GameBase Vic20-Reloaded in processing...

[Vicman]

Hi GameBase Friends,

Because Mayhem's GameBase has very rare Screenshots in it, (talking about the actually GB20 v0.2) i first decided to add more ingame-screenshots into his GameBase.

But then i had more and more ideas what i could also add to the GB20 v0.2.......

Well, Long story short :

I now decided to make an almost new Commodore Vic20 GameBase

First : It is not possible for me to create "my" GameBase without Mayhems hard work on Game-Collections !!! (tape-inlays, manuals, covers, etc, etc...)

So, i hope he will also continue the work on his GameBase !
(maybe we can work together for next releases....if he like my ideas )

What makes my GameBase diff. to Mayhem's ?
- GB use the complete TOSEC-Structure for Games (just point the GB-Game-directory to your vic20-tosec-folder....in example e:\TOSEC\Commodore Vic20\Games)
...(use "All Games Excluding Clones/Doubles" in GB , to see only the favorite version each game)
- checksumm CRC32 (manually added)
- all games will have a short video-clip
- all games will have 2 or more ingame-screenshots
- games will have a 3D-Cover-Screenshot (if available) [created with Imandix-Cover-Pro]
- games will have 3D-animated-Cover (watch them in 360 degrees in your web-browser....look pictures) [created with Imandix-Cover-Pro]
- New Info-Field TOSEC Name / No-Intro Name
- Keyboard-Games will be controlled via XPadder ! (like in my Atom-GB)

...well, thats all i remember at the moment.......

I will not give you a release date for this project.....
but i think it will take 5-6 month...maybe more...

atm i've made all screenshots and video-clips for numbers and Letter A.

btw.
i will also use the screenshots, videos, 3D-covers etc, for the new Frontend eCC2 (emuControlCenter).
This is also a great Frontend with some extras that GB don't have (yet...)
As you can see on the last picture : watching video-clip & 3D-Cover-animation is integrated in the eCC2-GUI.
This is what i also want in Jimbo's GameBase !!!

here you can see a Screenshot of Mayhems GB (left) and my new project.

- Vicman

[Hidron]

You know, its kinda funny, but I was just looking at this section this morning thinking it had been a while since anything had been posted here.

It looks and sounds like a very good update in progress.

[kiki77]

Hello Vicman,

me and my colleague saw your videos on Youtube.
Is there a possibility to download them?

Regards Kiki

[Hidron]

If you are talking about downloading Youtube videos there are browser add-ons available to add
download abilities, but Youtube frequently breaks them, and they need occasional updating.

If you are talking about actually getting the updated gamebase, I guess you just need to be patient
like the rest of us.

[Vicman]

Hello Vicman,

me and my colleague saw your videos on Youtube.
Is there a possibility to download them?

Hi kiki,
if you use firefox as your browser, you can use the plug-in :
Easy You Tube Video Downloader to download the video-clips.

[kiki77]

Oh sorry, i wrote the wrong meaning. I meant the games for the VC20, not the videos.

[Mayhem]

This link should give you v0.2 of GB20...

http://robert.hurst-ri.us/downloads/?did=94

[kiki77]

Wow, thank you very much for the link. A Gamebase collection for VC20 is really great!

May I share the link with other VC20 users?

[Mayhem]

I believe Robert is fine with that, it's his web hosting.

[stanstimer]

Hi Vicman

Just wondering how you are getting on with your new Vic20 project. Any news on how its advancing.


Just eagerly waiting for it thats all.

Thanks


S.S.

[Vicman]

Hi stanstimer,

i am afraid it will take longer than planned

It takes a lot of time to create new screenshots, 3D-animated covers and 3D-Cover-screenshots....
Much more time than i thought......

Also the Game-Video-Clips.
I had finished about 230 video-clips....but
last week i decided to recapture all videos in a much better quality.....
In fact : The new Game-Clips will have (official) "EmuMovie-Quality"

So, please be patient.......i hope it's worth

[Vicman]

Hi Guys,

just want to let you know....
This project will not be released this year....sorry

'cause there is to much to do with the extras.
I'm still capturing videoclips (atm about 800 clips are finished, that are the games from Letter A - L )
Also the screenshots A - L are final.

So, i would say 15 % of the project is finished.....

I'm also working on the TOSEC Project (VIC20 Datfiles), and still create Imagepacks (VIC20) for the Frontend eCC & eCC2.

So i can't create the GB this year.
I promised myself to release it next year.

- Vicman

[Vicman]

Short Info : GameBase is still in work....
...but it takes much more time i thought....
many metadatas....many extras -> long way to go
But the project is not dead !

[Vicman]

ok...as i said one year ago...
Project is not dead....but very big.
Still working on it from time to time.
Here you can see , how it looks at the moment :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwBYRVe6H4U

and here the Screenshots, 3D-Covers & 3D-Cover animation etc. in the Frontend eCC2
i'm using exactly the same Folder Structure, so i can use all Xtras in the Frontend Gamebase and eCC2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgI6sgw2_MM

- Vicman

[OX]

Any progress on this Gamebase Vicman?