Sega Retro

Template:Infobox Website Sega Retro is a free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by contributors from around the world. It attempts to form a complete knowledge base for everything to do with the company SEGA. The site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit articles, simply by clicking on the "edit this page" link. It's the site you're looking at right now. The site currently has 43,861 articles. The front page features articles written by site staff, and links to the Sonic Retro forum, where fans can discuss various issues related to Sega, Sonic, ROM hacking and other topics.

History

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A brief history of Sonic Retro in flowchart form.

In early 2010, the moderators of Sonic Retro decided to separate the vast amounts of Sonic the Hedgehog information with any that was related to Sega as a whole. The idea was in the pipeline for a long time, but it needed a jump point to finally set it off. The Retro Admins decided to do this via an April Fools Prank, in which Sonic Retro was canceled by the unruly members and their behavior towards the game Sonic 4, which wasn't living up to expectations and was causing much trouble for the Admins at the time. [1] This was the perfect time to announce Sega Retro, however many members were confused at the idea that Sega Retro was going to replace Sonic Retro, but this was never the case. The Admins said the cancellation of Sonic Retro was the April Fools Joke, and that Sega Retro, while being part of said joke, was here to stay. It would act as a sister site for Sonic Retro housing all the Sega-related information from the Sonic Retro wiki and much more relating to the games, systems, and history of Sega.

Forums

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Sonic Retro forums are considered by many to be the nexus of modern Sonic hacking. Protected by a required entrance validation system and the Pending Approval system, the amount of "misfits" is kept to a minimum. In addition to the hacking and research held in the main forums, there is an active social side to Retro, namely the IRC channel.

Current staff

Webmaster

• Scarred Sun: owner, webmaster, administrator

Administrators

• Cinossu
• David the Lurker
• Hivebrain
• Tweaker
• Xkeeper

Moderators

• Aquaslash
• Chimpo
• Katzu Niku
• Overlord

Wiki Sysops

• Andlabs
• Black Squirrel
• Frozen Nitrogen
• MathUser
• PicklePower

Site Staff

• GeneHF
• InstantSonic (Also leader of Fangaming Discussion)
• Slingerland (Also leader of Fangaming Discussion)
• Spexfox

Subforum leaders

• Canned Karma: Sonic 2 HD
• Gambit: Sonic 2 HD
• Vincent: Sonic 2 HD
• FraGag: Community SVN Project
• GerbilSoft: Gens/GS
• Perfect Chaos Zero: Fangaming Discussion
• Smidge204: Fangaming Discussion

External links

• Topic on Sonic Retro