Well I thought I had better update the main news feed before 2013 came to an end. So here it is the one and only post for the year 2013
The real news is that during 2013, so much was added to this site and so much happened that the news would not have coped anyway. Here is a quick summary of 2013 here at theoldcomputer.com :-[color=#00FF00]Total members passed 110,000
Total ROM database size passed 2223GB
Total ROMs offered is now over 418,000
Total Systems with roms is now more than 500
As if that is not enough we opened our Emulator section in Jan 2013 and it is now the largest single collection of Emulators anywhere, it also includes back catalogs of MAME, MESS, MAMEUI etc.
In July we removed ALL adverts, advertising, votes and other crap from the site much to the appreciation of our members and as a result things got faster and our members got happier. In fact many mobile users said the site became super fast.
During the year there were many ROM and EMULATOR updates. We got a new Curator for the Emulators section (Alzabo) and as a result our Emulators section really gathered speed. I had to work extra time to keep up in the ROMs section.
We had planned to update our server again to 5TB but this has been postponed until early 2014. Stay tuned for this as when the server is upgraded it will be very significant. We have also been working on an entirely new look and feel for the website, the roll out of this is planned for mid to late 2014. Before this roll out we will be adding some exciting new sections. Theoldcomputer.com will become the official home of GAMEBASE with a new section dedicated to the gamebase collections.
We will also be opening our Magazine section and as with everything else we do, when we open this it will be the largest collection anywhere, a lot of my time in 2013 was spent collecting and collating this resource. Currently we have over 150 different old computer and console mags and there should be a lot more before release.
Thanks is for now folks, before I go I want to say a big hello and thanks to the following members for their support and help :-
Crustyasp46
Thank you for all your help and support with sourcing retro content and keeping the forums free from spam.
Kherr
Thank you for your friendship and hard work through the forums, keep your ban hammer ready and your words of wisdom frequent.
Alzabo (formally PMJP)
Quite simply, our Emulators section is the best because of your constant hard work. I thank you for your help and support in 2013 and look forward to it in 2014.
Dragon Mech
Thanks for always being around and helping other new members, I look forward to your input in 2014.
Se7en
Thanks for your feedback and moderation in the forums and for being one of the first to always answer members questions.
In general thanks to everyone who contributed, helped, discussed and played the many different systems we have here. 2013 was a great year and 2014 will be better. With that I would like to wish everyone a very happy 2014.
Hot Trout
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