Cleaned up meta data focusing on Scholastic, Queue, Electronic Arts, Sunburst Communications, and Epyx
Credits: [4am, san inc, A-Noid]
New working software list items (apple2_flop_orig.xml)
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A.I.
Adventures in Space
Adverbial Clauses (version 1988)
Agreement of Subject and Verb (version 1988)
Algebra Word Problems (version 1983)
Algebra Word Problems (version 1988)
American Government (Intellectual Software)
American History Adventure
An Adventure Double Feature Volume II
Analytical Reasoning
Animals with an Attitude
Averages (version 1988)
Banner Books: All Along The Alphabet
Banner Books: Your School Day
Big Book Maker: Favorite Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes
Big Book Maker: Tall Tales & American Folk Heroes
Boulder Dash (Micro Fun)
Boulder Dash (Ozisoft)
Boulder Dash (Super Boulder Dash Collection) (Electronic Arts)
Boulder Dash Construction Kit
Boulder Dash II (Super Boulder Dash Collection) (Electronic Arts)
Bulletin Board Maker (version 1.0)
Bulletin Board Maker: City & Country
Bulletin Board Maker: Your Neighborhood
Buzz Bang Harvey
Clauses and Whole Sentences
Clue: Master Detective (version 1.5)
Commas (version 1990)
Complex Sentences / Adjective Clauses (version 1988)
Comprehensive Grammar Review II (version 1988)
Creature Cube
Deathlord
Easy as ABC (Spinnaker Software)
Equations I (version 1983)
Equations I (version 1988)
Equations II (version 1988)
ESL Writer (version 1.0)
Fortress (revision 2)
Fraction Word Problems
Gemstone Warrior (version 1.1)
Germany 1985 (version 1.0)
Gerunds (version 1988)
Harvey by Primes
How To Do Research
Infinitives (version 1988)
Kids at Work
La Geste du Barde : The Bard's Tale (French)
Latin Tutor
Logic Builders
M-ss-ng L-nks: Al Pie De La Letra Spanish Editor
M-ss-ng L-nks: Classics Old and New
M-ss-ng L-nks: English Editor
M-ss-ng L-nks: Young People's Literature (version 1983)
M-ss-ng L-nks: Young People's Literature (version 1987 revised)
Magic Slate: 20/40-Column Apple ][+ Version (version 1.02)
Magic Slate: 20/40-Column Apple ][+ Version (version 1.1.2)
Math Man
Math Shop Spotlight: Weights & Measures
Mathematics Word Problems Grade 2
Mathematics Word Problems Grade 3
Mathematics Word Problems Grade 8
Mech Brigade (version 1.2)
Mind Castle I
Mind Castle II
Mind Mirror
Momentum and Work
Monstrous Monsters (version 1.0)
More Teasers from Tobbs: Decimals and Fractions
Murder on the Zinderneuf
Music Construction Set (revision 1)
Music Construction Set (revision 2)
Music Construction Set (revision 3)
Music Construction Set (revision 4)
Mystery Sentences (revision 1)
Mystery Sentences (revision 2)
NAM (version 1.0)
Noun Clauses (version 1988)
Odd One Out (version 26-AUG-1990)
Operation Apocalypse
Panzer Grenadier (version 1.0)
Panzer Grenadier (version 1.2)
Participles (version 1988)
Poster
Practical Composition II: Clear, Logical Sentences
Prepositional Phrases (version 1988)
Problems in the Use of Infinitives (version 1988)
Pronouns: Substitutes for Nouns
Punctuation Review (version 1988)
Quations: The Crossmath Game
Queen of Hearts
Reading Explorers Volume 1
Reading Explorers Volume 2
Reading Explorers Volume 3
Real Number System (version 1983)
Real Number System (version 1988)
Roadwar 2000 (version 1.0)
Roadwar 2000 (version 1.2)
Roadwar Europa (version 1.0)
Rounding and Estimation
Science Explorers Volume 1 Grades 1-3: Plants
Science Explorers Volume 1 Grades 1-3: Skeletons
Science Explorers Volume 2 Grades 4-6: Animal Adaptations
Story Tree (version 1.4)
Super Science Graph and Charts: Health and Human Body
Symbols and Sets (version 1988)
Tales from History
Tales of Discovery
Tales of Fantasy
Tales of Mystery
Teasers by Tobbs: Whole Numbers
Teddy and Iggy (version 30-JUN-1989)
The Compound Sentence (version 1988)
The Standing Stones
The Tenses of Verbs (version 1988)
Theorems and Proofs of Theorems
Torpedo Fire
Verbs: Voice and Mood (version 1988)
War in Russia
Warship (version 1.0)
New non-working software list items (apple2_flop_orig.xml)
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Decimal and Percent Word Problems
Knights of the Desert (version 1.1)
Mathematics Word Problems Grade 7
North Atlantic 86
The Newsroom (version 1985-02-08)
The Newsroom (version 1985-02-11)
The Newsroom (version 1985-05-15)
The Newsroom (Scholastic Edition) (version 1985-05-20)
The Newsroom (version 1985-05-20)
The Newsroom (version 1985-10-16)
The Newsroom (version 1985-12-20)
The Newsroom (version 1986-01-28)
The Newsroom (version 1987-05-08)
Redumped software list items (apple2_flop_orig.xml)
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Fantavision [4am, qkumba, anoid]
New working software list items (apple2_flop_clcracked.xml)
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ADD Reading Skills A (4am crack)
ADD Reading Skills B (4am crack)
Momentum and Work (4am crack)
Reading and Thinking III (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 1 Grades 1-3: Plants (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 1 Grades 1-3: Shadows (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 1 Grades 1-3: Skeletons (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 1 Grades 1-3: Weather (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 2 Grades 4-6: Animal Adaptations (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 2 Grades 4-6: Day, Night, and The Seasons (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 2 Grades 4-6: Nutrition (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Science Explorers Volume 2 Grades 4-6: Simple Machines (800K 3.5") (4am crack)
Story Tree (version 1.3) (4am and san inc crack)
SuperPrint! (version 1.2) (4am crack)
The Royal Rules (revision 2) (4am crack)
Transportation Transformation (version 1.1) (4am crack)
Redumped software list items (apple2_flop_clcracked.xml)
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Quations: The Crossmath Game (4am crack)
Spare Change (4am and san inc crack)
Removed (apple2_flop_clcracked.xml)
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Boulder Dash Construction Kit (imperfect clean crack)
Microzine 7 (imperfect clean crack)
Microzine 9 (imperfect clean crack)
Microzine 14 (imperfect clean crack)
Mystery Sentences (imperfect clean crack)
Operation Frog (imperfect clean crack)
Secret Filer (imperfect clean crack)
Story Tree (version 1.4) (imperfect clean crack)
Success with Typing (version 1.2) (imperfect clean crack)
Tales of Mystery (imperfect clean crack)
The Eidolon (imperfect clean crack)
The World's Greatest Baseball Game (Enhanced Version) (imperfect clean crack)
* apple2_flop_orig.xml: Replaced one item with a better dump.
* apple2_flop_orig.xml: Improved metadata.
* apple2_flop_clcracked.xml: Split Bank Rate Tutorials from Bank Rate Software as it was sold separately.
* apple2_flop_clcracked.xml: Replaced one item with a better dump.
* apple2_flop_clcracked.xml: Removed two imperfect cracks.
* apple2_flop_clcracked.xml: Improved metadata.
* apple2_cass.xml: Added one not working item.
New working software list items (apple2_flop_orig.xml)
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A Week That Changed The World [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
Adventure in Time [4am, txgx42, A-Noid]
Animate [4am, A-Noid]
Bag of Tricks 2 (version 2.0) [4am, A-Noid]
David-DOS [4am, A-Noid]
Early Heroes of the Bible [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
Federation [4am, A-Noid]
Israel's Golden Years [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
Measuring Economic Activity [4am, LoGo, A-Noid]
Moses Leads His People [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
Paul's Missionary Journeys [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
Prince of Persia (interactive demo) [4am, A2_Canada, A-Noid]
Science Toolkit [4am, A-Noid]
Searching for a King [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Speller [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer (version 1.3) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Tutorial (version 1.0) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Tutorial (version 1.1 1982-12-13) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Enhanced (version 2.6) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Enhanced Tutorial for ][+ [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Enhanced Tutorial for IIe [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Expanded (version 2.2) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Expanded Tutorial (version 2.2) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer IIc (version 2.1 revision 1) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer IIc (version 2.1 revision 2) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer IIc (version 2.11) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer IIc Tutorial (version 1984-06-27) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer III (version 1.1) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer III (version 1.4) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer III Tutorial (version 1.1) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer III Tutorial (version 1.4) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Plus (version 1.1) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Plus (version 1.4) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Plus Tutorial (version 1.1) [4am, A-Noid]
The Bank Street Writer Plus Tutorial (version 1.4) [4am, A-Noid]
The Boy Jesus [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
The Early Church [4am, yesterbits, A-Noid]
The Time Tunnel: Sports Edition [4am, A-Noid]
The Time Tunnel: The America Series: Early America [4am, A-Noid]
The Time Tunnel: The America Series: The Presidents [4am, A-Noid]
The U.S. Constitution: Nationalism and Federalism (version 1987) [4am, A-Noid]
Trapshoot [4am, A2_Canada, A-Noid]
Wheeler Dealers (DOS 3.3 conversion) [4am, A2_Canada, A-Noid]
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overload (version 2.0 01-JAN-82) [4am, A2_Canada, A-Noid]
Redumped software list items (apple2_flop_orig.xml)
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Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn (version 4, 20-Aug-1983 update) [4am, A-Noid]
New not working software list items (apple2_cass.xml)
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Wheeler Dealers [4am, A2_Canada, A-Noid]
Redumped software list items (apple2_flop_clcracked.xml)
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Animate (4am crack) [4am, A-Noid]
Removed (apple2_flop_clcracked.xml)
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Animate (imperfect clean crack)
Bank Street Writer II (imperfect clean crack)
* frontend: Added support for message context to localisations.
* frontend: Added string_view versions of the message lookup functions.
* frontend: Added a few more folder options to the internal UI.
* emu/softlist.cpp: Use more appropriate containers.
* Switched to Python 3 by default - this will become a requirement.
* Updated msgfmt.py for message context support.
* frontend: Show all software item info in the internal UI.
* frontend: Search alternate titles in software selection menu.
* 3rdparty/utf8proc: Updated to v2.6.1 (has several fixes).
* frontend: Added software filters for common info fields.
* frontend: Allow UI manager to hold onto persistent session data.
* frontend: Cache software lists for eight machines.
* frontend: Added support for loading localised system names.
* frontend: Add UI for selecting localised system names.
The free-for-all on labels in software lists is not working. There's no
consistency, labels are getting excessively long, people are starting to
use non-ASCII characters in labels making it harder for others to type
them when manipulating files on the command line, and there's too much
markup being put in labels.
The length limit is 127 characters, same as for labels in MAME itself.
This should be long enough to be descriptive. Remember that the Win32
path limit is 260 characters, and many applications and frameworks have
issues with longer paths, including Windows Explorer and the .NET
framework. Labels are used as filenames, so concessions need to be
made for this.
I have not abbreviated excessively long labels myself - they're
currently causing 135 validity errors. Someone else can fix them.
Printable ASCII characters are allowed, with a few exceptions. The
exceptions are limited to characters most likely to cause issues for
interactive shells and scripts:
* ! - csh event substitution (very difficult to escape properly)
* $ - sh varibale expansion
* % - csh job control, cmd variable expansion
* / - UNIX directory separator
* : - sh path separator, Windows drive qualifier
* \ - sh escape, Windows directory separator
Most of the labels that had to be edited were using ! for markup, or
using ! and % for titles in labels. Strangely, titles in labels are
often forced to lower case, despite this never being enforced for
software lists. There are also various other edits to titles used for
labels, such as moving articles to the end (with or without a comma),
or replacing spaces with underscores. As I already said, there's no
consistency at all.
There is far too much markup in labels. They're even being used for
notes in some cases (e.g. at least one case where a dumper's name is in
the label). The XML schema supports metadata - use it. For example,
you can use part_id for an unrestricted display name for a software
part. You can also use XML comments for notes.
And while on the topic of metadata, vgmplay.xml is putting the same
thing in the part_id as well as the label. The part_id should have
the actual title, not the title mangled to make it more suitable for
use as a filename. Addressing this would be a lot of work, given how
large the file is.
For now, empty data areas in software lists cause a verbose message
rather than a validation warning. There are thousands of software
lists using empty data areas to indicate the size/width of cartridge
RAM/EEPROM/etc.
Get rid of a couple of copies of the CC0 text. Add header comment to
CC0 files to remind people editing them what the terms are. Also add
some missing XML headers. The header comments in layouts won't bloat
the binary - they get stripped out before compressing, same as any other
comments.
