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History

A2Central.com was launched in 2000 by Eric Shepherd and soon became a subsidiary of Syndicomm. The site began independent operation under Sean Fahey in 2006, followed by Em Maginnis and Tony Diaz in 2018.

A2Central.com was redesigned and relaunched in March 2023 as a property of Gamebits, the sole proprietorship that also publishes Juiced.GS, Retro Roundup, and a2.click. More details are available here.

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Our thanks to the many people who have contributed to keeping this site alive over the decades, including Eric Shepherd, Sean Fahey, Tony Diaz, Em Maginnis, Andy Molloy, Geoff Weiss, Kelvin Sherlock, Cindy Adams, Dain Neater, Antoine Vignau, Michael Kent, Ray Merlin, Mark Percival, Loren Damewood, Kim Howe, Carl Knoblock, Kirk Mitchell, Ryan Suenaga, Tony Ward, Dave Miller, and Devin Reade.

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