Category: Site History

  • Site Down (Again)

    The site was completely down yesterday (yet again). The server had a blown raid drive and the hosting company, while working hard to fix it, has no contingency plan, so we were S.O.L. for about 20 hours. This seems to happen with large traffic increases to the site, but not…

  • Site Updates: Free Music and Retro Games!

    We have been working over the past few weeks to figure out what the future-state will be for http://www.8bitrocket.com.  We have tried out several different blogs, dabbled in Mid-Core Gaming and other features, but everything seems to lead back to the same place:  Flash Game Development and Retro Games. For this…

  • Site Down This Morning

    We’re not sure why, but the site has been down all morning. The hosting company was finally able to fix it, but we don’t have an explanation as to why it occurred. We are using .net 2.0 and share an application pool with other sites on the same server, it…

  • 8bitrocket Pumpkinman goes gold!

    I am proud to announce the release of 8bitrocket Pumpkinman! From the insane minds that brought the web Retroblaster, Space Eggs, and Home Computer Wars, we bring you more retro-upgraded mad fun with Pumpkinman. Princess Pumpkin has been kidnapped by the evil Gourdon Gruesome. He has hidden her 30 levels…

  • 8bitrocket.com Home Computer Wars: Alpha Mission Launches

    Home Computer Wars: Alpha Mission is part 1 of a game that started as a series of lessons for Mochiland.com to help teach new Flash game programmers the structure of creating a game. The game is inspired by Coke exclusive game Pepsi Invaders for the Atari 2600. That game was…

  • 8bitrocket.com Blog Comments Engine (Beta)

    So, if you didn’t know, we at 8bitrocket.com are very stubborn.  When we started this site we wanted to write all the software ourselves, which meant that many “standard” features of normal sites were left TBD.  One of the major thing missing from our blog engine was the ability to…

  • West Coast Loss is East Coast Gain

    In a few days, our good friend and fellow game programming/playing guru, Alan Donnelly will be packing up his life (and his wife, Katie) and moving back home to the East Coast. It is a sad loss for more than personal reasons because our day job game development team has…

  • Merry Christmas From 8bitrocket.com!

    Merry Christmas from 8bitrocket.com!  We hope you get (and give) all the great games that you and everyone you know wants this year.  Have a peaceful and safe holiday season (no matter what you celebrate), and be sure to tune-in in 2008 for more games, more tutorials, and more gaming memories…

  • 8bitrocket.com One Year Anniversary

    Our one year anniversary has come and gone, and I just wanted to mark the occasion with a list of the significant stats for our humble little retro game programming and appreciation site. From December 14 2006 until Dec 14 2007: 1. Page Views: 129,911 2.Visits: 64,702 3. Alexa Ranking:…