So... yeah...hi again after 20 something years

[ricweb]

Hello everybody.
My name is Ric aka RicWeb, aka Ric da Goomba, aka Ric da Koopa.
Some oldtimers here might remember me from way back in 2000 to around 2003 when I made some effort in joining in on webhosting en troubleshooting here and there.
I never managed to make a full game but had some side projects.
When 2003 came and went my life did a 360 and I just did'nt have time for MFGG or almost any hobbie what so ever.
I hade several jobs amon having my own graphical design and signing company with my dad, after that the same for a boss for 12 years.
Even had a small arcade cabinet business on the side, so gaming never left my body.
In the recent years I started remembering te joy of having hobbies and got into game collecting and I have a decent collection of NES, SNES, GB and Atari.

About three weeks ago me and buddy were making music with Ai and I began uploading videos with music wich is small success.
When browsing Youtube I came along avideo of AntDude in wich he goes indepth about Mario Fan Games.
And what do you know... there he mentions MFGG, so my curiosity peaked as I did'nt know the site was still active in recent years.
Among the reactions I saw someone saying he was active of MFGG since the early days and was sorry for making the game Yoshi Gone MFGG.
The man in question was DJ Yoshiman
He remembered me after all these years!!!
He reminded me of the fun and strugles we had back then and my curiosity peaked again.
I registered on the site and the forum, searched for my name and found it in the "I Miss" section

But for my biggest reveal..... I found my personal archive with hundred if not a thousand files of MFGG members from around 1999 to 2003.
This includes, full games, demos, spritelibs, music and sounds.
All for the old programs Klik&Play, The Games Factory and Multimedia Fusion.

I will setup either a Windows XP virtual machine to make everything work or use an old computer I have laying around.
Most files are ready to load but the majority are setups for Windows XP.

So I might spam you all in due time with my finds..

DJ Yoshiman thank you for reminding me that great time and hopefully more to come and VinnyVideo already thank you for welcoming me back

[Gate]

Welcome back to the forums :3

"shy guys are wall plugs confirmed" - Vitiman on Club Saturn Ex

[VinnyVideo]

Hey, welcome back! It's always really cool to see members from MFGG's early years return. I first discovered MFGG a little after you left, so I'd never gotten to talk to you. It sounds like you've been doing some interesting things!

Yoshi Gone MFGG is not a very good game, but I am glad that it happened! Fun Fact: Yoshi Gone MFGG is the very first game on the MFGG mainsite, sorted by submission ID.

I'd love to check out your archive of MFGG's early years when you get a chance! I think a lot of other MFGGers would find your archive interesting as well.

Let me know if you need any help figuring out how to share your collection, or if you have questions about getting things running. I know there's plenty of people here who'd be able to help.

Course clear! You got a card.

[fireball3k]

welcome back to the forums, ric

i would absolutely be interested in seeing what all you've got archived from the classic days.

[GeneralGuy]

Welcome back, Ricweb!

[ricweb]

Thank you already.
I made a test Youtube account "Retro MFGG" and just uploaded a test video.
It is uncanny, clunky and my mic sounds really bad but I will fine tune it if people want to see more.Castlevania inspired Hardstyle song

Youtube

Please look in to it and if you want to see more let me know and if you have questions or requests give me a hollah.

[Kritter]

Howdy old timer!

Great to see someone digging up relics of the past. Still a golden age of fan game creation in my opinion, they were never amazing games by any stretch of the imagination but everyone tried their best, brought together by common interests and a love of all things Mario, and each one was full of hopes and dreams. Or at least that's how I saw it.

[VinnyVideo]

Thanks for sharing that video - that was really cool! Some of the games in your archive are available on the MFGG mainsite, but there's a lot of stuff that isn't available anywhere on MFGG.

Investing in a more modern microphone might be a good idea, but I could understand what you were saying.

I'd love to see more!

Course clear! You got a card.

[ricweb]

Busy times behind me and busy times to come.
I don't want to waste anybodies time by waiting for me to sort all the files.
I have uploaded them to a Google Drive for everybody to see and download.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...drive_link

Enjoy.