Just posting to confirm that Wes Copeland is definitely interested in bringing the site back up. He's done a lot of work over at the RetroAchievements website as well, so I certainly trust his expertise. I don't know if this is just a matter of nobody being able to give admin privileges to another user or what - if there's any worries that he's going to hijack the website, I can assure you that's not going to happen.Weehawk wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:30 pm Wes Copeland, "wc" on the Donkey Kong Forum, and in charge there since Jeff Harrist passed away, indicates that if he can be of assistance with a Python or SQL issue he is willing.
https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?t ... n#msg46318
Database problem
Moderators: mahlemiut, seymour, QRS
Re: Database problem
Re: Database problem
No updates on anything, huh.
I'll just say that http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm was working up until everything died a month ago, and can still be checked if you're looking for historical information on each game's top 3.
If you're trying to grab random replays off the site, you can try looking up individual game pages on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (example: https://web.archive.org/web/20150217082730/http://replay.marpirc.net/r/bongo). Unfortunately, a lot of pages do not have captures newer than 2015, which is a definite problem if you're looking for some recent records. But at the very least, all the old stuff is not gone forever.
I'll just say that http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm was working up until everything died a month ago, and can still be checked if you're looking for historical information on each game's top 3.
If you're trying to grab random replays off the site, you can try looking up individual game pages on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (example: https://web.archive.org/web/20150217082730/http://replay.marpirc.net/r/bongo). Unfortunately, a lot of pages do not have captures newer than 2015, which is a definite problem if you're looking for some recent records. But at the very least, all the old stuff is not gone forever.
Re: Database problem
(BBH knows this but for anyone else's benefit:)BBH wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:38 am No updates on anything, huh.
I'll just say that http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm was working up until everything died a month ago, and can still be checked if you're looking for historical information on each game's top 3.
If you're trying to grab random replays off the site, you can try looking up individual game pages on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (example: https://web.archive.org/web/20150217082730/http://replay.marpirc.net/r/bongo). Unfortunately, a lot of pages do not have captures newer than 2015, which is a definite problem if you're looking for some recent records. But at the very least, all the old stuff is not gone forever.
All MARP replays are still available at:
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http://marp.retrogames.com/inp/log_romname_xxxxxx_wolf106.zip
"log" is the player's login ID
"romname" is the name of the ROMset in MAME
"xxxxxx" is the score
"wolf106" is the MAME version used
If the score is confirmed, all of this information except the MAME version can be found on the Confirms page, which still works:
http://replay.marpirc.net/confirm.htm
The MAME version can often be guessed from the time period.
John Cunningham (JTC)
Re: Database problem
http://replay.marpirc.net/upload.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/confirm.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/news.cgi - 26.03.24
http://marp.retrogames.com/test/frames.htm - [19.11.00]
https://web.archive.org/web/20231130131 ... lympic.htm - 30.11.23
https://web.archive.org/web/20220628094 ... xlines=999 - [28.06.22]
https://web.archive.org/web/20230607081 ... r/vendetta - 07.06.23
https://web.archive.org/web/20210128155 ... re.com/PG3 - 28.01.21
https://web.archive.org/web/20170916084 ... .php?n=297 - 16.09.17
http://replay.marpirc.net/confirm.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores.htm - 28.03.24
http://replay.marpirc.net/news.cgi - 26.03.24
http://marp.retrogames.com/test/frames.htm - [19.11.00]
https://web.archive.org/web/20231130131 ... lympic.htm - 30.11.23
https://web.archive.org/web/20220628094 ... xlines=999 - [28.06.22]
https://web.archive.org/web/20230607081 ... r/vendetta - 07.06.23
https://web.archive.org/web/20210128155 ... re.com/PG3 - 28.01.21
https://web.archive.org/web/20170916084 ... .php?n=297 - 16.09.17
Re: Database problem
Putting http://replay.marpirc.net/r/romname into the Wayback Machine turns up the list for everything I tried.PG3 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:53 am https://web.archive.org/web/20231130131 ... lympic.htm - 30.11.23
archive.org is amazing.
John Cunningham (JTC)
Re: Database problem
That this still works suggests that some code is still working, as it has to find the exact folder the zip file is located. (It was split up into multiple folders as the server hated giant folders)Weehawk wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:26 pm All MARP replays are still available at:
Where:Code: Select all
http://marp.retrogames.com/inp/log_romname_xxxxxx_wolf106.zip
"log" is the player's login ID
"romname" is the name of the ROMset in MAME
"xxxxxx" is the score
"wolf106" is the MAME version used
Hopefully this means than any changes that need to be made, are fairly simple and are just related to the MySQL update.
- Barry Rodewald
MARP Assistant Web Maintainer
MARP Assistant Web Maintainer
Re: Database problem
Everybody seems to think it's probably something pretty simple.
Out of curiosity, has anybody tried actually talking to a human being at Dreamhost?
John Cunningham (JTC)