Gamebase CPC V33 happening soon

[ldaneels]

Salut
Merci pour ce super boulot sur ma machine de coeur.


petite question : Quand je scanne, il me manque 21 jeux et 192 Extras. Normal (problèmes de droits ?) ? ou j'ai fait une fausse manip?


merci encore.

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J'espère que ça te plaira
Pour ce qui est des fichiers manquants, ce sont effectivement des logiciels toujours commercialisés pour lesquels je n'ai pas eu l'autorisation de leur distributeur (en particulier Poly.Play, Cronosoft, Psytronik and a few others).
Si vous avez des contacts avec ces distributeurs et pouvez me mettre en contact avec eux, n'hésitez pas à me le faire savoir.

[Gryzor]

Nice, that was fast
I archived the executable in gamebase-setup-v1.3-full.zip. 
Download that file instead. It worked for me...I'll see with Kukulcan if he can fix the problem with the exe.

Cheers, got it!

[Nich]

Everything extracted fine here...

Everything was OK at my end as well, using PowerArchiver 2019. Here are the checksums I got when I ran sha256sum:

1e57d1ece94f15b80f1c4392f785ca4a9231818748ba85eed2374d8fe615b53a *Amstrad CPC.zip.001
c05f52e57e87e341d3f740666b99896adcb3b2e25b314886090eaf747d1d865a *Amstrad CPC.zip.002
a9353addd9b8743154b66372316abeed16946a2bb408bea5b424ff4b6f08218d *Amstrad CPC.zip.003
b060a02d485f1bb7d80c69a736ffbf19a668c61fea4a89353c7a8bc3636303b8 *Amstrad CPC.zip.004
bf5bf851e4541e8731735471e2a530d053eecd4066d4530affb25a1647a69865 *Amstrad CPC.zip.005
6b50ff1ac3c8f17e92858352cc3f5fa2243a5777899437f5dae053543b03721b *Amstrad CPC.zip.006
6fc21643eeba3d7dc6849c55c684857efc973a025ccf984032ce68ea6dbfe1a2 *Amstrad CPC.zip.007
00699adf64814e5a3fcfdc777ae2970a74be0485a6ffe67b2afa3b05923df421 *Amstrad CPC.zip.008
313786c1364fcf1026e8c3df87af5a00e722f3a7fd3bf134fcd14e2182989789 *gamebase-setup-v1.3-full.zip
af88eeb09af9d90349296a64eafefef425b551333f560b78c701894fd3dc8e62 *README_EN.txt

[ldaneels]

Hi Nich,
Glad to have you on board :)I hope you enjoy GBCPC!

[Johnny Olsen]

For some reason, it was impossible to download working files with firefox and windows 7,
so I tried windows 10 with Internet Explorer and now it works.
Thanks to Nich and Gryzor for verifying that the files work and thanks for a great database Loïc.

[SRS]

Nice.

Can't download with FF/Win 10 now...

[ldaneels]

I tried downloading with FF & it's working fine for me. 
It might be that the site is overloaded, so try again a little later. 
Also, please make sure you download only one file at a time.
Hi Johnny, long time no talk. Any news on your Gamebase project?

[Johnny Olsen]

Yes about 1000, but it is time consuming to debug basic programs
and I only work with it when I want.

[SRS]

Yes about 1000, but it is time consuming to debug basic programs
and I only work with it when I want.

If you want aid, here we are

[Johnny Olsen]

I appreciate that.

Problems with the gamebase project are that only one can work on it,
but if you have games or scans of magazines
not online, it will be perfect.

I am looking for games from the following magazines:

Computer Gamer (UK) - https://archive.org/details/computergamermagazine

Computronic (G) - https://archive.org/details/computronic_magazine

HC Mein Home Computer (G) - http://oldcomputers-ddns.org/public/pub/archiv/hc-meinhome-computer-archiv/index.html

Homecomputer Hefte (G) - http://tronic-verlag.50webs.com/

[SRS]

My first try to send a "own" torrent. Try this (will seed next few days evenings)
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[Gryzor]

Oh cool, I'll check my seedbox tonight for available space

[XeNoMoRPH]

installed , very nice 

[MiguelSky]

I got stucked on v27. I supposse I have to delete that and download the entire thing again...

[Gryzor]

Got it on my seedbox, gonna leave it there for a while. So far it's upped exactly 1.000  copy

[ldaneels]

Thanks everybody for hosting a torrent, much appreciated
As a sidenote, I am currently working really hard to get CPCEPower into GBCPC & am linking all the original dumps (RAW & IPF) into the database. This is obviously going to be a long term endeavour, but it should make GBCPC much better.
There are two advantages to doing that: I am verifying every single entry (links, data,...) & the emulator is much more accurate, so no juggling multiple emulators as it is the case now. The only exception are the CPC+/GX4000 games which will still need to go through Winape.
Also, a quick tip: you can add extra columns in the database view (CTRL+H) so you can sort the software whichever way you like. Personally, I like Publisher, Year Published, Genre, Rating & Works in CPCE.
Enjoy!

[Gryzor]

Least one could do...

[ldaneels]

Yes about 1000, but it is time consuming to debug basic programs
and I only work with it when I want.

Hi Johnny,
Wow! That's a lot of work.
Are you planning on making your work public at some time?
Thanks for all your hard work,

Loic

[Gryzor]

Haven't tried it yet, but a friend sent me a list of the contents:

 ~  du -chs /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/*  ✔  10153  12:47:35
8.2M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Amstrad CPC.mdb
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Credits.ini
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Credits.txt
213M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Emulators
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Emulators.ini
23G   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras
1.2G   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Games
144K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Gfx
520M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Music
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/MusicPlayers.ini
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Paths.ini
9.6G   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Pictures
400K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Player
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/README_EN.txt
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/README_FR.txt
912K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Scripts
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Settings.ini
912K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Sounds
46M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Splash
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/TEMPLATE.master
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Text.ini
4.7M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/gamebase-setup-v1.3-full.zip
16K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/help.htm
560K   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/splash.wav
35G   total
 ~  du -chs /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras/*  ✔  10154  09:37:09
5.2M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras/Cartridges
464M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras/Disks
13G   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras/Manuals
2.9G   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras/Misc
546M   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPCV33/Extras/Music
5.6G   /Volumes/retro/GameBaseCPC

13GB for manuals??! I mean, this must have entailed a tremendous amount of work (and a couple of samples I saw were of really nice quality)!

[ldaneels]

Lol Yeah, it sure did... I don't really want to think about how many hours that represents, though.
Just for fun (& because I'm kind of a maniac), I also re-scanned most of everything, so the work you see has been duplicated for the most part. There is a very significant difference between scans made prior to 03/2013 & those made after (new scanner + much higher DPi).
I've been working on GBCPC for over 15 years & I intend to keep plugging at it for the foreseeable future. I also have many ideas on how to expand GBCPC in the future, but it's a long term thing.
The only issue I am facing now is the difficulty to source originals, but well, it is what it is...Cheers,
Loic

[Gryzor]

So... I was wondering, you really have all these titles?

[ldaneels]

Well, I had them at some point or another. I also had help from some collectors who lent me their originals (mostly Philippe Hernandez & Antoine Rozanski, but others have also helped in smaller ways - David Noble, Steve Jarrett, Christophe Creance...), but I'd estimate over 90% were owned by me at some point or another.
I did collect CPC software up until 2011, but real life got the best of me & now I have to sell back what I get for GBCPC to purchase new software.

[Gryzor]

Still that must be/was a pretty impressive collection...

By the way, can we donate to the project?

[ldaneels]

That depends on what you mean by donating. If you mean games, I would love that. I'm always looking for people who can lend me original software. If you mean money, I'd rather avoid that for various reasons.

[Gryzor]

I trimmed my collection a few years back, so I'm not sure I have anything you might have missed (highly unlikely!), but I could send you a list of the titles I have to see if something piques your interest...