Moderator: Atari Frog
Well, as far as type-ins go, we have about everything from the "big ones" (ANALOG, Antic, SoftSide...), they just need to be uploaded to the database. We're missing some Compute! stuff but that shouldn't be too hard to get in the end. Now if you have programs from rarer publications / newsletters such as Micro, Family Computing or God knows what else, we'd like to hear from you.shannon wrote:Yeah I was kinda wondering what the criteria was. Type in Basic programs seem like a probable candidate and I do have at least one I noticed is not here.
If the game is rare and can't be found as an original anymore, we'll go for whatever we can get our hands on of course. We hope to have some sort of "master list" of MIA games posted in the not too distant future. In the meantime, if you think you have something a bit uncommon, please let us know.I assume you guys are shooting for original versions, but like was pointed out we have no way of knowing what stuff you may have but never got around to posting.
But I have noticed that my files in some cases have differed from versions that seem readily available.This list is a good place to start: http://www.atarimania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=498Well I'm not exactly sure what is considered rare. Unfortunately most of the stuff I have was "acquired" in some form or another.
If you have full (one disk) versions of some titles that we only have as "crippled" files, please let us know and we'll replace them.But I have noticed that my files in some cases have differed from versions that seem readily available.
If you have some time to compile a list of the non-Antic and ANALOG stuff (which can be found online), we'd like to hear from you.But anyways I do have a handful of BASIC programs from various magazines (like Antic) that may be useful for your site.
Could be interesting depending on the game.I also may have a handful of documentation files for various games. Those (unfortunately) are in the original atari disc format so it would take a while for me to get around to going thru them.
Looks like you guys got most everything covered though. But if I stumble across something I think is rare I'll let ya know.
Don't get me started on TOSECI'm just glad to see someone make an effort in this area cause after looking at the tosec compilations it is something that really needs to be done. Cause they have ALOT of stuff listed as one format when that really was not the case.
First of all, it has to be said that we will always favor an original dump if we can (bar the protection generally because it's easier to handle on the current emulators). That's the reason why we try to have .ROM files for cartridges, .CAS files for tapes...shannon wrote:So my next question is in the database, what do the different smilies under the "dump" field represent?
= original dump(s) available = original dump(s) available, missing one or two of the released formats though
= dump available, missing original version(s) though 
= missing dump(s)
The missing dump smiley (Atari Frog wrote:
These games are missing in action either because the crack is too bad to be in the database or we have absolutely no dump whatsoever of the program. These titles are urgently needed (in their original form if possible but we'll take anything as, obviously, it's better to have a crippled version of a very rare game than nothing at all). These programs can generally be found on old disk collections, sometimes even in PD libraries! Sometimes, they apear on eBay but the rarer titles will only pop up once in every five years or so!
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) is that signified with a blue color in the database?Exactly, it's blue.shannon wrote:The missing dump smiley (
