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March 3, 1999. Wow.
20 years ago, shivaSite became a pinball website. Hard to believe it was that long, and everything has changed so much since then. At that time, the industry was pretty much dead, there was no VP,or VPinmame, or ipdb. I founded the site because I just didn't want pinball to die, and never did I ever dream that things would turn around the way things have.
All I had was a small little program called wpcmame, and absolutely no skills. I was able to find the initial wpc roms, ended up working with Randy, watched the community explode (literally several times) and now see 2 strong editors, a commercial industry that is thriving, and new blood moving into the game because it's a lot more exciting than shooting a bunch of little dots on a screen.
Though shivaSite is long gone, it still exists, at least in the past. A lot of the content from shivaSite ended up forming the base of IPDB when it restarted. I still see old resources floating around, and that makes me so happy that people still use them. It was always about the game itself, and the love we all have for the game that is the important thing, the reason for being.
But the past is over, it's time to continue to move towards the future, to strike new ground. VR, holograms, lord knows what is coming. A exciting future awaits, and I for one can't wait.
Thank you all for the wonderful memories.
20 years ago, shivaSite became a pinball website. Hard to believe it was that long, and everything has changed so much since then. At that time, the industry was pretty much dead, there was no VP,or VPinmame, or ipdb. I founded the site because I just didn't want pinball to die, and never did I ever dream that things would turn around the way things have.
All I had was a small little program called wpcmame, and absolutely no skills. I was able to find the initial wpc roms, ended up working with Randy, watched the community explode (literally several times) and now see 2 strong editors, a commercial industry that is thriving, and new blood moving into the game because it's a lot more exciting than shooting a bunch of little dots on a screen.
Though shivaSite is long gone, it still exists, at least in the past. A lot of the content from shivaSite ended up forming the base of IPDB when it restarted. I still see old resources floating around, and that makes me so happy that people still use them. It was always about the game itself, and the love we all have for the game that is the important thing, the reason for being.
But the past is over, it's time to continue to move towards the future, to strike new ground. VR, holograms, lord knows what is coming. A exciting future awaits, and I for one can't wait.
Thank you all for the wonderful memories.