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SteveJ34:
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I received the spreadsheet and I think that will be a great starting point. I will transfer that information to a database and begin building a web interface. Thanks for sending it.
For everyone-
The spreadsheet currently has fields for:
Rom Name
Game Name
Number of Players
Controls Used
Number of Buttons
Number of Coins.
What fields would you like to see removed from this list or added to this list?
Thanks,
csbelli
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I believe this should include "clone of" and then be cross referenced by rom name to the list that urebel has done, ie:
rom | control | function
In this manner once we populate the a game that has several clones we can just propigate this to the other games.
See earlier posts for a link to that data.
Again, I will be happy to donate the webspace for this. I was even considering acquiring a domain name to put it up under, like mameprojects.com or mameteam.com or ???
Is someone is interested in aiding the website design and setup for this?
I am a single dad with three kids and a full time business so my available time can be sparse at times but I don't mind footing some expenses in order to create a "playground" if others have some time to put into it.
I will be happy to provide documenting help.
As always, I look forward to all replies.
Steve
csbelli:
SteveJ-
I think the clone idea is excellent. I will also look for the link to the data URebel did.
I am a web programmer so I can help with the website. I am not a designer though so if you are looking for creativity, maybe someone else can help. As long as we are talking about ASP and HTML and Javascript, I am your man. Let me know what I can do. Thanks for donating the webspace. I think that will be a real help.
csbelli
neuromancer:
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I think the clone idea is excellent. I will also look for the link to the data URebel did.
I am a web programmer so I can help with the website. I am not a designer though so if you are looking for creativity, maybe someone else can help.
csbelli
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I think instead of "clone of" it should be "same controls as" There are tons of games that use the same controls that are not clones. the project will be even easier that way.
While we're still in the design phase, I like the idea of categorizing controls in chronological order, instead of alphabetic. That way the *first* game with a single 8way stick and one fire button gets "recognition"
I can do some design, artwork, type, and editing.
Bob
Nohup:
If "number of players" is to be included in the database, I would like to suggest that the number of SIMULTANEOUS players be somehow coded into the mix.
I mean there will be a difference between 2-player pac-man, and 2-player street-fighter...
If this is somehow taken into account in the button mapping section, then no problem. But if all we record is...
2 player, 8wayJoy,3 buttons, then we don't know if we need 2 sticks, 6 buttons or just the 1 stick and 3.
I plan on putting some games into the database as soon as it's online, and just want to make sure everything works right the first time... :)
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote ---The spreadsheet currently has fields for:
Rom Name
Game Name
Number of Players
Controls Used
Number of Buttons
Number of Coins.
What fields would you like to see removed from this list or added to this list?
Thanks,
csbelli
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I like the suggestions of adding a "clone of" or "control like" field.
I also like the idea by Nohup to add "Number of Controls" field. But how will one player at a time cocktail games be numbered? Or games can be be either 2 player, 1 player simultaneous, 1 control game, or a 2 player, 1 player simultaneous, 2 control cocktail game by a switch of a dipswitch?
One thing to note:
if the spreadsheet got the data from mame -listinfo, some of the data might not be true. Specifically the "Controls Used" and "Number of Buttons" fields are not exactly what -listinfo outputs. Fields with data from -listinfo output are closer to:
"one of the control types used by this game" instead of "Controls Used (by this game)", and
"highest mame button type ( 1-8 only ) used by this game driver" instead of "Number of Buttons (used by this game)".
I say drop the those two fields and use an edited (rom | control | function) list crossref'ed instead.
list download. It's a zipped tab delimited text file.