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    Commodore 64 - GameBase64 v15 - Renamed using Commodore 64 Hyperspin GBv15 and fixed with correct file extensions

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    • RionR
      Rion
      last edited by

      Update

      Here is both Screenshots and Box-art for many games.

      Screenshots 7719 of 7846 135 mb

      Box-Art 4150 of 7846 1.39 GB

      You can easily create a gamelist.xml file for these using @Rookervik 's Gamelist XML Creator

      This can be found here

      FBNeo rom filtering
      Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
      Fba Arcade Bezels
      Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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      • vbsV
        vbs
        last edited by

        One question please: How does this differ from the vanilla Gamebase set (what does it mean to run it through Hyperspin)? Thanks!

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        • RionR
          Rion @vbs
          last edited by

          @vbs Nothing really. It just changes the file names to something more readable.

          More up the alley with No-intro naming standard.

          FBNeo rom filtering
          Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
          Fba Arcade Bezels
          Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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          • vbsV
            vbs
            last edited by vbs

            Hm, some weeks ago I also created a DAT from Gamebase64 v15. As far as I know it contains about 25000 games. Your DAT contains "only" about 8000 games. The 25000 games set contains a whole bunch of crap anyway, so no problem (I filtered it a bit to drop all unpublished titles). But I wonder why it is that different?

            If anyone is interested I can post my DAT and also a python script to generate a gamelist.xml with all the information from the Gamebase VERSION.NFO file with links to the screenshot.

            BTW The VICE script in RetroPie is able to also handle ZIP files (they will be extracted and handed over to VICE), so it is possible to use the original Gamebase64 ZIPs (while the filenames are really awful, but its ok when using a gamelist.xml).

            EDIT:
            Oh I lied sorry, I didn't write a Python script to generate the gamelist.xml (I did for Amiga Gamebase actually), but I used this: https://blog.spreendigital.de/2016/01/04/convert-your-gamebase64-c64-rom-files-to-emulationstation-retropie-recalbox-format/
            (I just patched it to display release date propertly)

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            • RionR
              Rion @vbs
              last edited by Rion

              @vbs Hyperlist has always been about taking out the crap basically. I also use it on No-Intro sets to get One game One region and then making some personal changes.

              But you are right this is definitely not a complete Gamebase set but uses Gamebase as a source and then cleans it to samething more manageable. But then again this is a personal preference.

              But i would love to see your dat file posted with everything your where describing.

              The more choices people have the better 😉

              FBNeo rom filtering
              Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
              Fba Arcade Bezels
              Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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              • vbsV
                vbs
                last edited by

                I would like a stripped down GB64 since I think it's just too much stuff in there. So I will take a look at the Hyperspin list, thanks! I just noticed though that according to this list https://hyperlist.hyperspin-fe.com/ Hyperspin seems GB64 v14 based, or is there anywhere a newer list also?

                So these are the DATs I created from the untouched GB64 v15.

                It contains:

                gb64.dat
                gb64pub_only.dat
                gb64unpub_only.dat
                

                gb64.datcontains all games. The gb64pub_only.datis filtered and contains only games that were actually published, the rest went to gb64unpub_only.dat.

                Then there is this shell script that creates a gamelist.xml for C64.

                It extracts the information from the VERSION.NFO to fill the gamelist.xml. I got it from here but tweaked it to show publisher and release_date correctly.

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                • RionR
                  Rion @vbs
                  last edited by

                  @vbs Yes thats right v14 is the latest on the hyperlist. But if you register there is a v15 dat file in the upload section.

                  FBNeo rom filtering
                  Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
                  Fba Arcade Bezels
                  Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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                    Nismo @Rion
                    last edited by

                    @Rion Thank you very much for share with us.

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                      weirdocollector
                      last edited by weirdocollector

                      How do you transform XML Hyperlist to DAT files ?

                      I'd like to use clrmamepro in order to clean my Atari800 ROMS: do I have to use a DAT file, or may I also use the XML from Hyperlist ?

                      Thanks for any help.

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                        weirdocollector @weirdocollector
                        last edited by

                        @weirdocollector said in Commodore 64 - GameBase64 v15 - Renamed using Commodore 64 Hyperspin GBv15 and fixed with correct file extensions:

                        How do you transform XML Hyperlist to DAT files ?

                        I'd like to use clrmamepro in order to clean my Atari800 ROMS: do I have to use a DAT file, or may I also use the XML from Hyperlist ?

                        Thanks for any help.

                        Nevermind, I've found it myself :)

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                          Gothrek @vbs
                          last edited by

                          @vbs said in Commodore 64 - GameBase64 v15 - Renamed using Commodore 64 Hyperspin GBv15 and fixed with correct file extensions:

                          gb64.dat
                          gb64pub_only.dat
                          gb64unpub_only.dat

                          Hi, where i can download your GB64 v15 .dat files.

                          i try to found a dat for no parent list.

                          tks a lot.

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                          • vbsV
                            vbs @Gothrek
                            last edited by

                            @gothrek said in Commodore 64 - GameBase64 v15 - Renamed using Commodore 64 Hyperspin GBv15 and fixed with correct file extensions:

                            gb64pub_only

                            Sorry I deleted the original file accidently but I re-upped it here:
                            https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfwdfw5st1sw3en/GB64v15.rar?dl=0

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                              Gothrek @vbs
                              last edited by Gothrek

                              @vbs

                              many tks man. i try it and give to u feedback.

                              edit: error importing file, wrong format

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                                Bfollow1988
                                last edited by

                                @vbs Thank you for the dats and explanations, can you share your tweaked script?
                                The release date mixed with the publisher bothers me a bit.

                                Thank you in advance

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                                • vbsV
                                  vbs
                                  last edited by

                                  It is a while ago and I am a bit confused with my stuff but I think this should be the script:
                                  https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvgn8vfz4h21kcy/gb64conv.sh?dl=0

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                                    Bfollow1988 @vbs
                                    last edited by

                                    @vbs that was quick lol. Yes that's it.
                                    Thanks

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                                      MtKiddy
                                      last edited by

                                      Could I get some assistance?
                                      I open up clrmamepro and add the .dat file, when I select it and click the 'load/update' button, I click 'default' and get a warning message:
                                      "Rom:
                                      CHROMEBR_01467_01\CHROMEBR.T64
                                      wasn't imported "
                                      I can click ok, and it pops back up with the next rom. I can press ok on all of them and it will eventually finish. When I try to run the rebuilder, nothing changes, the names are all the same.
                                      Anybody know what is going wrong here?

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                                        gold64 @MtKiddy
                                        last edited by

                                        @mtkiddy Yeah I'm seeing the same thing here, not sure what to try. I'm not familiar with this app at all.

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                                          grant2258 Banned
                                          last edited by

                                          i dont know why you guys dont just use the nointo 1g1r dat from the website. Is there any reason not to do it this way?

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                                          • vbsV
                                            vbs
                                            last edited by

                                            Lots of stuff missing for me in that collection.

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