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Video Showcase / Re: EmuGames List Project

« on: April 24, 2025, 06:40:39 am »

EmuGames List (Update 23.04.2025)
Latest changes - 23.04.2025
+ Added Added a counter of all items in the lists, which is displayed in the info when the program is launched.
+ Added a window for adding and editing entries in the list.
* FIX switching screenshots with cursor keys.
* FIX loading and display of the game list has been accelerated.

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Video Showcase / EmuGames List Project

« on: March 29, 2025, 08:40:15 am »

I have long been interested in preserving the history of video games and have accumulated a large number of rare romsets. Some games are very rare and were restored from reprints from the pages of Japanese gaming magazines. Or from Japanese private collectors. I decided to write a program for myself that allows me to somehow structure my collection in a convenient, informative form for a romset collector.
My project is called EmuGames List.
I am creating this forum thread in the hope that some people will be interested in following the development of my hobby. And perhaps someone will want to share rare copies of games with me for this collection in the future.
I specifically made the program store game files in a neutral PNG image format. There are several reasons for this that I have encountered over the years:
1. This allows you to avoid false antivirus reactions to some data formats in game files for little-known old PCs, etc.
2. A visual representation of the density and variety of data arrangement in the main game file or image.

Link to the YT of the project where I try to show a short gameplay of each game in the collection: https://www.youtube.com/@EmuGamesList
The project is only at the very beginning of development. This is a personal project for a small circle of interested collectors.
Demonstration of current program capabilities: https://youtu.be/Z394EGXHqqs

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Video Showcase / Re: Past Games TV

« on: July 28, 2020, 01:11:36 am »

Top 10 Best Sharp MZ-2500 Games

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Video Showcase / Re: Past Games TV

« on: July 15, 2020, 05:14:37 am »

Top 10 Best Sharp MZ-2000 Games

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Video Showcase / Re: Past Games TV

« on: July 13, 2020, 04:24:03 am »

Top 20 Best Sharp MZ-1500 Games

Sharp MZ-1500 is built on the architecture of the MZ-700, but significantly expanded with new equipment. Graphics with built-in PCG support. Sound chip from Texas Instruments. Floppy drive that reads 2.8-inch Quick Disks.

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Video Showcase / Re: Past Games TV

« on: July 13, 2020, 04:23:24 am »

Top 30 Best Sharp MZ-800 Games

The Sharp MZ-800 series of computers, which replaced the MZ-700 series, contained a number of graphics enhancements. Now, unlike the MZ-700, the original Zilog Z80 A processor was used, which improved compatibility with common software. Although compatibility with the MZ-700 was maintained, by turning on a special switch. The Sharp MZ-800 was a very popular computer in the former Czechoslovakia. Most MZ-800 games are ZX Spectrum conversions, sometimes well-made, sometimes bad. However, the hardware is slightly better than the ZX Spectrum.

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Video Showcase / Past Games TV

« on: July 10, 2020, 12:43:34 am »

Welcome all! I have been sick with retrogaming for a long time and for decades I have accumulated large packs of games from various outdated platforms. Including little-known outside of Japan. I decided to create a YouTube channel on which I want to share video with the gameplay and at the same time streamline my collection. I invite everyone who shares my interest in old games.

I sketched a short video with the most interesting games for the Sharp MZ-700 computer.

The Sharp MZ-700 series appeared in 1983 and replaced the obsolete MZ-80 series. Used the Sharp LH-0080 processor, which was compatible with the Zilog Z80. The games were a little bad due to the low resolution (in fact they were graphic characters), but in the ROM there were 512 graphic characters that could be used.