A LOT of Updates

Posted by MetroidMaster1914 | 06-18-10 12:17 AM CST

Boy do I have a lot of stuff to announce/talk about today, so let's not waste time.

First off, the new fan game pages are finally done and live! aside from being the last part of the site to be upgraded to use our new backend system, they have a TON of new features. You can easily see the featured download for the fan game, view previous versions and old demos/engines, view extras, and see the current progress of the game. We are also introducing ratings, where you can rate a fan game on a simple 5-Metroid system, as well as extending our comments system to allow you to comment on fan games as well. Also, fan game creators can display custom coded sections on their page (leading to a separate page for it if they want). An example of this can be seen with Tetroid's High Score Table. Soon, we will start accepting new fan games to feature on the site (we really do need some <_<;), where, once approved, you can manage the page with an easy to use system yourself. More on that to come soon, but for now enjoy the new features on the current games.

Moving on...I have slightly tweaked the way that wallpapers and screenshots are viewed for games (and fan games or screenshots). Wallpapers now show a preview of two to begin with, and screenshots now show up in a site matching auto-sized popup. Also, the way video are displayed has been radically altered. As opposed to being shown as regular downloads, we now give you the option to download the video in the highest resolution we have, and all lower standard resolutions. All downloadable video sare in MP4 format, which is playable on just about every OS and media player. We also give the option, should you click on the thumbnail, to stream the video right here on MHQ, via our new YouTube channel.

...And last but not least, you have no doubt noticed by now the looming countdown atop MHQ, slowly but surely counting down to our 6th Anniversary. We have several things in store, some of which will be announced shortly.

Things are happening fast here at MHQ, and with E3 over now over, be sure to stick around MHQ for everything Metroid!

Posted by Bridger | 06-18-10 11:46 PM CST

Can Renegade get its own page on the fangames page when we have some viable screens and/or demo?

A LOT of Updates

Posted by MetroidMaster1914 | 06-18-10 12:17 AM CST

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Posted by Bridger | 06-18-10 11:46 PM CST