NEWS FLASH !!!
For the next few days could everyone please rate your fav section (Page) of this site (NES roms or n64 roms etc) in stumbleupon. I would really appreciate your help in getting us better ranked in stumbleupon. You simply can use the SHARE button at the bottom of every page or sign up quickly to www.stumbleupon.com and give the page the thumbs up, also remember to add your comments of support.

Before we start ..
A huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to click through to this page.  That simple action shows that you actually care about preserving retro computing and video games for future users. This site, its contents and all of its pages are provided to you free of charge.  It has never been my intention to make money from this passion but simply to pass it on to all the younger generations that have missed out on the 8bit and 16bit years.  Having said that the bandwidth, hosting and ISP costs are great and growing as the number of users also grow.  It is for this reason that I recently gave in to some advertising on the web site.  This advertising revenue and your more than generous donations help me fund the web site and its use.

So what can you (the users) do to help me keep this all running.  Apart from donating some money there are many ways in which you can get involved and feel part of the retro computing/gaming community.  In doing so you will have played your part in keeping this site and the retro community in general alive. I have listed below some of the best ways to help and what is involved.

Donate a little money
This is the obvious and most common help that I receive.  As I said it takes a lot of money to run all of this so all donations however small are greatly appreciated.  To show my appreciation I have created the Donations Hall of Fame, a page that lists everyone that has put their hand in their pocket.  Please take the time to visit this page for inspiration and also to read some of the comments left by previous users.

Vote for us
There are many ways to vote your approval for us. You can click on the following four 'Top Rom Site' links and in doing so you will simply register your approval of us.  You can also rate us from 1 to 10 with the following button.  Also when browsing the web with stumble upon or other site rating web site you can register your opinion again for us.  The more you do this the better our rating will become.

Rate My Site 10 being the best

Sign the Guest book
It's simple and it means a lot.  Many people leave the most uplifting comments in and I know it is old fashioned these days to have a guest book but somehow I cant bring myself to remove it.  Take a minute to visit the Guest book and you will see why.

Link to us
Do you have your own web site/blog/forum or the like then link back to this site.  This is a great way to help, it brings more visitors and helps promote my rank on Google.  I have created a dedicated Link to Us page with all the details, banners, logos and other material that you will need to get started.  Anyone that links to this site will have the favour returned and your site will be added to my links page, just remember to let me know via email.

Share us on your social network
One simple way to help our ratings and drive traffic is to tell people about us on your particular social network.  At the bottom of every page you will find the SHARE icon which will allow you to tell the social network of your choice about that page you are on.  Use this as often as you can and it will help.

Affiliate Sites
Do you own or manage another retro gaming/computing web site.  If so why not become an affiliate of this site.  You will have your web site displayed on the MainMenu page and receive a lot of traffic as a result.  All I ask is that you place my return link (see the Link to us page) on your root URL or main page and that your web site contains no adult material.

BLOG or TWITTER ?
If you own your own blog or microblog site, why not include my Retro Computer Ramblings Blog in your blogroll list or links. You can also reference any of my blog material for your own use.  All I ask is that somewhere on your page you link back to mine.  If you are on twitter you can visit my Twitter Page, please help pass the site address on to the other users or watch ROM or EMULATOR based twitter threads and discuss this site within those threads.

Become a FORUM moderator
The website forums are one area where I need more input from users.  I am happy to make good people moderators and allow them to take the forums where ever they feel it should. I would love to see sections dedicated to iPhone users questions & answers as well as more input on support and help.  If you feel that you could add something to the forums please email me and tell me why you should become a moderator.

Create a Site Banner
This is one of the first requests I ever made and still one of the most fun.  This site has a lot of pages and sections and I am asking everyone that can use a graphics program to have a go and create a unique page/section banner. To date I have used every banner ever sent to me somewhere on the site.  It is a great way to get involved and to be immortalised on The Old Computer forever.  Check out the user submitted banners page for full details of all the banners sent in to date and also where on the site they have been used.