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Archived Site News
This is the archive
of all past ClassicPlastic.net site news. The site news updates
are
related to the central hub itself and any other important
updates.
Please note that many parts of ClassicPlastic.net have their own news
archives,
these are simply the updates that are found on the main page in the
past,
the ones that deal with the entire site itself.
Archived Site
News After 2013 News Format Change:
04/25/2021: The Gamers
Helpline
has had an update to the Tomy Tutor / Pyuuta Cartridge Archival
Set.
In addition to adding a missing BIOS file, the documentation has been
expanded and some housekeeping has been performed to the archive.
Additionally,
apologies for the news updates not being posted as frequently as they
have been actually occurring.
10/24/2020: Today David's
Video Game Insanity
begins to transition to a limited archive as many site features have
been removed. Much of the site that was still active / frequented
will be spun off into separate subsites that will be hosted here on the
main hub. Things have changed a lot over the past six or so years
at DVGI and the time has come to finally begin to close it down and
reinvest its content into other areas of the site.
07/10/2020: Sixteen years
ago today, ClassicPlastic.net
officially went
online. Site features are continuing to be consolidated although
the roll out has been much slower than anticipated, especially with how
strange this year has been thus far. That said, we're still here,
still active, and still responding to all inquires. Thank you for
sixteen outstanding years!
07/02/2020: The
Twenty-Seventh Issue of The Retrogaming Times,
hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
11/09/2019: The
Twenty-Third Issue of The Retrogaming Times,
hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
07/10/2019:
Fifteen years ago today,
ClassicPlastic.net officially went online. Things have changed a
lot since then, both concerning the World Wide Web and myself.
Site activity these days primarily occurs within The Retrogaming Times,
which is hosted here as a separate entity. For many years David's
Video Game Insanity was the flagship of the site but as my collecting
sensibilities changed, emphasizing playing video games over collecting
/ buying them, it really has become a ghost town over there. When
The Retrogaming Times re-launched in 2016, it became clear that it was
a better stage for nearly all my video game focused content going
forward. Eventually I'd like to re-visit and re-review everything
previously covered at DVGI for fresh publication in The Retrogaming
Times. DVGI will eventually become a content archive, with the
larger features broken out to their own sub-sections here (pachinko for
instance), and the ownership database lists removed as they're no
longer current or relevant. These changes are all coming but they
are the lowest site priority at the moment.
Additionally I'm
still working on overhauling Davy's Anime Archives and
replacing it with a cosplay / general Japanese entertainment
page. A rekindled and expanded interest in that is honestly what
has replaced the game collector in me, although I still play way more
games these days then I ever did during the second-hand game sales boom
era.
However the site
focus will remain on what has always been its core:
fun. Thank you for fifteen amazing years, doubly so for the
people who pop in here on a regular basis to see if ol' InsaneDavid
finally cashed this place out.
07/01/2019: The
Twenty-First Issue of The Retrogaming Times,
hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
02/18/2019:
Index updates have been few and far between but previous discussed
projects
are still in work. The
Retrogaming Times continues to meet its bi-monthly release schedule
and 2019 will begin our fourth year since returning to publication.
Davy's
Anime Archives (currently offline) is still the first section of the
site
slated for complete overhaul and replacement. That's still in
process.
After that, David's Video Game Insanity will begin its rework as it
becomes
an archive as reviews are revisited for inclusion in The Retrogaming
Times
as new content. As I have said in the past, I own so much less
video
game stuff these days, and DVGI was primarily a database during the
boom
era of second-hand video game sales (yard sales, flea markets).
The
lists there will be removed with the rest of the content (reviews,
editorials,
tutorials, etc.) left in place as an archive.
07/10/2018:
Today marks the 14th anniversary of ClassicPlastic.net! This day
also brings with it some much needed alterations to the main
index.
The last remnants of the ClassicPlastic.network have been removed, an
idea
that never really got going. Additionally the video programming
directory
has been changed to reflect all video programming on the InsaneDavid
YouTube
channel, as again the bi-weekly show never really got going.
Davy's
Anime Archives has been taken offline as I've once again decided to
change
focus there. A new cosplay-specific section is in the works, a
counterpart
to the Facebook page I've maintained on the subject for a couple years
now. The old Davy's Anime Archives review content (itself that
never
got going) will reemerge over there as it's all related. Once the
cosplay section is up and running, it will replace the Anime Archives
completely.
Pretty
much everything else is in a holding pattern during the
reorganization.
Bob Seger Thursdays will be returning as YouTube has changed how it
handles
music copyright and licensing, restoring a lot of music to official
uploads.
Additionally
the fifteenth issue of The
Retrogaming Times, which ClassicPlastic.net hosts, has been
published.
Thank
you for fourteen wonderful years at ClassicPlastic.net - although our
presentation
has changed many times, our focus remains the same - fun.
04/09/2018:
Still catching up to get site features up to date. Classic
Plastic
video programming should be reworked sometime this week to the new
archive.
Additionally Davy's Anime Archives will have its reformat completed
within
the next two weeks as well. This time of the year my focus is
more
on the upcoming local anime convention and cosplay work.
03/03/2018:
We've been lagging behind with keeping the index updated lately.
Huge apologies for that. As more attention is paid to The
Retrogaming
Times, there has been less of a push to develop content for David's
Video
Game Insanity. This is a good thing however, as in turn it means
the content will reach more people. Even the master list section
of DVGI needs to be retooled as I've massively reduced the amount of my
gaming inventory over the years, preferring to move to flash cartridges.
Unfortunately this
update is to talk about more stuff that is going to be removed.
Essentially
the Classic Plastic video programming will be removed shortly and
reworked
into an index of InsaneDavid's YouTube content. Classic Plastic
The
Show never really had the push behind it that it needed and the desire
to make more of what it is really isn't there. Davy's Anime
Archives
is still in a period of transition and I do believe it'll become more
of
an otaku blog of sorts more than anything else. It'll still be a
plain html page because I like the full and simple control, but will be
more along the lines of general content and musings.
Bob Seger Thursdays
is slated to come back as the YouTube blocking of most of Mr. Seger's
music
seems to have eased up. Although an attempt will be made, it may
not occur every week, but it should get rolling with more regularity.
But it's not all
sadness and changes. The thirteenth issue of The
Retrogaming Times, hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been
published.
Go check it out as The Retrogaming Times staff has put together an
excellent
issue as always.
08/18/2017:
Some changes to the main index here as the long defunct chat room link
has been removed. Additionally we've backed away from an
interconnected
link exchange with other sites. The site FAQ will be updated to
reflect
this change shortly.
07/27/2017:
We've been playing a bit of catch-up around here lately. The main
index here and our flagship sites have been pretty dead as of
late.
This is mainly due to a number of special projects pulling away from
writing
time. Additionally when there is time to focus it tends to go
into
columns for The Retrogaming Times. I still plan on reworking the
Anime Archives heavily but haven't really gotten anything going on that
front. Additionally the 18th anniversary of Sailor Senshi
Sanctuary
is this month! I still have plans for a few things but then that
site will go back into a holding pattern - which is kind of the point
of
it anyway.
I also have a new
project that will be launching in a couple weeks. It will be
hosted
externally but an archive will be kept here. More on that after
it
gets going.
07/01/2017:
The ninth issue of The
Retrogaming
Times, hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
01/07/2017:
The sixth issue of The
Retrogaming
Times, hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
The end of 2016 was
a pretty busy mess so other hosted sites were neglected. Some new
year housekeeping will be done on many of them in the coming week, with
the changes to
Davy's Anime Archives rolling
out first. This is basically a complete change of that site's
focus
so it will take a little time to settle into a routine. Most of
the
game lists at David's
Video
Game Insanity are incredibly out of date as collecting tastes have
changed so that should be updated soon as well. Reviews there
have
nearly come to a halt as when push comes to shove the same developed
content
would reach more people in The Retrogaming Times, so that's where most
of the work has been done. Reviews will still be published at
DVGI
but an expectation of regular updates there at this time simply isn't
feasible.
The push for 2017
is to get back to weekly content updates, no matter how small, within
at
least one hosted site.
09/04/2016:
Today the Tomy Tutor / Tomy Pyuuta Cartridge Archival Set - Release 5
has
been uploaded. This is a big one as at this time every
commercially
released Tutor and Pyuuta game has been archived and their ROM dumps
are
included in the Release 5 package. Head over to the Gamers
Helpline to read the documentation and download the package.
09/01/2016:
The fourth issue of The
Retrogaming
Times, hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
07/02/2016:
The third issue of The
Retrogaming
Times, hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
Additionally
the Friday night chat room has been disabled and will be disabled
permanently.
There are a couple reasons for this, first being that I don't have the
availability to be in there as I would like and the other is that the
system
for it isn't as robust as I would like. The changes and updates
to
Davy's
Anime Archives haven't happened yet but are in work.
05/09/2016:
Over the next few days Davy's Anime Archives
will be given a fresh overhaul with a change in direction. A
couple
years ago the intention was to gravitate toward it primarily becoming a
cosplay information repository. This was actually well under way
and David wrote a ton about his Taizo Hori (Dig Dug) and Masuyo Tobi
(Baraduke)
cosplay, which premiered in 2014. However as the massive page got
further and further underway, a step was taken back and the realization
was made that no one would want to read all of that. The new idea
is to break that massive feature down into smaller stories about
individual
parts of different cosplay. Anime reviews and rants will also
start
to show up there, hopefully. A crazy thing about all that,
especially
cosplay, is available time is generally spent working on the hobby -
rather
than documenting personal occurances with the hobby. The
animation
cel archives will also be removed as they are so out of date.
05/01/2016:
Some minor indexing changes and updates over at David's
Video Game Insanity have been completed. Additionally the
second
issue of The Retrogaming
Times,
hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, has been published.
04/28/2016:
A very important Bob Seger Thursdays
update as that part of the site looks at the possibility of shutting
down.
04/07/2016:
I looked in Miami, I looked in Negril... but I should have looked at Bob
Seger Thursdays. Remember this Thursday and EVERY Thursday is Bob
Seger
Thursday at ClassicPlastic.net! This week: The Famous Final
Scene,
from Night Moves (1978).
03/03/2016:
Gaze
upon the Sunburst over at Bob Seger
Thursdays.
02/29/2016: A
quick
catch-up. Bob Seger Thursdays returns THIS Thursday.
Additionally
the first issue of The
Retrogaming
Times, hosted at ClassicPlastic.net, launches late tonight!
Look
for site wide spiffs, fixes and updates this week.
01/24/2016:
The Tomy
Tutor / Tomy Pyuuta Cartridge Archival Set has been upgraded once more,
to Release 4. It can be found over at the Gamers
Helpline. This update actually removes the scans and pictures
from the previous release as they are not up to the quality that the
project
aims to present.
01/11/2016:
The Tomy
Tutor / Tomy Pyuuta Cartridge Archival Set has been upgraded yet again,
to Release 3. It can be found over at the Gamers
Helpline. Although Release 2 was uploaded just yesterday,
Release
3 adds six new cartridge images and a whole bunch of scans and
pictures.
Cartridge images included this time are some of the hard to find ones
such
as Mystery Gold, Mr. Do!, Triple Command, Rescue Copter and more!
I don't expect this release to be overtaken for awhile as the remaining
cartridges are some of the more difficult to obtain.
01/10/2016:
Looks
like 2015 screamed right by without much content here at all.
Before
anything else, there is a big update today. The Tomy Tutor / Tomy
Pyuuta Cartridge Archival Set has been upgraded to Release 2. It
can be found over at the Gamers Helpline.
Release 2 adds four new cartridge images including the elusive Don
Pan.
We're getting closer to a full cartridge set all the time.
As for the site itself,
over the next few weeks David's Video Game Insanity will have the
general
new year housekeeping taken care of as well as some heavy game list
changes
as a lot of games were sold off in late 2015. Things have been
extremely
hectic and busy around here and that doesn't look like it's going to
subside
until into February. At that point it'll be time for career
changes
and a whole pile of other stuff that will more than likely take away
from
time here. I do want to state that ClassicPlastic.net isn't going
anywhere and while I have ideas for fresh content, at this time I
simply
don't have the time to bring them to fruition. These breaks in
content
updates seem to be getting wider and wider and all I can say is that it
is my goal to, at the very least, get updates to be more meaty and more
frequent.
05/07/2015:
Bob
Seger Thursdays is Comin' Home after months of inactivity.
05/02/2015: Things
got a little odd for ClassicPlastic.net for awhile there but we are
back.
The contributing factors to the time away are too widespread and
uninteresting
to dwell on so instead let's just jump right back in to the day to day
around here! David's Video Game Insanity
has had the long overdue year end housekeeping complete as well as the
game lists updated. Gamers Helpline
has had some retrofits. Film Bias
reviews Furious 7 and has also had some retrofits. Friday Night
Chats
will resume 5/8. Other parts of the site are still awaiting
overhaul
and update but will be updated soon. Additionally the general
weekly
content updates will begin to resume next Thursday.
09/18/2014:
Accomp'ny
yourself over to Bob Seger Thursdays.
09/04/2014:
Think
about things 20 Years From Now at
Bob Seger
Thursdays.
08/01/2014:
Previously
announced updates to the Anime Archives have been put on hold as the
new
addition is being expanded and spun off into its own feature
site.
Hopefully that will be up shortly.
07/31/2014:
Head
up to those high rollin' hills with Hollywood Nights at
Bob
Seger Thursdays.
07/24/2014: Oh
blame
it on midnight with Shame On The Moon at
Bob
Seger Thursdays. Anime Archives updates coming this
weekend.
DVGI images update coming tomorrow.
07/10/2014:
Ten years
ago today I made the first content upload to www.classicplastic.net, a
central hub and new home for my handful of web pages that survived the
end of free webpage hosting at the start of the 21st Century. If
I could go back and do it all over again, the only change I would make
would be to update the site more often. Within the past few years
Sailor
Senshi Sanctuary (SSS) was revived and restored here at
ClassicPlastic.net.
SSS was my first real website, created five years before
ClassicPlastic.net
was established, and having it back has meant more to me than I think
anyone
could realize. Sure it's old and not very useful these days but
it
lives on as a part of my past that I can visit at my leisure.
Also,
yes, it will be updated again this year.
Bob
Seger Thursdays was created over a year ago to ensure that my goal
of weekly content updates would be met and for the most part it has
done
just that. Davy's
Anime
Archives are currently being retooled and feature a new cosplay
section,
which went live today, as I get back into the hobby. Film
Bias was a much needed addition that gave me some space to write
about
something other than gaming during a period where I was feeling burned
out. Film Bias is also currently being slightly retooled to
ensure
more frequent updates. Gamer's
Helpline serves a dual purpose. First was a place to upload
secrets
and hints as I either found or used them in games as the forums I once
frequented for such are no longer used much. Second as a place to
offer important files, similar to the old Programs / Utilities section
from back when ClassicPlastic.net first started.
However,
David's
Video Game Insanity continues to be the spotlight feature
here.
I still get e-mails about once a week about a feature or other
information
at DVGI. With my retirement from writing for Retrogaming Times
Monthly,
DVGI should get a lot more content going forward. On this day my
RTM articles archive is now 100% caught up with everything I ever
submitted
to the newsletter. I wish nothing but the best for the
continuation
of RTM but I really need to step away for awhile until a better
publishing
structure is implemented there.
Thank you very much
to everyone who has visited ClassicPlastic.net over the past ten
years.
You are the reason the site continues to operate.
With that, I leave
with the last thing I wrote on the first day of ClassicPlastic.net's
operation
- "ClassicPlastic.net is continuously updated and added to, please make
sure to bookmark this main page and return soon!"
07/03/2014: It
Seems
Real At The Time over at
Bob Seger Thursdays.
06/19/2014:
Like
A Rock,
Bob Seger Thursdays returns.
05/15/2014:
Bob
Seger Thursdays updates every week! Our apologies for not updating
the main index the last couple of times.
04/17/2014:
Bob
Seger Thursdays returns with Blind Love off The Fire Inside.
04/03/2014:
Bob
Seger Thursdays features We've Got Tonight.
03/20/2014:
Try to
catch up with Sunspot Baby, over at
Bob Seger
Thursdays.
03/13/2014:
Bob
Seger Thursdays finally returns after a series of unexpected delays.
02/20/2014:
The title
track off Back in '72, this week atBob
Seger
Thursdays.
02/13/2014:
Unreleased
for many years, it's Bob Seger's cover of Downtown Train at
Bob
Seger Thursdays.
02/06/2014:
Rare
track off a rare album, it's Cross of Gold at Bob
Seger Thursdays.
01/30/2014:
We've
got a Fine Memory for you over at Bob
Seger
Thursdays, a day late due to an uploading issue.
01/23/2014:
I've
Been Working goes up for a spin at Bob
Seger
Thursdays.
01/16/2014:
Time
for some Little Victories at Bob Seger
Thursdays.
01/12/2014:
King
Salmon "The Big Catch" for Sega Genesis has been reviewed over at
DVGI.
Will Hot-B's second deviation from their bass fishing formula yield a
game
as enjoyable as The Blue Marlin?
01/09/2014:
Betty
Lou is gettin' out and gettin' down over at Bob
Seger Thursdays.
01/04/2014:
Film
Bias reviews Apollo 18, Rampart, and The Lone Ranger.
01/03/2014:
General
housekeeping as we roll over into 2014. Content was light through
the end of 2013 but some new things are on the way. Friday Night
Chats resume next Friday, 1/10/14 - come join us!
01/02/2014:
The new
year begins for Bob Seger Thursdays
with
James, Jesse off Smokin' O.P.'s (1972).
09/29/2013: If
you
haven't noticed, Bob Seger Thursdays
has returned after a scheduled hiatus.
07/28/2013:
The video
game section at Sailor
Senshi Sanctuary has been completely revamped with new content and
additional downloads.
06/30/2013:
Film
Bias reviews Glengarry Glen Ross, Street Fighter, Hot Coffee, The
Game,
F/X, and Barton Fink. Friday Night Chat for this week and the
week
after has been canceled due to the holiday weekend and California
Extreme
arcade show the weekend after. It will return on 7/19.
05/17/2013:
Film
Bias reviews Iron Man 3. Friday Night Chat for tonight has
been
canceled. It will be canceled for next week as well due to
FanimeCon
2013 but will return on 5/31.
05/05/2013:
DVGI
image archives have been updated to include better navigation as well
as
new images. This will allow image updates to be completed easier
which means a greater frequency of updates. Additionally this
update
marks a change at ClassicPlastic.net - namely that we are going to
attempt
some kind of new content be posted every week at one of our hosted
sites.
It may be a review at DVGI, maybe some scans at Sailor Senshi
Sanctuary,
maybe something at Film Bias or the Anime Archives. Either way,
every
week there will be new content here in addition to the weekly Bob Seger
Thursdays update. This main index area will also be updated to
reflect
where the new content is. So check back every week, right here,
to
see what's new!
04/28/2013:
Season three of our video program, Classic
Plastic, has been posted. The format should remain the same
throughout
this year with the same equipment for the foreseeable future.
Friday
Night Chats return starting on May 3rd from 9:00 pm - 9:45 pm Pacific.
See you there!
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