Database of all GameBase Projects

[.mad.]

collecting is an illness.
i would say it's impossible to get every version of every gamebase.

when older gamebases were made, they where uploaded to these sites...
z-share, rapidshare, megaupload.
just to share between friends and GB fans on the site at the time.
these links died after about 30 days or so.
so only daily visitors will have got all of them.
but many have been re-uploaded by request or torrented on dedicated gaming sites.

even i do not have older versions of gamebases i updated.

Gamebase is a personal database tool, there will be many GB's made that never see the light of day.
As they are of no interest to the wider gaming community.

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[Leonis]

collecting is an illness.
i would say it's impossible to get every version of every gamebase.

I don't have such a goal, it really does seem like madness I want to collect a collection of the newest versions and update it whenever possible.

I went through the databases that I had and that I found online. The table will contain at least 5 new databases (in reality, more, but most of them are purely historical in value, since they are quite old).

I also found outdated data, in general, there is a lot of work to do, but it is worth it.

I renamed my archives using approximately the following template:

Camputers Lynx (1.0) (18-May-2018).zip

I was also thinking about adding authors to the file name, but it is better to list them in the table, since the file name is very long.

In general, when everything is ready, I will listen with interest to recommendations.

One, quite relevant question - is it worth repacking archives to save disk space? I wouldn't even ask, but the dates of the files (or at least the directories) will probably change, which is not very good from a historical point of view. And the second question - which archive format is preferable? I see both zip and rar and 7z, the best compression is in 7zip.

[.mad.]

which archive format is preferable? I see both zip and rar and 7z, the best compression is in 7zip.

if it was up to me, i would repack them all in ZIP (normal compression).
i don't care about the few extra bytes saved.

7z while it has better compression, it has given me errors unpacking over the years.
and due to 1 file having an error, it was impossible to unpack the rest of the archive.
when a similar error occurred in ZIP, it was still possible to upack the rest of the files avoiding the 1 bad file.

also when 7z is used on Archive.org, you can view the contents of the file, but not download any files from inside it.
with ZIP you can.
this is very handy when you don't want to download a 40GB rom collection, and just get one or two small files from inside the large file.

i agree most GB files don't need the name of the creator in the name.
apart from one exception.
Amiga.
Belgarath is the original creator v2.0 and V2.1
I did an unoffical update v2.1x repacking game files and adding 1000's of screens, all sps, latest whdloads, new script (but still keeping the original Gamebase intact underneath).
the v2.3 (while newer) did not have any of those files i added.
Seiya has now taken over the GB, starting from the v2.3 (i think) and calling it v1.0b, but it is a very different GB from what it once was.

so if you thought the version number was a clue for latest (best) version.
you would be wrong, but only in this case.

[Seiya]

Seiya has now taken over the GB, starting from the v2.3 (i think) and calling it v1.0b, but it is a very different GB from what it once was.

i started from v1.6

[Leonis]

Thank you for your answers, I will take this information into account.

I am still downloading the torrent, 1 seed periodically appears on the network, I have already downloaded the first batch of rare collections, and have prepared the second one.

I will start updating the Excel table little by little. At the first stage, I will make all the changes that I found during the collection revision process, at the second stage I will study the forum to eliminate inaccuracies and supplement the missing information.

[.mad.]

Hi Leonis,
i reported your account problems to admin.

[Leonis]

Thanks to everyone for their help, I'm back. It's too late to write anything today, but I finished the table, I'll fix some things later when I download the missing databases.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... fGYldyJhCc

I also have thoughts related to the issue of registration on the forum, I couldn't register a second account, although I tried to do it for several days.

[Leonis]

As someone has already noticed, I have republished a document that Andyman had been creating for a long time. If you compare, there are a lot of changes, both in version numbers, dates, authors, and links to files. But I assure you, if someone after me goes through all the forum topics again, they will find many more inaccuracies. The task of accounting for databases is complicated by the fact that, firstly, almost none of the developers indicated the version of the document, or did not change it after updates, and also by the fact that there were unofficial changes that were not announced on the forum.

What I am really proud of is that I added several more missing databases. For example:

• GameBase MSX World (MSX1,MSX2,MSX2+,MSXturboR)
• Demobase MSX
• NEC PC-FX
• Demobase zxAAA

Below, in the second table, I have listed the obsolete databases, the memory of which, for some reason, I wanted to save. Almost all of them are unique, although some have remained the basis for more modern databases.

The last table contains the databases that I couldn't find anywhere. I still haven't finished downloading the fantastic torrent file from Freenit, maybe some of them will be there, because hope dies last, but it would be great if anyone who has these databases would share them.

What I want to ask. I suggest all active forum participants study the document, maybe they will be able to find some very obvious and ridiculous errors.

The next steps I plan are as follows:

1. Since the table is online, I suggest the most active and concerned forum participants to write to me so that I give them the rights to edit the document. I don’t know how often and for how long I will be able to keep it up to date, it would be better if each developer could do it on their own. In any case, the document can be downloaded and republished again.

2. After all the discussions, I plan to open a separate topic, where this document will be in the title. The link will no longer change and will be in one place.

3. I also plan to upload all the current databases to the cloud service so that everyone can download them. As an alternative, there will be a group with all the files in Telegram, in my opinion, now this is the best place for exchanging files, no need to wait, download, suffer, everything is done quickly and automatically with one click.

I would like to thank everyone who has created the databases over the years. Studying the forum has been a truly exciting adventure for me.

[Leonis]

I never cease to be amazed by this date format: 17-Jul-2024. It is not as convenient as, for example, 2024-07-17, but it eliminates the ambiguity of interpretation of what is written, and therefore there is less chance of making a mistake.

All dates in the table are now actual dates, not just a string.

[Seiya]

i think that

1) Macintosh 68k is Seiya, .mad (gamebase is mine, but scripts are 100% by .mad)
2) AmigaApps is Seiya, .mad (idem as above. Gamebase is mine, but Scripts are 100% by .mad)
3) Apps&Tools Mac is Seiya, .mad (scripts are the same of Macintosh 68k, so by .mad)

i learned so much from .mad. Watching his amiga scripts i learned to create myself some new scripts and modify them, but some other scripts like handle hardrive is yet very complicated to understand.
.mad is and it will be always the best gamebase script editor.

[Leonis]

Hi Seiya, thanks for the comment, I've made the appropriate adjustments. In general, when I was reading the forum, it seemed that .mad. participated in the development of a large number of databases, since almost everywhere he offered at least some improvements to the scripts.

[Seiya]

yes. he create many database and also helped to create scripts.

[.mad.]

yes, some credits are just by request for help with scripts.
not my gamebase.

others started as small fixes or updates to original gamebases, where original creators seemed to be no longer active (away for many years).
After GameBase v1.3 was released with a few new features.
420, sparky, sut, vicman, paul thompson...
these turned into huge updates or even remakes taking many months.
Vic20, Atari2600, AtariXL/800, AtariST.

I helped Mark with lots of things on his GB's, adding new screenshots, testing etc.
and he took over my World Of Spectrum GB, which turned into Speccymania.
which Manguan later updated further.

[Seiya]

@Leonis
you can already change also Commodore Amiga in Seiya, .mad.
i have modify, changed, original .mad scripts and also added new scripts by myself, but is always based on .mad scripts.

[Leonis]

Thanks for the clarification, I updated the table and also indicated update 91.3.