So, any sites from the old days of the web you still find?

[Antiyonder 1,305]

Whether you've been on for a decade or more and more.😅

Well:

1. https://www.mmhp.net

Whether it's for passwords or having read the fanfiction or articles, site is still as strong as always.

2. https://www.toymania.com/archives/secretwars/swcindex.shtml

Oh yeah.  This is probably more surprising to see up as I imagine it's not the most known site.  Long before his recurring role in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, The Beyonder made his first non-comic book appearance on Spider-Man The Animated Series.

In a 3 part adaptation of the 12 issue maxiseries (1984-85) Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars.  And the story behind how Spider-Man acquired the Alien Costume which was handled differently in the 90s animated series and up.

First major story I had an interest in seeing and I even today still have print outs of the issue summaries on the site.

 

[Espy Vibe 4,527]

I love seeing old sites still up for random reasons! I've ran across a few, with the most memorable one being for a nightclub's website that was still using flash for everything, but I don't remember the URL unfortunately.

I do remember coming across this archive for a few big Rollercoaster Tycoon communities and sites because I was looking for custom scenery and shops. I remember these sites from a long time ago and I was wondering where they went since I couldn't find the originals. Well, TL;DR is those communities had to shut down due to rising costs for server maintenance and low traffic, but some people were able to get everything that was available on those servers and other places like the Wayback Machine to transfer to here: https://archive.rctspace.com

But after I was finished downloading what I wanted, I found out that it was already on another website anyways so... 

Anyways, there's this project that might be of interest: https://www.oldavista.com

It's basically a way to access old websites but as if it were the 90s/early 2000s. I know for instance, geocities.ws has a large archive of geocities websites still up, and Angelfire still hosts many user-created websites. I think that's what they use and apparently now if you're on a modern browser, it uses the Wayback Machine directly because of some issues with the intended way, which is TheOldNet: https://theoldnet.com

The only thing to be wary of is that some links go to other websites that might've gotten eaten up by some bad actors, so they now redirect to really sketchy places instead of someone's personal site or whatever. I usually use a mixture of the websites Hybrid Analysis (for quick sandbox environments without me having to make one myself) and urlscan (gives a quick, live snapshot of the current website), and sometimes Virus Total, just to make sure I won't get sent to some gambling scam or worse by accident.

 

[Antiyonder 1,305]

1 hour ago, Trot Shuffle said:

Anyways, there's this project that might be of interest: https://www.oldavista.com

It's basically a way to access old websites but as if it were the 90s/early 2000s. I know for instance, geocities.ws has a large archive of geocities websites still up, and Angelfire still hosts many user-created websites. I think that's what they use and apparently now if you're on a modern browser, it uses the Wayback Machine directly because of some issues with the intended way, which is TheOldNet: https://theoldnet.com

I'll keep that in mind thanks.

1 hour ago, Trot Shuffle said:

The only thing to be wary of is that some links go to other websites that might've gotten eaten up by some bad actors, so they now redirect to really sketchy places instead of someone's personal site or whatever. I usually use a mixture of the websites Hybrid Analysis (for quick sandbox environments without me having to make one myself) and urlscan (gives a quick, live snapshot of the current website), and sometimes Virus Total, just to make sure I won't get sent to some gambling scam or worse by accident.

Yeah I know the feeling.  Another old favorite was an X-Men site which had an FAQ for the famous Age of Apocalypse story from the 90s.  Visit the site at times from 98-99 and upon revisiting Mid-2000s, well it was a different kind of X site.😅

Don't worry though.  I did luckily print the desired FAQ content.  Still have it among my favorite papers.

[Otaku-sempai 560]

How far back to you want to go? I'm still active on TheOneRIng.net (founded in 1999). 

[RafaStaryStory 3,785]

Hmmmm...Maybe 4shared ?

[Antiyonder 1,305]

9 hours ago, Otaku-sempai said:

How far back to you want to go? I'm still active on TheOneRIng.net (founded in 1999). 

As old as anyone can find.😀

[returned_dragon 136]

I still browse through the RPG Classic shrines sometimes when I start a new game. Extremely soulful website and surprisingly occasionally updated to this very day.

https://alexandria.rpgclassics.com/alpha.shtml

Would still probably utilize the ROM depository The Cult of Kefka if it were still in action. Can't find anything other than a piece of it on the Wayback Machine

https://web.archive.org/web/20011205075129/http://members.madasafish.com/~kefka/ff3dl.htm

Used to be a huge fan of the PC game Arcanum and still read the ancient forums of this fansite from time-to-time.

https://terra-arcanum.com/

Edited August 21, 2024 by returned_dragon

[Retro*Derpy 3,198]

The only one I know that's still around is andkon.com, it's pretty much the same as addictinggames

[Antiyonder 1,305]

At any rate, I did copy the AoA onto a thread at GameFAQs after I did this thread so for any X-Men fans:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/206-comics-and-graphic-novels/80832117

Also another type up I found wayback then was a review for the DC 1991 crossover, Armageddon 2001.  And in the thread, misspelled it several times as Armaggedon.😅

Good read on where it went wrong and how DC could have better did damage control:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/206-comics-and-graphic-novels/80329237

[Megas 27,852]

Unfortunately no, two Nintendo-themed websites I used to frequent went kaput