ElementZero
New member
Dear people at Zophar's Domain,
I'll keep this short. I have been around, more or less, since the beginning of Zophar's Domain. Back then, ZD was the best emulation site on the web. Unfortunately, over the past few years, the news updates have become less frequent, and as of right now, the newest update is seven months old. My brother is XiP, who if I remember correctly was the co-runner of the site back when it started, so I have many memories of this place. I am very interested in seeing this site revived and updated daily, and I'm sure the millions of people who have visited the site in the past would also agree. As of right now, there is no central hub of emulation news (that I know of) besides romhacking.net, and even then, romhacking.net isn't meant for all types of emulation news. ZD could become big again -- all that is needed is effort and enthusiasm. I am proficient with web-design and Photoshop and I'd be willing to pitch in a helping hand in completely redesigning the site from the ground-up, and I'm sure many community members who are better than me at web coding and graphics would also be willing to help. We would need a new site, preferably streamlined with PHP or ASP (a la romhacking.net) with sections (translations.zophar.net, emulation.zophar.net, music.zophar.net, hacks.zophar.net), new forums, new everything. Now would be an excellent time to make a comeback, as people haven't yet forgotten about Zophar's Domain, and the internet lacks a large, central hub for all emulation news, whether it be rom hacks, translations, utilities, or new music formats.
My question is this: Will ZD ever come back, or is ZD destined to stay as nothing more than an archive?
- MasaMuneCyrus (Brian)
<P ID="signature">"Next time on Lupin the IIIrd. We find out that paradise is a lot like Disney Land...only with hookers."</P>
I'll keep this short. I have been around, more or less, since the beginning of Zophar's Domain. Back then, ZD was the best emulation site on the web. Unfortunately, over the past few years, the news updates have become less frequent, and as of right now, the newest update is seven months old. My brother is XiP, who if I remember correctly was the co-runner of the site back when it started, so I have many memories of this place. I am very interested in seeing this site revived and updated daily, and I'm sure the millions of people who have visited the site in the past would also agree. As of right now, there is no central hub of emulation news (that I know of) besides romhacking.net, and even then, romhacking.net isn't meant for all types of emulation news. ZD could become big again -- all that is needed is effort and enthusiasm. I am proficient with web-design and Photoshop and I'd be willing to pitch in a helping hand in completely redesigning the site from the ground-up, and I'm sure many community members who are better than me at web coding and graphics would also be willing to help. We would need a new site, preferably streamlined with PHP or ASP (a la romhacking.net) with sections (translations.zophar.net, emulation.zophar.net, music.zophar.net, hacks.zophar.net), new forums, new everything. Now would be an excellent time to make a comeback, as people haven't yet forgotten about Zophar's Domain, and the internet lacks a large, central hub for all emulation news, whether it be rom hacks, translations, utilities, or new music formats.
My question is this: Will ZD ever come back, or is ZD destined to stay as nothing more than an archive?
- MasaMuneCyrus (Brian)
<P ID="signature">"Next time on Lupin the IIIrd. We find out that paradise is a lot like Disney Land...only with hookers."</P>