The site was DoS attacked on Thursday. I've spent many hours trying to get the site back up and implementing more security. No files were lost and no personal information was stolen. However, it might be a little longer before all of everyone is able to access the site. I thank you all for your patience and I apologize for vizzed being down, this will probably do some damage to vizzed search engine rankings and traffic and overall will have costed me $100s so for those who want to help out, tell your friends about the site, advertise the site on other sites or donate.

I ended up migrating to a new server, I figured if the site is going to be down, I might as well make something good out of the situation and migrating to a better server would require down time anyway. So the site is on the new server and the new server is a bit better than the previous, it should be faster and should be able to handle more users. All of the files have already transferred except RGR Plugin save files and screenshots taken with the RGR Plugin, those should be finished transferring sometime on Saturday.

I highly recommend you guys favorite vizzed on facebook, that's where I announce stuff when the site is down and keep everyone informed:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vizzed/120725987944823

If your experiencing any problems that you think have been caused from all of this, please report it to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26538

153 Hacks, Homebrew, Pirated and Translated Games were added to the RGR. Most of the games are for NES and Genesis but some are for the Game Boy Advance. There were a few Pokemon Hacks added and a bunch of Genesis hacks added.

I've had a lot of people requesting for me to add certain games and I figured I might as well set aside a few days to search for some of these rare games and add them.

I haven't tested out the games yet (and some of the games might really suck) and I haven't added content or graphics to most of them either. It'd be great if you guys could go through and review some of the added games, rate them and also take screenshots.


Games Added:


GBA Pokemon Hacks Added
Pokemon Light Platinum
Pokemon Topaz

Other GBA Games Added
Mother 1 + 2 (english translation)
Sonic the Hedgehog (port)

Sonic Genesis Games Added
Sonic 2 Heroes
Eggman the Dictator in Sonic the Hedgehog
Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic 1 Remastered​​​​​
Sonic 1 - Return to the Origin
Sonic 2 - Advanced Edit
Sonic 2 - Aluminum Edition
Sonic 2 Delta
Sonic 2 Long Version
Sonic Boom (hack)
South Island Adventure
Sonic the Hedgehog Extended Edition
Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog
Jester's Challenge
Sonic 2 Retro Remix
Sonic 2 - S3 Edition
Sonic 3 and Knuckles - The Challenges
Sonic 3D - No Flickies
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 at SAGE 2010
Super Sonic in Sonic 3D
The S Factor - Sonia and Silver

NES Homebrew Games
Chu Chu Rocket
Huo Ying Ren Zhe (Naruto RPG)

NES Hacks, Pirated Originals, Homebrew and Ports
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Genesis Translated Games
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Genesis Pirated Originals and Homebrew
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Pirated Original games are basically unlicensed games made for the system, usually in China, which borrows elements from various games.

If you want to see all the added games in order, go here (note that this actually shows all the games in the RGR but in order of date added):
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/index.php?sort=id


If you have any questions or feedback regarding these games, please reply to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26532

This months RGR Competitions:

Screenshot Competition: Hardest Game Completion
Beat the hardest game in the Retro Game Room
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26399

High Score Competition: Mega Man
See who can get the highest score in Mega Man
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26400

You can earn up to 10,000 Viz for each of the above competitions, so be sure to compete!

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Last months 'Advance Wars 2: Level Editing' Screenshot competition is in voting so please vote here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26398

Last months 'D-Pad Hero' High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26397

I've been busy for the past few months working on a game for a book written by Richard Marsden. The game will be out within a few months but the book is out now:
http://www.travelingtyrant.com/

A great book and perfect for kids who need a book for a school book report. It's basically a dark humor sci-fi book.

I'll also throw in 5000 Viz to each person that buys a copy of the book.



"Mordid is the Traveling Tyrant, bent on conquering and pillaging the galaxy-for a price. When Galactic Hotels asks him to remove some pesky, religious zealots from the jungle-world of Pristine it seems to be an easy task. Unfortunately for Mordid, the preacher has a daughter, the Command Staff is out to murder him and each other, and the employer wants the planet intact. Will Mordid claim the planet, outsmart his Command Staff and get the girl, or is Paradisa Lost?"


If you have any questions regarding the book, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26222

The maintenance I did yesterday caused some save files for certain games to stop working, mainly Game Boy and Game Boy Color games played in the VizzedAEPgb emulator. This has been fixed and you guys should be able to load your old save files again.

If you've saved a game in the past 24 hours using the VizzedAEPgb emulator than there's a very good chance that your save file may be lost. However, it is possible to recover that save file manually but that's time consuming for me so if you really put a lot of hours into a new save file in the past 24 hours, send me 500 Viz and let me know which game you lost your save file on.

Btw, games should be working again too.

If you have any questions or if you want to confirm your save files are working again, please let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26133

The maintenance I from before caused some people to temporarily lose their save files, I'm fixing this problem which means the games will be down for a few minutes. I'll make another announcement when I'm done and if the save files work again.

The maintenance I was working on is finished. If you're suddenly encountering a lot of games not working, please let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=26059

The Vizzed RGR game structure is undergoing maintenance, some game systems may not work for a little while. Maintenance shouldn't take any longer than 3 hours.

I've been working on updating the Retro Game Room pages for quite a while now, I'm finally finished so here's the updates:

Thorough Game Reviews +Viz
You can now write up as big of a review you want and you can earn a lot of Viz depending on the size of the review. You can also rate the game's Graphics, Sound/Music, Addictiveness, Depth, Story and Difficulty (and once enough games have been rated on these categories, I'll make it so you can search for games based on them). You also earn Viz each time your review is rated.

Ability to Rate Reviews and Reviews are sorted by Rating +Viz
You can now rate a user's review on 1-5, 5 being great and 1 being crap. When you rate a user's review, you earn 3 Viz and if you rated the review above a 4, the reviewer also gets Viz (and the reviewer will receive a notification that you rated their review if you rated it a 4 or up, if you gave it a 3 or below, they wont know who did it). The reviews are ordered by rating so the helpful reviews will show up first and the pointless reviews will be hidden.

Ability to Rate Screenshots and Screenshots are sorted by Rating +Viz
Just like the ability to rate Reviews, you can now rate user submitted screenshots. When you rate a user's screenshot, you earn 2 Viz and if you rated the screenshot above a 4, the screenshot taker also gets Viz (and the screenshot taker will receive a notification that you rated their review if you rated it a 4 or up, if you gave it a 3 or below, they wont know who did it). The screenshots are ordered by rating so the awesome screenshots will show up first and the pointless screenshots will be hidden.

Reviews are now linked to threads +Viz
When you go to create a review for a game, you're brought to a page which looks similar to making a thread, that's because you're actually doing both when you submit a review. The 'review thread' will be available on the RGR game's page and also available in the 'Reviews' sub forum in the 'Retro Game Room' forum, this gives the staff the ability to more properly monitor reviews and to trash ones that break the rules. This also means you earn lots of Viz when people reply to your 'review thread' and it also means that your reviews get to have their own title.

The header is now the same as the index header
Which means you have all the options on the RGR game pages as you would on the RGR index pages. You can search for games from game pages better now.

A few layout updates:
-Reviews have their own section now and are easier to sort through
-User comments have their own section now
-All of the scrollable boxes are a little smaller in size so that they can properly fit on a 1024x786 monitor
-The header of the index and game pages is a little more well organized and also a 'select' and 'unselect' all button for when choosing which system to search



It'd be great if you guys could go through and start rating screenshots and reviews you see for various games and also submit a few of your own! (keep in mind that their are daily limits on how many reviews and screenshots you can rate per a day).

Please reply to this thread with any feedback or problems regarding the changes:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=25560

The maintenance is finished, you guys wont notice anything new but you'll see the feature I've been working on in a few days.

If a few screenshots of yours are missing, you'll have to re-submit them by submitting them like you normally would (most likely using the screenshot manager page).

If there are any problems in the Retro Game Room that have resulted from this maintenance, please let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=25139

The site is currently undergoing maintenance, it may be slow and unresponsive at times. You'll also notice the RGR screenshots currently not available and the chat room will probably have many issues. This will be fixed shortly, I'll make a separate announcement when things are fixed.

This months RGR Competitions:

Screenshot Competition: Advance Wars 2: Level Editting
Create the best custom map in Advance Wars 2
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=24802

High Score Competition: D-Pad Hero
See who can get the highest score in D-Pad Hero
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=24792

You can earn up to 10,000 Viz for each of the above competitions, so be sure to compete!

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Last months 'Best Video Game Moment' Screenshot competition is in voting so please vote here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=24790

Last months 'Paperboy' High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=24784

I've spent the past 2 days working on getting an updated version of the chat room back up. Spent a good amount of time securing it and adding a few features. You'll notice a few features removed (this is because V7 of the room no longer has those features unfortunately) and also a few extra features and you'll also notice that this version runs a lot better (and is less server strain).

You guys can definitely still donate toward the chat room I mentioned in the previous announcement (surprisingly no one donated but if we do get some donations, I'll put it toward a better chat room).

If you have any feedback or questions, please reply to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=24068

I was forced to remove the current chat room due to a few users finding ways to hack it. Now I'm looking into a better chat room. The current one I'm looking into is called 'Flashcoms Chat' which goes for about US $300 (features here and demo here). Since I don't have that much, I'm relying on the vizzed community to donate so that we can get a new chat room. I haven't picked out a chat room quite yet but $300 is the amount I'm aiming to raise for this since that'll be enough for most chat rooms that I'm interested in (or the cost to upgrade the current so that it is more secure).

The sooner you guys donate, the sooner we can get a new chat room up.



Current Chat Room Donations: $0 / $300
none yet


If you donate, please be sure to respond to this thread letting me know your donation was for the chat room so that I can add you to the list:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=23855

I'm looking for someone who has very good PHP knowledge and is also familiar with vBulletin boards and how their code works. I'm looking to hire someone to help JigSaw and I get a vBulletin 'Triple Triad' addon to work with my forum (which is a custom made forum). We're willing to help out as much as possible, we basically need someone to assist us (you can see the addon here).

I'm willing to pay up to US $100 and 50,000 Viz for anyone who can help us. I should point out that I already have PHP knowledge (most of this site is coded by me and some of it by JigSaw), I basically need someone for their vBulletin coding knowledge.

Maybe the easiest way to go about this is I give you the variables and DB info my site uses and you modify the software so that it works with it.

If you think you're qualified, please reply to this thread letting me know what skills and experience you have:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=23805

This months RGR Competitions:

Screenshot Competition: Best Video Game Moment
Take a screenshot of what you think is the best retro video game moment
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=23575

High Score Competition: Paperboy
See who can get the highest score in Paperboy
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=23573

You can earn up to 10,000 Viz for each of the above competitions, so be sure to compete!

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Last months 'Pokemon Emerald 386: Catch Em All' Screenshot competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=23557

Last months 'Dig Dug' High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=23555

For those who didn't watch the game, the Packers defeated the Steelers. It was a close game at the end with a score of 25 to 31 which means those who placed bets on the Packers will be receiving their 3,100 Viz shortly.

The discussion thread for this Super Bowl is taking place here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22515

Just a reminder to everyone that the Super Bowl will begin in about an hour. The game will be on Fox but for those who don't have access to watch it, you can follow it on http://www.nfl.com/.

You can discuss the game here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22515

This months RGR Competitions:

Screenshot Competition: Pokemon Emerald 386: Catch Em All
See who can Catch the most Pokemon in Pokemon Emerald 386
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22238

High Score Competition: Pikachu Dig Dug
See who can get the highest score in this Pokemon hack of Dig Dug
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22237

You can earn up to 10,000 Viz for each of the above competitions, so be sure to compete!

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Last months 'In Game Advertisements' Screenshot competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22235

Last months 'Super Mario Bros 3' High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22234

I've purchased a new Chat Room for vizzed board, so much better than the old chat rooms. To access it, click the 'Chat Rooms' link from the top of the site. It was about $85 and I might get some additional plugins (which cost extra) so for those who plan to use it often and have money, show your thanks by donating

You can find the Chat Room Help Page which explains the features and how they work here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/prochatrooms/help/index.php
(note that some features have been disabled due to abuse, including sound effects and ring bell)

Features Included:
-Faster and runs better than the old chat room
-Users can adjust their font color and style
-Users can change their avatar which represents them in the chat room (I'll eventually allow users to add their own custom avatars)
-Shows who is in which chat room the right side
-You can exchange pictures and files with other users (do this only in the appropriate room and abuse will result into a ban)
-A roll dice feature which is nice for sim battles
-Lets you change your user status for people in all rooms to see
-Other various IRC Commands available
-You can block users who are annoying so that you don't have to see what they're saying
-Flood control and swear filters
-Users can vote to ban someone if there's no mods around (it takes 3 votes for someone to get banned)
-Transcript button allows you to see chat log
-32 Smilies to use
-Users show up as idle if they are inactive for 5 minutes and get booted after 15 minutes of inactivity
-Staff now have mod powers which allow them to ban users
-From user profiles, you can see how many hours each user has spent chatting in the chat rooms (it's right below the thread stats toward the top center of the page)
-Users can create their own rooms and also put passwords on them (rooms disappear after 60 seconds of inactivity)

Some of the features I've modified myself and I also plan to add in a few of my own. If anyone has any questions or feedback regarding the new chat room, please post it here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=22144