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Old March 18, 2002, 15:17   #1
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What Happened to Home of the Underdogs?
What happened to "Home of the Underdogs" abandonware site?

It just vanished. Is it down for repair or is it gone for good?

Anybody know?
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Old March 18, 2002, 16:45   #2
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as noted in the OTF, it's moved to www.the-underdogs.org
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Old March 18, 2002, 18:54   #3
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as noted in the OTF, it's moved to www.the-underdogs.org
Many thanks Chowlett

I never go in the OTF, so I appreciate you letting me and others know. . .
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Old March 18, 2002, 21:01   #4
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well, we are a terrifying bunch in there.
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Old March 19, 2002, 02:50   #5
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Re: What Happened to Home of the Underdogs?
Don't do that to me Leonidas!
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Old March 19, 2002, 12:35   #6
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well, we are a terrifying bunch in there.

Chowlett: LOL

Now I MUST visit the OTF
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Old March 19, 2002, 12:37   #7
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Re: Re: What Happened to Home of the Underdogs?
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Don't do that to me Leonidas!

ravagon: When I first heard it myself, I thought it truly was the beginning of the Fall of Western Civilization. . .
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They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.
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They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.

Exactly. You would have thought they'd have put a notice of the change on their website before they actually made the move. . .

Besides EB, underdogs is my best source for games
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Old March 22, 2002, 01:21   #10
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They could have at least made a redirect or "the site has moved to a new location" sign.
I think the guy who owns it had a little memory lapse

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... apparently theunderdogs.org did expire under my old (now-defunct) e-mail, and was snapped up by a cybersquatter called ultsearch.com who apparently does nothing worthwhile except redirect URLs to their dodgy search engine :/
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Old March 22, 2002, 04:44   #11
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I think the guy who owns it had a little memory lapse
It's the little things that can hurt the most.

For want of a decent sandal, the Roman Empire fell. . .
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Speaking of the underdogs, what are the best games you have played from that site and would recommend others to play?

My recommendations are:

1) Imperialism II

2) Macheavelli the Prince

3) Shadow President

4) Hoplites

5) Carrier Strike
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1)Macheavelli the Prince
2)Prehistorik 2
3)Pirates!
4)Colonization
5)Pinball fantasies
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Old March 23, 2002, 16:10   #14
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I never got the hang of Imperialism II. It was too much of a New World rush and then the great industry system of Imperialism becomes a highyl confusing system in Imperialism II. The important thing is to keep food coming in and keep building more ships, IIRC.
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I think the guy who owns it had a little memory lapse
I think that should read Gal instead of 'guy'.
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Gal? Really? I didn't know that...

As well as the above I'd recommend Fantasy Empires, Advanced civ/History of the world, Emporer of the fading suns (fairly recently posted) and a number of others I got a hold of before the IDSA incident which aren't available any more...
I would have also recommended any of the 5-star engine series but Leonidas has been so busy posting links to these lately that I'd be surprised if anybody didn't have them all already.
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I would have also recommended any of the 5-star engine series but Leonidas has been so busy posting links to these lately that I'd be surprised if anybody didn't have them all already.

ravagon: Retro-Gaming - Nothing like a little back to the future fun

There's always a little life left in those classic games. . .
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Recommended games to get from Underdogs
1. Master of Magic - I'm still playing it regularly, despite the ancient graphics and idiot AI.

2. Dungeon Master - The best dungeon crawl of all time. Graphics aren't quite what they were on the Amiga, but still a great game.
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Emporer of the fading suns (fairly recently posted

Woohooo!!

I played the demo of that one, and (after slightly editing some build times and costs) I eventually managed to not only capture my entire planet before the set number of turns ran out, but to also start laying seige to another planet!!

So it'll be fun to play that one again.
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- Emporer of Fading Suns! HUGE game!
- Also I got colonisation from there before the license thing. My original disks didn't like my mobile going off on top of them.
- I didn't mind Dink Smallwood from there either, but it quickly gets boring.

There's some good ol' classics there, like boulderdash, choplifter, gyrus (the ALL-TIME BEST SPACE SHOOTER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!).
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If anyone is looking for extras for the game, "Emperor of the Fading Suns", check out the mods located at the sites below:


http://website.lineone.net/~rwein/nova/home.htm


http://www.twarriors.com/~hyperion/


With these mods it plays like a completely different game. . .
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Thanks

The game is awesome from the modding point of view, you can edit heaps of stats easily in the text files. I still suck at playing it though (my strategy involves putting roads in every square)
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