Foxsolo2000 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 That video about the making of Atlantis and Imagic was great. Imagic was surely one of the best companies at the time. Its just a shame that they didn't survive the crash of 84 like Activision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Take a look at this overlong Worm War I commercial with its 'state of the art' graphics: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=7911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Atarimania now features the click-on-smilie-to-download-ROM option. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 Here's a nice French Parker Brothers catalog: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_cat.php?LANG...n_sauver=Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Atarimania now features the click-on-smilie-to-download-ROM option. Enjoy. I wanted that feature for so long. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 NICE work! I've never seen half of those videos. Bad thing is, I have that cheesy "WORM WAR ONE" theme stuck in my head now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Ok, Gray and Red Label section fully updated now: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft-MENU-2-...I-SOFT_LIB.html http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft-MENU-2-...I-SOFT_LIB.html Special thanks to: Christophero Sly, crunchysuperman, frogger2, Philflound, Pant Load and last, but not least Staberinde. This could never have been achieved without their help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Almost every field on a game's entry page is searchable now: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8220 Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Almost every field on a game's entry page is searchable now:http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8220 You're sure? It looks like it is just retrieving pregenerated lists for everything. What I'd really love to see would be a real expert search, something allowing a customized query like: "Give me a list of all games from 1983, parents only, that have at least 10 votes, ranked by voting average, descending". That would be amazing. Or, maybe even better, offer a public SQL query interface! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) Almost every field on a game's entry page is searchable now:http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8220 You're sure? It looks like it is just retrieving pregenerated lists for everything. What I'd really love to see would be a real expert search, something allowing a customized query like: "Give me a list of all games from 1983, parents only, that have at least 10 votes, ranked by voting average, descending". LOL That would be great, now wouldn't it? Well, the Advanced Search screen has quite some search options: http://www.atarimania.com/rech_advanced.ph...amp;TYPE_CODE=G But unfortunately not all the ones you mentioned. Perhaps Controller Type and Number of Players windows will be added in the future for even more cross-searching. Edited January 8, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Uijah... how are you supposed to get there? I didn't even know that an advanced search already existed. And, will the A8 section soon also get the "original version" checkbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) Ah. That explains your reply. It's very simple: In the 2600 section, click on Games and then click on Advanced Search (top of the screen). Original versions for the 8-bit? Who knows? You'll have to ask Bertrand, our 8-bit maintainer. Edited January 8, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I click where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Click on Games (left side of the screen) and then click on Advanced Search (top of the screen). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 But it's not there. It seems there's a line missing or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Strange. You use Firefox, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Opera is it. So it's probably just a browser incompatibility. Well, at least I have access now through the straight links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 I will report this right away. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 And, will the A8 section soon also get the "original version" checkbox? As in "original version from multiple releases" or "original dump"? -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 And, will the A8 section soon also get the "original version" checkbox?As in "original version from multiple releases" or "original dump"? I meant the first, so a search can ignore stuff like later low budget releases. No easy task and probably many debatable choices to make. For example would I tag the Novagen release of Encounter as original, not the Synapse one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Very cool site thanks for all your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) And, will the A8 section soon also get the "original version" checkbox?As in "original version from multiple releases" or "original dump"? I meant the first, so a search can ignore stuff like later low budget releases. No easy task and probably many debatable choices to make. For example would I tag the Novagen release of Encounter as original, not the Synapse one. Yes, it can be tricky sometimes. For example: for a better overview, I decided to leave out the Sears originals and choose for their Atari counterparts instead, although the Sears versions were often released somewhat earlier. I don't know the exact period of time between both releases though. Maybe Rolenta knows more. Edited January 9, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I meant the first, so a search can ignore stuff like later low budget releases. Sorry for the late reply... To be honest, I'm not completely sold on the idea for the moment, probably because this is determined by the year of release most of the time. Also, the Atari 8-bit and VCS markets were very different, as few A8 titles were distributed by different companies. Finally, there are no label variations listed on our site. No easy task and probably many debatable choices to make. Actually, it would be extremely easy as the Atari 8-bit market was a lot more "legible". I don't see a single point of controversy apart from the example below... For example would I tag the Novagen release of Encounter as original, not the Synapse one. I believe the American version would be the original. Paul Woakes probably sold the title to Synapse Software so he could set up Novagen Software. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) A nice Pythonesque promo video from Activision (the second one): http://www.atarimania.com/lst_video.php?PA...n_sauver=Search proving that Americans should never try to be Pythonesque. Edited January 28, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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