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Help wanted - CSS CGC entries
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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
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Crap ZX Spectrum games are Spectrum games tooEinar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:54 pm This site should also have a tick box to include crap games in searches (disabled by default).
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Sure. Thus the reason we are cataloguing them all.Kweepa wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:27 pmCrap ZX Spectrum games are Spectrum games tooEinar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:54 pm This site should also have a tick box to include crap games in searches (disabled by default).
But we don't want occasional visitors to search for a few titles and conclude that most Spectrum games are crap. People should only get crap titles when they are intentionally looking for crappiness!
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Some c.g.c entries are more playable than some of the stuff shovelled out in the 80s though
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Good point.
Standard ZX81 screens should use SCR format. You can ask Thomas for help on this if needed, he's our resident ZX81 expert.
For other machines, please ask here!
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Agreed. Thus the reason a few games like "R-Swype" can be searched, despite the fact it's a CSSCGC game.
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You mean convert screenshots to spectrum screens?
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Should a "house style" be defined for the attributes when converting the screenshots, i.e. bright on or off?Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:57 pm I mean SCR format represents screens of 256x192 pixels, so it's appropriate for both Spectrum and ZX81 standard screens.
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Bright off.
Thomas has been already generating ZX81 screens this way.
Regards,
Einar
Thomas has been already generating ZX81 screens this way.
Regards,
Einar
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Is there an emulator we can use to generate SCR from zx81 games?
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I expect there is, if that's the format people are using, it's just the one I use doesn't. Another option would be to use the ZX81 emulator ROM in a spectrum emulator, then you can just directly make a .scr file but that's making loading things rather more fiddly than it needs to be.
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Do you want me to have a bash at 2015 then?
(It's back online now btw, thanks to deKay: http://csscgc2015.lofi-gaming.org.uk/ )
(It's back online now btw, thanks to deKay: http://csscgc2015.lofi-gaming.org.uk/ )
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Oh you star, that'd be great.Lee Spoons wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 8:55 pm Do you want me to have a bash at 2015 then?
(It's back online now btw, thanks to deKay: http://csscgc2015.lofi-gaming.org.uk/ )
Good to see the site back, last time I looked it was only on some wayback thingy.
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No problem, I'll get on to it when I have some spare time (What, 2026? Ed.)R-Tape wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 9:03 pmOh you star, that'd be great.Lee Spoons wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 8:55 pm Do you want me to have a bash at 2015 then?
(It's back online now btw, thanks to deKay: http://csscgc2015.lofi-gaming.org.uk/ )
Good to see the site back, last time I looked it was only on some wayback thingy.
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Just wanted to add that 2014 has been taken. The state of things so far:
[mention]Nomad[/mention] 2003
serbalgi 2007 done
[mention]Kweepa[/mention] 2008
[mention]PeterJ[/mention] 2010
[mention]Spud[/mention] 2016
Guesser 2009 done
MykeP 2014 (thanks Myke)
[mention]Lee Spoons[/mention] 2015
R-Tape/Hikoki 2013 done yet to be added
We're all busy so no worries if you've stalled, no rush, but if you don't think you'll make any further progress then just send me what you have so far.
Or if you want to contribute then pick an unclaimed year and announce it here!
[mention]Nomad[/mention] 2003
serbalgi 2007 done
[mention]Kweepa[/mention] 2008
[mention]PeterJ[/mention] 2010
[mention]Spud[/mention] 2016
Guesser 2009 done
MykeP 2014 (thanks Myke)
[mention]Lee Spoons[/mention] 2015
R-Tape/Hikoki 2013 done yet to be added
We're all busy so no worries if you've stalled, no rush, but if you don't think you'll make any further progress then just send me what you have so far.
Or if you want to contribute then pick an unclaimed year and announce it here!