Help wanted - CSS CGC entries

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2008:
I currently have screenshots for everything up to T, including the summary tapes.
I haven't renamed them according to the ZXDB naming scheme though, or checked that the authors are correct in the database.
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CSS CGC 2010

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PeterJ wrote: Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:33 pm @R-Tape

Put me down for 2010.
If you've not already done 2010 yet, then you can get an XML file containing all the info on my CSSCGC2010 site from the games.xml file:
https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/games.xml
(this is what the site content is sourced from)

All references to snapshots, screenshots, tapes etc. are embedded in the xml and can be downloaded by prefixing
https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/games/

The xml file is pretty self describing but a schema file is here
https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/games.xsd

Hope it helps. :-)
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BloodBaz wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:59 pm If you've not already done 2010 yet, then you can get an XML file containing all the info on my CSSCGC2010 site from the games.xml file:
https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/games.xml
(this is what the site content is sourced from)

All references to snapshots, screenshots, tapes etc. are embedded in the xml and can be downloaded by prefixing
https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/games/

The xml file is pretty self describing but a schema file is here
https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/games.xsd

Hope it helps. :-)
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Some of 2010 is done (I've been collating it)—if you go to the home page and search "Year: 2010" and "Crappiness: Crap only", then you see the screenshots Peter has submitted so far.

The links you provide are above my head, but basically we need the games currently missing a run and, if appropriate, load screenshot (as .scr). If you or Peter were willing to fill in the gaps then it would be a massive help.

The game files are all here already, in the archive file in the CGC 2010 ID. I just need to find time to unzip them and collate them in the correct format for ZXDB. That will probably have to wait until next year, unless someone finishes the screenshots first.

Can you think of a way to present your website/reviews in a way we could host here? For example I converted my 2013 blog into a .PDF.

BWT 2010 is a special year for me: it was the first Spectrum game I ever wrote, and my first submission to the CGC. You did a cracking job that year Baz :D
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I've a list of the 2010 ones I've not done. I will get back to it!
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Hi! Do you still need help with this or everything is covered? :)
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druellan wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:19 pm Hi! Do you still need help with this or everything is covered? :)
Yes help is still needed!

The situation so far:

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 [mention]Nomad[/mention] claimed this year and disappeared
2004
2005
2006
2007 done, ta [mention]serbalgi[/mention]
2008 in progress? [mention]Kweepa[/mention]
2009 done, ta [mention]Guesser[/mention]
2010 done, ta [mention]PeterJ[/mention]
2011
2012
2013 done, r-tape
2014 done, ta MykeP
2015 in progress? [mention]Lee Spoons[/mention]
2016 in progress? [mention]Spud[/mention]
2017
2018

BTW—if you've claimed a year and didn't find time to finish it (or start it!), there's no shame in that. Just send what you have, or shout out that you're going to shamefully renage on your promise :mrgreen: , so someone else can have a go.

Dru (or anyone)—if you want to help here, can you state which year you're taking, and see the early posts for instructions on what's required and the screenshot format. Also, as there will be a lot of files and corrections, can you make a list and organise all the files into one zip (as opposed to loads of separate entries in the upload form).
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Put me down for 2000 [mention]R-Tape[/mention]
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:09 pm Yes help is still needed!
Great! Add me for 2018 then, the competition is almost closed, so I can start checking the entries, I believe many of them are already on the ZXDB. After that, I can take another year.
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I am half way through 2016. I will complete it soon, honest.
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Just finished the 2018. I'm sending the download link via PM.
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BTW, I'm going to keep an eye for new entries, one was just added yesterday (already on the ZIP).
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Has anyone got any (or even better—all) of the games from the 2017 CGC?

Neither Chris Young's CGFinder nor SC have an archive file of them, and the hosting website doesn't exist anymore.
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I would like to be of some help but I'm not sure my computer skills are sufficient but if there's something tedious but simple that I could do, I would be glad to.
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R-Tape wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:15 pm Has anyone got any (or even better—all) of the games from the 2017 CGC?

Neither Chris Young's CGFinder nor SC have an archive file of them, and the hosting website doesn't exist anymore.
Only "Fetch a Ketchup" has been saved by the Wayback Machine. I still have my entries somewhere, plus a few other ones as well, but not the full set, unfortunately.
All software to-date
Working on something, as always.
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Bagsy 2011. Nearly done.
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I've managed to locate my 2016 WIP off old dead PC. Now trying to work through it again. Some clarification: in the absence of a loading screen (for example, game was provided as snapshot) would you like a title screen instead?
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Spud wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:10 am I've managed to locate my 2016 WIP off old dead PC. Now trying to work through it again. Some clarification: in the absence of a loading screen (for example, game was provided as snapshot) would you like a title screen instead?
Stout fellow. If you could highlight which are without load screen there is a flag for this. I don't know what this flag does, but I can set it.

I'd say don't take a title screen.
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Is 2000 still available? I promised to do it last year [mention]R-Tape[/mention], but never got round to it. Peter
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PeterJ wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 5:39 pm Is 2000 still available? I promised to do it last year [mention]R-Tape[/mention], but never got round to it. Peter
Yep 2000 is still available. Ta Peter. Looking at the entry page, there are big names involved, and the titles look auspicious. Writer's Digest Prize Draw and Erotic Pinball to mention just a couple!

The situation so far:

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 done, ta @serbalgi
2008 in progress? @Kweepa
2009 done, ta @Guesser
2010 done, ta @PeterJ
2011 nearly done by R-Tape
2012
2013 done, R-tape
2014 done, ta MykeP
2015 in progress? @Lee Spoons
2016 in progress? @Spud
2017
2018

BTW—if you've claimed a year and didn't find time to finish it (or start it!), don't worry at all, but drop me a PM if you don't think you'll get around to it.
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Thanks Dave,

Will make a start.

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Thanks to Peter for the 2000 screens, and now thanks to Many, who has offered to do 2012.

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 done ta PeterJ
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 done, ta @serbalgi
2008 in progress? @Kweepa
2009 done, ta @Guesser
2010 done, ta @PeterJ
2011 nearly done by R-Tape
2012 in progress @Manu128k
2013 done, R-tape
2014 done, ta MykeP
2015 in progress? @Lee Spoons
2016 in progress? @Spud
2017
2018

BTW—if you've claimed a year and didn't find time to finish it (or start it!), don't worry at all, but drop me a PM if you don't think you'll get around to it.
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R-Tape wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:15 am 2018
BTW—if you've claimed a year and didn't find time to finish it (or start it!), don't worry at all, but drop me a PM if you don't think you'll get around to it.
Pretty sure I finished 2018, but I don't remember if I sent also the screenshots?
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I will do 2017.
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PeterJ wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:42 amI will do 2017.
That year has loads of missing games. Might be better to pick another year at the mo.
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OK. 2005
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