Worst NES Site

By: Mike
Before starting with this rant, I just want to say that I appreciate all NES websites on the ‘net. You could have a Geocities site of only one page, that of which containing a big kitten in the center, and only the words: “I love the NES!” on it. I would still respect it because that’s what the internet is all about: sharing ideas and feelings. No matter how small or big, every site has something special.

Now that I have said that, I am going to totally contradict myself and rip a part one site in particular that I consider to be the worst NES site ever. No names will be mentioned and the web address is blurred to protect the innocent. (If you do happen to stumble across this site, good for you.)


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The first screen I captured is of the opening page introducing the site. Looks fairly normal and perhaps even professional, right? However, upon further investigation, it turns out that both the background and sprite have been ripped off of other NES sites without any credit given. I couldn’t think of something worse as a webmaster than spending a good amount of time saving a .pcx from NESticle, editing it, putting into an animated Gif program, and edit some more only for it to be stolen by a single right click.

The second thing I see wrong, and which bugs the hell outta me, is the spelling. I know that nobody’s perfect, and I too have a few spread across my site, but nothing this bad or outrageously obvious. Where is the PUNCUATION, huh!?

“we are about the classic gameing system Nes I hope you enjoy your stay at memorie lain ( for the older ones) note: we do not sport regular nintendo roms we here think they suck”

The thing that scares me the most is knowing that the webmaster is 14 years old. This is what happens when you elect a C- Republican president into office to take care of our nation’s educational system. PAH-ZING!


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Take a look at the second screen-shot. Lookee here, more things I despise on websites. Spelling and grammar mistakes galore, check. Incoherent blabbering, check.

English lessons aside, the most important thing about a site is ..well.. the site. That is, I meant to say, the content. Since there is a vast array of NES fan sites on the internet as it is now, it is essential you include things that cannot be seen elsewhere to bring in and hold on to an audience. By the looks of it, the creator has strove to meet the complete opposite. Instead, there is yet another codes section and the two most popular games in Nintendo’s history (Zelda and SMB) have shrines. ‘Tis a shame, ain’t it, Tiny Tim? Cratchit works on Christmas morning.

The next thing that I would like to point out is the second most important aspect of a site: updates. A lot of pages suffer from this problem, and I’m sure I’ll soon eventually fall into a slump some time in the future. Case and point: the last time the webmaster updated was December 18, 200. Damn! The year 200! That’s even before Columbus sailed to America! (Please excuse my blatant sarcasm. I blame it on the modern sitcom. Damn those instantaneous laugh tracks and the Jewish producers who write them!)

Any one update that takes more than 3 months to upload better be twenty copies of the library of congress on a 56k modem.


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So now I bring you to the third, and final, screen I have under display. No surprises here, there are more misspellings, but hold up. Is this is the actual content of the site? Codes are on many other sites, but I guess he wanted to include them anyway (like I have a instructions section, etc.), so let’s check out them.

Hm.

Interesting. I keep clicking on a game and I don’t see any codes. (Da-da-da-da-da-daaaa… SARCASM!) What’s the point of having a code section if there ARE NO CODES? And if this part of the website is under construction, a helpful: UNDER CONSTRUCTION text would be nice. Or better yet. WORK ON IT AND THEN UPLOAD THE PAGE BEFORE YOU MENTION IT.

Let’s skip to my final thought of the day: If you are going to make a site, make one! Pat yourself on the back and take others’ opinions with a fine comb. If you like your site, good for you! But, if you want other people to give it the same praise as you do, try to do the complete opposite of everything above.