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Gentlemen,

At risk of being flagged a spammer, I wanted to share with you something which I've been working on over the last few months, but dreaming about doing for over a decade...

://DoxPhile

At this time, the site is incomplete but should still have enough content to keep you modestly entertained for a short while and give you an idea of what is to come in the future.  And to bribe you into visiting,  I'll be giving away a Club Turbo catalog on Halloween Night to one lucky individual who registers an account and makes at least one post so I know they aren't a spambot.

I had hoped to have the "killer feature" ready for launch, but the reality of parenthood and my day-to-day grind made me realize that I had to launch now, otherwise the raffle would be over with only a handful of PCEngine community chat patrons in the running for it.  See, I'd foolishly announced this raffle thinking the site would be 100% ready to launch weeks ago.

In any event, without further rambling, the stuff that's there right now:

• 9 game magazines are available for browsing, with tags leading back to each of the...
• 144 game info pages, which each contain a discussion forum and also have the tags leading back to the...
• 183 page scans (with 278 tags in all at the moment)

Every week I've been adding a magazine or two to the Media Archive (http://doxphile/?action=magazines), and virtually every day more information is added to our Games Database (http://doxphile/?action=games)

The killer feature that isn't there just yet is the ability to put a checkmark in the "i own that" box next to anything in the database (including sub-items like case, manual, sleeve, map, etc...) and have it linked to your forum profile where you can earn achievements (goofy titles, badges, ect..).  Beyond just building a personal collection database, I also plan to allow users to flag items in their collection as available for sale or trade, so that everyone may browse each others' offerings in a marketplace of sorts. 

So there you have it.  My long winded way of saying "hey, look what I made... come tinker with it!".  I know not everything I'm offering is unique among sites in this community, but I hope you'll find the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

--------------UPDATE-------------
Random.com chose a winner for this raffle:
duophile_raffle_01.png

Thanks to all who entered, and thanks to everyone else who checked out the site!  I hope to see you all around there in the future- but don't get your hopes up, I'll still be around here as well!  Hahha

I've prepared a consolation prize for everyone, too, in the form of uploading the 17th magazine to the site.  Turbo Play #13 (June/July '92):

DoxPhile/?action=magazines&magazine=1&issue=13

enjoy!

About time ya launched it 4 realz. :)

(THUMBS UP)

Another web dedicated to the greatest console ever?
That's great! Let's go to see your work!

Wow! I really like the site. I'll give it some more time later, but I love the whole look of it. Nice work!

Looks awesome, I will certainly sign up for sure.

ya i like the design, the name would have not been my first choice but i will sign up :)

Wow, you've been busy!  It's looking great, null!

Anyone that clicks 'I own this' on Deep Blue should get insta-banned from the forums.

Looks good.  :)  Registered.

i cant get past the visual security code. whats up?

Quote from: Nulltard on 10/21/2013, 03:11 PM

Quote from: 420GOAT on 10/21/2013, 02:47 PMi cant get past the visual security code. whats up?

It must be the glaucoma!  ( ;  I'll change it to an easier to see captcha... that one threw me for a loop a few times, too, and honestly, i don't think it has deterred too many spambots despite being fiendishly difficult to decipher.

Same here, I exceeded my attempts and no joy.  My vision is decent!

I'm registered, thanks!  Awaiting approval.

=)

site looks good, and i was able to register.

I will explore it more closely tomorrow, but you KNOW I love projects like this, especially the magazine scans!

 :pcgs:  :pcgs:  :pcgs:

QuoteHaha, thanks! Yeah, i was going to name it "Turborotica" or "AiChoMyduo" but those domains were taken. :lol:

Turborotica was taken?  HAHA, that made my day

AWESOME.

I will be exploring more everyday.  :pcgs:

This is awesome! I've started the registration process, and await my confirmation e-mail with great excitement! :dance:

Quote from: Nulltard on 10/21/2013, 12:08 AMGentlemen,

What about ladies?..... OK... Wishful thinking I know.

Quote from: guest on 10/21/2013, 01:38 PMAnyone that clicks 'I own this' on Deep Blue should get insta-banned from the forums.

A funny story about this, but back in the mid-late 90's, I was ordering some games over the phone from TZD> One of which was Deep Blue. The guy on the phone said, "Are you sure" and recommended some other games. Asked if I owned any of them. Some I did, but, anyway, I wanted Deep Blue, and they tried talking me out of it. I ordered it. Well, it wasn't horrible, but, I didn't play it much. I see why they tried to talk me out of, the maybe 3 games I was ordering, that specific one.

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Quote from: MrFulci on 10/27/2013, 02:39 AM

Quote from: guest on 10/21/2013, 01:38 PMAnyone that clicks 'I own this' on Deep Blue should get insta-banned from the forums.

A funny story about this, but back in the mid-late 90's, I was ordering some games over the phone from TZD> One of which was Deep Blue. The guy on the phone said, "Are you sure" and recommended some other games. Asked if I owned any of them. Some I did, but, anyway, I wanted Deep Blue, and they tried talking me out of it. I ordered it. Well, it wasn't horrible, but, I didn't play it much. I see why they tried to talk me out of, the maybe 3 games I was ordering, that specific one.

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Much respect to the person who tried to save you from Deep Blue.  :pcgs:

Quote from: esteban on 10/27/2013, 08:18 AM

Quote from: MrFulci on 10/27/2013, 02:39 AM

Quote from: guest on 10/21/2013, 01:38 PMAnyone that clicks 'I own this' on Deep Blue should get insta-banned from the forums.

A funny story about this, but back in the mid-late 90's, I was ordering some games over the phone from TZD> One of which was Deep Blue. The guy on the phone said, "Are you sure" and recommended some other games. Asked if I owned any of them. Some I did, but, anyway, I wanted Deep Blue, and they tried talking me out of it. I ordered it. Well, it wasn't horrible, but, I didn't play it much. I see why they tried to talk me out of, the maybe 3 games I was ordering, that specific one.

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Much respect to the person who tried to save you from Deep Blue.  :pcgs:

The message was pretty much, "Don't do it". I wanted to do it, and that made me want to do it just a bit more. Why so much fuss?

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I frequently purchase games of ill-repute, but I go into it knowing that I might be disappointed. I am emotionally/psychologically prepared for trauma.

However, I would still respect/appreciate anyone who was looking out for me (whether they attributed my intentions to be the result of ignorance or naïveté, I wouldn't be offended).

Back on topic: DoxPhile

Quote from: Nulltard on 10/27/2013, 04:42 PMLol, I wish someone had been looking out for me when vigilante, pac land, and TV sports f/b-ball became the first and only games I had as a kid for many months!

Quote from: esteban on 10/27/2013, 02:05 PMBack on topic: DoxPhile

Haha, indeed. And on that topic we have the Sept '91 EGM (at least the Turbo related pages):

 http://DoxPhile/?action=magazines&magazine=6&issue=26 (http://doxphile/?action=magazines&magazine=6&issue=26)

TZD gave less shit as time went on. Even in the mid-late 90's, they looked out for people. no matter how much BS you may hear about them during their closing sale, all I could gather, is they hated "nerds". I treated it, in the early days of TZD, and to the end, as a business. I got my interest across, they did theirs, I got my product, they got their money, no problems. Never had any problems there. Other than, another fun story, in 03 or so, afte they hadn't heard from me in a while, and I ordered maybe $100 in stuff, the "guy" there asked me, "______, you have a girlfriend?" It was him busting balls, later on, 10 years ago. I buy no game sand stuff for a while and I was back. I got some good deals, he broke my balls about why after 5 years or so I am there again, etc. Good memories. Decent people (later, "person").

Fun times. never to repeat!

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Quote from: Nulltard on 10/28/2013, 07:49 PMLadies,

We're up to 14 magazines online!  Read them.  Read them and enter my raffle before it is too late, as the Hallow's eve creeps upon us ever so closely!

Turbo Play #6 (April 1991)
http://DoxPhile/?action=magazines&magazine=1&issue=6 (http://doxphile/?action=magazines&magazine=1&issue=6)

Quote from: MrFulci on 10/27/2013, 05:15 PMno matter how much BS you may hear about them during their closing sale...

Honestly, I never bought anything from them, nor have I heard anything about them.  But I always wanted to order from them, and given your stories I regret that I never did!

Not to derail this anymore, but, to clarify "Nerds", what I meant is one time I heard about someone who complained about a small tear on the shrinkwrap, or something like that. That the glue on the turbo cable (TG-16 extension cable) display package dried up over the years, so the plastic bubble would usually be loose from the card with the hook at the top for hanging on peg-board, how the lack off attached plastic bubble for the TG-16 extension made it no longer new, etc.  Some people wanted the newest new possible, no damage to the shrinkwrap/packaging, because the person was going to keep it as a sealed game.

I should have said, "Very Picky People".

It reminds me of when I see people selling used turbo/PCE hucard games, and remarking on the description, "no insertion marks", "Light insertion marks", or something to that effect. Insertion marks...

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Your site is cool, I've already flooded it with messages :)