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emmzee
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Joined: 14 Sep 2002
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Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:03 pm
Post subject: DOSGames.com site update October 25th 2008 |
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Hey an update!
| Quote: | | Added 10 new games to the site, so the total is now up to 537. Here's the new additions: Charlie II, Crime Fighter, Electron Havoc, The Jelly Bean Factory, Ski King, Skullduggery, Storymaker+ VGA, Technoventure, Text-World, and Tunneler. Get 'em all at ... the Newest Additions page. Hope ya like 'em! |
Lemme know if I made any mistakes ... thanks  |
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dosraider
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 6797
Location: ROTFLMAO in Belgium.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:16 am
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An update? Again?
You're on speed now? Coke? Grass? |
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486 player
Gaming Demi-god
Joined: 18 Sep 2002
Posts: 1067
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:45 am
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| Why Crime Fighter's said as a demo? |
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emmzee
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 2110
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:09 pm
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| Oops! Thanks for the tip. Originally Crime Fighter was shareware but it was released as freeware recently. I've fixed the error. |
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wardrich
lawl catz r lawlz
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 3361
Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:06 am
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*Throws his hands up in the air like he just doesn't care*
The screenshot for Tunneler doesn't seem to work
Also... shouldn't you add Evasive Maneuvers? |
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dosraider
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 6797
Location: ROTFLMAO in Belgium.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:27 am
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Evasive Maneuvers:
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Recently, the authors of the game have, after much hard work, recompiled the full version of the game from the original source code! They've generously offered it fre of charge from their website, so please go there, read their story, and consider donating some money to compensate them for all their hard work. |
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10416
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I added a link to your site in the game description, along with a synopsis on your work and a recommendation that they donate, so hopefully you'll get a couple hits from us. (also, respecting your wishes, we're still only offering the shareware version for download)
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They asked us to only offer the shareware version.
The full version is on their game site, and they linked to the DGF topic. |
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emmzee
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Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 2110
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:17 am
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| k thanks, fixed the Tunneler screenshot link. |
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wardrich
lawl catz r lawlz
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 3361
Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:42 pm
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| Also... you haven't updated the homepage. lol |
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emmzee
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 2110
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:43 am
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| Whups. I did edit the index file, guess I didn't upload it tho. Thanks |
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abyss
Moloral Compass
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
Posts: 762
Location: A city known for mining. sudbury
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:51 pm
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| Wow A update already. The games are great. |
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Santhosh CHRiS
Way too much free time
Joined: 07 May 2004
Posts: 463
Location: India
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:33 am
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| emmzee wrote: | | Whups. I did edit the index file, guess I didn't upload it tho. Thanks |
Ha ha ha... happens all the time to me... I save the index.html file on dreamweaver but forget to upload it into the server. Atleast now I know even professional webmasters make the same mistakes 
Oh and thanks for the updates as always. Charlie II is a terrific game!  |
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Larry Laffer
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Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 3808
Location: Romania
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Maybe this way you'll both learn the joyness of dynamic pages. >_>
But knowing you, you'll probably won't |
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AdamN
Lord of Gaming
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 265
Location: in your basement with a blood-covered axe
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I agree, the use of one external .css file can do wonders on a website  |
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wardrich
lawl catz r lawlz
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 3361
Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:01 am
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Just a simple SQL script would do wonders... I'm not sure how your database is set up, but I'd think that something like this would be a good start:
Game Name
URL To Game
Descritpion
Game Release Year
Genre
Rating
Game Classification (Shareware, Demo, Freeware...)
Link to Screenshot
Link to Mobygames info.
Date Added
Any other rare bits could just be manually entered. Then it's a simple case of updating your SQL database, and using the magic of PHP to update your site for you. PHP with SQL can really make your life easier. |
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emmzee
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 2110
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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I'm aware of the magic of PHP/SQL ... Play.vg is built with it after all.
It sounds simple when you say it that way, except for the fact that there's currently over 500 games listed on the site right now coded purely in HTML, no database, using somewhat standard but not really standard formatting. So, a lot of manual entry.
Also, looking back at my old database plan spec from the last time I thought about databasing (?!) the site, the GAMES table alone (besides the other req'd tables) had 30+ fields. Of course, that includes a few new features but if such an update were to happen I'd want to introduce at least SOME new stuff (to make the effort seem worth it).
I'd like to see a total update by Jan 09 (since that'll be the 10th anniversary of the site ... man I'm old) but judging from past results (and the fact that I have much LESS free time than I did in previous years) that's not extremely likely to happen. |
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