@pacman000 : I don't think he cares as he's moving away from the hobby and that was one of the reasons for selling the site off in the first place. His collection was sold off to the same person that bought the site IIRC.
Their reason for changing is that the old server NA rested on was being decommissioned. I still find it strange they went the route they did, however. NA forum threads are still there, but seller feedback, scoreboard high scores and the games database are completely missing. What a waste.