What Happened to Home of the Underdogs?

Leonidas · March 18, 2002, 15:17

What happened to "Home of the Underdogs" abandonware site?

It just vanished. Is it down for repair or is it gone for good?

Anybody know?

Chowlett · March 18, 2002, 16:45

as noted in the OTF, it's moved to www.the-underdogs.org

Leonidas · March 18, 2002, 18:54

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Originally posted by Chowlett
as noted in the OTF, it's moved to www.the-underdogs.org

Many thanks Chowlett

I never go in the OTF, so I appreciate you letting me and others know. . .

Chowlett · March 18, 2002, 21:01

well, we are a terrifying bunch in there.

ravagon · March 19, 2002, 02:50

Don't do that to me Leonidas!

Leonidas · March 19, 2002, 12:35

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Originally posted by Chowlett
well, we are a terrifying bunch in there.

Chowlett: LOL

Now I MUST visit the OTF

Leonidas · March 19, 2002, 12:37

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Originally posted by ravagon

Don't do that to me Leonidas!

ravagon: When I first heard it myself, I thought it truly was the beginning of the Fall of Western Civilization. . .

Juggler · March 21, 2002, 12:07

They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.

Leonidas · March 21, 2002, 12:51

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Originally posted by Juggler
They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.

Exactly. You would have thought they'd have put a notice of the change on their website before they actually made the move. . .

Besides EB, underdogs is my best source for games

ravagon · March 22, 2002, 01:21

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Originally posted by Juggler
They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.

I think the guy who owns it had a little memory lapse

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... apparently theunderdogs.org did expire under my old (now-defunct) e-mail, and was snapped up by a cybersquatter called ultsearch.com who apparently does nothing worthwhile except redirect URLs to their dodgy search engine :/

Leonidas · March 22, 2002, 04:44

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Originally posted by ravagon
I think the guy who owns it had a little memory lapse

It's the little things that can hurt the most.

For want of a decent sandal, the Roman Empire fell. . .

Leonidas · March 23, 2002, 13:24

Speaking of the underdogs, what are the best games you have played from that site and would recommend others to play?

My recommendations are:

1) Imperialism II

2) Macheavelli the Prince

3) Shadow President

4) Hoplites

5) Carrier Strike

Juggler · March 23, 2002, 15:06

1)Macheavelli the Prince
2)Prehistorik 2
3)Pirates!
4)Colonization
5)Pinball fantasies

Shadowstrike · March 23, 2002, 16:10

I never got the hang of Imperialism II. It was too much of a New World rush and then the great industry system of Imperialism becomes a highyl confusing system in Imperialism II. The important thing is to keep food coming in and keep building more ships, IIRC.

Chowlett · March 23, 2002, 20:06

Sadly, my graphics card doesn't have a pure VGA mode, so I can't play Macchiavelli

CapTVK · March 24, 2002, 12:49

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Originally posted by ravagon

I think the guy who owns it had a little memory lapse

I think that should read Gal instead of 'guy'.

ravagon · March 24, 2002, 20:47

Gal? Really? I didn't know that...

As well as the above I'd recommend Fantasy Empires, Advanced civ/History of the world, Emporer of the fading suns (fairly recently posted) and a number of others I got a hold of before the IDSA incident which aren't available any more...

I would have also recommended any of the 5-star engine series but Leonidas has been so busy posting links to these lately that I'd be surprised if anybody didn't have them all already.

Leonidas · March 25, 2002, 03:19

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Originally posted by ravagon
I would have also recommended any of the 5-star engine series but Leonidas has been so busy posting links to these lately that I'd be surprised if anybody didn't have them all already.

ravagon: Retro-Gaming - Nothing like a little back to the future fun

There's always a little life left in those classic games. . .

Rex Little · March 25, 2002, 23:23

1. Master of Magic - I'm still playing it regularly, despite the ancient graphics and idiot AI.

2. Dungeon Master - The best dungeon crawl of all time. Graphics aren't quite what they were on the Amiga, but still a great game.

Skanky Burns · March 26, 2002, 22:40

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Originally posted by ravagon
Emporer of the fading suns (fairly recently posted

Woohooo!!

I played the demo of that one, and (after slightly editing some build times and costs) I eventually managed to not only capture my entire planet before the set number of turns ran out, but to also start laying seige to another planet!!

So it'll be fun to play that one again.

Dale · March 27, 2002, 20:32

- Emporer of Fading Suns! HUGE game!
- Also I got colonisation from there before the license thing. My original disks didn't like my mobile going off on top of them.

- I didn't mind Dink Smallwood from there either, but it quickly gets boring.

There's some good ol' classics there, like boulderdash, choplifter, gyrus (the ALL-TIME BEST SPACE SHOOTER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!).

Leonidas · April 3, 2002, 02:12

If anyone is looking for extras for the game, "Emperor of the Fading Suns", check out the mods located at the sites below:

http://website.lineone.net/~rwein/nova/home.htm

http://www.twarriors.com/~hyperion/

With these mods it plays like a completely different game. . .

Skanky Burns · April 3, 2002, 19:50

Thanks

The game is awesome from the modding point of view, you can edit heaps of stats easily in the text files. I still suck at playing it though (my strategy involves putting roads in every square)