darkcityproductions, rise from the ashes?

the haze · 05/12/2008, 10:07 PM

Greetings folks,

I used to be quite involved in the Turbo Scene...

I called myself "darkman" and was the webmaster of darkcityproductions.com. I enjoyed updating it and it's Turbo Duo Pages.

It's been years since I made any updates to the darkcityproductions.com Turbo Duo Pages, and I haven't been active in the turbo scene for about the same amount of time. I changed my domain and email address, and started to work on other projects. However, I still kept the old darkcityproductions.com duo pages tucked away.

About month ago I decided that I was going to unload my entire collection. I knew that my Turbo Duo Pages still got some traffic so I decided to toss up a small news bit about my sale, and info on how to contact me, as the email address on the turbo pages no longer worked.

I got a email asking a question... Remembering pcengine-fx.com I decided poke around, see what was going on. I had forgotten the warm nature and dedication by this tightly nit community. Now I find myself hanging out on the "shoutbox" BSing. It's great fun, and the perfect distraction from the daily hardships of life.

I had forgotten the darkcityproductions turbo pages, and I just assumed that others had as well. But, since hanging out in the chartroom here on pcengine-fx.com I have gotten a lot of prise for my old site.

Now I am considering reviving some of my old projects. ~

My question for you folks, is what should I do?
I was thinking of cleaning up the old darkcityproductions.com duo pages, fixing broken links and removing defunct content... *maybe* adding some new content...
Should I just leave it as is?

Any suggestions would be very helpful.

Ohh, and you can still get to the pages by visiting this link: http://www.electrohaze.com/duo/

Game on!

nectarsis · 05/12/2008, 10:12 PM

If you have the time, clean it up....REVIVE THE CLASSIC

the haze · 05/12/2008, 10:14 PM

Quote from: nectarsis on 05/12/2008, 10:12 PMIf you have the time, clean it up....REVIVE THE CLASSIC

Good plan.. nec. Maybe Ill sneak some paperairplanes on there...

nectarsis · 05/12/2008, 10:17 PM

You have to make sure the airplanes are in all the neon turbo swag hues

Ceti Alpha · 05/12/2008, 10:30 PM

Quote from: electrohaze on 05/12/2008, 10:14 PM
Quote from: nectarsis on 05/12/2008, 10:12 PMIf you have the time, clean it up....REVIVE THE CLASSIC
Good plan.. nec. Maybe Ill sneak some paperairplanes on there...

hehe.

I say it's revival time.

Sinistron · 05/12/2008, 10:53 PM

nice-
update the review section to include pc-engine titles-
also maybe expand the reviews- and update them as perhaps you feel differently about some by now?

the haze · 05/12/2008, 11:00 PM

Quote from: Sinistron on 05/12/2008, 10:53 PMnice-
update the review section to include pc-engine titles-
also maybe expand the reviews- and update them as perhaps you feel differently about some by now?

Ohh my goodness... That would be quite the undertaking. I very much do feel differently about my of the games now then I did then. The reason I made the reviews small, is so they would fit in the list... extensive reviews would require a lot of room.

Now if the list just had summaries of long reviews, that would be nice...

A good idea man, don't know if I have it in me though.

Turbo D · 05/12/2008, 11:26 PM

Definitely keep up the site! I really love it. I used to go there a lot when I was new to the turbo scene. I found the "newbies" section especially helpful! I do have one question though; where is the porn on the site? lmao, j/k.

Keranu · 05/13/2008, 02:47 AM

I loved your site man and used to visit it all the time! Welcome aboard, HAR, HAAARRR, HAAAAAARRRRRR!

the haze · 05/13/2008, 03:05 AM

Quote from: turbo D on 05/12/2008, 11:26 PMDefinitely keep up the site! I really love it. I used to go there a lot when I was new to the turbo scene. I found the "newbies" section especially helpful! I do have one question though; where is the porn on the site? lmao, j/k.

"If there was porn there, you would know about it."

Anyways, thanks for the kind words... I am learning a lot of old schoolers used my site to get them started. It's fun to hear about it these days...

Keranu · 05/13/2008, 04:03 AM

Yeah like turbo D, I used to go there when I was a Turbo n00b too. Good times!

Nazi NecroPhile · 05/13/2008, 10:02 AM

Another vote here for making like a phoenix and reviving your site. Like many others, I found it to be indispensable back in the early days of my Turbo obsession (I particularly enjoyed the system card error screen shots), and would hate to see it go the way of the dodo bird.

the haze · 05/16/2008, 03:49 AM

Thanks for the input guys...

I have decided to take some of your suggestions under consideration.

Right now I am in the process of cleaning up the pages!

esteban · 05/16/2008, 09:05 PM

Quote from: electrohaze on 05/16/2008, 03:49 AMThanks for the input guys...

I have decided to take some of your suggestions under consideration.

Right now I am in the process of cleaning up the pages!

Dude! It's good to see you here

I still have the "Ys Special Edition" from many, many years ago... thanks for that.

I thought the "Wrong System Card Screenshots" was a great idea and is a project that should be completed. I haven't been to your site in a bazillion years... but I still remember that, for what it's worth.

I also remember some pages on Valis -- plus, some Brazillian (?) dude who did a nice job covering some of the songs from Valis. I don't think I have the mp3's on this computer, unfortunately, but I like them.

Blah, blah, blah.

Definitely salvage the content from your site: it is worth it.

the haze · 05/17/2008, 06:06 AM

That's sweet that you have a copy of "Ys Special Edition." This means you mailed me a CDR at some point, and I mailed you a copy of it back.

Those days were fun... I got room on my server now to host the image for that...I did that so long ago, would be nice to re-do it. Time will tell...

Tatsujin · 05/17/2008, 06:33 AM

i remember your page for the famous error-pics. great stuff

esteban · 05/17/2008, 10:33 AM

Quote from: electrohaze on 05/17/2008, 06:06 AMThat's sweet that you have a copy of "Ys Special Edition." This means you mailed me a CDR at some point, and I mailed you a copy of it back.

Those days were fun... I got room on my server now to host the image for that...I did that so long ago, would be nice to re-do it. Time will tell...

Yup.

Now, I actually went to your site last night after I remembered the Ys mp3's by that dude from Brazil... they were available from the "Multimedia" section of the Valis section.

If possible, this is the sort of thing that you should definitely keep in your site update.