Hey everyone.

Mostly, I want to use this thread to say thank you to some folks who have sent me large sums of Viz in the past. You know who you are so I won't bother listing you all here. I have been able to use this site to the fullest because of those donations and it really helped me feel like I belong.

I love this site in ways I cannot even fathom. There are many sites out there like this one. But this is the only one I have ever invested my time in and I think that's important. Every one of you that I have spoken with or in some other way interacted with have above all proven themselves to be a person of outstanding character and endlessly generous.

It is my absolute pleasure to be here amongst such admirable people.
You all are awesome, don't change!

Sincerely and Respectfully,
Utopia

Saw the reveal and I thought. That's David? He looks so young. Then I came to this thread and saw the older video and I was like there's no way, he looks so much older in that one. Then I went to your profile and realized you're a year older than me.

Honestly, whatever you're doing it's working. I didn't see any gray anywhere. My beard is so gray you'd think I was 50.
But definitely keep that longer hair man, it makes you look so youthful.

Not sure what else to say about it, trying to pad my post here .

I suppose now we know who to blame when it hits the fan around here!
JK haha!

Keep up the good work!

Vizzed into the next decade!

Best Regards,
Utopia

Mario - 26
Pokémon - 29
Sonic - 26
Kirby - 8
Final Fantasy - 27 (+1)
Kingdom Hearts - 26
Persona - 25
Donkey Kong - 25
Metal Gear - 18
Ace Attorney - 11 (-3) It was between this and Persona since I've never played either. But I hate court room drama more.

Math - 18
Geography - 17
History - 14
Language Arts - 19
Music - 18
Physical Education - 15 (-3)
Biology - 16
Chemistry - 7
Physics - 20 (+1)
So many good subjects, it was hard to choose!

@Davideo7 Unless otherwise stated I tested everything in 1.19.1. This was done this way to establish a baseline. Occasionally, I did try 1.20 to see if I was dealing with a missing core issue which more often than not turned out to be the case.

I can run another battery of tests using 1.20.0 as a baseline and report back on this thread if you'd like.

Best Regards,
Utopia

Continuation of my testing results post.

GG
Retroarch does not work, tested many games and versions.
EmulatorJS working.
EDIT: Missing cores?

Sega CD
Retroarch not working, I think the problem is missing cores.
EmulatorJS working

Famicom
Retroarch not working failed to load properly (72% thing again)
EmulatorJS works

Atari Lynx
(Ninja Gaiden)
Retroarch failed to load again
EmulatorJS works

(Rampage)
Same as Ninja Gaiden

Atari 7800
Retroarch not working (Missing Core)
EmulatorJS works

NEC Systems
They either don't use Retroarch or are missing Cores

Colecovision
Retroarch doesn't work 72% failed to load issue
EmulatorJS works

Neo Geo Pocket
same as above

That's all for now. This should be a more complete list in regards to Retroarch as most of the others not covered here don't include it as an option.

Best Regards,
Utopia

Hey man did you try using emulatorJS? It seems to be the only way Atari is working right now.
I can do some more testing later to see if its all Atari games or just the ones I tested.

Best Regards,
Utopia

Testing consoles with various options.

Unless specifically mentioned all testing attempts will use the first option under every drop down menu for Retroarch.

Atari
RetroArch does not seem to be working.
(EmulatorJS works)

NES
NEStopia 1.19.1 works fine with Retroarch
Fceumm any version loads to about 72% and game seems to load with intro and audio but can't access controls.
quicknes 1.19.1 works fine

SNES
snes9x 1.19.1 works fine Retroarch
snes9x2002 Same problem as Fceumm loads to 72% intro of game loads can't access controls.
snes9x2005 Same as above
snes9x2010 Same as above all tested at 1.19.1
mednafen_snes not working? Need to test further

PSX
Retroarch does not seem to work, tried multiple versions, nothing.
EmulatorJS seems to work fine.

N64
Retroarch does not seem to work.
EmulatorJS seems to be working.

DC
Not setup yet? Only listing I saw was NullDC


GB Advance
All cores tested version 1.19.1 Same as Fceumm, loads to 72% and loads game with no access to controls.
EmulatorJS seems to work fine.

GB (Tetris)
Retroarch fails to load content gets stuck at 72%
EmulatorJS fails to load game (Tetris tested) loads a menu (Retroarch?)
Retried after trying two other games, still broken.

GB (FFA)
Retroarch 1.19.1 works and loads Final Fantasy Adventure
EmulatorJS works (Final Fantasy Adventure) Not sure what happened with Tetris.
(Megaman V)
Retorarch 1.19.1 works and loads Megaman V perfectly.

GB Color
Retroarch 1.19.1 works and loads Dragon Warrior Monsters

Genesis (Sonic the hedgehog)
Retroarch genesis_plus_gx 1.19.1 working
Picodrive not working?

Master System (sonic the hedgehog)
Retroarch genesis_plus_gx 1.19.1 not working same as before get to 72% and loads content just no controls
EmulatorJS works fine.

That's all I have tested so far. Will do some more later.
Sorry for not doing every system but time is short right now. Will test more later but at least for now that covers quite a few systems and games that people might be interested in playing.

Best Regards,
Utopia

Dear David,

Games across all systems are NOT working. I have tried multiple consoles, multiple games from those consoles. Nothing works all we get are white screen popping up as a new window. No matter which method we use to load games, Mednafen, ZSNES, FCEUX, Mupen64Plus, MAME/MESS, EmulatorJS, RetroArch Web Player, etc have all been personally tested by me and none of them work.

Respectfully,
Utopia570

Okay, so it's been a while since I've been back to this thread but I wanted to come back and fix my review per Janus' observations.

I'd also like to take a moment and thank everyone that comes to read my review. If you've never played the game and my review compels you to try it, great! I'm considering continue to make Reviews and possibly FAQs if people are interested.

Please feel free to let me know what you think. I am always accepting ideas, recommendations and thoughts about any and all games that people might like to see a walkthrough, FAQ or review on.

Thank you all and from the east coast, good night!
Utopia570

Okay I just finished with 101 David. Thanks again!

Hey everyone,

Shot in the dark here. I really want to get back to EVE Online (I have an old account collecting dust from way back in 2013) but I can't really afford to make the payments. What I'm interested in doing is to trade my Viz for game time.

So if you have game time or know someone who does and is willing to trade let me know.

Thanks everyone!

Utopia570

Hi Davideo7!

Just wanted to let you know that I have listened to and rated over 50 songs tonight! BTW can we get some Suikoden 1 & 2 as well as some Shining the Holy Ark songs?! I'd love to add some but it says staff only! v_v I was a little bit sad when I couldn't find any for those game titles. Thank you for everything, you're the best!

Utopia570

P.S. If we can get songs for those games I will listen to and rate them all in one day!

Hello,

When I first discovered this site I instantly fell in love with it and immediately told my sister about it. Since she is active on a lot of other sites that I can't even guess at I doubt she has done more than register an account and like my Shining the Holy Ark review (thanks sis!). She is known as Darkgamegirl on here so if you see her say hi for me and help her feel at home.

One last thing, and I hope no one looks down on me for asking this, but since I joined and then immediately told her about the site does that mean I could never get the bonus Viz for her signing up and making a post? I'm talking about the referral 500 + 1500 if they post bonus. In my way of thinking it would be a no because, technically, I did not send her the Referral link. Can't hurt to ask though right?

I am relatively new here but it would be a real bummer if a site this awesome had been lost. I can only say thank you as well. I don't know most of you and it sounds like the site has been through a lot, so once again, thank you for doing what you did because this really is a pretty sweet place to hang out! I look forward to a long stay, and would love to get to know as many of you as I can. I really do stay signed into this site round the clock, even when I'm not on so I can always see if I have a new notification (don't worry, I still have a life, just don't feel shy about messaging me and saying hi)!

If there is any left I would love to check out Rooks Keep. Love chess games.

Utopia

janus : Thank you very much for rating my review!

I am very pleased that you found the review comprehensive and helpful. I tried my best to provide as much information as possible without wasting the reader's time. For one brief moment I considered making my review lengthier so I could attain the 2000+ word bonus for Viz, but in the end I felt like doing so would ruin my review and ultimately hurt me.

Thank you for your frank assessment for my lack of English comprehension. I admit I've forgotten a lot of my schooling in the writing department (The irony lies in the fact that I always wanted to be a writer. I have a half-started novel called "The Briar and the Thorn" sitting in a drawer somewhere). I tried to clean up the writing for the review as best I could and I used several text editors to assist me. I will work harder to perfect my writing skills, all I ask is you continue to help me along the way by providing excellent suggestions!

Utopia

Jygin : Relax, it's not like I'm gonna beat you for not knowing. There is nothing to forgive, I was far too blunt. It was a long time ago, and I suppose I should have prepared for this day better.

Actually I kinda feel like a jerk, this is your hug page and I'm being all Mr. Grumpy Pants.

*Hugs*

Utopia