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The search page is a little closer to reflecting the actual points that each recording is awarded. It knows about how ties work now. How ties work: if 6 people share the highest score, and you're 7th with 99% of the high score, you take quite a hit on your score, since there are 6 people above you. You don't just lose 15% of your score, since you're not really 2nd, even though you could argue that you have the 2nd highest score (since all the others are sharing 1st).
Note that the new box on the leaderboard page, like all the other search boxes on MARP treats the text you type as a regular expression. If you type 'pac' in the box, you'll get all games with 'pac' in their short name being scored - a substring search. If you put '^pac', you'll get all games which start with 'pac' - a substring search, but anchored at the beginning, and if you put 'pac$', you'll get all games which end with 'pac' - a substring search, but anchored at the end. If you want to only get the game called exactly 'pac', then put '^pac$' - the '^' and '$' in combination specify that the string you type is exactly what you're searching for, not a substring. Regular expressions can do more than this - but this isn't the place to witter on about them... If you want the full story, look here.
I added a box at the bottom on the leaderboard page where you can type the name of a game to limit the scoring to. This is so that I can test that the leaderboard is doing what it's supposed to. If there's anything in the box then the script will display its workings - so if you want to check that it's doing the right thing, type a game name in that last box and see what gets printed.
It's also now possible to ask the leaderboard script to ignore clone games when calculating scores, or to merge all clone game scores with the parent game, effectively treating all the games as one. Currently, the script only knows about the clones which are listed from a 'mame -listclones' command - it doesn't know that 'pacman-fast' is a clone of 'pacman', but I'll tell it that soon. For now, the points are biased towards people who have multiple recordings on the games which I've split into multiple categories, like the pangs and the bowlings. I think they need merging as well, really. What do you think?
Although the leaderboard now awards the points differently, the search page doesn't know about the change yet, so the display of points shown on the search page isn't correct any more.
I've altered the leaderboard so that it treats tied scores equally. It doesn't matter who uploaded the score first.
Here's a bit of a shock... if we ignore clones, or merge their scores with the parent games, then BBH drops into 3rd place, and JoustGod is the new leader!
OK - I think it's working alright now. If you see any error messages or strange things please email me about it.
I've made quite a lot of changes to the script code without being able to test them - so now I'm uploading them to MARP to see what they do... Hopefully it will work straight away, but it doesn't usually. I'll add a note here when I think it's working OK.
Well - I tried to go out drinking, but by the time I got there, my 'friends' had moved on to some other pub... So I finished the search page code... :o)
I started adding a feature to the search page that will allow you to only list original games, or only list clones, but then somebody phoned me and told me that I was a sad bastard for working on a web page when I should be out drinking. He's right, of course.
I think the script understands the funny gundealr scores now - it just uses the part after the hypen to calculate the score on the leaderboard.
Fixed a little bug in the script which caused it to fail if you searched for any games which didn't have any recordings.
Also, the search pages now display the number of leaderboard points that each recording awards its submitter, and allows you to sort the search results in order of these awarded points.
I'm done - I think. There are a few changes to the script. The leaderboard scoring was changed again. Whereas before there was a guaranteed 15% gap between 1st and 2nd, and no gap between any other positions, there's now a gap between every pair of positions. The idea is to make it worth your while to attack the score that's immediately above yours. The gaps between positions get smaller as you get further away from 1st place.
I'm upgrading the CGI scripts at the moment. If you get error messages, please just bear with me. I'll drop another note here when I'm done...
We recently reached the 5000 recordings level!
I added a tournament page, which was contributed by Gameboy9, who is organising a tournament here at the MARP page.
I've improved the leaderboard a little further. Now it displays two different rankings on the same page.
I have updated the page with the new games from MAME 0.35 release candidate 1...Note that there are 2 games in this release that are both called 'digdug'. One of them should be called 'digdugat', and that's what I'll call it in the database, but I don't think it's possible to play it in this release.
These games are new:
these games had their short names changed:alcon "Alcon" appoooh "Appoooh" azurian "Azurian Attack" blockj "Block Block (Japan)" cworld "Capcom World (Japan)" devilfsg "Devil Fish (Galaxian hardware, bootleg?)" digdug2a "Dig Dug II (set 2)" digdugb "Dig Dug (set 2)" dinoj "Cadillacs Kyouryuu-Shinseiki (Japan)" eyes2 "Eyes (Techstar Inc.)" freeze "Freeze" hotshock "Hot Shocker" levers "Levers" lkage "Legend of Kage, The" lkageb "Legend of Kage, The (bootleg)" mars "Mars" marukin "Super Marukin-Ban" mgakuen "Mahjong Gakuen" mgakuen2 "Mahjong Gakuen 2 Gakuen-chou no Fukushuu" mhavocp "Major Havoc (prototype)" nebulbee "Nebulous Bee" neocup98 "Neo-Geo Cup '98 - The Road to the Victory" newsin7 "New Sinbad 7" pang3 "Pang! 3 (Japan)" pkladies "Poker Ladies" pleiadbl "Pleiads (bootleg)" popbounc "Pop 'n Bounce / Gapporin" qixb "Qix (set 3)" qsangoku "Quiz Sangokushi (Japan)" qtono2 "Quiz Tonosama no Yabou 2 Zenkoku-ban (Japan)" quizdai2 "Quiz Meintantei Neo Geo - Quiz Daisousa Sen Part 2" quizdais "Quiz Daisousa Sen - The Last Count Down" route16b "Route 16 (bootleg)" saturn "Saturn" sdodgeb "Super Dodge Ball / Kunio no Nekketsu Toukyuu Densetsu" sf2accp2 "Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (Accelerator Pt.II)" snowbroj "Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom (Japan)" spelunkr "Spelunker"these games had both their names changed:jhunt -> jungleh "Jungle Hunt" superpac -> superpcm "Super Pac-Man (Midway)"and these games have had their long names changed:digdugnm -> digdug "Dig Dug (Namco)" -> "Dig Dug (set 1)" superpcn -> superpac "Super Pac-Man (Namco)" -> "Super Pac-Man"astrof "Astro Fighter" -> "Astro Fighter (set 1)" bzone "Battle Zone" -> "Battle Zone (set 1)" bzone2 "Battle Zone (alternate version)" -> "Battle Zone (set 2)" digdug2 "Dig Dug II" -> "Dig Dug II (set 1)" dogfight "Dogfight" -> "Dog Fight" eyes "Eyes" -> "Eyes (Digitrex Techstar)" hatena "Adventure Quiz 2 Hatena no Dai-Bouken (Japan)" -> "Adventure Quiz 2 Hatena Hatena no Dai-Bouken (Japan)" kuniokub "Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun (Japan bootleg)" -> "Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun (Japan bootleg)" pleiads "Pleiads (Tehkan, bootleg)" -> "Pleiads (Tehkan)"
So what do you think? Be sure to express your opinions and suggestions on the MARP board!
I notice now that there are a lot less ties on the leaderboard, which has to be a good thing.
As an example, check out American's scores. He doesn't have any top 3 scores, but still gets a few leaderboard points. He has a few scores which are below 30% of the top scores on those games, but he also has one at 59% and one at 39% of the top scores, and so he claims 29 plus 9 points (after taking off the 30% 'Angry factor'), giving him 38 leaderboard points, and a leaderboard placing of 139th!
When you see any score which isn't the top score for a game, you see the score expressed as a percentage of the top score written next to it.
I implemented Angry's suggestion. He wrote:My idea for a percentage based leaderboard is this: 1st place gets an even 100% for the score. 2nd place and below earn their percentage of the top score - minus 25%. This means that if you are in 2nd place by only 50 points, your percentage will be 74.9% or something similar. (Percentage could easily be adjusted to any percentage, even 10% or 50%) If a player's score falls below 25% of the top score, the player will not be rewarded with any leaderboard points for that score.I used 30% instead of 25%, but it's adjustable via the leaderboard form. Play with it and tell me what you think. Note: if you change it to 10%, then BBH isn't top of the table any more...
The leaderboard scoring is now additive, rather than averaged.
The leaderboard defaults to the 'experimental percentage mode' thing. I'll eventually have both the old and new scoring mechanisms on the same page.
I changed the scripts a little, following the discussion on this thread of the MARP message board:
I got back from Holland. Notice that I've uploaded screenshots for the new beta13 games. The images were supplied by Skito and Donut.
I'm away on business in Holland for a few days as of today, so maybe I'll get more chance to update the page, and maybe I'll get less...
The MARP server has been up and down all night. I don't know what it's problem is, since the web server itself looks like it is fine. I'll keep an eye on it over the next few days.
I've updated the page with the new games from MAME 0.35 beta 13...These games are new:
these games had their short names changed:arabiana "Arabian (Atari)" badlands "Bad Lands" bombjac2 "Bomb Jack (set 2)" changes "Changes" cruisin "Cruisin" crush3 "Crush Roller (Kural - bootleg?)" cyberb2p "Cyberball 2072 (2 player)" dangarb "Dangar - Ufo Robo (bootleg)" dogfight "Dogfight" extrmatn "Extermination (US)" funkybee "Funky Bee" galaga84 "Galaga '84" genpeitd "Genpei ToumaDen" grobda "Grobda (set 1)" grobda2 "Grobda (set 2)" grobda3 "Grobda (set 3)" hangly2 "Hangly-Man (set 2)" hatena "Adventure Quiz 2 Hatena no Dai-Bouken (Japan)" headonb "Head On (1 player)" hitnmis2 "Hit 'n Miss (version 2.0)" hoccer "Hoccer (set 1)" hoccer2 "Hoccer (set 2)" lastbld2 "Last Blade 2 / Bakumatsu Roman - Dai Ni Maku Gekkano Kenshi, The" marineb "Marine Boy" mmonkey "Minky Monkey" moguchan "Moguchan" mtrap3 "Mouse Trap (version 3)" mtrap4 "Mouse Trap (version 4)" ninjak2b "Ninja Kid II (set 3)" nomnlnd "No Man's Land" nomnlndg "No Man's Land (Gottlieb)" outzone "Out Zone" phozon "Phozon" popflama "Pop Flamer (set 2)" quantump "Quantum (prototype)" quizkof "Quiz King of Fighters" rampart "Rampart (3-player Trackball)" ramprt2p "Rampart (2-player Joystick)" rdaction "Rad Action" retofin1 "Return of the Invaders (bootleg set 1)" retofin2 "Return of the Invaders (bootleg set 2)" retofinv "Return of the Invaders" ringkin3 "Ring King (set 3)" roishtar "Return of Ishtar, The" sf2red "Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (Red Wave)" shisen "Shisensho - Joshiryo-Hen (Japan)" shuuz "Shuuz (version 8.0)" shuuz2 "Shuuz (version 7.1)" skullxb2 "Skull & Crossbones (set 2)" skullxbo "Skull & Crossbones (set 1)" skylancr "Sky Lancer" springer "Springer" tnk3j "Tank (Japan)" truxton "Truxton / Tatsujin" wanted "Wanted" xsleenab "Xain'd Sleena (bootleg)" zodiack "Zodiack" zzyzzyx2 "Zzyzzyxx (set 2)"this game had both its names changed:bosco -> boscomd "Bosconian (Midway, set 1)" bosco2 -> boscomd2 "Bosconian (Midway, set 2)"and these games have had their long names changed:bosconm -> bosco "Bosconian (Namco)" -> "Bosconian"1941 "1941 (World)" -> "1941 - Counter Attack (World)" 1941j "1941 (Japan)" -> "1941 - Counter Attack (Japan)" 1943 "1943 (US)" -> "1943 - The Battle of Midway (US)" 1943jap "1943 (Japan)" -> "1943 - The Battle of Midway (Japan)" 4dwarrio "4D Warriors" -> "4-D Warriors" 64street "64th Street" -> "64th. Street - A Detective Story" anteater "Ant Eater" -> "Anteater" arkanoi2 "Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH" -> "Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (World?)" aso "ASO (Armored Scrum Object)" -> "ASO - Armored Scrum Object" baddudes "Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja (US)" -> "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja (US)" bombjack "Bomb Jack" -> "Bomb Jack (set 1)" bouldash "Boulderdash / Boulderdash Part 2" -> "Boulder Dash / Boulder Dash Part 2" champbb2 "Champion Baseball 2" -> "Champion Baseball II" cobracom "Cobra Command (Japan)" -> "Cobra-Command (Japan)" crush "Crush Roller" -> "Crush Roller (Kural Samno)" crush2 "Crush Roller (set 2)" -> "Crush Roller (Kural Esco - bootleg?)" dangar "Ufo Robo Dangar (12/1/1986)" -> "Dangar - Ufo Robo (12/1/1986)" dangar2 "Ufo Robo Dangar (9/26/1986)" -> "Dangar - Ufo Robo (9/26/1986)" ddragon2 "Double Dragon 2" -> "Double Dragon II - The Revenge" digdug2 "Dig Dug 2" -> "Dig Dug II" dorunru2 "Mr. Do! Run Run (set 2)" -> "Do! Run Run (set 2)" dorunruc "Mr. Do! Run Run (Do's Castle hardware)" -> "Do! Run Run (Do's Castle hardware)" dorunrun "Mr. Do! Run Run (set 1)" -> "Do! Run Run (set 1)" f1dream "F1 Dream" -> "F-1 Dream" f1dreamb "F1 Dream (bootleg)" -> "F-1 Dream (bootleg)" galivan "Cosmo Police Galivan (12/16/1985)" -> "Galivan - Cosmo Police (12/16/1985)" galivan2 "Cosmo Police Galivan (12/11/1985)" -> "Galivan - Cosmo Police (12/11/1985)" gaunt2 "Gauntlet 2" -> "Gauntlet II" goalx3 "Goal!Goal!Goal!" -> "Goal! Goal! Goal!" gowcaizr "Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer / Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer" -> "Voltage Fighter - Gowcaizer / Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer" gunfight "Gunfight" -> "Gun Fight" gunsmoka "Gunsmoke (US set 2)" -> "Gun.Smoke (US set 2)" gunsmoke "Gunsmoke (World)" -> "Gun.Smoke (World)" gunsmokj "Gunsmoke (Japan)" -> "Gun.Smoke (Japan)" gunsmrom "Gunsmoke (US set 1)" -> "Gun.Smoke (US set 1)" hangly "Hangly Man" -> "Hangly-Man (set 1)" headon "Head On" -> "Head On (2 players)" hitnmiss "Hit 'n Miss (version 2.0)" -> "Hit 'n Miss (version 3.0)" insectx "Insector X" -> "Insector X (World?)" joust2 "Joust2 Survival of the Fittest" -> "Joust 2 - Survival of the Fittest" jrpacman "Jr. Pac Man" -> "Jr. Pac-Man" kidniki "Kid Niki, Radical Ninja" -> "Kid Niki - Radical Ninja" kizuna "Kizuna Encounter Super Tag Battle / Fu'un Super Tag Battle" -> "Kizuna Encounter - Super Tag Battle / Fu'un Super Tag Battle" kotm2 "King of the Monsters 2" -> "King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing" lastblad "Last Blade / Gekkano Kenshi - Bakumatsu Roman, The" -> "Last Blade / Bakumatsu Roman - Gekkano Kenshi, The" majest12 "Majestic Twelve" -> "Majestic Twelve - The Space Invaders Part IV" mslug "Metal Slug" -> "Metal Slug - Super Vehicle-001" mslug2 "Metal Slug 2" -> "Metal Slug 2 - Super Vehicle-001/II" mspacatk "Miss Pac Plus" -> "Ms. Pac-Man Plus" mspacman "Ms. Pac Man" -> "Ms. Pac-Man" mtrap "Mouse Trap" -> "Mouse Trap (version 5)" ninjak2a "Ninja Kid II (alternate)" -> "Ninja Kid II (set 2)" ninjakd2 "Ninja Kid II" -> "Ninja Kid II (set 1)" npacmod "Pac Man (harder?)" -> "PuckMan (harder?)" p47 "P-47 (World)" -> "P-47 - The Phantom Fighter (World)" p47j "P-47 (Japan)" -> "P-47 - The Freedom Fighter (Japan)" pacgal "Pac Gal" -> "Pac-Gal" pacheart "Pac Man (Hearts)" -> "Pac-Man (Hearts)" pacman "Pac Man (set 1)" -> "PuckMan (Japan set 1)" pacmanjp "Pac Man (set 2)" -> "PuckMan (Japan set 2)" pacmanm "Pac Man (Midway)" -> "Pac-Man (Midway)" pacmod "Pac Man (Midway, harder)" -> "Pac-Man (Midway, harder)" pacplus "Pac Man Plus" -> "Pac-Man Plus" popflame "Pop Flamer" -> "Pop Flamer (set 1)" pow "P.O.W. (US)" -> "P.O.W. - Prisoners of War (US)" powj "P.O.W. (Japan)" -> "P.O.W. - Prisoners of War (Japan)" pspikes2 "Power Spikes 2" -> "Power Spikes II" puckman "Puck Man" -> "New Puck-X" punchout "Punch Out" -> "Punch-Out!!" qbert "Q*Bert (US)" -> "Q*bert (US)" qbertjp "Q*Bert (Japan)" -> "Q*bert (Japan)" qbertqub "Q*Bert Qubes" -> "Q*bert's Qubes" qtono1 "Quiz Tonosama no Yabou" -> "Quiz Tonosama no Yabou (Japan)" rf2 "RF2" -> "RF2 - Road Fighter" rthunder "Rolling Thunder (set 1)" -> "Rolling Thunder (new version)" rthundrb "Rolling Thunder (set 2)" -> "Rolling Thunder (old version)" samsho2 "Samurai Shodown 2 / Shin Samurai Spirits - Haohmaru jigokuhen" -> "Samurai Shodown II / Shin Samurai Spirits - Haohmaru jigokuhen" samsho3 "Samurai Shodown 3 / Samurai Spirits - Zankurou Musouken" -> "Samurai Shodown III / Samurai Spirits - Zankurou Musouken" samsho4 "Samurai Shodown 4 - Amakusa's Revenge / Samurai Spirits - Amakusa Kourin" -> "Samurai Shodown IV - Amakusa's Revenge / Samurai Spirits - Amakusa Kourin" sdi "SDI" -> "SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative" sf2 "Street Fighter II (World rev B)" -> "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (World rev B)" sf2a "Street Fighter II (US rev A)" -> "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US rev A)" sf2b "Street Fighter II (US rev B)" -> "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US rev B)" sf2e "Street Fighter II (US rev E)" -> "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (US rev E)" sf2j "Street Fighter II (Japan)" -> "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Japan)" sf2tj "Street Fighter II Turbo (Japan)" -> "Street Fighter II' Turbo - Hyper Fighting (Japan)" sichuan2 "Sichuan II" -> "Sichuan II (hack?)" sidearjp "Sidearms (Japan)" -> "Side Arms - Hyper Dyne (Japan)" sidearmr "Sidearms (US)" -> "Side Arms - Hyper Dyne (US)" sidearms "Sidearms (World)" -> "Side Arms - Hyper Dyne (World)" smashtv "Smash TV (rev 8.00)" -> "Smash T.V. (rev 8.00)" smashtv4 "Smash TV (rev 4.00)" -> "Smash T.V. (rev 4.00)" smashtv5 "Smash TV (rev 5.00)" -> "Smash T.V. (rev 5.00)" smashtv6 "Smash TV (rev 6.00)" -> "Smash T.V. (rev 6.00)" snowbroa "Snow Bros (set 2)" -> "Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom (set 2)" snowbros "Snow Bros (set 1)" -> "Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom (set 1)" splat "Splat" -> "Splat!" spnchout "Super Punch Out" -> "Super Punch-Out!!" sqbert "FHMC Q*Bert" -> "Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*bert" ssideki4 "Super Sidekicks 4 - Ultimate 11 / Tokuten Ou - Honoo no Libero" -> "Ultimate 11 / Tokuten Ou - Honoo no Libero, The" term2 "Terminator 2 (rev LA3 03/27/92)" -> "Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (rev LA3 03/27/92)" tnk3 "TNK3" -> "TNK III (US?)" tnzs "Newzealand Story, The" -> "Newzealand Story, The (Japan)" tnzs2 "Newzealand Story 2, The" -> "Newzealand Story 2, The (World?)" tnzsb "Newzealand Story, The (bootleg)" -> "Newzealand Story, The (World? bootleg)" tokisens "Toki no Senshi" -> "Toki no Senshi - Chrono Soldier" tp84 "Time Pilot 84 (set 1)" -> "Time Pilot '84 (set 1)" tp84a "Time Pilot 84 (set 2)" -> "Time Pilot '84 (set 2)" treahunt "Treasure Hunt" -> "Treasure Hunt (Japan?)" varth "Varth (World)" -> "Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World)" varthj "Varth (Japan)" -> "Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (Japan)" venture "Venture (set 1)" -> "Venture (version 5 set 1)" venture2 "Venture (set 2)" -> "Venture (version 5 set 2)" vindctr2 "Vindicators part II" -> "Vindicators Part II" wb3bl "Wonder Boy Monster Lair (bootleg)" -> "Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (bootleg)" zzyzzyxx "Zzyzzyxx" -> "Zzyzzyxx (set 1)"
I added beta13 to the list of versions that the script knows about, so you can use that for new uploads, and edit the existing uploads if they were really made with beta13.
I got back off holiday, so the page might be updated a little now...
I'll be off on vacation next week, and away on business the week after, so updates will continue to be few and far between for a while.
This update is dedicated to Steve 'The Krog' Krogman. I'm not in the Swiss Alps, I'm sat at my desk in work with about a squillion things that I'm supposed to be doing. I guess not much has changed on this page for a while, other than the constant uploading that I'm glad to see continues. :o)
Obscure one, this. Skito emailed me asking if I could allow him some way of specifying how many entries to show in the 'recent uploads' page by default. He likes to have the 'recent uploads' page appear first, not the 'news' page. I made a change, and now you can use a URL like this one:http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mode=frames_search&maxlines=25&per_game=2&sort=date_rev&prefix=&passwd=to specify how many entries to show. The 'maxlines=25' specifies the number to show. The 'per_game=2' means don't show any uploads which are in 3rd place or worse for their game. Include your 'prefix' and 'password' at the end and you'll have a URL which will log you on and display the uploads as you want to see them.
I've updated the page with the new games from MAME 0.35 beta 12. These games are new:this game was removed (it shouldn't have been enabled in the first place):actfancr "Act Fancer" airbustr "Air Buster (Japan)" alibaba "Ali Baba and 40 Thieves" bagnard "Le Bagnard" ballbomb "Balloon Bomber" cloud9 "Cloud 9 (prototype)" cninja0 "Caveman Ninja (World revision 0)" combasc "Combat School" combascb "Combat School (bootleg)" dyger "Dyger" forgottn "Forgotten Worlds (US)" lifefrce "Lifeforce (US)" lifefrcj "Lifeforce (Japan)" megazone "Mega Zone" mnight "Mutant Night" mooncrs2 "Moon Cresta (bootleg set 2)" qtono1 "Quiz Tonosama no Yabou" salamand "Salamander" sf2cea "Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (US rev A)" sf2ceb "Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (US rev B)" spaceinv "Space Invasion" sspacatc "Sega Space Attack (Cocktail)" vigilntu "Vigilante (US)" wiseguy "Wise Guy" wtennis "World Tennis" yamyam "Yam! Yam!?"and these games have had their long names changed:offroad "Super Off-road Racer"alpham2 "Alpha Mission 2 / ASD Last Guardian 2" -> "Alpha Mission II / ASO II - Last Guardian" aodk "Aggressors of Dark Kombat / Tougai Gan San" -> "Aggressors of Dark Kombat / Tsuukai GANGAN Koushinkyoku" aof "Art of Fighting / Ryuu Ko No Ken" -> "Art of Fighting / Ryuuko no Ken" aof2 "Art of Fighting 2 / Ryuu Ko No Ken 2" -> "Art of Fighting 2 / Ryuuko no Ken 2" aof3 "Art of Fighting 3 / Ryuu Ko No Ken 3" -> "Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior / Art of Fighting - Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden" bakatono "Baka Tonosama Maajan Manyuuki" -> "Bakatonosama Mahjong Manyuki" beastf "Beastie Feastie (Pac Man hardware)" -> "Beastie Feastie" bjourney "Blues Journey / Raguy" -> "Blue's Journey / Raguy" bullfgtj "Bull Fight (Japan)" -> "Tougyuu, The (Japan)" cninja "Caveman Ninja (World)" -> "Caveman Ninja (World revision 3)" darksea1 "Dark Seal (Japan revision 1)" -> "Dark Seal (World revision 1)" darkseal "Dark Seal (Japan revision 3)" -> "Dark Seal (World revision 3)" fatfursp "Fatal Fury Special" -> "Fatal Fury Special / Garou Densetsu Special" fatfury1 "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters / Garou Densetsu" -> "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters / Garou Densetsu - shukumei no tatakai" fatfury2 "Fatal Fury 2" -> "Fatal Fury 2 / Garou Densetsu 2 - arata-naru tatakai" fatfury3 "Fatal Fury 3" -> "Fatal Fury 3 / Garou Densetsu 3 - haruka-naru tatakai" goalx3 "Goal! Goal! Goal!" -> "Goal!Goal!Goal!" gowcaizr "Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer" -> "Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer / Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer" helifira "Heli Fire (revision A)" -> "HeliFire (revision A)" helifire "Heli Fire (revision B)" -> "HeliFire (revision B)" janshin "Janshin Densetsu - Quest of Jongmaster" -> "Jyanshin Densetsu - Quest of Jongmaster" kabukikl "Kabuki Klash / Far East of Eden" -> "Kabuki Klash - Far East of Eden / Tengai Makyou Shinden - Far East of Eden" kizuna "Kizuna Encounter Super Tag Battle" -> "Kizuna Encounter Super Tag Battle / Fu'un Super Tag Battle" kof98 "King of Fighters '98, The" -> "King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98 - dream match never ends, The" lastblad "Last Blade / Gekka No Kenshi" -> "Last Blade / Gekkano Kenshi - Bakumatsu Roman, The" legendos "Legend of Success Joe / Ashita No Joe Densetsu" -> "Legend of Success Joe / Ashitano Joe Densetsu" lomakaj "Legend of Makaj" -> "Legend of Makai" lwingsjp "Legendary Wings (Japan)" -> "Ales no Tsubasa (Japan)" magdrop2 "Magical Drop 2 / Toretate Zoukangou 2" -> "Magical Drop II" magdrop3 "Magical Drop 3 / Toretate Zoukangou III" -> "Magical Drop III" mahretsu "Mahjong Kyo Retsuden" -> "Mahjong Kyoretsuden" marukodq "Maruko Deluxe Quiz" -> "Chibi Marukochan Deluxe Quiz" mazeh "Maze Hunter (Japan)" -> "Meikyuu Hunter G (Japan)" miexchng "Money Puzzle Exchanger" -> "Money Puzzle Exchanger / Money Idol Exchanger" minasan "Mina Sanno Okagesama Desu! Dai Sugoroku Taikai" -> "Minnasanno Okagesamadesu" mooncrsb "Moon Cresta (bootleg)" -> "Moon Cresta (bootleg set 1)" myheroj "My Hero (Japan)" -> "Seishun Scandal (Japan)" myherok "Seishun Scandal (Korea)" -> "My Hero (Korea)" nam1975 "NAM 1975" -> "NAM-1975" neomrdo "Neo Mr Do!" -> "Neo Mr. Do!" ninjamas "Ninja Master's" -> "Ninja Master's - haoh-ninpo-cho" overtop "Overtop" -> "Over Top" psychos "Psycho Soldier (set 1)" -> "Psycho Soldier (US)" psychosa "Psycho Soldier (set 2)" -> "Psycho Soldier (Japan)" puzzldpr "Puzzle de Pon R" -> "Puzzle De Pon R" puzzledp "Puzzle de Pon" -> "Puzzle De Pon" ragnagrd "Operation Ragnagard / Shin Oh Ken" -> "Operation Ragnagard / Shin-Oh-Ken" rastan "Rastan (Japan)" -> "Rastan (World?)" rbff1 "Real Bout Fatal Fury" -> "Real Bout Fatal Fury / Real Bout Garou Densetsu" rbff2 "Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers" -> "Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers / Real Bout Garou Densetsu 2 - the newcomers" rbffspec "Real Bout Fatal Fury Special" -> "Real Bout Fatal Fury Special / Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special" samsho2 "Samurai Shodown 2 / Samurai Spirits 2" -> "Samurai Shodown 2 / Shin Samurai Spirits - Haohmaru jigokuhen" samsho3 "Samurai Shodown 3 / Samurai Spirits 3" -> "Samurai Shodown 3 / Samurai Spirits - Zankurou Musouken" samsho4 "Samurai Shodown 4 / Samurai Spirits 4" -> "Samurai Shodown 4 - Amakusa's Revenge / Samurai Spirits - Amakusa Kourin" savagere "Savage Reign" -> "Savage Reign / Fu'un Mokushiroku - kakutou sousei" sengoku "Sengoku" -> "Sengoku / Sengoku Denshou" sengoku2 "Sengoku 2" -> "Sengoku 2 / Sengoku Denshou 2" sfeverbw "Space Fever (B&W)" -> "Space Fever" spacefev "Space Fever" -> "Color Space Fever" ssideki "Super Sidekicks" -> "Super Sidekicks / Tokuten Ou" ssideki2 "Super Sidekicks 2 - The World Championship" -> "Super Sidekicks 2 - The World Championship / Tokuten Ou 2 - real fight football" ssideki3 "Super Sidekicks 3 - The Next Glory" -> "Super Sidekicks 3 - The Next Glory / Tokuten Ou 3 - eikoue no michi" ssideki4 "Super Sidekicks 4 - Ultimate 11" -> "Super Sidekicks 4 - Ultimate 11 / Tokuten Ou - Honoo no Libero" sspaceat "Sega Space Attack" -> "Sega Space Attack (Upright)" stakwin "Stakes Winner" -> "Stakes Winner / Stakes Winner - GI kinzen seihae no michi" theglob "Glob, The (Pac Man hardware)" -> "Glob, The" trojanj "Trojan (Japan)" -> "Tatakai no Banka (Japan)" tws96 "Tecmo World Soccer 96" -> "Tecmo World Soccer '96" vigilant "Vigilante (US)" -> "Vigilante (World?)" wjammers "Wind Jammers / Flying Power Disc" -> "Windjammers / Flying Power Disc"
I merged the recordings for 'galap4' and 'galnamco' since they're the same game, and MAME no longer supports 'galnamco'. I'll do the same for 'frenzy' and 'frenzy1' if the recordings are compatible.
I'm in the process of updating the Python scripts to make them faster. They currently take a second or two to sort the recordings into date order whenever anyone asks to see the list of recent uploads. The improvements will cache the results of all sort operations and will hopefully result in faster operation. So if you can't access the page, you'll know I've messed it up... :o)
^Cronos^ changed the description for "Power Spikes (Korea)" from "fiuuuuu fiuuuuuu jejeje ;-)" to "fuiiiii fuiiii jejeje ;-)", which has got to be worth a laugh. Doesn't it?
I finished 'improving' the scripts. All searches should be faster now, apart for the first searches after the recording database has been updated. Whoever is the first to do a search after somebody has uploaded will have a 5 second delay while the database is re-sorted. If you're uploading a whole batch of files it is best (quickest for you) if you upload them all at once without searching the database in between, and then do any searches you need to do to see where your scores lie after all the uploads. Otherwise you'll get that 5 second delay for each search. A better solution would be if the scripts inserted the new recordings into the right place when they're uploaded - that would avoid all the delays but that will stay on the 'TO DO' list for a day or two...
I updated the page with the new games from MAME 0.35 beta 11. These games are new:and these games have had their short names changed:aerofgtc "Aero Fighters (Turbo Force hardware set 2)" armedf "Armed Formation" blckout2 "Block Out (set 2)" blstroi2 "Blasteroids (version 2)" breakrev "Breakers Revenge" bublbobr "Bubble Bobble (US)" cabal "Cabal (US set 1)" cabal2 "Cabal (US set 2)" cabalbl "Cabal (bootleg)" dangar "Ufo Robo Dangar (12/1/1986)" dangar2 "Ufo Robo Dangar (9/26/1986)" ddayc "D-Day (Centuri)" ddribble "Double Dribble" dorunru2 "Mr. Do! Run Run (set 2)" dorunruc "Mr. Do! Run Run (Do's Castle hardware)" eagle2 "Eagle (set 2)" eprom2 "Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 2)" galivan2 "Cosmo Police Galivan (12/11/1985)" gberetb "Green Beret (bootleg)" gensitou "Genshi-Tou 1930's" goindol "Goindol" homo "Homo" indytem2 "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (set 2)" insectx "Insector X" intrepi2 "Intrepid (set 2)" ledstorm "Led Storm (US)" lstduela "Last Duel (US set 2)" majest12 "Majestic Twelve" myherok "Seishun Scandal (Korea)" naughtya "Naughty Boy (bootleg)" naughtyc "Naughty Boy (Cinematronics)" offroad "Super Off-road Racer" pacgal "Pac Gal" prehisle "Prehistoric Isle in 1930 (World)" prehislu "Prehistoric Isle in 1930 (US)" punksht2 "Punk Shot (2 Players)" rastanu "Rastan (US set 1)" rastanu2 "Rastan (US set 2)" rugrats "Rug Rats" sichuan2 "Sichuan II" spiders2 "Spiders (set 2)" starwar1 "Star Wars (rev 1)" stratvxb "Stratovox (bootleg)" suprmou2 "Funny Mouse (bootleg?)" terraf "Terra Force" terrafu "Terra Force (US)" toki2 "Toki (set 2)" toki3 "Toki (set 3)" tokib "Toki (bootleg)" tokiu "Toki (US)" vindctr2 "Vindicators part II" wiping "Wiping" wndrmomo "Wonder Momo" zaxxon2 "Zaxxon (set 2)"aerofgtb "Aero Fighters (Turbo Force hardware)" -> "Aero Fighters (Turbo Force hardware set 1)" ark2us "Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (Romstar)" -> "Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (US)" blockout "Block Out" -> "Block Out (set 1)" blstroid "Blasteroids" -> "Blasteroids (version 4)" dorunrun "Mr. Do! Run Run" -> "Mr. Do! Run Run (set 1)" eagle "Eagle" -> "Eagle (set 1)" eprom "Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters" -> "Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 1)" galivan "Galivan" -> "Cosmo Police Galivan (12/16/1985)" intrepid "Intrepid" -> "Intrepid (set 1)" lastduel "Last Duel (US)" -> "Last Duel (US set 1)" myhero "My Hero" -> "My Hero (US)" myheroj "Seishun Scandal" -> "My Hero (Japan)" punkshot "Punk Shot" -> "Punk Shot (4 Players)" rastan "Rastan" -> "Rastan (Japan)" rastsaga "Rastan Saga" -> "Rastan Saga (Japan)" spiders "Spiders" -> "Spiders (set 1)" starwars "Star Wars" -> "Star Wars (rev 2)" toki "Toki (bootleg)" -> "Toki (set 1)" zaxxon "Zaxxon" -> "Zaxxon (set 1)"
Skito's continued to suggest improvements to the page which I've mostly implemented. Clones are now shown on the 'search results' pages, and you can click the screenshot at the left of the table to get a list of all the scores for the game and all its clones.
Removed the screen dumps which I put up yesterday on request of the MAME32 QA/Test and Art Dept. Skito's made his own set of images which I'm using now instead.
Skito made a whole lot of small screen dumps which are now shown on the search result pages. He got the images from the MAME32 QA/Test and Art Dept page and shrunk them down.
I updated the page with the new games from MAME 0.35 beta 10. These games are new:This game has had its long name changed:avspirit "Avenging Spirit" disco "Disco No.1" edf "Earth Defense Force" flipshot "Battle Flip Shot" rodlandj "RodLand (Japan)" senjyo "Senjyo" shtngmst "Shooting Master" starcrus "Star Cruiser" starfore "Star Force (encrypted)"and this game has had its short name changed:p47 "P-47 (USA / Export)" -> "P-47 (World)"rthundr2 -> rthundrb "Rolling Thunder (set 2)"