31 March 2021, 11:43 | #1 |
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Game details for "Retroplay WHDLoad Packs"?
I am looking in to compiling a game collection of all games from Grandis.nu "Retroplay WHDLoad Packs" collection. I will use this pack together with my Amiga 1200 and the Arcade Game Selector 2, which I find the most pleasing for the eyes :-)
I then found a "games_details.csv" that contains a list of details for a lot of games and demos... I think I got it from HstWB Installer v1.4.2 but I am not 100% sure (it has more columns than this): With the CSV/list in hand, I can compile e.g. this output on my Amiga: The game list is though not complete at all and e.g. a popular game like "SimCity" is not in the CSV - at least not the same one from Retroplay and there are a ton of other games available in Retroplay, which are not in the CSV. My question is ... iwhat is the best way to get a list of details for this game pack? Is there somewhere I can download a better CSV/list or can I pull it somewhere programmatically? |
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Nice project. AGS2 is also my favourite launcher. It would be great if you could release the script, when you feel it would be the right moment
I am not sure whether this helps, however another list is available on the WHDLoad site whdload.de/games.csv |
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Thanks for the list. It has not much info but I assume it can be used in case I do not have any other info. |
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17 April 2021, 19:12 | #4 |
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What info do you want in the CSV? I have a complete json database of the current Retroplay WHDLoad set. Let me know what you want and I'll make a CSV file for you. I'll probably release it publicly when I update my image collection.
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This would be a good start but not sure you have it all? :-) The image database sounds also quite interesting ;-) Which format is this? I need 320x128 IFF files. |
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I'll have a look. Theres a couple of thing I haven't got like the number of players, licence and size in bytes.
The images are available here https://mega.nz/folder/6Qt2TDxb#pj5QZxmfHz3Wkfzb1ozXzw and update 1 is here https://mega.nz/folder/bY0kCIgZ#3aUn0QFCetFGsami2HFqJA Update 2 will be up at the beginning of May with April's releases in it. There are a couple of archives are all scaled for AGS. |
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Will there be a possibility to have this available for programmatically access? You mentioned a JSON file with game details and these pictures would be nice also to be able to fecth in a way that only will transfer the changed file (maybe via individual checksum or alike). Getting these new pictures, could probably make it fun for me to make a public release of my own "update my AGS2 collection". |
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18 April 2021, 11:09 | #8 |
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What happens when the WHDload is updated nearly everyday?
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Thats why I made the WHDLoad downloader, to keep your collection updated without having to deal with complicated programs. Its in /WHDLoad_Packs on the FTP
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It would be nice if the game detals and pictures, in various formats, could somehow be updated to Grandis.nu, to have everything sourced in one place and hopefully with community support for updates. But I am not sure if this will be possible as it will require a "driver" to setup this and it is probably not a trivial task.
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Just looking at the moment there are only 17 new WHDLoad updates so far in April. I've already got them prepared. |
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