2010-12-19, 17:08
New test version: 0.7.10
Another rework of the scraping logic. This is a mixture of my old game matching logic and the logic that quakes and I discussed in the Emulatopia thread. So if the new version finds more games for you, half of the credits must go to quakes.
It is really difficult to get good scrape results with the available sites. I made a test scenario with a lot of sequels, subtitles and similar named games. All in all 154 Amiga and SNES games. 138 of them can be found, some are just not available on the scraped site or named too differently to be matched with the rom file names. Atm you can only change the rom file names to get these games.
Some games will maybe scraped correctly with one of the next versions (using mobygames a.k.a-titles, add some more logic to the sequel handling, ...).
If you are interested, here is a list of all tested games (rom name without extension): http://pastebin.com/QAPNbxx9
And these are the results:
I guess all the a.k.a-titles may be found with a later version of the scraper, "Alien Breed III - Tower Assault" and "Bard's Tale I" may also be fixed with an improved scraper. Games like "NFL '93" can only be renamed to match with the name on the scraped site.
Another rework of the scraping logic. This is a mixture of my old game matching logic and the logic that quakes and I discussed in the Emulatopia thread. So if the new version finds more games for you, half of the credits must go to quakes.
It is really difficult to get good scrape results with the available sites. I made a test scenario with a lot of sequels, subtitles and similar named games. All in all 154 Amiga and SNES games. 138 of them can be found, some are just not available on the scraped site or named too differently to be matched with the rom file names. Atm you can only change the rom file names to get these games.
Some games will maybe scraped correctly with one of the next versions (using mobygames a.k.a-titles, add some more logic to the sequel handling, ...).
If you are interested, here is a list of all tested games (rom name without extension): http://pastebin.com/QAPNbxx9
And these are the results:
Code:
Mismatches:
SNES:
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1, Arcade's Greatest Hits - Williams --> can be fixed with increasing the fuzzy factor
Not found but available at scraped sites (mobygames name in ()):
SNES:
Madden NFL '93 (John Madden Football '93 (a.k.a. NFL Madden Football)) --> names are too different for a match
Amiga:
Alien Breed III - Tower Assault (Alien Breed: Tower Assault) --> fails sequel number check
Another World (Out of This World (a.k.a. Another World))
Barbarian - The Ultimate Warrior (Death Sword (a.k.a. Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior))
Bard's Tale I (Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale)
Lemmings III - All New World of (The Lemmings Chronicles (a.k.a. All New World of Lemmings))
Lotus III (Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge (a.k.a. Lotus III))
Midwinter II (Flames of Freedom (a.k.a. Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom))
Nebulus I (Tower Toppler (a.k.a. Nebulus))
Not found (missing at scraped sites):
SNES:
Adventures of Kid Kleets
Super Bases Loaded I
Super Goal! I
Amiga:
Heimdall II
Indy III - The Graphic Adventure (Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure) --> not sure which one would be correct
Indy IV - The Graphic Adventure (Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure)
I guess all the a.k.a-titles may be found with a later version of the scraper, "Alien Breed III - Tower Assault" and "Bard's Tale I" may also be fixed with an improved scraper. Games like "NFL '93" can only be renamed to match with the name on the scraped site.