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    Where can I scrape Archimedes game pix and info?

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    • kiroK
      kiro @Folly
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      @Folly Hi! Good to hear...

      My scraper grabs information from various sources on the internet...but it also has a system of learning when something is missing and trying to update missing information whenever possible. The more people scraping the roms with my scraper the better this learning feature works. I also manually update the DB every so often, so keep your scraping coming :-)

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        duglor @Folly
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        • duglorD
          duglor @Folly
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          @Folly said in Where can I scrape Archimedes game pix and info?:

          @duglor

          I could place the files on my google-drive for you.
          Is that easy enough ?

          Yes. That would be excellent.

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          • kiroK
            kiro @duglor
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            @duglor Hi, I think you make a valid point. I just started working on a smaller version that could be inserted into the retropie-setup environment and used directly from there. Is going to take a while so hang on tight!

            Thanks for the feedback!

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            • kiroK
              kiro @duglor
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              @duglor Ok that was faster than expected:

              https://github.com/zayamatias/retroscraper-rpie

              Let me see how it works for you, I need to understand if the documentation in the repository is clear enough for everybody :-)

              Thanks!

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                Folly @duglor
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                @duglor said in Where can I scrape Archimedes game pix and info?:

                @Folly said in Where can I scrape Archimedes game pix and info?:

                @duglor

                I could place the files on my google-drive for you.
                Is that easy enough ?

                Yes. That would be excellent.

                If you feel up to it I recommend to try the slimmed down version Of @kiro first.

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                • duglorD
                  duglor @kiro
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                  @kiro said in Where can I scrape Archimedes game pix and info?:

                  @duglor Hi, I think you make a valid point. I just started working on a smaller version that could be inserted into the retropie-setup environment and used directly from there. Is going to take a while so hang on tight!

                  Thanks for the feedback!

                  No problem. The other scrapers need competition. It makes things better in this area (emulation) :)

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                    duglor @Folly
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                      duglor @Folly
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                      • kiroK
                        kiro @duglor
                        last edited by kiro

                        @duglor you can use the flag --systems Archimedes and only that one should be scanned. Maybe I should put the command options more clearly 🙂

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                        • duglorD
                          duglor @kiro
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                          @kiro Oh, then i will try it later today. It's our anniversary!! be well!!

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                          • duglorD
                            duglor @duglor
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                            @kiro @Folly Can someone try this first before I do? I am just getting close to fixing all the nonsense that happened to my Pie from using an experimental installation.

                            Or Kiro, can you paste me the commands exactly as i should type them in to just scrape archimedes large image box covers? Even proper spacing? Also, if the names of my roms are not in the format of game -nation..etc...the new standard...will your scraper guess at them?

                            be well and sorry for the hesitancy. - anxious old man

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                              Folly @duglor
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                              @duglor

                              python3 retroscraper.py --systems archimedes
                              
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                              • kiroK
                                kiro @duglor
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                                @duglor I'd recommend that you copy your SD card yo another one just in case. Then you can apply the changes you want without corrupting your current installation.

                                Thanks @Folly for the command, just add --preferbox if you want to download boxes instead of screenshot.

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                                  Folly @duglor
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @duglor

                                  The scraper has been improved very much.
                                  @kiro and I are working on it to get it even better.

                                  I am sharing here my archimedes scrape, temporarily :
                                  (will remove it later !)
                                  google-drive link removed

                                  Just place the files in :
                                  /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/archimedes

                                  And use the extracted files from the archimedes.zip from the mame_sl romset.


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                                  • duglorD
                                    duglor @Folly
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                                    @Folly I got it, thank you.

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