, Omega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamingguy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 This is awesome. Great site, great features, and much appreciated. Your efforts (and everyone that was involved) are just plain awesome. Thanks for this. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Nice feature. I personally have the front page and advanced 2600 search bookmarked as I find it takes to long to go between them. I realize there is more than one advanced search, but my internet gets throttled all the time so I can't be wasting clicks in between. A direct link from the front page would be nice. Great suggestion, a direct link on the home page to the advance search would be ideal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) Our site now features the classic Channel 4 documentary Thumb Candy - A Brief History of Video Games from 2000: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_video.php?PA...n_sauver=Search In one part. If you've still never seen this one before, do it now. IMO the best classic video game documentary ever made. Enjoy. Edited August 14, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 New guide on how to search for original versions. Press on Guide (underneath 2600) in the Navigation panel: http://www.atarimania.com/accueil_2600-MENU-2.html The old guide on how to use the Advanced Search page will be added soon again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schitti Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Very detailed. Understandable for everyone (especially newcomers). You do a good job. do you plan to make a button at the end of the demonstration to play it again ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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