Matrix Archive?

[TheRedPriest]

Hey Abe, I know the site proper has been down for years, but seeing as how it's pretty unlikely we'll ever get another proper game, it kinda feels like it would be a good time to put everything back up and have it all as a nice "museum" for the series.  At least you wouldn't have to worry about updates once it's all back up!

[Winged Warrior]

Seconded. Such content would likely help build traffic as well, Hopefully making hosting fees a bit more palatable.

[Abominator]

I'll have a dig around and see what I've got, most of it is on an unplugged PC but i might as well put it there as a reminder of when the internet was good!

[TheRedPriest]

One might argue the internet was never good...  But sweet classic Matrix was certainly a reminder of when Mega Man didn't suck.

[Vinchenz Rock]

Oooh! It would be great to see the site again! It's been so long now, I can barely remember the content but I do remember reading a bunch of the pages a couple times.

[Xero]

Ah yes.  How I would love to reminisce about the day sof old, including the war between SDJ, Team Terror & Nall. The Deltanizations, etc.  Good times.   

[Winged Warrior]

I could be wrong, but I think the referred content was that of the game guides, movies, maps...  The like.

I think I remember having an art/fanart section too... 

^{Or maybe that was rez's site...}

[Panda]

There used to be a website? /s

[TheRedPriest]

I could be wrong, but I think the referred content was that of the game guides, movies, maps...  The like.

I think I remember having an art/fanart section too... 

^{Or maybe that was rez's site...}

Correct.  The guides and what not.

[SB]

Because the main site is long gone, I had to turn to Mandy Paugh's place for Classic information recently.

I feel as dirty as that statement sounds.

[TheRedPriest]

You poor, poor girl...

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABE!?  WHAT.  HAVE.  YOU.  DONE?

[Abominator]

Nooooo!

I'm sorry everyone

I wish I could retire and just make MMM all day...

[Mikero]

A little late but... The MMM guides alone would still get a lot of use today. I know there's a ton of guides for MM games out there but these were always OBJECTIVELY my favourite.

There was so much more attention put into them and the maps were gorgeous. A lot of sites just use .txt files and/or bad MS Paint but these would rival an Nintendo Power type zine in their overall look and use.

[TheRedPriest]

I know right?  I even wrote some for it.  I think.  It's been a LOOOONG time since that stuff was up.

[Abominator]

I just feel like these days people just want Youtube videos of everything...

[TheRedPriest]

And people want mobile "games" that make you pay to do every single thing that makes them playable.  People have ##### taste now.  In general.  It's really just gone back to how it was before gaming exploded.  People who like real games, still like them, but now there is this "fake gaming" culture of the mobile, microtransaction, dlc, digital only ##### that has become "gaming".  Hobbyists and people who like solidly designed games are back in the minority again, it's just that now we have this cancer that directly affects our hobby.

That doesn't mean the good stuff shouldn't be there for the people who enjoy and know how to appreciate it though.

[SB]

Seeing as Capcom USA JUST announced they're porting a new NES Classic set of the original 6 MM games with a slew of features to all the current major consoles AND PC, you MAY just want to consider slapping up those old guides once more.

http://www.rockman-corner.com/2015/06/mega-man-legacy-collection-announced.html

Your guides were the best, and I still remember bits of the help you gave when I replay classic games, like the enemies that love to jump out of pits. I say go for it, Abe, and reclaim some of that well deserved glory and respect you once had from the community abroad, since if you don't do it, who honestly will? GameFAQ guides? MMHP? Megaman Network or RPM?

I guarantee if you ask, every person that still lingers here will offer their support in one way or another, either through direct assistance, or at least through genuine cheers of excitement and encouragement.

[TheRedPriest]

...don't put words in my mouth.

[SB]

I apologize if I somehow displeased you with my statement, Rez, as that was not my intention.

I merely meant that in this day and age, people would likely be willing to extend an olive branch to assist through various means to help get the place up and running like the olden times, if Abe were to earnestly ask for some form of help. Perhaps simple things such as obtaining images from the games to remake the stage maps, to more complicated things, like getting the site remade in HTML 5 due to the amazing support and features it offers.

Maybe additional things such as Youtube guides isn't outside the realm of possibility either, since it was mentioned and now being used as an example. With a myriad of methods to capture gameplay these days through capture cards and other sources, it is easier than ever to make something like that. Some slight editing involved to put an overlay of the MMM logo possibly up where the score is on MM1, break it up to a stage by stage basis, figure out if you want voice over or annotations, and boom! Results are created.

I know it is in your nature to try to take the burden all by yourself, Abe, but I personally would like to think that the community you have fostered over all these years might finally be able to return some of that time and investment you've put out on your end.

You know, a more tangible way of saying "Thank you, MMM", if you will.

[TheRedPriest]

I think that went right over your head.

[Mikero]

This may just be taste, but seeing a map and reading the tips will always be better than a Youtube video to me.

It's like a recipe. If I follow a text recipe I never have an issue, but constantly stopping a video and going back to see what they did is, for me, counter-productive. It's not fun, it's just monkey see monkey do. At least with a guide you still have to do the thing, see the thing, etc. so they don't rob you of the gameplay, and they're just easier to look at while playing the game.

[TheRedPriest]

I do like both, but I'm a map and text guy at heart.

[Xitena]

Hey Abe, I know the site proper has been down for years, but seeing as how it's pretty unlikely we'll ever get another proper game, it kinda feels like it would be a good time to put everything back up and have it all as a nice "museum" for the series.  At least you wouldn't have to worry about updates once it's all back up!

Maybe its time to reborn.

[Winged Warrior]

We've got The Megaman Matrix at home.

[Snare]

We've got The Megaman Matrix at home.

Mega Man Matrix at Home = MMHP

[TheRedPriest]

You'd have been banned for that 15 years ago.

[Snare]

No no Rez, the format of the joke implies MMM is the brand name product that consumers know and love. MMHP is the knockoff product. Falls apart instantly and contains cadmium.

[TheRedPriest]

I can't hear you from inside the mauling tent.