19-03-2002 00:17									#1
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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?

	19-03-2002 01:45									#2
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as noted in the OTF, it's moved to www.the-underdogs.org

	19-03-2002 03:54									#3
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quote: 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. . .

	19-03-2002 06:01									#4
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well, we are a terrifying bunch in there.

	19-03-2002 11:50									#5
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Don't do that to me Leonidas!

	19-03-2002 21:35									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Chowlett well, we are a terrifying bunch in there.

Chowlett: LOL

Now I MUST visit the OTF

	19-03-2002 21:37									#7
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quote: 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. . .

	21-03-2002 21:07									#8
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They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.

	21-03-2002 21:51									#9
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quote: 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

	22-03-2002 10:21									#10
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quote: 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

quote: ... 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 :/

	22-03-2002 13:44									#11
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quote: 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. . .

	23-03-2002 22:24									#12
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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

	24-03-2002 00:06									#13
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1)Macheavelli the Prince
2)Prehistorik 2
3)Pirates!
4)Colonization
5)Pinball fantasies

	24-03-2002 01:10									#14
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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.

	24-03-2002 05:06									#15
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Sadly, my graphics card doesn't have a pure VGA mode, so I can't play Macchiavelli

	24-03-2002 21:49									#16
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quote: 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'.

	25-03-2002 05:47									#17
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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.

	25-03-2002 12:19									#18
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quote: 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. . .

	26-03-2002 08:23									#19
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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.

	27-03-2002 07:40									#20
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quote: 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.

	28-03-2002 05:32									#21
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- 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!!!!!!!!!!!).

	03-04-2002 11:12									#22
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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. . .

	04-04-2002 04:50									#23
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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)