Q:  What the hell is "classic plastic" exactly?
A:  The name of my site, naa.. actually "classic plastic" is a term that never really caught on in the mainstream.  Basically classic plastic is what classic video game cartridges are refereed to in certain circles, most usually the NES, SNES, and Sega Master System.  Technically everything from the Atari 2600 up until the N64 could be referred to as "classic plastic" but for the most part it's reserved for the 8 bit systems, especially the NES since the cartridges are more plastic than parts.  (open one up sometime if that doesn't make sense)

Q:  When was ClassicPlastic.net established?
A:  Technically July 10th, 2004 was the official date that something was up here.  However ClassicPlastic.net is actually the continuation of a site I had been running for over three years, David's Video Game Insanity!! (DVGI)  I had multiple web projects and when it came time to pick a URL I decided that I would go the route of having a central hub and then simply have DVGI be the largest part of it.

Q:  Then what is ClassicPlastic.net?
A:  For the most part, just what I said above, a central hub for my other stuff all hosted in the same place.  Currently it is made up of David's Video Game Insanity, Davy's Anime Archives, Star Tours Info, Built For Speed: the unofficial Stray Cats lyrics archive, the archive of Jupiter Games Ltd, and the 8 Bit Flashback information archive.  I also have a few other small things located here.  I may add more features over time, which is why having everything localized at ClassicPlastic.net makes things a lot easier than having multiple URL's.  However mostly everything you find here will have something to do with video games and pop culture.  You can also find the link to my blog on commentary on the video game industry from my perspective.  In other words, just remember ClassicPlastic.net for all your gaming pop culture needs!

Q:  I noticed that your site news hasn't changed for awhile, is your site dead already?
A:  No no no, I simply only update the ClassicPlastic.net site news when there's something new that effects the entire site or the site's core.  I continuously update David's Video Game Insanity as well as the other parts of the site as needed.  David's Video Game Insanity gets the most attention and it has it's own information update area.  There is also an individual FAQ file for David's Video Game Insanity as well.

Q:  Did you do any other large scale web sites prior to ClassicPlastic.net?
A:  Actually, yes, a few.  The most well known being the original Sailor Senshi Sanctuary, a massive archive of the uber popular Sailormoon anime franchise I began way back in the spring of 1999.  At its height it contained over 430MB of quality data - images, video, video games, image scans, toy information and pictures, a Sailormoon items online classified ads section, music, reviews, Sailormoon news, translations, a weekly updated audio program, and more.  This site was made possible back when hosting solutions such as Xoom.com (which became NBCi.com) offered unlimited webspace for free.  Of course we all knew it wouldn't last and eventually when the hosting went away so did SSS.  (as well as a lot of other great sites and data archives, especially the majority of console emulation sites that were hosted under Xoom)

After multiple attempts to restart Sailor Senshi Sanctuary using the limited space and advertisement heavy hosting that remained, I finally pulled the plug on a site I simply loved creating and maintaining.  Even though I could easily rebuild SSS, the bandwidth costs is where the big problem would come into play.  I had a LOT of downloadable content and my weekly streaming audio program "77 Seconds of Sailor Senshi Sanctuary" so I really don't see it coming back in its original form anytime soon.

In December of 2004 I attempted to relaunch a truncated version of Sailor Senshi Sanctuary, however the rush of users to the returning site caused my monthly bandwidth allocation to be exhausted in less than a week.  This in turn caused ClassicPlastic.net to be suspended until the next month rolled around.  When I finally did gain access to the site again I had no choice but to once more remove Sailor Senshi Sanctuary.  As it stands now I have all the original content archived offsite (in its last limited incarnation, however all the content is still there and can be amended one day) and eventually plan on having it return at the level it once was... especially with TOEI pretty much ditching the whole franchise (including video / DVD releases and re-releases) so they can pump all their resources into the sub-par live action series which really never had a shot at international release.  Currently I'm aiming for July 18th of 2006, which would also be the seven year anniversary of Sailor Senshi Sanctuary, as the relaunch date.

Here are two of my favorite link banners I did years ago when SSS was at its height...

Q:  How long do you plan on maintaining ClassicPlastic.net?
A:  Indefinitely.  Features may come and go but I plan on having ClassicPlastic.net around for a long, long, long time.  Additionally David's Video Game Insanity will probably stick around as well.  David's Video Game Insanity is actually the natural progression of a number of small sites/pages from over the past seven or so years - InsaneDavid's Totally Twisted Web Page, Dave's Jaguar Pages, David's Master List, 8 Bit Rarities, Memories From Beyond The Bargain Bin, Atari Arena, Emulation Station Nation, MIDI Madness, David's Anime Archives, Davy's Game Listings and finally David's Master List Redux.  I suppose one could say I had been leading up to this for quite some time.
 

If you have any other questions or just want more information in general, please e-mail me at insanedavid@classicplastic.net and I'll be sure to get back to you!