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DrJones
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by DrJones » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:14 pm
Home of the Underdogs is no more, has ceased to be, it's an ex-dog, has expired and has gone to met its creator.
What do you think about it? It's a tragedy parallel to the loss of the library of alexandria, or it was just another site that bites the dust? I personally visited more Mobygames for games info, but I think I'm going to miss it, just like so many others pages I have enjoyed that have shutted down these years.
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1234567890
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by 1234567890 » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:35 pm
damn.
Oh well....... there's always mobygames!
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MusicallyInspired
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by MusicallyInspired » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:18 pm
Over half the games weren't available anymore anyway and it was always really slow. I never went there.
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Lady Pyro
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by Lady Pyro » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:34 pm
WHAT? No!
Awww I got to hear about and try so many good games because of them!
Like Larry Vales. Aw man.
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greensenshi
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by greensenshi » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:28 am
Yea, that was a really worthwhile site. What happened, did the lady who ran it just get too busy to actually take care of it?
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DrJones
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by DrJones » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:14 am
The hosting site went bankrupt.
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haradan
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by haradan » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:26 am
The site was as abandoned as the games it hosted, I'm surprised it managed to survive so many years (I think the last update was from 2003). Still, kind of sad.
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Brainiac
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by Brainiac » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:08 pm
It's a real pity. Still, life goes on and perhaps someone else shall create a HOTU v2 site in memoriam.
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Angelus3K
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by Angelus3K » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:32 pm
Quest For Glory Fan wrote:WTF!? How did I not even know about this website the whole time?
Lol, the website was a classic! (if there ever was such a thing as a classic website lol)
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Lady Pyro
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by Lady Pyro » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:37 pm
It's true (on the classic comment). Even searching for info on an adventure game you were usually directed to the Underdogs, I'm not sure how you could have missed it!
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by Brainiac » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:40 pm
<hooks up Victor Frankenstein's old equipment and has Igor Jr. throw the switch>
THEY'RE ALIVE!!
Technically, they're two new versions not directly affliated with the original site (or even each other). There's also
a revival project on Google Groups.
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Lady Pyro
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by Lady Pyro » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:38 pm
That's exciting! The first link must have something going on with the original though, they have the exact same layout and design.
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by Angelus3K » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:29 pm
Lady Pyro wrote:That's exciting! The first link must have something going on with the original though, they have the exact same layout and design.
Yea the one I clicked on even had blog posts from 04 or 06. Unless they just copied the whole site exactly. I remember it years ago actually having the games for download, that doesnt seem to be the case now, which is a good and a bad thing, although most of the really old ones can't be bought anywhere anymore.
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by Lady Pyro » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:08 am
I think the first link is still going to have the downloads, they're just not up yet.
