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Joined: Jan 23 2015 Posts: 2

I check this site every 1-3 years for new articles. It has probably been 5 years this time.

I was presently surprised that there were at least a couple articles in 2024.

Does anyone know how many active users are on here?
Is this just a forum that an grizzled group is using to crypto communicate?

Either way I've always loved it.

I'm even using a computer from like 2009 to go on here.

Anyone else share these vague feelings of nostalgia where they don't even need to accomplish anything in particular but just feel like it's this time frame?

The tabs on this browser loading slowly even please me.

Anyways. I'm from Canada.

Posted: Jan 11 2025 06:09 pm

Good to know, fellow Canuck. I'm basically keeping this place on life support, ironically by posting about the notable dead.

Posted: Jan 12 2025 02:48 pm

And we love you for it, Prime.

Posted: Jan 16 2025 06:35 pm

achap wrote:

Does anyone know how many active users are on here?

I check it once in a while. Mostly dead now, though.

Meanwhile I'm using a new laptop I got just a month ago to post this.

And I'm from the US (like a lot of us are).

If you want a more active version of the Syd Lexia community, there's the Discord server.

Title: Miss Madness 99 Joined: Sep 09 2012 Posts: 225

Our generation is slowly turning into what Gen X was to us growing up. We are no longer the prime generation anymore as of 2025. Gen X had to accept it and now it's our turn. it was hard for a few years as I found our culture was totally replaced by the ones who grew up on SpongeBob/Anime/Star Wars prequel. We are basically what they call in computers as legacy support. I mean I will be 42 in July but I honestly felt 24 for like 2 decades In my heart. This site kept that vibe going for a long time. We are still the same people but I think you get what I am saying.

I believe when Val Kilmer died it made me realize how much time has passed since our childhoods. 1995 was probably my favorite nostalgia year. That was the year of Batman Forever,Casper,Clueless.Mortal Kombat 3 was in the arcades and the first PlayStation would be king in 2 or 3 years. Gaming magazines were the rage and you were blessed to have a Friday at Pizza Hut and Blockbuster.

1988 is a close 2nd as that's the year I got my first NES. I got Zelda 2 and I was too stupid to figure out how to ever beat it. Whenever I want to go back to 1988 I watch Nightmare on Elm Street 4 or Phantasm II and remember how different society was back then. It truly was.

I still have my Wii with the Nes emulator in case I ever get the itch. The top Nes game list will never "looe" it's magic. Also thanks to Syd for dropping by with the updates and recent posts.

It is now our responsibility to be like those faceless nes Japanese programmers who tirelessly did everything to make our childhoods so good. It's our duty to make future generations happy like the ones before us did even if we can't be as happy with some things as we use to.

https://youtu.be/gNcIAC30mWI?si=TcY9cs76Pe9gntMt