15.05.2002
That's right, you can see today's update in your browser's address bar. Our new URL is http://www.goodolddays.net! That's the domain I wanted to register two years ago already - but it only just got free again. So I grabbed it and now you'll have to live with it. The old URL (http://www.gooddays.org) will of course continue to work. I've set it up as an alias to the main URL.
Mr Creosote
13.05.2002
The action-adventure Desperabis is the right game for friends of monster spiders, blood hounds, and other abnormal creatures. Besides, it is freeware and better than most "full price" games nevertheless!
Tapuak
12.05.2002
Switched to a new poll again. I'm afraid this one's outcome will be a pretty clear majority :( Anyway, the result of the former poll: our average visitor is 22.8692 years old. That is if I calculate 'under 14' as 13 and '29 and older' and 29. Since the latter group is of course way bigger (hi to our visitors above 50!), the average is in fact even higher. I feel so young suddenly ;)
Mr Creosote
09.05.2002
Dregen Rocks reviewed Super Tennis for SNES. A nice game, apparently perfect for wasting your time in the office. ;)
Furthermore, there's a manual for Shadowrun now!
Tapuak
05.05.2002
This addition is the result of a discussion I had with another webmaster some time ago. I would have never added Vroom otherwise. But now it is here, so you could as well take advantage of it :P
Mr Creosote
04.05.2002
Relaunch of the Spam Club! After a downtime of approximately 3 minutes, your favourite forum is now back in a new and improved version - check it out!
Mr Creosote
30.04.2002
The month is over, but we're here to stay! Urgh... baaaaaad one! Anyway, let's better get over with this and forget that embarassing statement. Have a look at Knight Games!
Mr Creosote
28.04.2002
The weekend was certainly productive :) Little Computer People is the newest member of our family of games. Another thing: would you please only submit your e-mail address to the newsletter if you really want to receive it? You don't have to submit your address if you download anything - it's an extra service for those interested! It's really annoying to find all these dead addresses in the database all the time.
Mr Creosote
27.04.2002
Today's addition is a game many people will already know or at least have heard of: Paperboy. I switched to a new poll today. Some demographics. The results of the old one were so close (55% for lowercase text) that I will have to decide against half of the visitors in any case. So I'll just keep it the way it is for now (my own vote counts more ;).
Mr Creosote
25.04.2002
Yet another one: Superstar Ping-Pong. That game is a good example of how simple many games were many years back.
We need your help! A new section is coming up, and it is a big and unique project - something which has never been done before. If you have any knowledge about any old computer or console, please check out this forum thread, this one and this and reply.
Mr Creosote
22.04.2002
Started another update yesterday, but got hooked by the game, so I could only finish it today: Sherlock Holmes: Another Bow is maybe the game which is closest to being an 'interactive book' ever! Both in positive as in negative meaning...
Mr Creosote
21.04.2002
Hello, it's me again. And I have a new game in my baggage: They Stole A Million, the forefather of all gangster games. This poll will be up for another week, so if you have an opionion on this issue, use the remaining days to vote!
Mr Creosote
19.04.2002
After a hard week full of work, I've finished something by myself again: Imperator, a classic strategy game you shouldn't miss! Don't forget to vote on the above poll.
I also feel like plugging our newsletter again, so I'll tell you that I've just sent out an issue. If you want to learn about the updates the easy way, why not enter your address into the box below? Come on, you know you want it!
Mr Creosote
18.04.2002
Main update comes from Jeff today. After some time of inactivity, he's been digging through his collection again and apparantely found two gems which you can now find in the apps section.
Second update is related to the C64 section. There has been a controversy about the text being all uppercase in the forum. So what do you think about this? Vote above!
Mr Creosote
14.04.2002
The German version of King of the Snake Men has been added. Thanks to Marvin.
Mr Creosote
13.04.2002
I have to push the C64 section more, give it more contents. That's what I've done today again with the addition of RAF, a highly controversial game which on the other hand features undeniable gameplay value.
Mr Creosote
10.04.2002
To bring your attention to the C64 section again, I've added another game, Terraquake, which is recommended for all those who come here for the comics.
Mr Creosote
08.04.2002
After a long time, we have a completely new section again! It deals with the C64, your favourite computer. After all this time with several people offering to take over this job and make such a section, I've finally given up hope. It's always the same: people offer something, I say ok, and then I never hear from them again - they don't even reply to my e-mails anymore! Happened not only once and not only in relation to a C64 section. I've stopped counting at some point, but it should have been between 20 and 30 of these 'incidents'. So it was again up to me.
But enough of that negative ramble! The important point is that the C64 section is now up and running! For a start, I've added three emulators and Hot Wheels - one of my favourites on that system. More to come soon of course.
This has of course also influence the site-wide navigation: a C64 link has been moved to the menus. I've removed the Fraud-link instead which was in fact only still there as a placeholder until something replaces it. The little story about the Abandonware Ring is of course still available through the editorial page.
Mr Creosote
04.04.2002
Added a comic, but of course not scanned by me. It's a German version of Energy Zoids.
Mr Creosote
03.04.2002
And - again as promised - I've finished my own addition today. It's a game I've played over years, starting it up again and again, sometimes just to listen to it talking: Colossus Chess X. Check it out, it's really a great one, historical value galore!
Mr Creosote
02.04.2002
To avoid the temptation of spouting extremely lame jokes, I didn't update yesterday. But today, I present you - as promised - a PC game. It is Hollywood Pictures, reviewed by Hoffe, a visitor. Take this as a reminder that you can contribute reviews if you want :)
Mr Creosote
26.03.2002
I'm in a good mood because of yesterday's exam, so I broke my 'promise' and already did it: Revenge of the Snake Men completes the collection of minicomics! Mission complete. Additionally, I added a German version of Clash of Arms ("Einer gegen alle").
And now the bad news for you: I'll let the comics be for a while. Sure, there are still more than enough series', I even started with some already. But I really have to take care of the other sections of the site more again! Conclusion: There won't be any new comics, only if anyone sends in scans, I'll of course process and use them. But nothing from me.
Mr Creosote
24.03.2002
Ok, that was fast! Here is the rest of the 5th series: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Eye of the Storm, The Flying Fists of Power and The Warrior Machine (all in English, some also German). There you see how well it all goes when you help :)
Now there is just one minicomic still missing: Revenge of the Snake Men / The Snake Men's Revenge (for some reason this one has two different titles). It'd be great if anyone could send a scan, because I don't have any time to scan it myself at the moment - a lot of exams :(
Mr Creosote
23.03.2002
Today, the 4th series of minicomics is completed with the addition of Hordak - The Ruthless Leader's Revenge, Skeletor's Dragon and The Stench of Evil (all in English and German). I hope I've credited all scans correctly, if not, please accept my humblest apologies and let me know so that I can correct it.
Next will be series 5 of course. I already have scans of a few of those: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (English and German), Eye of the Storm (English and German), The Flying Fists of Power (English) and The Warrior Machine (English). So I could start putting them up whenever I feel like it. If you have any other language versions of those, please contact me, I'd be more than happy to put them up! This is not restricted to English and German, just give me what you have :)
Mr Creosote
18.03.2002
Taking a break from all that comic business (not quite correct ;), I've added a game again today: X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse. Enjoy!
Mr Creosote
16.03.2002
Two pieces of good news. Firstly, I've activated the comic downloads again. But please don't abuse it by leeching everything dry again, ok? Secondly, I've completed the 3rd series of minicomics with the addition of Siege of Avion, Dragon's Gift and Spikor Strikes. Credits go out to Hellspawn, Ravenscribe and eastpaw. On to series 4 :)
Mr Creosote
10.03.2002
The long awaited version 1.10 of The End of He-Man is finally up. All known bugs have been fixed. If you still discover more, just let me know :)
Mr Creosote
08.03.2002
Oh well. Sad news. The comic downloads are down for a while. Not for any legal reasons or something like that, don't worry. It's just that the we've already used half of our monthly bandwidth in just a quarter of the month, so we have to do something! The downloads will be back of course, but for now don't request the comics!
Mr Creosote
05.03.2002
Ok, you're waiting has now come to an end. I've finished writing the walkthrough for The End of He-Man. Some people have already notified me of some more bugs, those will be fixed as soon as possible. Nothing really fatal though.
Mr Creosote
04.03.2002
As promised, here is the next step. I've added a scan of The Tale of Teela which makes the 2nd series of minicomics complete. I guess it'll be a few hundred downloads every minute ;)
Mr Creosote
02.03.2002
I'll now approach the comics section more systematically: Minicomics have top priority because they're after all the 'official' basis of the series! Furthermore, I'll complete the different series' collection one after another. I will take care that English versions of the comics are available. For any other language versions, I completely depend on you, the visitors. The more variants, the better. But I can't take care of that all by myself.
Logically, I've completed series 1 today with Battle in the Clouds and The Vengeance of Skeletor (each in three languages). Furthermore, I've added the English version of He-Man and the Power Sword at last. Huge thanks to Hellspawn and Ravenscribe!
Next step will of course be the missing comic of series 2 - you know what I'm talking about and I can already see your mouthes watering for the rarest minicomic in existence ;)
Mr Creosote
01.03.2002
Important: I've discovered a bug in The End of He-Man. If you've downloaded the game before tonight, you'll have to download it again. Your saved games shouldn't be affected by this.
Mr Creosote
26.02.2002
Tada, tada, tada! Official birthday of The Good Old Days! Two years ago, the very first incarnation of your favourite site got online. And not much has changed since then ;)
One year ago, I already did a detailed look back on the first year. Just to remind you (I bet you all remember that anyway ;): On February, 26th 2001, The Good Old Days featured 100 games, a few hundred apps and about 15 comics. Now we have 150 games (more about this later), 14 apps and 61 comics.
So you can see we halved our growth on games. That is mainly due to higher quality standards we've applied to our game reviews this year.
The apps section saw an overall decrease even! I'll explain for you new visitors who didn't follow the story: The apps section was once massive, featuring over 350 titles. But it was a pure download list, the programs only roughly categorized into genres. That was lowering the overall quality of the site drastically, only I confessed that to myself almost too late. In an 'overnight-effort', I pulled the whole section down because it was just crap! After some more trouble with several people, Jeff took it over to revoke it again. Slowly, but a lot better this time :)
For comic fans, this was certainy a good year. A lot stuff, a lot of it rare. Hope you continue to enjoy it! A very positive trend developed here: a lot of visitors have begun donating scans of their collections, saving me the time of doing everything myself and sometimes even giving me alternate language versions I didn't have myself - thanks to you all :)
Then there was the IDSA stepping in last year. The effects can still be seen all over the site: many downloads have been disabled. I don't think I have to repeat all that sad crap all over again, and I don't feel like doing it. Browse the news archive if you want to learn more.
Of course there has been an addition today. I personally added the 150th game to the site. But I did not only add it. I did not only write about it. I wrote it completely! Yes, after years, I actually pulled myself together and did something productive again. I hope you like the result. Of course it's not perfect, not anywhere near being 'professional'. But it's way superior to all my older games. Check the result (hint: something for comic-freaks) out and don't forget to give me feedback ;)
On to the next year!
Mr Creosote
23.02.2002
Grmbl. You're trying to be nice and stuff, but what happens? Your nice offers get misused! That happened to the downloads on this site. For a long time, I offered them as ftp-links which ensured full compatibility with download managers. And what happened? Some stupid idiots log in with their ftp clients and leech the bandwidth dry! That is not how it was meant to work! Well, bad luck. I've moved the files back to conservative http downloads. Thank those lamers for it.
Mr Creosote
17.02.2002
Driving, shooting, and eating Snickers: Biker Mice From Mars for Super Nintendo!
Tapuak
15.02.2002
Here I am again, this time with an alternate language version of The Cosmic Key which was nicely contributed by warbird. Thanks!
Mr Creosote
07.02.2002
Today I received word from David Perrel that he's in fact still marketing his Mo'Slo. You - the visitors - should know what that means: I won't provide it for download anymore. Just like all the other 'buy'-links on the site, I strongly encourage and ask you to buy this program if you want to use it! If you can get something the official way, do it - that's (in short) the concept of Abandonware. Oh well, I guess I'm just not enough into apps, otherwise I wouldn't have that let slip through...
Mr Creosote
02.02.2002
The direct follow-up: Issue No. 3.
Mr Creosote
31.01.2002
Started with another series. The UK Magazines are easily one of the rarest series of the Masters! These days, top prices are being paid for them all over the world - in the USA just as in Germany. For a start, I've put up issue no. 2 (sorry, but even I don't have no. 1).
Mr Creosote
20.01.2002
Another one from the same series, but not fighting fantasy, only an ordinary comic: He-Man and the Asteroid of Doom.
Mr Creosote
16.01.2002
Yes, I know I've been neglecting my TGOD-duties a bit, but I have my reasons. First of all, I hardly have any free time anymore anyway. And lately, I've been pushing Abandonweb a lot, so not much time left for TGOD. But today I bring you a quality update: a role-playing game called He-Man and the Memory Stone. It's a very good one, so check it out! Marvin was also so nice to contribute an alternate language scan of Masks of Power. Thanks!
Mr Creosote
09.01.2002
Wow! So many nice people helping me out - I can't thank you all personally, it was just too much :) Thanks for clearing it all up, people! In case anyone's wondering what I'm talking about, read the news archive ;)
Don't forget to visit Abandoned Shrine! ;)
Mr Creosote
08.01.2002
Something strange is happening! Since yesterday evening, this very page (http://www.gooddays.org/welcome.shtml) has become our biggest refferer by far! The hits are boosting, something like that doesn't happen 'over night' normally. This is my theory: Some huge site put up a link to us, but instead of linking to the front page (index.shtml), they considered welcome.shtml as the start page and linked directly to it. We're running a script against 'deep linking', so these visitors coming directly to welcome.shtml are thrown back to the index and there, the trackers pick them up as coming from welcome.shtml.
So far, so good, but the big question is who is linking to us? If you've just come here for the very first time or you have today, please drop me a line to let me know who the mysterious refferer could be!
For another great site, visit Abandoned Shrine! ;)
Mr Creosote
05.01.2002
Now I made the Dommelsch trio complete: Dart 'm Up must be one of the most brainless games ever!
Mr Creosote
03.01.2002
Well, I hope you all didn't break your promises for the new year yet. I know I didn't because I just didn't make any ;)
So, what happened today? I added a nice new feature: the Abandonweb Searchbox! Using it, you can search other sites' collections from here. Very handy. Made by me ;)
The database still needs some more sites, but this will come. And yes, I am aware that this box doesn't really fit our design. I'll make another box in the next days. But this way, you can't help but noticing it - so submit your sites now, webmasters!
Mr Creosote
A happy new year from the whole crew to all our visitors!