~Links to the Past~

Hey all, I thought it would be neat to share a bunch of links I've amassed over the years relating to GoPets, figured I'd finally drop them all down here in the forum. There's one site I can't find, but I'll save that for later hunting I guess XD [It was a cell phone cite with flash screensavers and flash game apps. Pretty old, I can't seem to find it now].

Official Gopets Websites:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gopets
Forum [Archive.org]: http://web.archive.org/web/20090220164917/http://forum.gopetslive.com/

GoPets Merchandise:
Fan Kit [dead link]: http://www.gopetslive.com/en/mall/order_fan_kit.html
Zazzle Shop: http://www.zazzle.com/gopets
Cafepress Shop: http://www.cafepress.com/gopets  |  http://shop.cafepress.com/gopets
GameMerchandise.com Framed Prints [not linked to server]: http://gamemerchandise.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

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Additional Contacts:
[Last Updated April 3, 2009] "Erik Bethke and The World of GoPets" Personal Livejournal: http://erikbethke.livejournal.com/

[Last Updated February 21, 2010] "GoPets on Livejournal!" Community: http://gopets.livejournal.com/

Erik Bethke on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erik.bethke1

Erik Bethke on Twitter: http://twitter.com/erikbethke

GoPets HQ Address:
249 E. Ocean Blvd. #912
Long Beach, CA  90802
United States
gopetsltd@gmail.com  <-- Anyone tried emailing them at this address?

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3rd Party Informational Links/PDFs: [GoPets History]

Erik Bethke on Casual Games [Slideshow]:
http://zone.msn.com/images/v9/en-us/site/KBethke_MS_Casual_Games.pdf  |  

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/v3ac7zybj30jy0t/KBethke_MS_Casual_Games.pdf

Online Games Quarterly [Spring 2005]:  ~Source: http://archives.igda.org/online/quarterly/1_2/persistentintro.php
http://archives.igda.org/online/quarterly/1_2/online_quarterly_1_2.pdf  |  

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/e7k6tlzm770jpkh/online_quarterly_1_2.pdf

Whois Record For Gopets.com: http://whois.domaintools.com/gopets.com

Site Traffic Ranking: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gopetslive.com

GoPets Beta Reaches Milestone: http://pcgames.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/8143/GoPets_Beta_Reaches_Milestone.html

GoPets, Ltd. Continues Global Expansion, Achieving 300,000 Users Worldwide and Securing Singapore Partnership Deal: http://www.allpetsnews.com/articleps.php?id=68

GoPets, Ltd. Announces Exclusive Partnership Deal with Game Garden in Japan: http://www.gamezone.com/news/gopets_ltd_announces_exclusive_partnership_deal_with_game_garden_in_japan

GoPets, Ltd. to Offer Voiceover Internet Protocol Through Agreement with PeerMe, Inc.: http://games.mattsarrel.com/2006/05/gopets_ltd_to_offer_voiceover.html

GoPets Avatar Rights Article: http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/08/09/gopets-and-avatar-rights/

Human and Property Rights in Virtual Worlds: http://kotaku.com/368328/human-and-property-rights-in-virtual-worlds

Live Gamer Creating a P2P Virtual Marketplace: http://www.insidesocialgames.com/tag/gopets/

Live Gamer And GoPets On The Importance Of Training Users For Marketplaces: http://www.engagedigital.com/blog/2009/03/06/live-gamer-and-gopets-on-the-importance-of-training-users-for-marketplaces-2/

Gamasutra Article - AGDC: Jacobs, Bethke Tussle For Online's Future: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15416

GoPets' Bethke On MMO Goal Structures As A Panacea: http://paymentguy.blogspot.com/2008/02/gopets-bethke-on-mmo-goal-structures-as.html

GoPets Ltd. Vs. Hise: http://www.judicialview.com/Court-Cases/Technology/GoPets-Ltd.-v-Hise/15/40865

AGC '06: Interview with GoPets!: http://www.f13.net/index.php?itemid=287

GDC '07: Are Microtransactions The Future of MMO Games?: http://kotaku.com/297698/are-microtransactions-the-future-of-mmo-games

GDC '08: Why are goal structures important to MMOs and VWs?: http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/gdc08-why-are-goal-structures-important-to-mmos-and-vws/

GDC '09 Interview: http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/28/gdc09-applied-rmt-design-with-gopets-and-live-gamer/

Microsoft Casual Games feature: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-18GoPetsPR.mspx

News with Zynga:
Zynga Acquires GoPets: http://www.engagedigital.com/blog/2009/10/31/zynga-acquires-gopets/

With GoPets Purchase, Where Will Zynga Head Next?: http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/03/with-gopets-purchase-where-will-zynga-head-next/

Zynga Launches PetVille & Retires GoPets: http://paymentguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/zynga-unleashes-petville-puts-gopets-to.html

FarmVille maker unleashes PetVille: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10408925-2.html

What are the companies that Zynga has acquired to date?: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-companies-that-Zynga-has-acquired-to-date

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Fansites/Info Sites:
GoPets Wikia: http://gopets.wikia.com/wiki/GoPets_Wiki

GoPedia [dead link]: https://gopedia.gopetslive.com/twiki/bin/view/GoPedia/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoPets

Gopets 2D Wallapapers: http://www.indigoblur.com/gopetstuff/wallpapers.html

Not Your Average Pet Site: The GoPets Fanlisting: http://www.truedestinies.com/gopets/

EroGuro Couture [VidelIchiban's customs]: http://chibi.kirameki-angel.net/erogurocouture/

indigoblur's GoPets Custom Items Tutorials: http://gopetscustoms.blogspot.com/

GoPets Drawing Pad: http://www.freewebs.com/abby724/index.htm

GoPets Notebook: http://www.freewebs.com/gopetguide/

Humble Beginnings [review of GoPets as a first online game]: http://missusdolly.blogspot.com/2011/07/humble-beginnings.html

Join the Fun @ GoPets Philippines for Free!: http://imangelgirl.multiply.com/journal/item/77/Join_the_Fun_GoPets_Philippines_for_Free

GoPets Fan Site: http://gopets.multiply.com/

MangoChutney's GoPets Page: http://www.drislink.com/slink/gopets/index.htm


Search for GoPets:
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=gopets
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gopets

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Gopets: Vacation Island:
Official Website [English]: http://www.gopets-ds.com/

Developer Website: http://www.1stplayable.com/games.asp

Preview by GameSpy: http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/gopets/760916p1.html

GameVortex Review: http://www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/soft_rev.php/4088/gopets-vacation-island-ds.html

Gamespot Info Page: http://www.gamespot.com/gopets-vacation-island/platform/ds

Nintendo Game Overview: http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/GXfWGZIfFJtCunnq_umyzrkBHk_dWpRH

Purchase link:
Amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000L422JM?ie=UTF8&tag=1stplayabprod-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000L422JM

You can try ebay too!
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Gopets Machu Petchu [Mobile Phone Unreleased Game] <-- anyone have any kind of information on this game?
Developer Website: http://oneninestudios.com/gopets.html

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I've uploaded some small flash screensavers and PDF backups on my Mediafire here:

Code:

https://www.mediafire.com/#027nkb2ymhesy

Enjoy! Hope this is interesting/entertaining/enlightening :3

Thanks for posting this! It was fun to look at some of the old links again.

This is so nice to look at! Thankyou for posting this :3 ~

Here's a new article, from 2013 even! Apparently Erik is now working on some top-tier blackjack game :\
http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2013/11/18/insider-qa-bee-cave-games-jeremy-strauser-and-erik-bethke/

According to the GoPets Facebook page, they are working on aquiring GoPets and have all of the files backed up!
Smart Erik!

Chancelle wrote:According to the GoPets Facebook page, they are working on aquiring GoPets and have all of the files backed up!
Smart Erik!

Got a link and time stamp on this? Sounds like old news that never happened

Jessicat wrote:

Chancelle wrote:According to the GoPets Facebook page, they are working on aquiring GoPets and have all of the files backed up!
Smart Erik!

Got a link and time stamp on this? Sounds like old news that never happened

I would definately give you the links and stuff for it, but because I'm a new member on these forums, it won't let me post external links for 7 days.
If you can wait until about next Wednesday, it should let me. ^^

Jessicat wrote:

Chancelle wrote:According to the GoPets Facebook page, they are working on aquiring GoPets and have all of the files backed up!
Smart Erik!

Got a link and time stamp on this? Sounds like old news that never happened

(This is the post I wrote last week when it told me I couldn't add links yet)
I'm not quite sure how to get the exact link, but if you go here and read through the comments on some posts, they have responded to some people and gave some information reguarding the future of GoPets.
I'll give some screenshots just in case the link doesn't work out all that well. ^^
Trying my best!! I hope I'm doing this right...

Wow. Those look really promising. I guess we'll see what happens.

gopets.com does seem to be owned by Erik once again: http://who.is/whois/gopets.com

Here is the page https://www.facebook.com/pages/GoPets/104263593299

Here is the link for posts to page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GoPets/104263593299?sk=posts_to_page

Personally, I don't think one reply from March sounds promising. If there was real news we'd see more. And what does this mean? "But we need to think what type of game we would like to work to bring more fun and excited GoPets back again to all our fans!" Not sure it would be GoPets. Although GoPets did actually have a lot of problems, if they did a new game with pets that looked the same, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

Asynjur wrote:Here is the page https://www.facebook.com/pages/GoPets/104263593299

Here is the link for posts to page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GoPets/104263593299?sk=posts_to_page

Personally, I don't think one reply from March sounds promising. If there was real news we'd see more. And what does this mean? "But we need to think what type of game we would like to work to bring more fun and excited GoPets back again to all our fans!" Not sure it would be GoPets. Although GoPets did actually have a lot of problems, if they did a new game with pets that looked the same, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

I guess we'll just have to see what happens in the next few months or even years. Maybe they meant a new game to go with GoPets? I remember they used to have games like GoDance and those little mini games I can't remember the names of. I also remember they promoted games like Diner Dash. I've made a post on the Facebook page to ask for any new updates with the team, and I'm just going to hope they respond and let us know if this is really happening! ^^

Woah. The GoPets page on FB just updated their cover photo with artwork I've never seen before. If they have people working on graphics, something has to be happening, right?



EDIT: Scratch that:

Yeah, that just doesn't really sound like we'd be able to actually make a GoPet.. They're just going to use the artwork in a casino type game.. That's what Erik does now. Not my thing.

Mine neither. :/