+Random Terrain Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 A Little History Before the Question Back in the first half of 2001 when Homestead.com still gave away free web sites with unlimited bandwidth, I had a semi-lame Atari 2600 site. Homestead started charging around the end of the summer, so I had to get rid of the Atari 2600 site and after 9/11 of the same year, I lost interest in things like Atari 2600 game collecting. Now I'm becoming interested again. I recently switched to a new host that gives me a lot more bandwidth a month than I ever had at Homestead after they made us pay, so I'm thinking about adding an Atari 2600 section to the "Random Terrain" area of my web site that will have the old ad scans, incomplete timeline, and a few other things. The Question Should I spend time to redo my Atari 2600 pages or are there too many Atari 2600 pages clogging up the internet already? I might do it no matter what anyone says, but I wondered what other people who are also interested in the Atari 2600 think about it before I spend weeks or months on a new project like that. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Okay fess up - is that you Ben? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Should I spend time to redo my Atari 2600 pages or are there too many Atari 2600 pages clogging up the internet already? The Answer There will never be too many Atari 2600 pages in the net. Try something different, concentrating on something new (e.g. reviewing or categorizing other peoples Atari websites (or shows?) or maybe everything about the homebrew scene, starting with... Skeet Shoot? ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 you always had good detailed 2600 pages.. never too many of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I love looking at new Atari 2600 pages. I think it would be great to look at a new page. So I would definitely recommend bringing it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 OK, thanks Thomas Jentzsch, liquid_sky, and AtariDude. I'll start working on the new pages today. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I agree, if you have something you'd like to say about the 2600, then by all means create some 2600 pages. If you have something unique you'd like to contribute that generally hasn't been done on other sites, then all the better, as that content will help bring people to your site. But even then, if you just want to talk about your favorite system, people who go to your main site for other reasons may stumble across it, not even looking for Atari-related material, but still be intrigued by what they read. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 Thanks Albert for another "yes" vote. Although it will be hard work recreating a version of my old "Fi's Atari 2600 Memories" pages, it should be fun. I'm glad I saved all of the images I scanned in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 Thanks Albert for another "yes" vote. Although it will be hard work recreating a version of my old "Fi's Atari 2600 Memories" pages, it should be fun. I'm glad I saved all of the images I scanned in. I look forward to seeing what you come up with, and if you're having fun that's the most important part. Have you tried looking in in the Wayback Machine for a copy of your old site? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 20, 2003 Author Share Posted July 20, 2003 Thanks for the link. I didn't know that place existed. I have copies of my old web site, but they are unusable because my web design skills were even worse two years ago than they are now, so those pages are useless to me. The only things worthy of attention are the scans (which I'll have to re-optimize to meet my current standards) and the incomplete Atari 2600 game timeline will have to be adjusted. I'm "re-creating" my pages only in the sense that they will have similar content, but they won't look as horrible as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Siegler Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Thanks Albert for another "yes" vote. Although it will be hard work recreating a version of my old "Fi's Atari 2600 Memories" pages, it should be fun. I'm glad I saved all of the images I scanned in. I look forward to seeing what you come up with, and if you're having fun that's the most important part. Have you tried looking in in the Wayback Machine for a copy of your old site? ..Al Interesting that you recommend the site, and block it via robots from viewing your own site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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