Hello :)
Zophar's Domain is 10 years old today, November 9th. When Brad Levicoff started this site back in 1996--and when
he stepped down and handed the site to me in 2000--I'm sure he never imagined that it would still be around in 2006.
The site does over half a terabyte of bandwidth per month and is ranked at the top among all emulation sites (per Alexa). We're around site #40,000. Even so, the news hasn't been updated in quite a long time. The files, music, save states, etc are all getting old. I figured I would just pull the plug without a fanfare and allow people to go to other emulation sites.
Big mistake.
I've had non-stop emails, IMs, MySpace messages, even text messages on my mobile from friends. People have offered to mirror the site. People have even tried to send me money.
I really had no idea that the site had such a loyal following even after all these years. Really. Hundreds of people. Hundreds of gaming fans who I've had the pleasure of meeting at MAGfest. Hundreds of people trying to relive those old days where you'd get stuck in Bowser's castle in Super Mario Bros. Where you'd fight the Russian in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Where you can still smell the preztel machine from the arcade as we pumped Mom and Dad's quarters endlessly into the arcade machine. Wow.
Here is Zophar's Domain: Then, Now and Forever.
-Sam
(P.S. The cat is the logo is my kitty Silvia. Oh, and if you'd like to join us for some chit-chat, emulator help, ROM hacking help, or just to make a friend, head to Zophar's Message Domain.)
