Scraper - lantzelot-swe/PCUGameManager GitHub Wiki

Use the “Scrape..” button in the bottom left in the game details panel. You can scrape information for an existing game (useful if you want to update part of the information, e.g. screenshots) or when adding a new game.

There are three sites from where you can download game information: MobyGames, Gamebase 64 and C64.com. The scraper needs to know from which web page to fetch information, so you need to provide the URL for the game you want to fetch information for. Follow the instructions in the scraper dialog to enter the URL and select which fields to scrape. Some games have many screenshots, the scraper will only download the first 6 screenshots to select from.

MobyGames

MobyGames have over 5000 C64 games and 425 VIC-20 games. The genre information on the site is a bit different than the ones supported by the carousel. A mapping is done if possible in the following way:

  • "Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)" -> "adventure"
  • "Racing / driving" -> "driving"
  • "Puzzle, Strategy / tactics" -> "puzzle"
  • "Educational" -> "programming"
  • "Simulation" -> "simulation"
  • "Sports" -> "sport"

It's not possible to extend the supported genres in the carousel.

The description information is usually very lengthy, so after scraping you need to edit it. It’s also possible that the screenshots are in a different resolution than the optimal one (320x200). Press the yellow warning icon under the screenshots to automatically crop them if you like.

Gamebase 64

Gamebase 64 currently have 28500 game entries. There is no game description or cover files available. The scraper will try to download the game file if available. For some games there are multiple disks, the scraper will only pick the first entry in the zip file and add that to the game file field. A mapping of the genres is done in the following way:

  • "Arcade / Adventure / Miscellaneous" -> "adventure"
  • "Racing / Driving" -> "driving"
  • "Strategy / Brain / Puzzle" -> "puzzle"
  • "Educational" -> "programming"
  • "Simulation / Gambling / Cards / Board Game" -> "simulation"
  • "Sports" -> "sport"
  • "Maze / Breakout" -> "maze"
  • "Platform" -> "platform"
  • "Shoot'em up" -> "shoot"

C64.com

C64.com have around 2500 C64 games. Some games have cover files and game files which will be downloaded if available. There is no description of the games. A mapping of the genres is done in the following way:

  • "Action / Adventure / Miscellaneous / Text adventure" -> "adventure"
  • "Racing / Driving" -> "driving"
  • "Strategy / Board game / Puzzle" -> "puzzle"
  • "Educational" -> "programming"
  • "Simulation / Simulator" -> "simulation"
  • "Sports" -> "sport"
  • "Maze / Breakout" -> "maze"
  • "Platform" -> "platform"
  • "Shoot'em up" -> "shoot"