Author Archives: FrodeSolheim

New Game Pages and New Features

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Hi, you may have noticed that new features have been added to oagd.net, especially during the last couple of weeks. The most recent major change is the new “game pages”, see for example Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 and Paradise Lost. This is just the first version of game front pages, coinciding with the release of Paradise Lost. Not all new editing functionality is enabled for users yet. This is simply because not every detail is fleshed out yet – please be patient 🙂

We are also working on support for auto-downloading games (on demand) directly to FS-UAE Launcher – where possible.

The reason for these changes is that while the primary function of oagd.net was to serve as an online configuration database for FS-UAE Launcher (and other clients), the scope of the project grows, as we now also try to host game ourselves where possible – or link to legal download pages. People may now start to browse oagd.net without necessarily wanting to edit the online database.

We keep in mind that trying to do “everything” is not not always a good idea. The primary function of oagd.net was, and still is, to be a great resource for helping people to play games, either directly to human visitors, or indirectly when clients such as FS-UAE Launcher retrieves information from this site. It is not an encyclopedia, and it will not try to compete with e.g. HOL on the level of detail available about games. For this purpose, we link to HOL and Wikipedia instead 😉

It will probably help to have some kind of “mission statement” at some point. But in short, if something is useful to people playing Amiga games, and we can host or link to it, it should have a place on oagd.net in the future. I’ll follow up better later with more details and documentation regarding any changes 🙂

Rare Game “Paradise Lost” Now Available for Download

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A previously unknown game (to most people), Paradise Lost, was intially sent to HOL by the developer Mert Börü with the request to include the game in HOL in April 2013. Mert included two releases of the game in his upload that the HOL team used to take the screenshots. One version was the original 4 disk release of the game and another one was included with a built-in unlimited energy trainer.

Mert Börü kindly gave permission to host both releases directly on OAGD.net, so everybody can experience this long lost Turkish game 🙂

Open Beta – Open Registration

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Open Amiga Game Database is now in open beta! This means that you can now register yourself a username/password to access the database, no need to send an e-mail and ask for an account any more.

By registering a username and password, you’ll be able to:

  • Enable the database feature in FS-UAE Launcher and enjoy “one-click” running of pre-configured games (provided you have the required floppy images, etc).
  • Log in to the web interface and make improvements to game entries if you find missing information, or want to improve what’s already there.

Thank You, Contributors

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At this point, I would like to highlight the biggest contributors to the online database, and express my thanks. Currently, the users with most contributions are: nexusle, TheCyberDruid, Retro-Nerd, lomdav, FrodeSolheim, Goingdown, thundercato, Enzo, 1time, thevoice, CrazyOne, Thomas Magnum. Without you, the project would not exist 🙂

Honourable mentions go to: xpect, koldinsky, Amberstar, highplainsdrift, browny, antonvaltaz, riker77, bcripon, nixonbn, FabianSchoelzel – who have also contributed changes to the database.

For other users: you do not have to dedicate a lot of time to make a difference! Remember that a single correction is valuable and appreciated 🙂

Open Amiga Game Database

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The new name for this database is: Open Amiga Game Database (OAGD) 🙂  (though a bit less open during the beta ;-))

The new domain name is simple and short: oagd.net. Old links to fengestad.no/games should still work and/or redirect to the same resource at oagd.net.

Database Maintenance

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Database maintenance is being performed, and to make the system even more future-proof, UUIDs for some variants are changed. Some variants (which should not have been included in the first place) will be purged as part of this update (this includes Quarterback ADFs, and virus-infected variants). During the maintenance, you might run into some temporary problems.

When the update is done, the “database version number” will be incremented, which will cause the Launcher to re-download the entire database. So you shouldn’t notice this much except for one extra long refresh operation.

Updated: The update process is now done. You should use the latest development version of FS-UAE and refresh the game database 🙂 Due to renaming of some disks, you may seemingly have “lost” savegames saved on floppies from the game database. If you miss a savegame, you need to rename the corresponding floppy .sdf file in the save state directory.

Second update: There remained a problem with starting WHDLoad games after the update. This has now been fixed, just make sure to refresh the database!

Updated Cover Guidelines for Custom Covers

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I have added some new guidelines concerning custom covers. Basically, custom covers are OK, and encouraged where needed 🙂 -But we should also avoid creating too realistic-looking custom covers (which look like they were sold in stores). A new __custom_cover field is also used to register that the cover is an unofficial one. Read more about it at the bottom of this page (section “Custom Covers”).

The cover guidelines have also been moved to its own page.

New Games Added, New Report Added

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I have just added the following games to the database: Moonmist, Trinity, Border Zone, Bureaucracy, The Lurking Horror, Nord and Bert Couldn’t, Make Head or Tail of It, Plundered Hearts, Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur, Journey, Lancelot, Gnome Ranger, Scapeghost, Legend of the Sword, Tass Times in, Tonetown, Borrowed Time, Time and Magik: The Trilogy, Ingrid’s Back, Sherlock Holmes: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels, James Clavell’s Shogun, Jewels of Darkness.

The following games have also been recently added: Obsession, Alien Bash II, Tilt, Tilt [Genias], Forest Dumb Forever!!!, Spikey In Transylvania, La Storia Infinita II, The Neverending Story II, Die Unendliche Geschichte II, La Historia Interminable II, Behind The Iron Gate, Warlords.

It is now possible to use this URL to get a list of games missing at least one screenshot. More reports will follow later 🙂