GBAtemp 2007
Best year ever!
This year has been the most active year ever on GBAtemp - since the site was created back in 2002. For all our newcomers, and for those who appreciate the GBAtemp Team's work, here's a little look back at year 2007 on GBAtemp.
[title:January 2007]
[title:February 2007]
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That was an interesting year indeed! So what do you think 2008 is going to be like? Tell us by replying to this topic... but not before you've read the last bit of this message: some nice stats. Oh yay, everyone likes stats!
Thank you, members of the community, for making GBAtemp so... unique!
Best year ever!
This year has been the most active year ever on GBAtemp - since the site was created back in 2002. For all our newcomers, and for those who appreciate the GBAtemp Team's work, here's a little look back at year 2007 on GBAtemp.
[title:January 2007]
- Original 2007 announcements: our New Year resolutions and announcements.
- R4 DS review: now the most viewed of all topics on GBAtemp.
- GBAtemp Roundtable #1: our first roundtable. The subject was "what is your favourite slot-1 solution".
- GBAtemp appears on homebrewcast: shaunj66 and Opium were invited to an episode of the homebrew podcast ran by MR_COW.
- Wiinja: the first Wii modchip: by Team Ninja.
- User submitted news & Trading forums created: more good stuff on GBAtemp.
[title:February 2007]
- Archive Forum created & Trading Forum expansion: the older posts are stored in a separate forum for faster speed on the main forum, and the trading forums have expanded a little.
- WiiKey announced: the second Wii modchip.
- Wiinja Review: our first Wii modchip review.
- Valentine's Day Competition: how much do you love GBAtemp?
- GBAtemp v3 Teaser: oh we love teasing you this much.
- GBAtemp v3 launched: new V3 skin, Wiki, everyone gets their own wiki page, new release list system (g-Online v3), NDS compatibility list, new improved portal, and more to come...
[title:March 2007]
- GBAtemp migrates to a new server: more expensive but also much more powerful.
- Good bye WRG: Wolf'n'Road Group leave the DS scene.
- WiiKey finally arrives: almost a month after its official announcement.
- Fake R4 making its rounds: a poor R4 DS clone.
- Wii DVD to SD dumper: first public Wii game dumping tool.
[title:April 2007]
- Temper Card Announced: on April 1st, what did you expect?
- G6 DS Real information overload: G6 DS Real announced, exclusive G6 DS news on GBAtemp.
- New feature: a shoutbox on the portal, for confirmed members only.
- RSS Feeds updated: get notified of new releases instantly with RSS feeds.
- Staff changes, round 1: mthrnite and Gaisuto get promoted.
- GBAtemp WiFi night #2: second issue of our special gaming nights.
- G6 DS real review: by shaunj66.
- WiiKey review: by Opium.
[title:May 2007]
- CycloDS Evolution announced: one of the first SDHC compatible slot-1's.
- Introducing the GBAtemp Download Center: lots of files available for download.
- 500 files available on the Download Center: a little less than 4 days later, 500 files were up on our download center!
- New Japanese Wii motherboard blocks modchips: Nintendo's first step against Wii piracy?
[title:June 2007]
- Wii BrickBlocker: ISO patching tool to prevent Wii bricking.
- GBAtemp Tournament #3 announced: Club-House games!
- CycloDS Evolution review, by shaunj66
- R4 DS translations: R4 goes international with the French and Korean translations.
[title:July 2007]
- WikiTemp is back: improved speed thanks to a server change.
- GBAtemp Quiz #1: get a chance to win a CycloDS.
- Huge survey - best slot-1 cart? by our friends over at DS-Database.org
- Follow Nintendo's E3 press conference live, not as exciting as last year's though.
- GBAtemp Quiz results announced and the winners are...
- NDS Releases of the week: by Hadrian!
- CycloWiz review finally published on GBAtemp.
[title:August 2007]
- GBAtemp Tournament #3 rules, dates and prizes: get a chance to win... some great stuff!
- Even more prizes for the tourney thanks to our affiliate TwoSlots.com!
- Boycott Media Cart leeching off homebrew authors.
- The Essentials: a selection of the best games for each system, selected by our members.
- GBAtemp Tournament #3: round 1: here we go!
[title:September 2007]
- 100,000 member registrations! In 5 years of existence!
- Acekard R.P.G. announced: a new SDHC compatible slot-1 card also with embedded memory.
- End of the GBAtemp Tournament #3: congrats to Garcia for winning!
- Acekard RPG in-house at GBAtemp: shaunj66 answers your questions.
- Secret feature unveiled: the GBAtemp Podcast! Also known as Tempcast - episode 1 available.
[title
ctober 2007]- Supercard DS One SDHC: new model, same features + SDHC support!
- Tempcast Episode 2: Twice as long, twice the people! Enjoy!
- More teasing: cool stuff to come. Podcast #3, 5th anniversary, more new features...
- Tempcast Episode 3: longer and better than ever.
- GBAtemp Forums 5th Anniversary: October 2002 - October 2007!
- GBAtemp Mobile: browse GBAtemp from your mobile phone!
- GBAtemp Releases Management Center: members are now allowed to submit game releases.
- GBAtemp Shop: buy GBAtemp branded merchandise.
- New Nintendo protection broken under 24 hours: Mario Galaxy on CycloWiz & D2Ckey.
[title:November 2007]
- Tempcast Episode 4, presented by SpikeyNDS, hadrian & lagman.
- Staff changes: many new moderators, many promotions!
- New Forums: more consoles & systems covered.
- Tempcast Episode 5, mthrnite now in charge!
- TopToyDS announced, for real this time.
- DSVision announced, an "official" slot-1 movie player for the DS.
[title
ecember 2007]- GBAtemp Advent Calendar, 25 polls for the first 25 days of December!
- We need your holiday messages! Have your seasonal message on Tempcast.
- M3 DS Real Review: by sinkhead.
- Acekard R.P.G. Review: by shaunj66.
- Tempcast Episode 6: the crew have nothing to say. Really.
- TopToyDS Review: by Opium.
- GBAtemp's Christmas Cheer Competition: get a chance to win 1 of 20 TopToyDS carts!
That was an interesting year indeed! So what do you think 2008 is going to be like? Tell us by replying to this topic... but not before you've read the last bit of this message: some nice stats. Oh yay, everyone likes stats!
- Amount of topics before 2007: ~41,400. Amount of topics at the end of 2007: over 70,200. Increase: 75% !
- Amount of posts before 2007: ~530,000. Amount of posts at the end of 2007: almost 920,000. Increase: almost 75% !
- Amount of member registrations before 2007: ~61,300. Amount of member registrations at the end of 2007: almost 111,000. Increase: over 80% !
- Thanks to Digg.com we also broke our former "most users online simultaneously" record: the new record is 2,746 users online on September 13.
- There are now over 1350 files available for download on our Download Center
- This year, on the forums only, we've had over 50 million page views and 10 million visits (with an obvious average of 5 page views per visit); 3 million unique visitors from 204 different countries (Top 5: USA, UK, Canada, France, Australia). These stats were generated by Google Analytics.
Thank you, members of the community, for making GBAtemp so... unique!
