I'm not really familiar with which servers are better or worse, so I'll leave that to everyone else that does.
I figured this would be a great topic for people who are looking for a host since that question is asked a lot.
--Snake
Well, there's the usual(pretty sucky):
www.geocities.com
www.tripod.com
www.angelfire.com
Some better ones are:
www.brinkster.com
www.domaindlx.com
www.portland.co.uk
www.freewebs.com
http://www.lycos.co.uk - NOT lycos.com, .co.uk has better free hosting...
There is a good hosting server on http://narod.yandex.ru
It supports files up to 5 mg.
Unfortunately it is in Russian.
Quote from: Khaveen on Mon 18/08/2003 09:43:08
There is a good hosting server on http://narod.yandex.ru
It supports files up to 5 mg.
Unfortunately it is in Russian.
That makes signing up quite a bit more challenging... :D
Lots of people know Russian. Perhaps you should become one of them?
www.web1000.com
Lots of space, I think unlimited bandwidth, free.
It's also really great for hosting websites - no ads or anything, they just put ads on the 404s.
The catch? No web-based upload/download system - you have to use FTP (which really isn't all that bad).
Quote from: Duck on Mon 05/01/2004 00:57:34
www.web1000.com
Lots of space, I think unlimited bandwidth, free.
It's also really great for hosting websites - no ads or anything, they just put ads on the 404s.
The catch? No web-based upload/download system - you have to use FTP (which really isn't all that bad).
Except it only works in the US & Canada
some of their sites work elsewhere but not all, and a lot of people that have used it, have had problems with people downloading from it, so it's not as good as it seems.
I also used to use it, and for no reason without explanation my site was deleted, I emailed to see why and got no reponse.
Also if you use it make sure you choose an option somewhere that's for a non adult site or the 404 errors will give links to porn sites. Most Eurpeans won't be able to download from the site either even if they can see the page.
DomainDLX seemed quite nice but they don't allow any exe or zip files on their servers...
Currently I'm using FreeWebs but they're pretty slow... Every free server seems to have something that makes them pretty much like crap...
I haven't made any games yet so I'll keep on using FreeWebs.
Are there ANY sites that have atleast 50 MB space, no filesize limit and servers that are faster then a stone?
Quote from: Gankkizz on Wed 04/02/2004 19:37:43
Are there ANY sites that have atleast 50 MB space, no filesize limit and servers that are faster then a stone?
http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk/
has what you want in the above quote, but they also have ads and sometimes popups, they also have PHP & MySQL, It's the best free one out there considering what you get with it.
but over all there is no such thing as a good free server
www.prohosting.com is pretty good. I am currently using lite.prohosting.com or something like that. They do have a free plan I believe.
This service seems good, my only gripe is the 5mb file size limit, but I don't need more atm:
http://www.clearhost.org/
File hosting .
No exe they must be in a zip file , up to 25 megs (look for file sizes links) .
http://12.22.230.41/MicroTech/FileHosting.html
Hi there!
Pls give a look at what I post about that:
http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=13962.0
Thanks again, TK, for letting me know about this thread!
Well, it's me again!Ã, Ã, :D
Pls give a look here:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/bc/
http://help.yahoo.com/help/es/bc/index.html
http://help.yahoo.com/help/fr/bc/index.html
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/bc/index.html
etc.
If your demo/game/whatever is till 5 mb, that will help you, I'm sure!Ã, ;D
Quote from: Duck on Mon 05/01/2004 00:57:34
www.web1000.com
Lots of space, I think unlimited bandwidth, free.
It's also really great for hosting websites - no ads or anything, they just put ads on the 404s.
The catch? No web-based upload/download system - you have to use FTP (which really isn't all that bad).
FTP is cool.... download this (http://www.ftpx.com) really cool FTP browser now! It's just like the Windows Exploer, only for FTP!
I have just bought an unlimited hosting account. Once i have received login details etc and set my site up on the new server, i am considering creating a seperate page for people to upload content to.
www.zone.ee <<<< 25 MB
www.hot.ee <<< 15 MB
But (there is always a BUT)
They're in Estonian;)
I use http://www.freenet.de (60 MB web space, no proplem with zip files, size limit for single files 1.5MB)
It works fine for me.
But, well, it is german.
I would be happy to host a few large games. If anyone has a game thats large let me know. I can hold up to 100mb per game.E-mail me at goldeneagleflyer1@msn.com.
Thanks
TheGoldeagle
There's a decent game-based hosting service called "Projex".
It even automatically creates a web page, where you can upload screenshots, characters, etc.
It gives you only 8 megs to start, but you can ask for more. The URL is http://projectdev.lateralshift.net/
Hello people, sorry but my english is very bad. I'm one of the gamesario's owners (www.gamesario.com). We are a "Gamer Comunity" and we offer free web space if you need. If you really need it, send me an email.
Try www.100webspace.com it gives you 100 mb of free space and the bandwidth is alot. I'm pretty sure thats enough, since most ags games are like 3-5 megs.
Or you can use the free webhosting search engine: http://www.freewebspace.net/ and http://www.free-webhosts.com. Hope this helps.
well, i was thinking, is there a site that gives a big webspace, no limitation, good bandwith and no popup?
i mean where you have to pay a few bucks?
Well, just check www.freewebspace.net and www.free-webhosts.com. You search for the space you need and tells you info about the popups, bandwitdth, max file size, and other stuff. And its free
Hum... i'm the webmaster of Gs (gamesario.com), we offer free hosting without any kind of publicity.
The webhosting stars with 100mb, 2gb bw and 2 SQL Databases, if u need more, just say it.
Actually we have a lot of games who have more than 10gb of bw and 500mb of hd.
Just think it...
Oh! I almost forgot, my MSN is : sliverale2060@hotmail.com
Cya
I just made a site for everyone to upload there games to. just go here http://gamesdb.agsn.co.uk and upload your file. It will end up in
http://gamesdb.agsn.co.uk/uploads/yourfilename.here
Wow Stee, that's very kind of you. If i works out its going to be a great asset to the AGS community.
Just to check, I think its down, can anyone get on the site?
Yes i tried to upload a 35mb, but it start to uploada, comes to 7 mb and then says page does not exist or something similiarÃ, ???
I tried different freehost sites, but have all different limitations(county , file size limit etc. or long wait period....
So if there is anybody who want to host my game, Project Xenophobe (34 mb) I would be very pleased.
thanx
email it to me at stee01@gmail.com and i'll try and upload it. No guarantees though as I am quite busy at the moment. I have assignments to do as well as updating my own site and maintaining the games site I made.
http://www.100webspace.com
QuoteAbsolutely FREE, Data storage: 100 MB, Monthly bandwidth: 1 GB, Hosting for 1 domain, 5 subdomains, 3 POP3 accounts, 3 Email aliases, SpamAssassin protection, E-mail filters, Webmail service, POP3 access, Catch-all emails, Email forwarding, Email autoresponder, Webalizer statistics, Detailed bandwidth stats, FrontPage extensions, SSL with certificate generation, SSI (Server Side Includes), Web-based file manager, Advanced Control Panel, Instant account activation
No joke, you get 100 megs of space, no ads, 1gb monthly bandwidth, PHP hosting... All free. You have the option of getting a domain name hosted, but it isn't required to get hosting. But I do think they recently implemented a 1 MB filesize limit due to abuse...Ã, :-\ Other than that it's a great host if you don't have any money. Or if you're just a greedy *you-know-what*.
Not there now .
i have a .co.uk website i no longer use, 300mb disk space, 3gb bandwidth. Anyone needs any where for a large game, demo, wotever to be hosted i dont mind hostin for ye (for free, of course)
I'm willing to offer hosting as well. I can host websites, demos, data files, whatever. It's fully functional webhosting, with PHP&MySQL available, and I can do both domains and under subdomain (multiple domains available ;))
If it's merely filehosting, I can put it on my download subdomain.
I've got 80 gigs of bandwidth free and about... oh, 7 gigs of space :P
Could someone please help me with my problem?
I am using Freewebs to upload my game. It is a very small file size ~ 3 mb. I zipped the file and uploaded it. Now how do I make it downloadable.?
Do I make a link <a href ="http://www.freewebs.com/parthianshotstudios/Compiled.zip">xxx</a> like this? Because this didn't work.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
That worked for me. I was able to download that file by right clicking & going to "save target as". I don't see any problem with it - although it seems you are trying to use html (or something) which the forum does not accpet, as I recall.
Yeah, it seems to work now. I was using trying to put the link in bravenet hosting. I think "save target as" is the only way to get it to work.
No! You want www.freewebtown.com! You get 1gig of space, 1 gig of transfer and a 40meg upload limit...
Hi all, I'm a new member around here :)
By way of a first and (hopefully) useful message,
DON'T YOU FOLKS ever mess with the hosting at Http://yandex.narod.ru It sucks, that's all there is to it. It is a Russian site, and I am a Rusiian too, so I know what I'm talking about. First, there is a 5 meg per file limit, second, the connection speed is awful slow, so any up\download would last for ages (some of my friends have their sites there and all of them complain about that too), third, it won't let you upload files in RAR archive format, so you'd need to make a workaround, fourth - the hosting is down way much too often... it isn't the best choice.
But I have a much more decent alternative:
http://www.fromru.com
it's a free mail service, if you create a mailbox there, you'll automatically get 40 megs hosting space.
minor disadvantages:
- it is in RUSSIAN :P
- the uploaded files are purged from the server automatically after some time, about a month :'(
advantages:
- it's completely free
- no file size limit - up to 40 meg per single file, maxing the hosting size itself
- fair connection speed and alternative FTP access for up/download
- the server is almost never down
- you can upload anything with any file extension
So it is a very good choice for hosting mid-sized demos and like. For a decent permanent hosting, try out
http://www.freebox.ru/
with UNLIMITED hosting size, 3rd level domain name, SSI and FTP access. Creating a site you can initially specify the "games" content category... it is Russian too, but it is FREE. If someone here considers trying something of the above, just mail me, I'll translate it for you ;D
Quote from: Scummbuddy on Sun 17/08/2003 10:39:54
www.freewebs.com
You only get the good space after seven days of your activation of the site. Also, it downloads 1kb at a time. :o
If you need a host for your game, you may upload it into my serverspace, which I especially made for AGSers.
I'd like to see games less than 50MB since I don't have very much space to spare, but if it's really a masterpiece, I won't mind bigger ones.
It's fast, reliable and no ads or crap to let you down.
I won't host homepages, though, so find some other webspace for a page, and simply link the game to mine.
Under the following link, you'll find an uploader to get the game directly from your hard disk to server space.
http://www.increator.pri.ee/ags/
I'd like to see only games in proper .exe (self-extracting), .zip or .rar format, and I'm moderating the space myself, so please don't upload any unpacked games or other pointless crap.
Thanks InCreator but everytime I try to upload it says Upload Failed :(
Anybody know any other decent servers?
Free file hosting:
http://fileupyours.com
Everything unlimited
http://datapickup.com
Max File Size: 1.5GB
File deleted after 7 days
http://freespace.filefront.com
Max File Size: 1GB (Files cannot be larger than 1GB or take more than 10 hours to upload)
Everything else is unlimited.
http://www.yousendit.com
Max File Size: 1GB
File deleted after 7 days
http://www.transferbigfiles.com
Max File Size: 1GB
File deleted after 5 days/20 downloads
http://www.spread-it.com
Max File Size: 500MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days
http://ftpz.us
Max File Size: 498MB
Everything else is unlimited
http://www.thefilehut.com
Max File Size: 250MB
Free registration required
http://www.megaupload.com
Max File Size: 250MB (used to be 500MB)
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days
http://www.updownloadserver.com
Max File Size: 250MB (Uploads will be checked by an admin before publishing)
http://www.sharebigfile.com
Max File Size: 250MB
File deleted after 7 days
http://www.filecache.de
Max File Size: 125MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days
http://www.pushfile.net
Max File Size: 100MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 7 days
http://www.dropload.com
Max File Size: 100MB
File deleted after 7 days or after the first download (yep.. it's true)
http://www.turboupload.com
Max File Size: 70MB
http://www.picapic.net
Max File Size: 60MB
http://www.nexmicrosystems.com
Max File Size: 60MB
File deleted after 30 days
http://www.savefile.com
Max File Size: 60MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 14 or 30 days. FAQ says 14, upload page says 30...
http://www.psychohost.com
Max File Size: 50MB
Everything else unlimited.
http://www.freeuploader.com
Max File Size: 50MB
http://www.ushareit.com
Max File Size: 50MB
http://sharefiles.ru
Max File Size: 50MB
File deleted after 30 days
http://www.wirefiles.com
Max File Size: 50MB
http://www.xshare.us
Max File Size: 50MB
http://app02.bonpoo.com/file.htm
Max File Size: 50MB
http://rapidshare.de
Max File size: 50MB
Download Limit: 50MB/hour
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days
http://qfile.de
Max File size: 50MB
Download Limit: 50MB/hour
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days
http://www.uploadhut.com
Max File Size: 50MB
http://www.gigashare.com
Max File Size: 50MB (multiple files upload option)
http://illhostit.com
Max File Size: 40MB
http://www.filebuffer.net
Max File Size: 40MB
Everything else seems to be unlimited
http://www.35mb.com
Max File Size: 35MB
Free registration required
Everything else is unlimited
http://up.li.ru
Max File Size: 32MB
File deleted after 3 days (2 months if file extension is jpg/jpeg/png)
http://sendmefile.com
Max File Size: 30MB
File deleted after 14 days
http://www.swiftdesk.com
Max File Size: 30MB
Free registration required
http://www.ultrashare.net
Max File Size: 30MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days.
http://falcon.o-wh.com
Max File Size: 30MB
http://www.ripway.com
Max File Size: 30MB
Free registration required
http://www.mytempdir.com
Max File Size: 25MB
File deleted after 14 days
http://www.myfilestash.com
Max File Size: 25MB
Free registration required
http://www.myfileshack.com
Max File Size: 25MB
Free registration required
http://11mbit.de
Max File Size: 20MB
http://www.webfile.ru
Max File Size: 20MB
File deleted after 7 days
http://www.yourfilehost.com
Max File Size: 10MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 14 days
http://www.da_insane.boo.pl/d/upload/
Max File Size: 10MB
http://www.filesupload.com
Max File Size: 10MB
Free registration required
http://www.4shared.com
Max File Size: 10MB
Free registration required
http://come2store.com
Max File Size: 10MB
Free registration required
http://webfilehost.com
Max File Size: 10MB
File deleted after 30 days
http://www.filecabi.net/free-video-hosting.html
Max File Size: 10MB
File deleted if not viewed for 30 days
http://www.putfile.com
Max File Size: 10MB
File deleted if not viewed for 6 months
http://uppit.com
Max File Size: 6MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days
http://www.zippyvideos.com
Max File Size: 5MB
File deleted if not viewed for 60 days
http://www.desearch.net
Max File Size: 4MB
http://www.uploadx.net
Max File Size: 3MB
http://www.filepost.us
Max File Size: 3MB
Free registration required
http://www.thefilebucket.com
Max File Size: 2MB (not sure)
Free registration required
http://storagefun.com
Max File Size: 2MB
Free registration required
Just added Nov,10,2006 http://www.mediafire.com/
100% Free
Unlimited File Size
Unlimited Uploads
No Sign Up Required
filelodge.bolt.com (http://filelodge.bolt.com)
QuoteFile Lodge is a free file hosting provider especially designed to look after you and your files.
We offer a huge 500MB of file storage and support almost all file extensions, such as jpg, gif, mpg, avi, wmv, doc, pdf, mp3 etc
Bandwidth is unlimited.
*Please delete this post and put the web page and description into Candles post. Thank you.
Demos up to 10mb in size can be hosted at screen7.co.uk.
Just email me your demo!
Also, a VAST list of web-based file hosters.
http://community.livejournal.com/kino_download/340497.html
I chose www.megaupload.com
File size up to 500mb and the file is not deleted unless it's not downloaded for 30 days.
I just happen to have a 100mbit 1000gig per month 80 gig Dedicated server. I can host some files for yas.
http://filehosterliste.dl.am/
If it's a just a small game or demo you want to upload, this site will hold up to 25 mb.
http://www.americangirlscouts.org/agsuploads/
If it is a good and worthy game, I could upload it, I have over 500MB of space. But nothing lasts forever, you know. Only thing you need to do, is to prove your game is wortwhile playing and deliver it to me somehow (via soulseek, torrent, etc), just PM or send an e-mail and we'll see.
Unless you realy hate Bill Gates:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/default.aspx
ATTENTION - FREE HOSTING AVAILABLE
I run a modding \ gaming website for fan-made content and we're always looking for new projects to host. The site is Samods - http://www.samods.org
I've posted my own AGS project Techs (An IT helpdesk simulation) on the site here (http://samods.org/144). People can either get their own subdomain and put up their own website or use our CMS (Content Management System) to add pages like my Techs in the link above. Plus we have our own forum.
Where can I find out more?
Read this for details on hosting: http://samods.org/hosting
For general info on Samods read this: http://samods.org/about
The instructions will tell you what to email me at ben.brown@talk21.com - send some screenshots (in a zip if you can manage it) and information on your project then we'll take things from there.
Do you have enough space to host projects?
I certainly think so. We're only using 17% of almost 450 GB disk space and have 8995 GB bandwidth to use. I've been annoyed in the past that we've struggled to use it up since I'm paying for it but I did intentionally get more than we used just in case.
What's the catch?
Absolutely none. I'm a gamer who enjoys working on fan-made stuff (Campaigns, mods, voice acting, etc) and have attempted over many years to keep a site going for fans to put their stuff on. I want projects so we can get more visitors who in turn will give feedback for our hard work.
Hotlinksfiles.com (http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/)
It's great! 50mb file limit.
http://www.gamecake.net/
free and allows direct linking.
Quote from: bicilotti on Sat 15/11/2008 21:53:10
http://www.gamecake.net/
free and allows direct linking.
wow that one's really good! ;D
Quote from: bicilotti on Sat 15/11/2008 21:53:10
http://www.gamecake.net/
free and allows direct linking.
Is there a filesize limit or a bandwidth limit?
Quote from: Dualnames on Tue 25/11/2008 18:20:21
Quote from: bicilotti on Sat 15/11/2008 21:53:10
http://www.gamecake.net/
free and allows direct linking.
Is there a filesize limit or a bandwidth limit?
I'm not sure but it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay alpha
Ok, I checked this. I'm actually pleased with the services so far.
How long have you been using it?
Three or four weeks. Overall is quite nice, but sometimes there are problems (link not working etc.).
But then again, it's still alpha (and direct linking is awesome)
Game Jolt just decided to open up hosting for everyone.
http://gamejolt.com
We're specialized to host freeware games, so signing up and placing your game on the site supports the community and helps everyone's games gets noticed.
Note that you can also post incomplete/work-in-progresses and release news, screenshots and files as they come, so if your game isn't even completed yet, you're still welcome to throw it up on the site.
We'd appreciate any feedback on the service. Thanks!
I've set up uploading again on my site, although a slightly different approach
You can access the download section and upload a download to the "unmoderated files section".
This will then be virus scanned and moved to the appropriate category.
http://www.agsn.co.uk
Of course if you have issues you can pm me here, or use the feedback form on the site.
Or just contact me and Ill upload them to www.agsarchives.com ;).
(Maybe Ill make an upload script sometime in the near future, though I will have to use some password restriction so I dont just get anyone uploading stuff there :). )