The world's first Keen fansite (from 1996!)

Grandy02 · Post by **Grandy02** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 14:12

According to the old CC314, "Arthur's 'Unofficial' Keen Page" was the first Keen fansite to ever be created. The link there is dead, of course, but fragments of the site do still exist in the Internet Archive - with the hint "Last Updated 01-11-96".

The actual fansite
Arthur's Home Page with a hint on this site

I know, it isn't that much left, but it's still a saved historical piece of Keen history!

Post by **KeenRush** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 16:20

Cool. I somehow remember seeing a version of it with working graphics...

Didn't know this was the first, though. Man, that time was a long ago...

Djaser · Post by **Djaser** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 17:24

I don't remember that website and I visited all that existed before I joined the PCKF back in early 2002.

GolfHacker · Post by **GolfHacker** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 17:48

Whatever happened to http://www.keengalaxy.com? That was a great fan site, but hasn't been around for a year or so.

Grandy02 · Post by **Grandy02** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 17:51

Djaser wrote:I don't remember that website and I visited all that existed before I joined the PCKF back in early 2002.

Maybe it was already dead when you started visiting.

ckguy · Post by **ckguy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 19:14

Holy crap. When that was last updated, I was ... six.

Djaser · Post by **Djaser** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 19:31

Grandy02 wrote:
Djaser wrote:I don't remember that website and I visited all that existed before I joined the PCKF back in early 2002.
Maybe it was already dead when you started visiting.

Could be but if Keenrush saw it, I should have seen it too.

Post by **KeenRush** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 21:32

Hahah, nice logic, except for one small thing, we aren't the same person.

It's possible you've either forgotten it, or just simply haven't come across it.

ckguy · Post by **ckguy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 21:38

KeenRush wrote:Hahah, nice logic, except for one small thing, we aren't the same person.

KeenRush, you should use sarcasm like this more.

Djaser · Post by **Djaser** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 22:05

KeenRush wrote:Hahah, nice logic, except for one small thing, we aren't the same person. It's possible you've either forgotten it, or just simply haven't come across it.

I'm well aware of that. That's why I said 'should have' and not 'must have.' But it's very very unlikely that I didn't come across it back in 2002. I just think it's odd, that's all.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 22:59

Wow. I was just finishing primary school, and had only used the Internet for probably a grand total of an hour at that point. That's a great find. I wonder if the dopefish site it mentions was a direct predecessor to the existing one.

*seconds commendation of KeenRush's sarcasm*

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:18

Heh, my first website went online in late 1996 - those were the good ol' days when web pages had background music, and it didn't annoy you 'cos you surfed the web in silence (since most PCs weren't really powerful enough to run Winamp *and* surf the web at the same time...)

XkyRauh · Post by **XkyRauh** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:39

Wow... I don't remember any of this. I was online in 1996, but I didn't find the PCKF until what, 2000? :\

I do remember that a webpage I made about getting Platinum Relics in Crash Bandicoot 3 got some negative comments because I included background music in one of the frames... haha. Frames. Man, that's old stuff. :)

StupidBunny · Post by **StupidBunny** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:29

I would never have known about this site, since 1996 was well before I started using the internet. I have a laptop computer from about that time that has some dialup thing installed, but I don't ever remember using it.

Definitely a good find!

Another little-known bit of the game's history...

entropicdecay · Post by **entropicdecay** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 20:31

I don't think I've seen that before. Interesting piece of history, though.