+-^CrossBow^- Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 3 hours ago, asmikace said: I was wondering what happen to the Sega 16. I was wanting to get some updates on the homebrew scene and bummed that I could not find it. The website is still there? But the forums appear to be dead now? I know they finally did a forum upgrade like a few weeks back, but since then, aside from one notice when Melf put out another review, I've not see anything in the forums? And, if they updated the forums, then I don't understand why I'm still getting cert issues for them and I have to bypass Chrome security in order to view them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 They're active on discord, I've got myself signed into there when I bother to open it up. The page is still updates, maybe the forum just isn't that interesting anymore vs live chat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtmonkey Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 It's a sad fact of life that Discord is largely replacing forums. I have never understood the appeal of live chats with dozens of people, because there's no way to stay on topic. It's just chaos, and there's no way to discuss anything in depth. I know you can search Discord, but you still end up just tracking down threads of conversations throughout a bunch of memes and off topic nonsense. Of course, forums aren't really helping themselves here, since few forums seem to want to crack down on YouTube shills, people that just post meme gifs or link after link to YouTube with no discussion, trolls, etc. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, newtmonkey said: It's a sad fact of life that Discord is largely replacing forums. I have never understood the appeal of live chats with dozens of people, because there's no way to stay on topic. It's just chaos, and there's no way to discuss anything in depth. I know you can search Discord, but you still end up just tracking down threads of conversations throughout a bunch of memes and off topic nonsense. Of course, forums aren't really helping themselves here, since few forums seem to want to crack down on YouTube shills, people that just post meme gifs or link after link to YouTube with no discussion, trolls, etc. I have nothing else to add that you haven't already said but this is exactly how I feel about matters pertaining to contemporary online communities. Discord is largely trash and I hardly use it at all aside from a 1-on-1 instant messenger the say way I used MSN Messenger 20 years ago. I don't belong to any Discord communities because I found that the ones I did join I just idled because I don't have the free time to keep up with them and I don't like the user experience of having to scroll upward through everything just to see a bunch of reaction images. I appreciate that AtariAge's forums still exist in the year 2024. I noticed that there is a Discord linked on the homepage, but I have no intention of using it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I'm torn on Discord. I agree it's a lot more chaotic than forums, and it's hard to search for information. I just think it has a different purpose, more like a modern IRC. For instance, since my association created a Discord server, it's way easier to keep in touch with (most of) our members, and even to organize IRL stuff between us. Our forums were mostly dead, most people had moved to social networks anyway. My life would be also completely different without the Discord server I am with other AtariAge members, because it allows us to talk a lot more freely. That being said, I would not be totally against leaving the two other servers I'm in... I tend to ignore most of what is posted on them anyway, and when I browse them, I spend too much time doing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 That's 100% how I view and use discord, 21st century irc (mIRC) web based chat client. They both could share images (legit as d/l or ascii-ansi), both did public and private chat, (using mirc) it did keep a back buffer you could hunt but far more limited than discord, and you had channels, channel mods, channel ops, and sub-sections to servers. It's more or less largely the same thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 For some reason when I try and access the Sega-16 discord server...nothing happens? Odd as I'm part of quite a few other servers including AA's discord. Is the link for the discord on the sega-16 website incorrect perhaps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 15 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said: For some reason when I try and access the Sega-16 discord server...nothing happens? Odd as I'm part of quite a few other servers including AA's discord. Is the link for the discord on the sega-16 website incorrect perhaps? https://discord.gg/J3G8Qkxv Try that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 36 minutes ago, Tanooki said: https://discord.gg/J3G8Qkxv Try that? Yeap that worked thanks! For some reason clicking the link on the Sega-16 page just opens up a blank discord page for me so I figured the link must be incorrect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+neogeo1982 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I posted some high scores for Power Strike on Sega-16 forums a couple weeks ago. But yeah it doesn't have many recent things on there or a lot of people it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodreign Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/6/2024 at 8:21 AM, Tanooki said: https://discord.gg/J3G8Qkxv Try that? Thanks for that link, the forums there have been literally dead for awhile now, so now I can rejoin a more active part of that Sega community. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techno Thing Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/3/2024 at 6:20 PM, Tanooki said: maybe the forum just isn't that interesting anymore vs live chat. evidently discord is causing forums to be less used or die but shouldnt be a replacement for forums, thats not good. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 No problem, hope many of you who care about sega, except Bill...he'd be a drag on it...will use that link as it's a solid group of people there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonicfan_designs Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 On 10/12/2023 at 3:00 PM, JurassicDope said: There's lots of Genesis / Mega Drive action spread around, here are some places I can think of at the top of my head: For doing homebrew and gamedev, the Awesome Genesis Github has links to various community spots: https://github.com/And-0/awesome-megadrive#communities -------------------------- For general communities and hot spots for a mix of casual, hardcore, fans, developers, and content creators, and (mostly) news & comments: Twitter: There are many people posting content and having discussions on the Genesis / Sega CD / 32x here, but it's so many, lol. Twitter Users that somehow find and retweet the good stuff from homebrewer WIPs to interviews to trivia: (don't wanna post the links directly because it'll auto embed a giant wall of tweets) @dantemendes @ray_castello @Genesis8141 @vluchitz @GabrielPyron @plutiedev @unrivaled133 plus a whole lot more but I can only remember these for now Twitter hashtags: #segagenesis #megadrive #segamegadrive search without the hashtag too Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGAGENESIS/?rdt=56406 Youtube: A bountiful sea of retro content creators, here is a mix with significant Genesis stuff, some are more "mainstream", others more "underground": https://www.youtube.com/@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials https://www.youtube.com/@st1ka https://www.youtube.com/@segazone2846 https://www.youtube.com/@Genesis814 https://www.youtube.com/@matteusbeusRetroDev https://www.youtube.com/@LinkueiBR https://www.youtube.com/@MXRetroDev https://www.youtube.com/@JohnRiggs https://www.youtube.com/@johnhancockretro https://www.youtube.com/@hackgameslongplaychannel https://www.youtube.com/@RetroGamerBoy https://www.youtube.com/@GregsGameRoom https://www.youtube.com/@Goati_ https://www.youtube.com/@GSTChannelVEVO https://www.youtube.com/@Sharopolis https://www.youtube.com/@SegaLordX https://www.youtube.com/@ConsoleWars https://www.youtube.com/@strafefox https://www.youtube.com/@classicgameroom https://www.youtube.com/@CheesestringXX https://www.youtube.com/@GameSack https://www.youtube.com/@ModernVintageGamer Twitch.tv: ??? (I'm sure there's some crossover with Youtube guys) Discord: https://discord.gg/THeNJVDW (sega 16 server) and retro forums out there, including Atari Age, that may have a section for Genesis: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/916377-genesis https://segaxtreme.net/forums/genesis-scd-32x-dev.38/ There's a ton more for each category, this list surely is missing some gold mines. I really want to, though I don't think I have it in me to maintain a compendium 😅 This is only Genesis, who knows whats out there for PCE, Master System, MSX, N64, etc...... 🙀 What an awesome cool post Yeah, I noticed sega-16 forums been down for a long while. I wish they'd come back online, there was a *ton* of info on the Tech Aid section (especially for the Sega CD), not to mention my years of PMs and convos with friends...was there any warning? Anyone try contacting the host yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Best bet probably is the discord I think it was setup by the site so they'd be there or could reach someone with that answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonicfan_designs Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 On 4/23/2024 at 5:22 AM, Tanooki said: Best bet probably is the discord I think it was setup by the site so they'd be there or could reach someone with that answer. oh thanks, I already have a contact for the host. I was just wondering if other people had reached out already. I just dont want to bug them with the same questions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sargon Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 On 4/23/2024 at 6:49 AM, segasonicfan_designs said: What an awesome cool post Yeah, I noticed sega-16 forums been down for a long while. I wish they'd come back online, there was a *ton* of info on the Tech Aid section (especially for the Sega CD), not to mention my years of PMs and convos with friends...was there any warning? Anyone try contacting the host yet? The forums aren't completely down, but they are only accessible directly by the IP address. https://169.45.167.69/forum/ There is a thread about ongoing migration issues. https://169.45.167.69/forum/showthread.php?16547-Site-Restoration-Forum-Upgrade-Reports&p=891609#post891609 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 On 4/26/2024 at 3:17 PM, Sargon said: The forums aren't completely down, but they are only accessible directly by the IP address. https://169.45.167.69/forum/ There is a thread about ongoing migration issues. https://169.45.167.69/forum/showthread.php?16547-Site-Restoration-Forum-Upgrade-Reports&p=891609#post891609 Kinda wish all these moribund sites would pack it up and just migrate to AtariAge. Or combine elsewhere in some fashion. Something, because the golden age of retrogaming forums is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 16 hours ago, Rhomaios said: Kinda wish all these moribund sites would pack it up and just migrate to AtariAge. Or combine elsewhere in some fashion. Something, because the golden age of retrogaming forums is dead. It's not quite the same with the history and all, but we have the Genesis forum so we can carry on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted Wednesday at 10:14 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:14 PM Just discovered Melf migrated the forum to new software and everything is back. https://www.sega-16forums.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonman Posted yesterday at 05:32 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:32 AM It seems like my account was deleted from there. I just received a "Hello Spoonman, we'd like to wish you a Happy Birthday, from Sega-16 forums. When I try to login, I get: Error: The username spoonman is not registered on this site. If you are unsure of your username, try your email address instead. I've been on there for several years, and this is the first problem I've had. Also it's NOT my birthday. I've also tried logging in with my email address, and it says that doesn't exist on there either. Anyone know what's going on? Should I jus figure it's going/gone the way of NintendoAge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted yesterday at 11:56 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:56 AM I had to reset my password on the new forum, but my account was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sargon Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago My account login is still working, but I have lost the ability to post anything at all. I never could post new threads because I hadn't posted enough, but now there isn't even a Reply button on existing threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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