I Miss The Old Ninja Turtle Websites Man

*PizzaPower* · 02-05-2026, 11:38 AM

I miss mikeystmnt.com I miss ninjaturtlesnetwork.com I miss when the Technodrome got updates at times, I miss Turtle Boy's Sewer, I miss members.aol.com/turtle7703 why I remember that because it lead to Fogu.com and the Golden Underwear. I miss the og Mirage ninjaturtles.com. I miss my very own website, Gah GeoCities left and a AOL and so many fan sites down the drain.

Remember the Ring of Green that just felt like endless amount of TMNT fan websites. I hate what the internet has become.

*Andrew NDB* · 02-05-2026, 11:42 AM

Yeah, it used to be wonderful, especially as a kid back then. "I wonder who has updated their TMNT fanpage today?" and just going around the Ring of Green and seeing what's new everyday. And people would update them regularly. Either with fanfics or art or just general musings about TMNT news or whatnot. And if there weren't websites then there was people's TMNT Livejournals and all that. It was a GREAT time to be on the internet. Other fandoms had similar things.

Now there really isn't any of that anymore. No fan pages, just things like cold Reddit. And the same people who once cultivated these super personalized websites are now just screaming about Trump everyday on their cookie-cutter Facebook page, maybe. If they're even bothering to do that.

*ToTheNines* · 02-05-2026, 02:11 PM

Yeah, they all had real personality. Even the Mirage site was so much fun. You could spend hours clicking around and Berger always replied to my barely intelligible emails I would send him as a youngster. What a great dude.

I still love this forum, but outside of here it's what? Reddit and Facebook? Impersonal, homogenous and heavily influenced by the algorithm. SAD!

*Prowler* · 02-05-2026, 02:51 PM

Same, OP. I made a thread about old fanmade TMNT websites sometime ago, in fact.

https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sh...ad.php?t=60824

*Andrew NDB* · 02-05-2026, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowler

Same, OP. I made a thread about old fanmade TMNT websites sometime ago, in fact.

https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sh...ad.php?t=60824

I knew this seemed hauntingly familiar. Emphasis on "hauntingly."

*CyberCubed* · 02-05-2026, 05:24 PM

I mean the people who were making those fansites were teenagers at the time who had grown up with the initial wave of Turtlemania. Now those same people are in their 40's so obviously they don't have the time anymore that they did when they were 16-17 years old making their TMNT fansites. The late 90's and early 2000's were over 25 years ago now, just think how young everyone was then.

And as said, the younger generation just prefers to discuss things on twitter, reddit, tumblr, etc. than make a site over it.

*Andrew NDB* · 02-05-2026, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I mean the people who were making those fansites were teenagers at the time who had grown up with the initial wave of Turtlemania.

Bullsh**. Half of them were made by people in their 30s and 40s and 50s at the time, largely all those "old ladies" who are gone now.

*CyberCubed* · 02-05-2026, 07:32 PM

In 1998-2001? Really? I think back then the "oldest" had to be in their 30's, and that was rare?

*Jephael* · 02-05-2026, 08:50 PM

I still like to update my old fan site, though I will admit I'm a little anal about the way I update my files. I have this peculiar form of OCD that causes me to get obsessed with the exact time I create and save files and I how I have them in a certain order in my personal folder. Anyway, I'll be bringing my site back around April 20th, a couple weeks earlier than I previously planned.

*ToTheNines* · 02-06-2026, 05:10 AM

*Andrew NDB* · 02-06-2026, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

In 1998-2001? Really? I think back then the "oldest" had to be in their 30's, and that was rare?

idk... how old were folks like Leonardo (Kim?), Greenwillow, Buslady, Horsetechie, Dawnatello and all back then?

Blanking on a few other names from back then. Bev, also? Right?

*Prowler* · 02-06-2026, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

idk... how old were folks like Leonardo (Kim?), Greenwillow, Buslady, Horsetechie, Dawnatello and all back then?

Blanking on a few other names from back then. Bev, also? Right?

Buslady passed away some years ago at the age of... 47 iirc? She couldn't have been too old.

*PizzaPower* · 02-06-2026, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I mean the people who were making those fansites were teenagers at the time who had grown up with the initial wave of Turtlemania. Now those same people are in their 40's so obviously they don't have the time anymore that they did when they were 16-17 years old making their TMNT fansites. The late 90's and early 2000's were over 25 years ago now, just think how young everyone was then.

And as said, the younger generation just prefers to discuss things on twitter, reddit, tumblr, etc. than make a site over it.

oh for sure i was in my teens running Pizza Powers Layer, and i think mainly in part is that a lot of places like geocities and angelfire shut down.

*PizzaPower* · 02-06-2026, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowler

Buslady passed away some years ago at the age of... 47 iirc? She couldn't have been too old.

RIP this is super sad an I hate I found out this way, also awesome thread you made too I didn't know!

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-07-2026, 07:16 AM

It's just to realize that the world was more exciting in pre-digital and early digital days. Also, social media did an awful job by moving focus from topic to person.

*Andrew NDB* · 02-07-2026, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Prowler

Buslady passed away some years ago at the age of... 47 iirc? She couldn't have been too old.

Good lord... was it that young? I had her pegged at like 55. At least.

cammy85 · 02-07-2026, 09:00 AM

I honestly can't remember the site name now and maybe it's already mentioned in here and the last thread; but I do remember one wiht a fanfiction series that continued the original series by bringing Shredder and Krang back to power and even brought Dregg and Mung back one last time. It ended with a cliffhanger withShredder and Krang taking Splinter back to the Technodrome back to Dimension X and Leo vowing to make them pay once and for all. The final story was titled "Vernon Saves The Day", but it went unfinished and we never get to see how. Just that Spkinter is the one who mentally trains him. The story arc had lots of Technodrome action like in The Big Blowout or Shredder Triumphant.

*sdp* · 02-07-2026, 11:18 AM

47 is old wdym
I mean RIP but let's be honest

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-07-2026, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cammy85

The final story was titled "Vernon Saves The Day"

Vernon Fenwick has a fansite, launched in March 1999 but I guess it is ironic and not what you'e looking for.

https://fogu.com/vernon/index.php

*Prowler* · 02-07-2026, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PizzaPower

RIP this is super sad an I hate I found out this way, also awesome thread you made too I didn't know!

Yes, sorry that you had to learn it this way

I think I remember your old forum. I was in a TMNT forum when I was a kid/teen back in 2004-2005 or so. Perhaps it was yours.

02-05-2026, 11:38 AM	#1
PizzaPower Foot Elite Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pizza Parlor Posts: 3,200	I Miss The Old Ninja Turtle Websites Man I miss mikeystmnt.com I miss ninjaturtlesnetwork.com I miss when the Technodrome got updates at times, I miss Turtle Boy's Sewer, I miss members.aol.com/turtle7703 why I remember that because it lead to Fogu.com and the Golden Underwear. I miss the og Mirage ninjaturtles.com. I miss my very own website, Gah GeoCities left and a AOL and so many fan sites down the drain. Remember the Ring of Green that just felt like endless amount of TMNT fan websites. I hate what the internet has become. __________________ https://www.twitch.tv/turtlepizzapower

02-05-2026, 08:50 PM	#9
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	I still like to update my old fan site, though I will admit I'm a little anal about the way I update my files. I have this peculiar form of OCD that causes me to get obsessed with the exact time I create and save files and I how I have them in a certain order in my personal folder. Anyway, I'll be bringing my site back around April 20th, a couple weeks earlier than I previously planned. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

02-05-2026, 11:42 AM	#2
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,553	Yeah, it used to be wonderful, especially as a kid back then. "I wonder who has updated their TMNT fanpage today?" and just going around the Ring of Green and seeing what's new everyday. And people would update them regularly. Either with fanfics or art or just general musings about TMNT news or whatnot. And if there weren't websites then there was people's TMNT Livejournals and all that. It was a GREAT time to be on the internet. Other fandoms had similar things. Now there really isn't any of that anymore. No fan pages, just things like cold Reddit. And the same people who once cultivated these super personalized websites are now just screaming about Trump everyday on their cookie-cutter Facebook page, maybe. If they're even bothering to do that.

02-05-2026, 02:11 PM	#3
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363	Yeah, they all had real personality. Even the Mirage site was so much fun. You could spend hours clicking around and Berger always replied to my barely intelligible emails I would send him as a youngster. What a great dude. I still love this forum, but outside of here it's what? Reddit and Facebook? Impersonal, homogenous and heavily influenced by the algorithm. SAD!

02-05-2026, 05:24 PM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	I mean the people who were making those fansites were teenagers at the time who had grown up with the initial wave of Turtlemania. Now those same people are in their 40's so obviously they don't have the time anymore that they did when they were 16-17 years old making their TMNT fansites. The late 90's and early 2000's were over 25 years ago now, just think how young everyone was then. And as said, the younger generation just prefers to discuss things on twitter, reddit, tumblr, etc. than make a site over it.

02-05-2026, 07:32 PM	#8
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	In 1998-2001? Really? I think back then the "oldest" had to be in their 30's, and that was rare?

02-06-2026, 05:10 AM	#10
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363

02-07-2026, 07:16 AM	#15
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	It's just to realize that the world was more exciting in pre-digital and early digital days. Also, social media did an awful job by moving focus from topic to person.

02-07-2026, 09:00 AM	#17
cammy85 Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Minnedosa, MB Canada Posts: 772	I honestly can't remember the site name now and maybe it's already mentioned in here and the last thread; but I do remember one wiht a fanfiction series that continued the original series by bringing Shredder and Krang back to power and even brought Dregg and Mung back one last time. It ended with a cliffhanger withShredder and Krang taking Splinter back to the Technodrome back to Dimension X and Leo vowing to make them pay once and for all. The final story was titled "Vernon Saves The Day", but it went unfinished and we never get to see how. Just that Spkinter is the one who mentally trains him. The story arc had lots of Technodrome action like in The Big Blowout or Shredder Triumphant.

02-07-2026, 11:18 AM	#18
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,221	47 is old wdym I mean RIP but let's be honest