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[Chris Miller]

Looks like they got attacked again. Everything's missing.

[Koopa]

Or they've taken it down (perhaps for good).

1986 - Nintendo releases LoZ for the NES.
1999 - First version of Zelda Classic.
2005 - ZC 2.10, the last stable version, is released on New Year's day.
2010 - THE END of AGN ?

I'm not going to publish a full obituary yet but I'll start thinking about what I want to say just in case.

[Yapollo]

It has been sad to see AGN die, but it MAY recover.

In any case, if AGN dies, would PureZC become the inheritor of the title "The Official Home of Zelda Classic."

[Koh]

Attaching that phrase here may cause this site to get hacked, so I'd rephrase it if I were them.

[Yapollo]

Attaching that phrase here may cause this site to get hacked, so I'd rephrase it if I were them.

Good point. But Koopa brought an interesting suggestion in "The Modern Zelda Classic" Topic that might offer a way around the name problem.

[Koh]

I honestly don't see why PZC isn't a backup with it's age. It's the best candidate for one anyway.

[Moosh]

I just can't understand...who could possibly want to take down Armageddon Games...?



Oh...that's right...ehehe...

Am I the only one thinking maybe these attacks might have something to do with Nintendo?

[eNJuR]

Am I the only one thinking maybe these attacks might have something to do with Nintendo?

Up until thirty seconds ago when i read that, yes you were. However, it does make lots of logic that someone may be upset that Lost Isle or such completely destroys several of the games that this someone has made, they may seek some sort of retribution or such...

[Alex-Link]

I logged in into the forums and nothing happened...were the forums also hacked or it was just the website itself?

[Lemon]

I can't believe that AGN's members would let it die. The older members all seem to be a pretty tight possie, and as long as there were still a few of them posting, it seems silly that they would just go, "ah well. Take em down.".

Also Nintendo knows about Zc and are alright with it. The key here is that it's non-profit.

Conspiracy theories aside, AGN is a very unlucky site :/

[Christian]

I just can't understand...who could possibly want to take down Armageddon Games...?



Oh...that's right...ehehe...

Am I the only one thinking maybe these attacks might have something to do with Nintendo?

Nintendo knows about ZC and they are alright with it because it's a non-profit organization. If they wanted to take it down, they would just simply file a lawsuit for 1 million dollars, close the forums here, and we will all be doomed.

[Yapollo]

I must agree that Nintendo is not the problem. I also must agree that the members (of which I am one) should not let the site die.

However, being a member, I must agree with the majority of AGN's forums and say improvements are needed. Being a fairly new member of AGN, though, I feel that the more experienced veterans should have their two cents.

All the same, I do not wish to see AGN die.

[Siguy]

Nintendo wouldn't go out of their way to destroy an obscure piece of freeware. The copywrited content in Zelda Classic is protected under fair use.

[Moosh]

Nintendo knows about ZC and they are alright with it because it's a non-profit organization. If they wanted to take it down, they would just simply file a lawsuit for 1 million dollars, close the forums here, and we will all be doomed.

I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work. I think Zelda classic is protected under a fair use policy of some sort protecting fan games. Since Zelda classic uses no official NES roms and pretty much everything was fan emulated from the base up, meaning even the sprites were redrawn as opposed to being ripped, that makes it a fangame. If ZC were a romhacking tool instead, Nintendo would be free to go at our throats with lawsuits. If Nintendo was like Square Enix, they'd try it anyways. If anything, Nintendo is probably pissed that they didn't make Zelda Classic first. Let me tell you this: If they made it, I'd pay. Heck, even if they completely stole it and ported it to the DS, I'd pay!

As for being an "Obscure piece of freeware", it obviously isn't obscure enough to be safe from hacking.

If the site dies, let it die. The creators can make a new one. So long as the morale of the developers is strong, Zelda Classic will live on! As long as we exist, Zelda Classic CAN'T die.

Edited by Pokemonmaster64, 16 June 2010 - 07:54 PM.

[Yapollo]

Besides another "Official" site could be made from scratch. I know that a good portion of AGN users want a new look and better organization. Make a new website, but keep the staff, moderators and active users.