I will continue to do ezboard image hosting for users of my forums, however, only under the following new rules:

Rule #1: You can have a total of no more than three images at a time. That's one for your avatar, one for your signature, and one for your icon. (Or any combination that you like. If you want to have no icon and two signature images, for example, that's okay. Just so that you know the maximum is three images and no more.) If you want images for multiple names or if you want more than three images, you'll have to find your own image hosting service.

Rule #2: I am no longer hosting images for other ezboards. This one is more of an "FYI" thing than anything else, since the ezboard "fad" has pretty much died out and no one has asked me to host images for a long time. (And no, you can't have images hosted for other kinds of message boards, either!)

Rule #3: If you ask me to host avatar images, please do not keep asking me to change them for you every few weeks/months or so. If you don't plan to keep those images for a long time, then find your own image hosting service.

Rule #4: Images must be fairly small in size. I haven't exactly set a size limit, it's at my discretion. But as a general rule of thumb, try not to let any image exceed 100 KB in size. Also, I will *only* host images in .gif, .jpg, or .png format. No midis, mp3s, videos, or anything else of the sort.

Rule #5: If I host your images, then you MUST post at my board at least once every 6 months or so. Anyone who has not posted in 6 months, may have their images deleted. Anyone who hasn't posted in a year WILL have their images deleted.

That's about all I can think of. As another heads-up, if there is anything on the Transformers Animations page that you want, I suggest downloading it now, because there may come a time when I'll remove those files from my Boomspeed account. Since they are so large, they take up a lot of space, and I may eventually need that space for other ventures. It won't happen right away, but just keep that in mind if you want anything there. ~FO

Update: 8/9/04
I did a complete rewrite of my EarthBound Review. I think this one is MUCH better than the old one. However someone, who shall remain nameless, was very insistent on me not getting rid of the old review, so I threw it into a new section in The Kitchen Sink called the "Garbage Bin". Don't expect me to do that with all of my old reviews if I rewrite them, though. ~FO

Update: 8/5/04
I uploaded a review of Kid Niki: Radical Ninja. I also updated the Links page. I removed a site that no longer exists and I added a link to Smackdown GT. ~FO

Update: 8/3/04
First of all, I'm doing away with "Featured Site of the Month". I have too much else to deal with on this site right now and because of the recent hiatus and changes being worked on, I'm way behind on a lot of things. You can always check my Links page for plenty of other decent video game and entertainment sites. However, I did find time to finish and upload my Atari 7800 Asteroids review. It's a short review, but it's not a game that requires a lengthy review. ~FO

Update: 7/31/04
For reasons I'm not quite sure of, I reviewed Towering Inferno for the Atari 2600. Well, actually, I have a few reasons for this. 1. I thought it was a neat game that deserved some attention. 2. I'm trying to get back into the practice of frequent game reviewing, and I figure that doing a few quick-shot Atari game reviews would be a good way to start. 3. Yes, I admit, I'm also trying to pad the number of game reviews on this site. Lately, I've been visiting James Berardinelli's Reelviews and Qwipster's Movie Reviews websites, and man, oh, man, I'd LOVE to have as many game reviews on this site as they have on their movie review sites. But that's a pretty lofty goal at this point. ~FO

Update: 7/30/04
I finally put up Game of the Month for July. This in no way implies this site is off hiatus. I've been on vacation the past week and haven't spent as much time on the computer as I usually do. I had a really wonderful time. Crawl and I visited a zoo, a science museum, and the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio. I'll find out what's going on with my job this coming Monday. Hopefully, I can get things back on track before too much longer. ~FO

Update: 7/26/04
The Alundra 2 review is up. I also updated the Links page. ~FO

Update: 7/26/04
I'm preparing to complete and upload my review of Alundra 2. One thing I don't address in the review are the many mediocre to negative reviews this game received around the internet and in various publications. I don't like addressing stuff like that directly in reviews. I could give my personal opinions as to why I feel this game got such a negative reaction (the game is too challenging for today's gamers, people with no sense of humor, no one wanted to admit this game upstages Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, etc.), but I'd rather reply directly to things that were blatantly false, and since I don't want to do that in the actual review, I'll do it here:

Myth: Blocks fly randomly all over the screen and you have to shoot all over the place until something happens.

Fact: This made me laugh out loud. There are no blocks in this game that fly randomly around. Some game reviewers need to look up the defintion of the word "random". Every block that moves in this game follows a distinct pattern. Studying the pattern and learning to take advantage of it is the key to solving the puzzle.

Myth: The gameplay consists entirely of whacking things with a sword.

Fact: If you don't believe that this statement is false, then try beating the game just by whacking things with your sword and doing nothing else. You won't even get past the airship in the prologue. Alundra 2 has as much platform jumping and puzzle-solving as it does fighting, and just whacking the enemies (especially the bosses) with your sword won't be enough to defeat them. Learning when and how to attack and to dodge their own attacks is the only way to be successful.

Myth: The only difference between the puzzles in the dungeons is the timing needed to pull them off.

Fact: There is one part where you climb up a ladder. Spiked balls fall down that knock you off if they hit you. The solution is to leap off the ladder before the ball hits you, hover in mid-air (an item lets you do this), wait for the ball to drop, then fall back onto the ladder. Repeat until you reach the top. There is another part where you are faced with several blocks that move as you do. You must get the blocks to stop moving in exactly the right spots so that you can use them as "stepping stones" to leap up to an item on a higher ledge. Do these puzzles sound like they are the exact same thing and the only difference is the timing needed to pull them off? Am I the only reviewer who actually played this game beyond the first dungeon or two?

As you can see, this is why I said in my Top 100 that many reviews misrepresented what this game is like. I realize that reviews are opinions, but opinions should be backed up with facts. Some reviewers also complained about the Normal mode being way too difficult. I have finished the game on Normal, so I can understand why it might be "too much" for some gamers, but I'm still not sure I understand this complaint: There is an Easy mode if you find the Normal mode too difficult. That's what it's there for. And aside from Easy being, well...easier, there are no other differences between the two modes. So it's not like you're missing out on a special ending or secret item or something if you can't beat Normal.

The only other complaint I'll address is that Alundra 2 is nothing like Alundra 1. Well, the story and characters are completely unrelated. I agree that the game should not have been called "Alundra 2". The Japanese subtitle of the game is "The Mystery of the Machinevolution", which I think would have been an awesome and more fitting title, but it seems like companies are afraid of giving games movie-like titles. But a misnomer of a title doesn't automatically make the game bad, and we mustn't forget that very few people ever complain that none of the Final Fantasy games (except X-2) have stories or characters related to the others. ~FO

Update: 7/24/04
I finally uploaded that In the Hunt review I promised a long time ago. Visitors to the forums have probably already read it, but now there are lots of screenshots. Enjoy! ~FO

Update: 7/17/04
I finally got all 60 Puzzle Pieces in Alundra 2 after playing through it a third time. I'd been a little frustrated because the Bradygames Guide Book is mostly crappy and doesn't explain much about the puzzle pieces, and I felt the guides available on-line were too vague about some things. Therefore, I wrote my own Alundra 2 Puzzle Piece FAQ and posted it to the Guides section. I feel mine is the best and most comprehensive Puzzle Piece guide available for this game. Yeah, I know that sounds like I'm tooting my own horn, but I really worked hard on that, dammit! ~FO

Update: 7/17/04 - A glimmer of hope
Well, it appears things could be improving at my current job (for now). I will be allowed to take a vacation, but I won't know for sure what's going on until I return. The main problem is that they were threatening to remove one worker from my department which means that my workload would effectively double. I would have to work overtime every night and work weekends in order to get everything done. But my supervisor is supposedly fighting to prevent this from happening. If it happens, then I will have to put FlyingOmelette.com on indefinite hiatus to search for a new job. If it doesn't happen, then everything should go back to normal. Let's hope for the latter, as finding a job around here will not be easy... ~FO

I figured I may as well come out and say it before I continue this charade any farther. My job lately has turned into a living Hell. I have to find a new job, and I won't be able to do anything with the site until I do. I'll need to leave the computer off-line for most of the day so that I can receive calls from prospective employers.

The Cameos Database will be completely turned over to the staff of Deathamster's Nest. I'll need to finish what work I've begun on it before I can do that. (I'm breaking it up into one letter per page. The other staffers can't do anything until I've uploaded the new version.) Since I can do that off-line (except for the actual upload), it shouldn't be a problem, so long as I have no more car troubles.

It is possible that I will continue to maintain the Links page, as I will still be checking my email from work. I may also add a new review now and then, because I can write my reviews off-line (and I have a huge game review backlog...I'll need something else to do to take up the time I'd normally spend surfing around the internet). But absolutely nothing else, such as Oddities, will be updated during this time.

The forums will remain open as always, but I may not post there as much, because (as I said) I need to leave the computer off-line. If I post, it will probably only be from work, early in the morning, or late at night.

Wish me luck in finding a new and better job, so that I can return and get the site back up to spec as quickly as possible.

With a many great thanks to all those who have supported and submitted to the site over the years! Oh, and I made a tiny update to the Links page. ~FO

Stand your ground and never look behind (remember)
We're going down, but I'll be by your side (forever)
Closing every door
On all that's come before
It won't be too long
Now that forever is gone...

Update: 7/3/04
The links page has been updated. If you asked me to exchange links lately, as long as your site has mine linked, you should be linked, too. If you're not, please be certain you have my site linked and the URL is correct, and then email me again. I also added a bunch of sites that had me linked somewhere. Most of them I discovered I was getting hits from via my site tracker, so I returned the favor. ~FO

Update: 7/3/04
I'm declaring another temporary hiatus. I had some trouble with the anti-lock brake system on my car, and I had to take it into the shop this morning. They ran some test on it, and cleared the computer, and it seems to have fixed it. But that took up the time I would've used to update the site. I'm not sure when the site will be updated again now, but I'll continue to work on it whenever I get a chance. ~FO

Update: 6/26/04
Another note on the Cameos Database progress. I'm still working on it, but I've only made it to Letter "G" so far, so I probably won't get the update in until later in the week. I just want to note that any submissions I receive today and hereafter will not be included in this next update. If I keep trying to add everything as I get submissions in, I'll never get done. So everything I received up until yesterday will be included in the next update. Anything from this day forward will be in a future update after that.

Also, I just recently finished Panzer Dragoon Saga. Here is an (mp3 of the ending theme). I highly recommend downloading this, especially to fans of anime and/or RPG music. Since this game is so rare and expensive to obtain, this will probably be most people's only chance to hear this wonderful song. ~FO

Update: 6/23/04
Just a note on the Cameos Database - My auxiliary staffers and I are going to give the section an overhaul (again). This time, there will be one letter per page, because the database is just getting too big. We've begun work, but it could be awhile before it's all finished. Sorry for the delays. ~FO

Update: 6/20/04
I've added Game of the Month for June. Sorry I was so late with it. I also updated the links page. ~FO

Update: 6/18/04
I've updated the Cameos Database. For now, I've only added my own submissions. I have tons of reader submissions that I'll get started on tomorrow. The problem is that if I don't do my own submissions separately, I'll forget them. (The new entries for Star Fox and Mystaria I've been meaning to add for months, but I just kept forgetting.) ~FO

Update: 6/12/04
And we are back on-line! Some changes have been made.

The Kid Icarus Shrine is now its own Sub-Domain located at http://kidicarus.flyingomelette.com/. I made some adjustments to the "Miscellaneous/Other" section of that site. Great Mother of all Things Round and Fruity, what was I smoking when I wrote the Captain N description?? I'd really like to believe I was in a cantankerous mood when I wrote that, but I seem to recall being in a rather positive frame of mind while I made the Kid Icarus Shrine, so that can't be it. Maybe I was just still angry at how bad Season 3 was, but anyway, to get to the point, I was WAYYYY too hard on that show. I actually liked Season 2 a lot, so I softened up my description a bit. (I'm still a bit picky, but that's just how I am. And I still stand by my opinion of the Captain N comics. Yes, they WERE that bad!)

All pages that were not updated into the new site format have been done so. The Gradius Review, the Guestbook Archive, and some of the "Game of the Month" articles still had the old Geocities background.

The Cameos Database is now its own Sub-Domain located at http://cameos.flyingomelette.com/. I separated the intro page from the other pages, and I've added submission guidelines. Please take a moment to read through them if you're thinking about submitting something. Also, the latest cameos entries will be posted to this index page. I also corrected the code errors in that section that were present after the last update.

I added some links to the Links page.

Deathamster's Nest is back on-line.

Speaking of which, the staff of Deathamster's Nest is now going to help me keep the Cameos Database updated. Since Cameos is now a subdomain, it's possible, and easy, to do. I'm not sure how we'll divide up responsibilities, but it shouldn't be a big problem. (I've worked with and known these guys and girls on the internet a LONG time. They are very trustworthy people.) This is why the latest Cameos entries will be posted to the new Cameos Index page, because they won't have access to my main index page to announce updates.

The forums can now be reached via http://forums.flyingomelette.com/. That's a much easier URL to remember than p199.ezboard.com/blahblahblah. (Especially since the pub number is always changing with every ezboard upgrade.)

I cleaned up the Glossary. I reworded and retitled some entries for better clarity, and I removed some that were either too similar to other entries already posted, didn't make any sense to me, or were too specific to one event in one game. Please, for the love of all things triangular, STOP sending me stuff about Celes not being able to revive Cid in Final Fantasy 6!! It's no longer funny to point it out, and I'm tired of hearing about it!

I updated my video game, Transformers, and DVD collection lists.

That's about all the changes I can think of, other than the reorganizational changes, which shouldn't have any adverse effect, since all articles still exist and are still linked to. If you find any broken links or images or other problems, please email me and let me know. ~FO

Update: 5/31/04

I have to seriously reorganize the site. It has become so big and is so disorganized that it's nearly impossible for me to keep updating it in the condition that it's in. I'm currently redoing the site on my hard drive. Once it's completed, I am going to delete the current version, and upload and launch the new version. There won't be any real noticeable difference except that, with the new version, the Kid Icarus Shrine and the Cameos Database will be fully functional subdomains. The changes are mostly being made to help me better and more easily maintain this place. I'm hoping to be done by the end of the week, but truthfully, two weeks is a more realistic goal.

Before I leave, though, I did update the Cameos Database one last time until my return. There is new and updated material for: Adventure, Beach Spikers, Biker Mice From Mars, Bionic Commando, Black and White, Breath of Fire 2, Breath of Fire 3, Bust-a-Groove 2, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Daytona USA, Dead or Alive 2, Dead or Alive 3, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Double Dragon, Double Dragon Advance, Dragon Ball 3: Gokuuden, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Dr. Muto, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 3D, Dynamite Headdy, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fighting Vipers, Gameboy Camera, Ganbare Goemon, Ganbare Goemon 2, Gokujou Parodius, Guerrilla War, .hack//infection, Haunted Castle, In the Hunt, Iron Tank, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius, King's Quest, King's Quest 2, King's Quest 4, King's Quest 6, Kirby Super Star, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, Leisure Suit Larry 3, Lemmings, Lemmings Revolution, The Lost Vikings, Luigi's Mansion, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Paint, Mega Man 5, Mega Man and Bass, Mega Man Battle Network, Mega Man Battle Network 3, Mega Man X3, Mega Man X4, Mega Man X6, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Metal Walker, Mighty Final Fight, Missile Command, Outcast, Out Zone, Panzer Dragoon, Parodius Da!, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, Power Puff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Rival Schools, Robopon 2, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Rygar: The Legendary Adventure, Sega 4-in-1 Tennis, Shadowrun, Shining Soul 2, Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Space Quest, Space Quest 2, Space Quest 3, Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Star Wars Episode 1: Star Fighter, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Sword of Mana, Tales of Destiny, Taz-Mania, Terranigma, Tom and Jerry, Vagrant Story, Wally Bear and the No Gang, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario World, Wild 9, and X-Men: Children of the Atom.

Also, I noticed after updating some of the pages that I made typos and mistakes in some of the code. They'll be fixed when the new site version is launched. ~FO

Update: 5/24/04
We've got another Switched at Birth? article up. I'm still working on the Cameos database, and I should also have a review of In the Hunt for PS1 up before the week is over. ~FO

Update: 5/20/04
I updated the Site FAQ. Please take a moment to read through it. Thanks! ~FO

Update: 5/16/04
I added a review of Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics 2 to the NES section. ~FO

Update: 5/15/04
Right now, I'm looking over old reviews and fixing typos and grammatical errors. (I also noticed that I used "etc." in my old reviews almost as much as Yul Brynner. I'm trying to kill as many of those as possible.) But, really...a lot of my older reviews are quite awful and are in desperate need of a rewrite. I still don't think I'm as good at game reviews as my boyfriend, Crawl and 1000, and I'm no Roger Ebert, but man, oh man, one thing I can say is that I think I've greatly improved since the beginning. ~FO

Update: 5/14/04
This is the single biggest update to the Cameos Database that has ever been done at once. New and updated information has been added (brace yourself, this is a long list) for: Banjo-Kazooie, Battle Arena Toshinden 3, Bomberman, Bug!, Chocobo Racing, Contra: Legacy of War, Dance Dance Revolution, Dead or Alive 2, Defender 2, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong 64, Donkey Konga, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, DOOM 2, Dragon Quest 5, Drakkhen, Duke Nuke'em, Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fight 2, Final Fight 3, Freedom Force, Gameboy Camera, Ganbare Goemon 2, Gokujou Parodius, Goldeneye 007, Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Ikari Warriors, Kirby's Adventure, Kirby Super Star, Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile, Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes, Life Force, Lode Runner, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Magic Sword, Maniac Mansion, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, MDK2, Mega Man 7, Mega Man 8, Mega Man Battle Network 2, Mega Man Xtreme 2, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Ninja Gaiden 2, Pikmin, Pocket Fighter, Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow, Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Pokemon Stadium, Punch-Out!!, Pyramid, Revelations: The Demon Slayer, Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 2, Samurai Shodown 4, Shadowrun, SimCity, Snake Rattle n Roll, Space Channel 5 Part 2, Spider-Man and Venom in Maximum Carnage, Spy Hunter, Super Hunchback, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario RPG, Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Destiny 2/Tales of Eternia, Tekken, Terranigma, Tin Star, Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose, Wild 9, Xenogears, and Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics 2. Also, a lot of entries for other games have been confirmed, but if all I did was say, "Confirmed by 'So-and-So'", I didn't include that in the list. ~FO

Update: 5/12/04
In my haste to update my links, I accidentally removed a few links that I did not mean to. I've since added those back to the list. I also fixed a few broken links for sites that had moved. I added three new links. #1 is Eggerland - the one and only fansite (that I know of) for the Adventures of Lolo series. #2 is Thor J.R. Antrim's site. If you like the "Switched at Birth" stuff on this site, then you have to check this site out, because J.R. has a ton more of them. (And before anyone gets any bright ideas, absolutely NO submitting anything directly from that site to this one!) And speaking of which, I realize I'm backlogged on entries for that section again. So if you've submitted something, and it hasn't been put up yet, don't despair because I'll get to it eventually. #3 is Beckerfilms.com. This guy is an actual film director and used to work on Xena: Warrior Princess, of all things. His Q & A column is unbelievable. You've not seen a curmudgeony critic until you've read this guy's column and reviews. I disagree with a lot of what he says, but I can't stop reading the damned thing. O_o

In other news, I'm still working on the Cameos Database. It'll be a few more days before it's completed. I'll probably have it done by this weekend. ~FO

Update: 5/8/04
I updated the A-C portion of Cameos. New submissions for Battle Arena Toshinden 3, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Bucky O'Hare. I'll be working on the other sections shortly. I also added one midi to the Kid Dracula review and one to the Jurassic Park review. ~FO

Update: 5/3/04
I received an apology and partial explanation from one of the site readers who had previously emailed me about the Top 100 situation. Apparently, we have a prankster who is sending people the list via AIM and claiming that it's a "Best Games of All Time" list done by a professional site. I guess I should take it as a compliment that my crappy HTML skills could fool someone into thinking this is a professional site.

In other news, I updated my Ezboard Avatars Shrine. I added this month's pictures and a couple more signature images from the past. I also added a new feature, a page dedicated to Random Video Game & Transformers Artwork that I like. I don't expect to update this too often. Just every now and then I'll stick something unusual that I really like on there. ~FO

Update: 5/3/04
I'm not sure what is going on here, but once again, I'm receiving a mysterious number of emails all pertaining to a single subject all at once. Two weeks ago, there was an incident where I was getting flames and complaints about the Cameos Database. Now, I'm receiving complaints about my Top 100 and the fact that I don't cover newer games on this site. Maybe because I just updated the Top 100? I dunno. But this seems to be the gist of the complaints I'm getting:

Q: "Why don't you have 'insert game title here' on your Top 100 BEST GAMES OF ALL TIME list?"

A: Where are you reading that my Top 100 is a "Best Games of All Time" list? It explicitly says that those are my Top 100 personal favorite games of all that I've played. I can't make a "Greatest Games of All Time" list, because I haven't played every game, and quite frankly, I think most of those professional lists are complete jokes. (Trust me, I'm not the only one who does.) If you want "X-Game" to be on a Top 100 list, then make your own, like I did.

Q: "Why don't you have any games for (X-BOX/PS2/Gamecube) on your list?"

A: Because I haven't played anything on those consoles for a significant amount of time. Why don't I have more interest in playing newer games? If you've read enough of my reviews, you'd probably know why. Many newer games have disappointed me...to the point that I get shied away from modern games and end up going back to the older stuff, where I consistently find more games that are worth my time.

The bottom line is, if you don't like the fact that I don't cover newer games, then why are you here? This is a fan site, a personal site, about me and the things I like. This is not an IGN clone. It's the equivalent of going to a Transformers site and complaining because they don't cover Care Bears. And if this is some kind of coordinated prank, be aware that you're not really accomplishing anything except making yourselves look dumb in front of a lot of people. ~FO

Update: 5/2/04
I had to work, quite unexpectedly, almost all day yesterday, so there are no updates to the cameos database this week. I do, however, have a new Game of the Month for May, and a new "Website of the Month", which is ScreenMania - a good place to check out if you're looking for screenshots. ~FO

Update: 4/29/04
The forums are working again. Just use the link I posted below. I also changed the link in the table to that URL, so it should work now. ~FO

Update: 4/29/04
FlyingOmelette.com is currently experiencing problems with the forums due to an ezboard upgrade. The upgrade was supposed to have been completed by about 2:00 pm EST yesterday, and Ezboard's front page seems to indicate that the update is complete, yet the forums are either inaccessible or unbearably slow. I am hoping Ezboard is aware of the problem and is working to fix it, but it doesn't seem like it's happening to all servers, as some ezboards are working fine. I will give until 5:00 pm EST tonight for this problem to be resolved and if it isn't fixed by then, or there is no indication from Ezboard that they are working to fix it, I will issue a complaint. Sorry for the inconvenience. ~FO

The forums seem to work if you use this URL: http://p197.ezboard.com/bflyingomelettespalace. But it still takes too long to load for me. ~FO

Update: 4/27/04
First of all, we have a new Caption Contest, and the results of the last one have been posted on that page, too. I also completely updated by Top 100. I removed Uninvited, Jurassic Park, and Diddy's Kong Quest. They have been replaced with Kid Dracula, Dark Savior, and Sword Master. I took off Uninvited because, although I think it's a good game, I didn't like it as much as Shadowgate, and I didn't feel I needed two games just like it on the list (especially since I also have Maniac Mansion on there.) I like Jurassic Park, but I'll probably never play it again, so it went, and I don't even really know why I put Diddy's Kong Quest on there in the first place. I only beat it once and I don't remember much about it, and then my saved file got deleted. I probably need to play through it again someday, but until I do, I'd rather leave it off the list. I've also added additional screenshots for many games, if I had an extra one lying around. I still need to eventually update the order in which things are listed. Because of how much things have been removed and added, the order of the last two pages is a little out-of-whack. ~FO

Update: 4/24/04
BTW, I forgot to mention that all entries marked in yellow will be deleted one week from today unless they are clarified or proven true before then. Please note that just because something is marked "unverified" or "unproven" doesn't mean it will be deleted. Unverified or unproven entries are just that...unverified or unproven. I don't have time to verify every single entry (and I can't verify entries for games I don't own), and some entries, no matter how likely to be true they may seem, simply could not be proven unless someone who worked on the game confirms or denies it. Only entries marked "vague", "false", and some marked "coincidental" will be removed (ie, the ones marked in yellow font.) In other news, I'm starting a new front page feature. I'm going to post links to five current "Hot Forum Topics" of interest at the top of this page and they will change every few days or so. Remember that FlyingOmelette.com is as much a community as it is a website, and everyone is welcome to join our discussions. ~FO

The entire Cameos Database has been fully updated into the new format. The following games have had new information added: Arkanoid: Doh it Again, Astroboy Tetsu Wan Atom: Atom Heart no Himitsu, Beach Spikers, California Games, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Daytona USA, Devil May Cry, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Donkey Konga, Earthworm Jim 2, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy X-2, Galaxy Fight, Grandia, Guilty Gear XX, Gunbird 2, Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller, Hot Shots Golf 2, HyperZone, The Immortal, Journey to Silius, Killer Instinct, Legend of Legaia, Lode Runner, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Mortal Kombat 3, Planet Harriers, Punch-Out!!, Radiant Silvergun, Rez, Robopon 2, R-Type 2, SaGa Frontier, Secret of Mana, Smart Ball, Snake Rattle n Roll, Sonic Battle, Space Channel 5 Part 2, Street Fighter 2, Super Ninja Boy, Taisen Hot Gimmick, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Destiny 2/Tales of Eternia, Waku Waku 7, and Wild 9. Also, many screenshots and sound files have been added to previous entries, and information has been added, corrected, and updated for many more. ~FO

Update: 4/18/04
Page 5 of Cameos is done.
Corrected the entry for Legend of Legaia on Page 4 of Cameos. Sorry for the mistake. ~FO

Update: 4/17/04
Page 4 of Cameos is done.
Page 3 of Cameos is done.

Page 2 of Cameos has been updated the same way the first page was. I also added new entries. Because of the amount of work I did, I don't feel like listing them all. Just look for the little yellow "NEW" graphics. ~FO

Update: 4/14/04
Now that I'm through venting at people, I thought I'd let everyone know that I have completely reconfigured the first page of the Cameos Database. I have a new system of organizing and explaining cameo entries. I've also added some new ones. I'll be doing this for all the Cameos pages, but it's very time-consuming. I'll let you know as each page is updated. ~FO

Update: 4/13/04
I just wanted to put in a quick note that I'm busy updating the Cameos Database. Along with adding new entries, I'm going to be removing entries that have either been refuted or are way too vague. A number of people have sent me emails refuting some entries. I thank you for taking the time to do so, and I especially thank those who have done so with politeness and in a thoughtful, intelligent manner.

But more and more lately I'm receiving emails regarding the cameos that include phrases such as, "You're an idiot!", "You're stupid!", "You must die!", and my personal favorite, "Remove the section for (insert game title here) because it's a load of crap!" without giving one single plausible rebuttal to anything posted in that section. If that's the best argument you can come up with, then leave this site, because you are not intelligent enough to be here and you will get nothing out of it. You can convince me a lot more of your arguments if you leave such phrases out of your emails, and if you explain exactly why you feel the entry you're disputing is wrong.

There are plenty of other sites out there that pander to idiocy. This one will not. ~FO

Before things go any farther, let me point out the three entries I get the most rebuttals for:

Spider-Man - Quasimodo is from Star Trek, not Star Wars.

A number of you have been polite in pointing out this mistake. A number of you have been not-so-polite in pointing it out. However, as I stated in the corrected entry for that section, you are all wrong: the name Quasimodo originated in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and if Star Trek or Star Wars has used it, then that's where they got it from, too. The fact that the battle takes place in a belltower further proves my claim. CASE CLOSED!!

Everything in the Final Fantasy section is crap

Oh really? Would you mind giving a thoughtful rebuttal to "everything" that you think is false? Or are you trying to tell me that Square spontanesouly thought up a trio of enemies called the The Three Dream Stooges named Larry, Curly, and Moe and it's just coincidence that a TV show called the The Three Stooges with main characters of the same names existed beforehand? Or that all the creators of the world's ancient religions were psychics who could see into the future and stole the ideas of their gods from Square's espers? Really. Please just go away. You're giving Final Fantasy fans a bad name.

Conker's Bad Fur Day - You're reading too much into things.

Okay. You got me. Despite the fact that those lines of dialgoue are exactly the same, verbatim, as the movies the database claims they are from, and the movie parody aspect of the game was one of it's MAIN SELLING POINTS, I'm just reading too much into things. Thank you. Without your clever insight, I don't know where I'd be.

As a final note on this subject, I'd like to stress that most people who have sent in rebuttals have done so very politely and intelligently. Even in cases where I disagreed with the rebuttal, I still appreciate taking the time to email me your thoughts. It's just messages like the ones above that are annoying and aren't accomplishing anything. If you don't give reasons for why you think the entry is wrong, then I cannot just take your word for it.

Before I remove any current entries, I will highlight them in yellow. This will give anyone who thinks the entries should remain a chance to write in and tell me why they should.

Many thanks to all those who have kept the database going and made in a success! ~FO

Update: 4/12/04
Another Switched at Birth article has been put up. ~FO

Update: 4/10/04
I added a review of Dark Savior to the Saturn Section. ~FO

Update: 4/10/04
I've completely redone my links page yet again. I've removed a lot of links to sites that didn't have this one linked. (If yours was removed and you want it back up, add my link and contact me, and I'll get it back up for you.) I dunno. I guess I was just getting tired of having such a huge links page. I also reorganized the other sections, and any site that has a link exchange with this one now has a brief description. ~FO

Update: 4/09/04
I added Game of the Month for April. ~FO

Results of Caption Contest 8 are up, and a new pic has been added for the Current Contest.

Update: 4/06/04
Another Switched at Birth article has been put up. This should give you an idea how backlogged with entries I am that I was able to crank out three articles in three days and I'm still not done. ~FO

Update: 4/04/04
I finally added a screenshot of the Ebisumaru Coin to the Kid Dracula section of Cameos 4. I had to take it with my Capture Card because I couldn't get past the elevator level while using a keyboard. ~FO

I added a new Switched at Birth article. I'm very backlogged with submissions, so be patient if yours aren't on this one. They'll be included in a future edition if they aren't. ~FO

Updated the Glossary with 5 new entries.

One more Switched at Birth article for you today. ~FO

Update: 4/03/04
I updated Cameos 4. I have new entries for Kirby Super Star. But mostly what I've done is add screenshots for some games. I added screenshots to Kagero: Deception 2, Kickle Cubicle, Kid Dracula, Kid Icarus, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. ~FO

I updated Cameos 5 with a new entry for Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and screenshots for Maniac Mansion, Metal Storm, Metroid, and Metroid 2.

Update Cameos 2. New entries for Dark Savior, Donkey Konga, and Earthbound. Screenshots added to Dark Savior, Earthbound, Equinox, EVO: Search for Eden, Fester's Quest, Final Fantasy 4, and Final Fantasy 6.

Update: 4/02/04
My goal right now is to get both my inbox and my site submissions forum completely empty of stuff that's been submitted but not posted to the site yet. I'll announce my updates as I go along: #1. Finally got a picture of the Lofty Mountains Neko courtesy of site reader Cory Thompson for the Secret of Mana Oddities page. (We're still missing some Nekos, though. I'll get them eventually.)

Oops. New site of the month is GameWinners.com. I feel GameWinners is the best site for finding codes, hints, and strategies for games.

Update: 3/28/04
I added a review of Sword Master to the NES section. ~FO

I made a small tribute page to my Ezboard Avatars. Don't ask me why...I don't really know why. I guess I just thought it would be neat to keep a history of them. ~FO

Update: 3/22/04
I added one more Cameo for Goldeneye 007. ~FO

Update: 3/21/04
Added DoDonPachi and King of Fighters 95 to the Cameos Database...

Added entries for SaGa Frontier, Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 2, Samurai Shodown 4, Samurai Shodown 5, Skies of Arcadia, SNK vs. Capcom: Chaos, Solaris, Sonic Heroes, Soul Calibur 2, Star Ocean, Super Robot Wars, Tech Romancer, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Ultima 7: The Black Gate, and Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent's Isle to the Cameos Database...

Added entries for Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, Wario Ware Inc., and Worms Armageddon to Cameos...

And finally fixed the background on the final Cameos page. I didn't realize it still had the old one. That section should be completely up-to-date now. In other news, I've added the winning entries for Caption Contest 7 and put up the new picture for the current contest. Also, I was going through old emails and realized I left out a submission from site reader SonicLover for Caption Contest 6. Although I normally do not add new entries to completed contests, that submission was sent before the contest was over, and its omission was my fault. I apologize for the error and it's been added. ~FO

Oops, I forgot one Cameos entry for Dark Savior. That's been added. ~FO

And added one for Magic Sword that I just receieved today... ~FO

Update: 3/20/04
I updated Cameos A-F again with new submissions for Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP2, Elemental Master, and Final Fantasy 6. I think I have those two pages up-to-spec now. I'll start working on the others. ~FO

Added entries for Galaxy Fight, Goldeneye 007, and Gotcha Force in Cameos G-I...

Added JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to Cameos J-L...

Added entries for Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Metroid Fusion, and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water to Cameos M-O...

Added entries for RoboTrek and R-Type 2 to Cameos P-R. I'll have to finish the rest later. Getting late...and I'm getting tired...~FO

Update: 3/14/04
I updated Cameos pages 1 and 2 (A-F). There are new entries for Breath of Fire 2, Earthworm Jim 2, and Final Fantasy X-2. ~FO

Update: 3/14/04
I finally put up Game of the Month for March. ~FO

Update: 3/13/04
Not much today. I updated the Site Directory and added a link to Skeezy the Claims-Jumping Clam to the Game Humor section of the Links page. This is one of the funniest humor sites I've seen in awhile, especially the Star Wars stuff. I'm also no longer going to be putting links to outside sites on my game reviews. It's just something I don't feel like doing anymore and because I'm very anal about being consistent, I'm removing such links from all past game reviews. Besides, when I do "Game of the Month", I link lots of sites pertaining to that game, I don't need to do it twice. And speaking of which, I should have March's "Game of the Month" up by tomorrow. Sorry I'm so late with it, but my job is driving me nuts. I also fixed a picture that had mysteriously disappeared from one of the "Switched at Birth" pages. ~FO

Update: 3/7/04
Small update to the Tetris vs. Zanac article with a contribution from The Almighty Guru. ~FO

Update: 3/6/04
Page A-C of Cameos has been updated. See what's new for Battle of Olympus, Breath of Fire 2, Capcom vs. SNK 2, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. ~FO

For those of you wondering what the heck happened, last Saturday, I lost access to this site, and I didn't regain access until a couple of days ago. Then I had to work a lot of overtime again, so I couldn't update. Well, I'm finally getting back on-track. First of all, new website of the month is The Jaded Gamer, a good site for game reviews and other neat stuff. A couple of people I know, RoyalRanger and FlowingMindspin, also write for this site. I've also updated my About FO page. I added two more pictures of myself, and I added a brief explanation of my internet history. I mentioned awhile ago that I was going to do a feature on my favorite movies for the site, but I don't think I'll get around to finishing that anytime soon, therefore, I put a list of some of my favorite movies back on the About FO page, too. I also had to remove the stuff about Karnov the Rat, since he has passed away. I'll probably be making more updates, and I'll post them as I get them done. ~FO

Update: 2/22/04
I added a review of Kid Dracula to the Game Boy section. ~FO

Update: 2/21/04
Well, as you can see, I didn't get all those updates I promised done. Over the past week I have been sick with the single worst case of the stomach flu I've ever had in my entire life. That, and I was still working a lot of overtime on my job. I finally managed to complete a few things today, though. First off, an update to Things We've Learned From RPGs with a contribution from site reader SonicLover. I also added the winning entries from the last Caption Contest, and added the new picture for the Current Contest. I also reorganized the table to the left a little. "Forums", "Guestbook", and "Email FO" are now under the new category "Interactive". Finally, an update to Oddities 27: Hidden Music & More with a contribution from site reader Black Jack (Mike Waters). ~FO

Update: 2/10/04
The Cameos Database has been updated with new entries for Art Alive, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, Bug!, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Dark Savior, Earthworm Jim, Final Fight 2, Guilty Gear X2, Kid Dracula, Knuckles Chaotix, Le Mans 24, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Party 5, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Motoko Chan no Wonder Kitchen, Out Zone, Rad Mobile, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, R-Type Final, Sega 4-in-1 Tennis, Shining Force 2, Simpsons Hit and Run, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Sonic Heroes, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Streets of Rage 3, Super Mario RPG, and Viewtiful Joe. ~FO

Update: 2/9/04
Umm..oops. If you saw that "Friends of FO" in the table to the left, that wasn't supposed to be there. I uploaded the wrong version of the index page. Sorry about that. However, those links can still be found in the "Friends" section of my links page. I'll probably have in a real update tomorrow night, unless I have to work overtime again. I watched Casablanca tonight, so I had no time for an update. ~FO

Update: 2/8/04
I'm still on a bit of a hiatus here, because my workplace is still making me work a lot of overtime, but I do have a couple of updates. First of all, some new entries have been added to the Aliens Switched at Birth article, and a link to CB007's Game Reviews Archive has been added to the Links page. Expect more updates to other portions of the site, such as Cameos, Things We've Learned From RPGs, Switched at Birth, the Video Game Glossary, and some more game reviews within the next few weeks. ~FO

Update: 2/1/04
New website of the month is RPGClassics.com. This is an amazing site with complete shrines for many RPGs and Adventure games for many different consoles.

A new Game of the Month for February is up! ~FO

Update: 1/31/04
Well, I said I'd have one final update for today, and I do. I finally put up the results of the latest Caption Contest, and there is a new picture up for the current contest. ~FO

Update: 1/31/04
I have a few more updates. I added a new Switched at Birth article to the Oddities section. I also updated The Kitchen Sink, separating the humor stuff from the other stuff, and there are now links to my DVD list, Transformers list, the Shnoo's Eyerie (where I submit my poetry), and a new page for my Joke Game Ideas. I might have one more update before the night is over, but don't hold your breath. ~FO

Update: 1/31/04
I added a review of Pac-Man to the Atari 2600 section. I also updated the Site Directory, and a new page has been started for the 2004 Update Log. (The old Update Log was getting too big.) I also fixed the main page of the Kid Icarus Shrine. It looks much nicer now, and you don't have to scroll down to get to each section like before. When I first made the Kid Icarus Shrine, I didn't know enough about HTML to undertake such a project, and I did the whole thing in Netscape Composer. Natrually, it came out looking a bit sloppy in some areas. Now that I've learned so much more about HTML, I've been trying to fix that area of the site up as much as possible. ~FO

Update: 1/29/04
Folks, I have finally discovered the meaning of life:

And there it is! ~FO

Update: 1/19/04
I updated my DVD List and I added a review of Two Crude Dudes to the Genesis section and a review of Virtual Hydlide to the Saturn section. ~FO

Update: 1/17/04
Cameos has finally been updated! Generous thanks go to Mark Kelly aka Fryguy64 of The Nintendo Database for submitting a ton of entries. And thanks, also of course, to everyone else who submitted entries. Information has been added for the following games: Alleyway, Animal Crossing, Anticipation, Balloon Kid, Banjo-Tooie, Barker Bill's Trick Shooting, Baseball, Bionic Commando, Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse, Chocobo Racing, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Duck Hunt, Equinox, Excitebike 64, F-1 Race, Final Fantasy X-2, F-Zero X, Golf, Gotcha Force, Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller, Kid Dracula, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby Super Star, Kung Fu, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Party 3, Mario's Picross, Mario Tennis, NES Open Tournament Golf, Picross NP, Pokemon R/S, Pokemon Stadium 2, Qix, Return Fire, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Ridge Racer 64, Star Fox 64, Stunt Race FX, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario World, Super Play Action Football, Tennis, Uniracers, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Wild Gunman, and Yoshi's Story. I also updated the Links page, removing one that was broken, and adding links to The Almighty Guru and NES Land. ~FO

Update: 1/14/04
Can you believe I actually got around to uploading another Switched at Birth article? ~FO

Update: 1/11/04
I'm over a week late with it, due to my hiatus, but I've finally got Game of the Month for January up. I also uploaded my DVD Collection. Not much yet, but it's growing. ~FO

Update: 1/5/04
It looks like things might be getting back to normal at my job. _Thank Goodness!_ But in the meantime, in case anyone is interested for whatever reasons that'd be beyond me, aside from writing game reviews, I also write songs from time-to-time. I'm not exactly the best lyricist in the world, but if you want to read any of them, you can check them out at The Shnoo's Eyerie (External Link). I know that seems like a blatant plug for my friend's site, but that's where I'll be submitting my poems to be posted on-line from now on. ~FO

Update: 1/4/04
In taking a break from the rest of the site, I've managed to get two new reviews finished and uploaded. Conker's Bad Fur Day is reviewed in the N64 section (and I have to warn Conker fans that I was sorely disappointed in that game), and I added a new section for Sega Genesis reviews, complete with a review of NBA Jam (should be no surprises there.) After this, don't expect too many more updates for awhile. I'm not sure how things are going to go with my job this week, and if it's as bad as the past few were, it may be awhile before I can do anything else. ~FO

Update: 1/3/04
As per my last update, I have been languishing through some really hard times, due to the ridiculous amount of overtime I've had to work the past few weeks on my job. It is bad enough to not get much time off for the holidays, but to have to spend so many extra hours working left me feeling depressed and unrested, and I'm not sure there's an end to it in sight yet. Dealing with both the internet and my job at this time has not been easy, but it's difficult to give up entirely when you live with someone who is also very into the internet and is always encouraging me to go back to it. (Thank goodness I have him, or else I don't know what I'd do.) I still consider this site on indefinite hiatus, in other words, things like Cameos, Caption Contests, Switched at Birth, and other sections that are open for submissions will not be updated for awhile. I did, however, put up a new "Website of the Month", the Unofficial World of Nintendo. It's a faily large site with lots of good Nintendo-related stuff, and imo, it's better than Nintendo's official site. I also added a couple of more things to that Game Music Oddities article for Paladin's Quest and Super Ninja Boy. Also, this may not be of much interest to anyone, but I thought I'd post a list of my and Crawl's Transformers Collection. ~FO