Vizzed is an online gaming community which lets you play 10,000s of retro games online for free, get information for almost every game ever made and discuss both gaming and life in general in a welcoming family-friendly environment.

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24/7 Video Game Music Radio is Back!
The Video Game Music Radio is finally back after being gone for many years and this time it'll actually be 24/7.

You can find the Twitch page here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videogamemusicradio

You can find the YouTube stream on my Vizzed YouTube Channel:
Vizzed Gameplay Videos

Be sure to support the site by subscribing to both if you haven't already!



For those who don't know what the Video Game Music Radio, it's basically video game music stream that uses music from the Video Game Music Room. It has various themed events, shows screenshots, boxart and videos for each song's game, it gives info about the song, etc. There are "Any Song Request" hours where users can submit song requests that get played in the radio. Then there's the Video Game Music Trivia aspect where users can guess the name of the game the song is from and the quicker they answer correctly, the more points they get, which get added to a leaderboard that is displayed in the stream.

I not only fixed it (it had a lot of issues, and the bot didn't work) but I also made it capable of being being streamed from the server itself which means it doesn't have to be on my computer to be streamed. It being streamed from the server means it can just go for as long as the server goes and it surprisingly isn't using up very much of the server's resources, only using like 5% of the server's RAM and CPU.

The Radio Page itself has had improved functionality. For example, when you're typing in a game to answer the trivia, it'll start to auto populate, making it quicker and easier to answer. The song suggestion also got the same treatment. I've also added a "Stream Control" page for some staff members that gives them info on the stream and a few tools for updating or fixing the stream.

The 'Content Coming Soon' section will most likely be reserved for showing the latest subscriber, latest donator, etc. I might also have it highlight events that take place on Vizzed (for example, if someone gets a post spree, it'd be pretty cool if it showed that). If anyone has any ideas for other things that area could show, let me know.

I've got some future feature ideas to make this page more interactive.

If anyone has any feedback or ideas, please let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106282

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Shout Out to My Patrons + New Rewards
I added a few new rewards to my Patreon Tiers

Prioritized Patron
-75% Viz Discount on Most Apps/Services

Idolized Patron
-75% Viz Discount on Most Apps/Services

Colorized Patron
-90% Viz Discount on Most Apps/Services

Stylized Patron
-100% Viz Discount on Most Apps/Services

So what are the Apps and Services? They're going to be various applications and services that will be available on Vizzed.com that could be of great value and sometimes cost money on other sites that will be located on the Applications / Services section to the site. Some of these services also put strain on the server but the server isn't being fully utilized so I wanted to find a way to put my entire server to use. I'll be adding new things from time to time and will add things that users request.

YouTube Video Downloader + MP3 Converter is the only service that we have available at the moment but it's very useful and powerful. It lets you download videos from YouTube and convert them into different sizes and even into MP3 format. It supports playlist downloads, video trimming, etc.

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I wanted to give a shout out and thanks to my supporters on Patreon. Their financial support has helped out so much during a time when the site is costing more than it's making and they're the reason the site hasn't had to be significantly downgraded. I'm hoping these shout outs give them more recognition among the Vizzed community. If anyone else is interested in supporting this site (there are tons of benefits for doing so), you can help out for as little as US $2 a month here:
https://www.patreon.com/DavidAuchampach

The site currently costs around $300 to run, the Patreons are currently covering $131 of that and I'm covering the rest. I had been covering $300 a month alone until these guys stepped up (and actually $500+ a month before the server migration took place last year). The site currently has no ads (for complicated reasons) but I'll be looking into testing out ad networks in the near future.

Here are all of my current supporters:

$50 Tier
dkmec20 : New Patron! Total pledge of $50!

$25 Tier
pokemon x : Patron since April 2026, total pledge of $50!
supercool22 : On and off since 2023, total pledge of $80!

$10 Tier
Snax : Patron since April 2026, total pledge of $20!
tgags123 : Patron since April 2026, total pledge of $20!
Zora Marslink : Patron since September 2023, total pledge of $330!

$5 Tier
dgj_83: Patron since April 2026, total pledge of $10!
Okazaki Tomoya : Patron since September 2018, total pledge of $465!

$2 Tier
DavidMcC1989 : Patron since September 2019, total pledge of $162!
merf : Patron since August 2016, total pledge of $354.36!

Thank you guys

If anyone else wants to give thanks to these amazing users, you can do so in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106276

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The Most Advanced Post & Thread Search
I wanted to promote this update more since I spent a lot of time on it and it hasn't really been noticed by many users yet.

I've created the most advanced Post / Thread search imaginable. The ability to search for posts based on a variety of parameters is something I've always wanted personally, and I know a lot of you have as well. Here it is:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?type=search


Here's an example of it in action:
Vizzed Minecraft Search

And that'll bring up results like this:

And here's a closeup:



As you can tell, the page is loaded with features! Here's a list of all the features.

• Powerful Search: The search results when ordered by relevance are incredibly powerful. The search ranks results by how closely they match what you typed. Matches in thread titles and descriptions count more than matches inside posts, and exact phrases or words near the beginning count even more.


• Exact Phrase Matching: Searches like mario 64 can still find and prioritize the exact phrase, even if part of the phrase is normally too short for regular full-text searching. Quoted searches like "Super Mario World" only return results with that exact phrase.


• Search Without Text: Users do not have to type anything into the search box. They can search using only filters, such as user, forum, rating, word count, date range, or post status.


• Search Options: Users can choose whether to search post text, thread titles, thread descriptions, or any combination of those.


• User Filter: Users can filter results by a specific member. The user box also auto-completes names, making it easier to find the right account. This dropdown behaves similar to the one on the Memberlist page that I recently updated.


• Forum Filter: Users can limit results to a specific forum.


• Time Frame Filter: Users can search only posts made between two dates. They can use a start date, an end date, or both.


• Rating Filter: Users can search by minimum and maximum post rating, including negative ratings.


• Word Count Filter: Users can filter posts by minimum and maximum word count. Max Words defaults to 10,000, which helps avoid extremely long posts unless the user wants them.


• Power Level Filter: Users can filter posts by the poster’s power level.


• Void Filter: Users can filter based on whether a post was voided or not. This makes it easier to review ignored or non-ignored posts separately. NOTE: Most old posts have had their words Voided from someone hacking the site in the past, I plan to come up with a good solution to fix this while trying to keep the posts that should be voided still voided.


• Result Ordering: Users can sort results in many different ways, including relevance, newest, oldest, likes, dislikes, rating, word count, thread title, post ID, and user power level.


• Highlighted Search Terms: Matching search terms are highlighted directly in the results. Stronger matches appear more solid, while weaker matches are still visible with lighter highlighting.


• View Options: Users can choose how much of each result to show. They can show full post layouts, hide layouts, or hide post contents and only show the thread/title information.


• Fast Results: While the results might not see incredibly fast, a lot of time went into optimizing the page as much as possible to make it as fast as it possibly can be. Keep in mind that it's having to search through roughly 1.5 million posts.


• And more: There's tons of other things like the standard 'Posts Per Page' dropdown.

Along with all of the search features, there's also really cool statistics based on all of posts found by the search. Here's a list of those:

• Unique Forums: Number of different forums found in the results.


• Top Forums: The top 3 forums found, with post counts.


• Unique Users: Number of different users found in the results.


• Top Users: The top 3 users found, with post counts.


• Unique Threads: Number of different threads found in the results.


• Top Threads: The top 3 threads found, with post counts.


• Unique Years: Number of different years found in the results.


• Top Years: The top 3 years found, with post counts.


• Average Words: Average number of words per returned post.


• Word Range: Lowest and highest word count among returned posts.


• Average Rating: Average post rating across the returned posts.


• Total Words: Total word count across all returned posts.


• Date Range: Earliest and latest post dates found.


• Common Day: Most common day of the week among returned posts.


• Common Month: Most common month among returned posts.


• Average Time of Day: Average hour of day when the returned posts were made.


• Voided: Number and percentage of returned posts marked as voided. NOTE: This is inaccurate currently for the reason mentioned above.


• Posts / Thread: Average number of returned posts per thread.

Here's an example of searching for Vizzed Minecraft without Layouts


And here's an example of searching for Vizzed Minecraft without Posts



Be sure to share any interesting search results you come across. I love seeing the Result Statistics of various searches.

If you notice any issues with it, let me know in the below thread. If anyone has suggestions or feature ideas, also let me know. Or if you just want to leave me positive feedback, that'd be wonderful

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106273