I suppose I've got to do 2009 have I...
Help wanted - CSS CGC entries
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That would be great (fantastic year that, overtake the Pope and The Boris Becker tennis still make me chuckle).
If we're going down the host collates route then it's [mention]Digital Prawn[/mention] we should feel sorry for...
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Lol these these comp's are the programming equivalent of a Lemarchand's box. I figured I would get a ton done but I ended up wasting way to much time playing the games
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Time wasted in a nice way is not wastedI figured I would get a ton done but I ended up wasting way to much time playing the games
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This will be fixed in the next archive update. Thanks!MatGubbins wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:52 pm One of my games has the wrong title
search for "FLICKING" and lists the archive.
FLICKING CLING SNOT ON MY CAT
it should be
FLICKING CLINT SNOT ON MY CAT
Great game that!
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I can help with 2007 edition
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Brilliant, thanks a lot.
Don't forget that screenshots should be give the correct names:
So the 2007 CSS CGC game "Zuzzle Xobble" has ZXDB ID 30999 (which you get from the web address bar of the game's entry).
So the loading screen should have this name:
0030999-load-1.scr
And the in game screen should have this name:
0030999-run-1.scr
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I've not downloaded the 2015 entries yet, so if anyone wants to do them then please go ahead with them.
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You can't lick the donut and put it back on the shelf!MatGubbins wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:39 pm I've not downloaded the 2015 entries yet, so if anyone wants to do them then please go ahead with them.
(or is cowpat more appropriate?)
Just to be clear - have you just bagsied or unbagsied 2015? No-one's claimed it.
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I've licked the donut and put it back on the shelf, taken the 10% free portion from the packet and added a bottle of wine to my wine gums. Tasty!R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:49 pmYou can't lick the donut and put it back on the shelf!MatGubbins wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:39 pm I've not downloaded the 2015 entries yet, so if anyone wants to do them then please go ahead with them.
(or is cowpat more appropriate?)
Just to be clear - have you just bagsied or unbagsied 2015? No-one's claimed it.
It remains unclaimed.
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But seriously I would be happy to help out with this if I had the free time. Sadly I don't at the moment (or for the forseeable future), apologies for that. So if anyone else is brave enough to take on 2008, then please feel free. Although it is not a decision to be taken lightly. It is a great initiative to get the CGC entries fully sorted in the archive. Thanks to R-Tape for starting this thread.Digital Prawn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:47 pmI'd rather watch the entire box set of Albion Market.
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There's only... 123... of them :O
Nicely archived, DP!
Nicely archived, DP!
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Don't worry Prawn, you've suffered enough.Digital Prawn wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:23 pm But seriously I would be happy to help out with this if I had the free time. Sadly I don't at the moment (or for the forseeable future), apologies for that. So if anyone else is brave enough to take on 2008, then please feel free. Although it is not a decision to be taken lightly. It is a great initiative to get the CGC entries fully sorted in the archive. Thanks to R-Tape for starting this thread.
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I started poking at 2008... I hadn't 'played' any of these before I don't think, so it's pretty fun.
Is there a deadline? I'll probably only manage 4-5 a day, so I might not be the best person to tackle the problem.
Is there a deadline? I'll probably only manage 4-5 a day, so I might not be the best person to tackle the problem.
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No deadline and please take your time, we've already had a lot of stuff that will need a bit of time to sort out.
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Advanced Lawnmower Simulator Add-on Pack
Advanced Purple Loading Simulator!?
Aargh!
Advanced Purple Loading Simulator!?
Aargh!
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16 "Advanced" titles that year, making 13% of that year's entries. I wonder if that's a record.
I really hope ZXDB can become easily searchable for vital statistics like this!
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Thank you Kweepa for looking at the 2008 archive. It's probably better that this is done by someone who hasn't played them (or loaded them up) before.
I had forgotten about all of them. Maybe 'B' onwards is not so bad - on second thoughts...
There were a few interesting entries that year though.
Some of them may possibly be out of scope of ZXDB though - we really stretched the definition of Sinclair related machines that year.
If I remember correctly there was an entry for the Jupiter ACE, and another one for the Cambridge Z88. Possibly even something for the ZX80 - although my memory of it all is a bit hazy after ten years.
I suppose just getting the ZX Spectrum & ZX81 entries sorted initially would be a very good effort. Of course, were you to abandon it all at 'A', I wouldn't blame you at all.
On top of that there were the CSSCGC 2008 tape magazines (also in the zip file). Would it be relevant to update them in the archive too? Not really sure TBH.
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I haven't looked at those in detail before, they should definitely be added, it looks like they don't have ZXDB IDs yet so I'll take care of those. Didn't some of them have inlays?Digital Prawn wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:05 pm On top of that there were the CSSCGC 2008 tape magazines (also in the zip file). Would it be relevant to update them in the archive too? Not really sure TBH.
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April has an inlay in the (zip) archive, but no others.
How about any zx80 games? I'm going to assume that Jupiter Ace games are not going in ZXDB.
I have gotten as far as the Dharma Initiative Computer sim...
Adding the tape magazines to the list (presumably one screenshot will be enough there).
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Yes! Actually we already have a few ZX80 titles:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... machine=18
I think it should. This machine is "Sinclair-ish" and we already have some Jupiter Ace material inherited from WoS, for instance:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... id=2000524
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ZX80 and Ace titles would be great but I would probably want the inclusion of a tick box to opt in to including them in searches.
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Excellent idea.
This site should also have a tick box to include crap games in searches (disabled by default).
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The 2009 compo had an entry for the ZX81. Screenshots for other machines will be an issue - need another amendment to the screenshot policy