> Many of us have missed the VGDB - Vectrex Game Database since it
> disappeared more than six months ago. At the Vectrex Google Usergroup
> there was a long discussion of relaunching the website. Manu, the
> original founder sadly had no copy of the page but luckily there was a
> backup at webarchive.org. I got the permission by Manu to relaunch the
> page at vectrexmuseum.com
> I host the page and usually Museums preserve important data - so I
> thought about recovering the most missed Vectrex pages. Today the
> series starts with the relaunch of the updated Vectrex Game Database.
> Other lost pages will follow.
> The problem with a webarchive backup is the strange data structure
> because the archive backups all new content of a page in a new folder.
> This results in hundreds of folders within folders and an increased MB
> size. The first backup was 250 MB in size (!), after reordering and -
> linking the content I could reduce it to 18 MB including ROMs,
> screenshots and manuals.
> There has been an update to nearly every game entry, I list only the
> most important ones:
> ROMs added for: Ronenīs Game Cart, Spike Goes Skiing, Animaction,
> Revector, Nebula, Astro Demo and others
> Demo Videos for: Spike, Cosmic Chasm, Hyper Chase, Pole Position and
> the legendary "Scramble - How to beat Video Games"
> Manuals for: Revector, Nebula, LOGO
> Screenshots for: Spike Goes Skiing, Spikeīs Circus, Thurst, Test cart,
> Astro Demo, LOGO and the legendary Android Graphics (animated)
> Overlays various, i am looking for MESS / ParaJVE compatible Overlays
> for all games.
> Thanks to Jeronen at www.vectrex.nl I add a collection of Overlays
> today, these are emulator compatible.
> VGDB is now optimized for the view on mobile devices, you can now
> visit the page with your mobile phone or tablet-pc. A home icon and
> start screen for iPhones has been added.
> VGDB submition form added to update and add new games. Programmers,
> please add missing games (only published ones) and check the data of
> your listed games. Please make any changes if needed. I tried to
> update the links as good as possible.
> VGDB banner for your webpage and for games that have been listed in
> the database.
> I invested four days in recovering the page and need a little rest -
> so I added a
> Tell a friend function so you can easily spread the word about the new
> VGDB. Please help me by telling your five best Vectrex friends about
> the relaunched VGDB.
> And now... the big moment we have been waiting for:
> relaunch VGDB at http://www.vectrexmuseum.com/mirror/vgdb/
> Have fun,
> Oliver
