If you can give me a snippet of what you're thinking for an organizational system that'd be awesome, maybe 10-20 games in a zip file or something. My concern is that if I'm going to do interactive fiction, step one is going to be going into ftp.ifarchive.org and copying everything down for sorting, which is an absolutely tremendously huge project.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Rajmund" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 19:05 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? Hello, Most (not all) games have proper titles. Although, I can see where you're coming from. PS. As for my message, I'll start fresh, and I'll let you know how I do. ----- Original Message ----- From: john <[email protected]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 10 August 2015 11:06 pm Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > > The problem with organizing games based on the file name is that said name > is almost always cryptic. If I'm going to try to organize the games in a > way > that makes sense, I'm going to have to rename pretty much every single one > of them. > Honestly, making a proper archive of IF titles is probably going to be > incredibly difficult, and the more I think about it the more I start to > wonder if its beyond the scope of what I'm trying to do. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Rajmund" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 18:01 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > Hello, > Just put them in categories, and after that, name from a to z. That should > work. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 10 August 2015 10:44 pm > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > > > > > > I honestly have no clue how I'd organize IF titles - I suspect that'd be > > a > > work in progress for quite a while. > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Rajmund" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 17:41 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > > > Hello, > > Yes, different categories sound good. Well, young know where to find me, > > if > > I'm needed. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: john <[email protected]> > > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, 10 August 2015 10:20 pm > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > > > > > > > > > > If the project ets off the ground I'll certainly take you up on that. > > > I'd > > > probably sort IF games a bit differently than audiogames (because > > > there's > > > so > > > many), but I do want to have them represented. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > From: "Rajmund" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 17:16 > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > > > > > Hello John, > > > If anyone wants, I could contribute about 100 mb worth of zcode games. > > > :) > > > I > > > mean it, though. I got about 700/800 of them. I can't help > > > programming, > > > though. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: john <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Monday, 10 August 2015 9:59 pm > > > Subject: [Audyssey] game archive project? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi list, > > > > > > > > Recently I've been thinking about all the messages and posts I've > > > > seen > > > > where somebody's asking a question like "where can I find game x", > > > > or > > > > "game y is gone, does anybody have a copy". > > > > > > > > As a result, I'm wondering how the community would feel about a > > > > "game > > > > archive project". Basically, my idea is that those of us who have > > > > large > > > > collections of games would work to create a central repository, and > > > > then > > > > send out installers on request. > > > > > > > > My current vision for this project is something like the following: > > > > > > > > *The archive will keep a copy of any and all games that can be > > > > found, > > > > as > > > > well as versions of the same game that offer a noticeable difference > > > > in > > > > gameplay, sounds, storyline, etc. Example: swamp version 3.6 would > > > > be > > > > kept, 3.5 would not, 1.1 would (because it has a single player > > > > mission > > > > different gameplay and different sounds). > > > > > > > > *Only legal games will be distributed. Example: the setup for bsc > > > > games, > > > > but not the key generator. Requesting an illegal product could > > > > result > > > > in > > > > a > > > > blacklist of the person (or email if name cannot be determined). > > > > > > > > *Requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis; I'm considering > > > > either > > > > using dropbox file requests or just plane old email. The reason for > > > > this > > > > is mostly related to web site management - I could probably build a > > > > page > > > > for each author, but keeping it updated would be a pain, and it'd > > > > require > > > > huge amounts of storage space (my personal archive of installers is > > > > 8gb, > > > > and its really not that comprehensive). > > > > > > > > I've got a few reasons for wanting to work on this. > > > > > > > > Firstly, is the fact that there's no real central location for > > > > games. > > > > A > > > > lot of people have installers, and pretty much any game can be found > > > > if > > > > you do enough digging on audiogames.net, but not all of them are > > > > still > > > > hosted, which makes finding games (like rail racer) a pain. > > > > > > > > Secondly, is that I'd personally love to see a really solid location > > > > where > > > > we can browse and access old abandonware titles or just older > > > > versions > > > > of > > > > games that aren't on the dev's web site anymore. > > > > > > > > How do you all feel about this (developers, I'd love to hear from > > > > you > > > > especially), and if I were to try to make this a reality, who'd be > > > > willing > > > > to dedicate some time to help me put together the archive? > > > > --- > > > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > > > > the > > > > list, > > > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > > > Sent from a Braille Sense > > > > > > --- > > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > > [email protected]. > > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > > list, > > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > > [email protected]. > > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > > list, > > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > Sent from a Braille Sense > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > [email protected]. > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > list, > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > [email protected]. > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > list, > > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > Sent from a Braille Sense > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. 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