Another batch came through. My personal favourite is George H.W. Bush welcoming people to Summer CES 1991: https://archive.org/details/the-1991-international-summer-consumer-electronics-show/page/n3/mode/2up A few oddities too. Some of it will need investigating.
The Internet Archive is unfortunately not a reliable means of preservation. A lot of scanned materials have been removed in recent years due to DMCA takedown requests (such as many recent Famitsu scans). PDFs are also an essential tool for researchers to use, since they can hold OCR text. The ability to quickly search reams of magazines for specific text FAR outweighs any small quality degradation that might occur when converting to PDF. I understand your sense of ownership for the things you've scanned, and I agree that we can't lose the original scans in their highest quality. But there are a lot of different use cases for the scans. Both the OCRd PDFs on Internet Archive and the far, far superior organization of RetroCDN's PDFs make research a lot easier.
PDFs load faster, and are more widely supported and generally more convenient for the average user. They're also thumbnailable by the wiki software and can store JPEGs losslessly. There may be a way to store PNGs but I've never found a good one. I tried converting them to lossless JPEG2000 but that ended up being glitchy. CBZs are easier to edit and can store PNGs. I actually prefer CBZs for PNG support alone, but there isn't a working extension for CBZ thumbnails. Nobody should be using CBRs (as in renamed RAR files). They offer no advantage over CBZs and take twice as long to load.
This is why I said I have my stuff mirrored in MULTIPLE locations. And most importantly, I want my scans online. I frankly put more faith in my ability to keep my own scans available than I do in ANY website. I have no reason to put any faith in RetroCDN or any other website existing tomorrow, let alone years in the future, but I do have faith in my ability to keep my own scans available. I appreciate the sentiment, but I promise I don't need any help in this area. I don't disagree, and I encourage anyone who wants to turn my scans into PDFs (OCRed or not) to do so at their leisure (it's very easy to do). I just ask that they not post those altered versions online to be downloaded by others. This is interesting to me, as it's the first I've heard of it. May I ask what CBR reader you're using? Mine has no load times. Or rather, it loads the pages as you're viewing, so it only needs to load the page or two you're viewing while further pages are being loaded into cache. The end result being that there are no discernible load times. I've also never experienced any difference between CBR and CBZ (but speaking as someone with about 15 TB of comics, I can tell you that the vast majority of those are CBR.) There's no real difference between a CBR and CBZ, by the way. Techically, a CBR should be a collection of images that have been RARed while a CBZ should be ZIPed, but you could ZIP the files and save the extension as CBR (or vice versa) and they would open just the same. Anyway guys, I'm not trying to argue the benefits of CBR vs PDF or suggest that one is better than the other. And I'm not telling anyone they can't change my files into PDFs or whatever other format they like. All I've asked is that my file not be altered and then uploaded elsewhere. My files will not disappear. I put way too much time and money into creating them to let them vanish. So they will always be available to download for free. I feel like I'm giving a fair amount while only asking this one small favor in return. And while it sometimes seems like the magazine scanning community and the magazine hosting community have different priorities, surely it would benefit everyone for the two to have amicable relations.
IIRC the PDF standard has some kind of support for displaying JPEGs as-is, whereas with PNGs it has to convert them to something else, and that's a faff. A lot of the tools out there will convert the image to JPEG first, which isn't ideal, though IIRC some of the credits PDFs that have been uploaded to Sega Retro are genuinely lossless (though don't quote me on this) so it can be done. There is one exception where it might be less of a problem - if it's a 2-colour black and white image. Although from the looks of things, you have to pay for more recent versions of the PDF standard, so maybe it's been addressed already.
It may depend on the settings used by the compressor, but I imagine RAR is going to be slower to decompress than ZIP. For one thing, it uses solid compression which means you can't extract one file without decompressing others. Since JPEGs are already compressed there's no significant difference between storing them in RAR or ZIP archives. I'm using SumatraPDF, which loads PDFs instantly and CBZ/CBR with a delay (sometimes several seconds for large files). What are you using?
I really like this sentiment because its the exact same focus we put on the wikis and was probably said verbatim several times throughout the years.
Then you understand where I'm coming from. Who better to ensure the quality and availability of a thing that the person/people who had the passion and put in the effort to create it in the first place? I'm not sure if this is addressing what you're saying exactly, but RARs created with the intention of being a CBR should be using RAR 4 "normal" compression. Using the newer RAR 5 standard is frowned upon as certain readers do not support it. Possibly a file that opens slowly might be using the wrong settings? I download hundreds of CBRs per week (comics, mostly) and very rarely encounter a file that has been created incorrectly, since most people releasing scans or rips are familiar with the process of doing so correctly. As for readers, I use https://www.cdisplay.me/. It's quite old and hasn't been updated since the developer died quite a few years ago, but it has the smallest footprint of any CBR reader and does everything I could need it to do with a few hotkey presses. As someone who reads multiple CBRs on a daily basis, I've tried quite a few readers, and have never found one yet that made me want to replace it. Still, not every reader is everyone elses' cup of tea, and there are certainly other readers with more bells and whistles. If you aren't a comic reader (there are literally ZERO comics released as PDFs) and are more familiar and comfortable with the way PDF readers handle files, adjusting to a CBR reader may take time (and vice versa.) And as I said, for me it loads quite fast. Meanwhile, my PDF reader takes an age to open the first time I try to open a PDF after booting my computer (subsequent files open faster after the program has been loaded into memory, so it's the reader that's at fault moreso than the format, but I open PDFs so rarely that I've never tried to shop around for a better (free) PDF reader.
http://segacollect.blogspot.com/2008/07/telstar-double-packs.html There might be 1 or 2 box pics here that want uploading.
People with (old?) copies of Photoshop or whatever: https://archive.org/details/redump-id-99038 A disc emerged a couple of weeks ago, and while it's labeled "Black Isle Ad", it actually has PAL Dreamcast packaging guidelines, with examples. The problem is most of the EPS files aren't converting properly for me - they may be genuinely corrupted, but it would be nice to know for sure (and have the contents uploaded to the wiki in a more suitable form if they're even remotely interesting). I did get the PDFs up there though (we already had this one). Also there's a 1-6 players option. But doesn't the Dreamcast only have four ports (and no multi-taps)? Well... there is this (supposedly real) prototype unit...
I... don't have a torrent client installed and set up. But from my experience, EPS files are best opened with Adobe Illustrator.
Interesting follow-up: Foxit Reader Inkscape Adobe Acrobat I don't know why vector -> raster conversion is so difficult but nobody seems to be able to display these PDFs correctly. The wiki does it differently too - so much for standards. It's why I was thinking they might be optimised for earlier versions. Except: Nope, turns was an issue in 1999/2000 too. Stroke weighting on the "VGA compatible" icon is wrong on loads of boxes. If you own PAL Dreamcast games like I do, you'll notice that the purply-blues aren't all the same. I assumed it was down to printing errors - now I'm thinking it's because the PDF each publisher was using sucked. Food for thought.
They were possibly optimized for printing. During my time as a graphic designer, I would often ask for a proof to see if the colours and whatnot all match up. The printed result would always stand above all and sometimes require some workarounds, which is probably the case here.
Some relevant technical documents were uploaded overnight: https://archive.org/details/@f15sim ...but I'm not sure where these documents are from, so I don't know how to categorise them. Specifically: https://archive.org/details/sega-dreamcast-developers-conference-day-2-march-20-1999/mode/2up Slides from a presentation at the Dreamcast Developers Conference, with notes by... someone https://archive.org/details/sega-cinepak-users-guide/mode/2up A Cinepak user's guide, complete with covering letter to a Mr. Hindorff (I think this might be Bill Hindorff of Tengen/Time Warner Interactive) https://archive.org/details/sega-genesis-reference-sheets Some Mega Drive reference sheets. Produced by Tengen? https://archive.org/details/sega-saturn-sgl-reference-structure-reference/mode/2up Sega Graphics Library documentation. Don't know if this came from Sega https://archive.org/details/rbi-95-schedule/mode/1up RBI 95 Schedule. Which is definitely from Tengen https://archive.org/details/pga-tou...ocument-for-ps-x-and-saturn-versions/mode/2up PGA Tour 98 development documents, which suggests a Saturn version was planned. NuFX? EA? I could upload everything right now, but I don't want it to get lost.
Three others (I uploaded the above too): File:RADGEN MD Tengen 1993.pdf Conversion from some proprietary Atari format to the Mega Drive File:PSGManual.pdf "PSG Manual". I assume Mega Drive? File:SegaGenesisQuickReference 1991-04-08.pdf A Mega Drive quick reference guide from somewhere.
I've noticed that VGMdb likes to hide scans. I'm sure there used to be more CD booklets - now you have to go hunting. https://musicbrainz.org/ I found something a bit nicer. Case in point: https://musicbrainz.org/release/919f1cb5-15fa-484c-840b-2bb2c4b22a36/cover-art vs https://vgmdb.net/album/2119 Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Chu!!" We're missing booklets (among inlays and spinecards and whatever), and booklets have credits. There's 670 CDs to check, aka don't make me do it all
Spoiler 2: 2 Spicy Original Sound Track 20 Thèmes Musicaux des Plus Gros Hits Saturn 7: 7th Dragon 2020 & 2020-II Hatsune Miku Arrange Tracks 7th Dragon 2020 Original Sound Track 7th Dragon 2020-II Original Soundtrack 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Original Soundtrack & Songs 7th Dragon Original Soundtrack A: A NiGHTS Remix: Another Dreams After Burner (album) After Burner 20th Anniversary Box After Burner Climax Sound Track Ai ga Kaoru Koro ni Ai ga Tarinaize Airline Pilots/Shouboushi Brave Fire Fighters Aleste Collection: Music Album Alex Kidd Complete Album Alien Soldier (1995 album) Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom: Game Soundtrack Score Astro City Mini: Celebration Album Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (album) Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Complete Album Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Memorial Album B: Back in the S.S.T. Band!!: The Very Best Bare Knuckle (album) Bare Knuckle III (album) Bare Knuckle Original Soundtrack Bayonetta Original Soundtrack Bayonetta: Bloody Fate Original Soundtrack Beep! MegaDrive Best Selection The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs Best of Thunder Force The Better One Wins! The Better One Wins Blazer Drive DS Original Soundtrack Blind Spot II 30th Anniversary Blind Spot III Blind Spot IV Blooming!!/Wakai Chikara: Sega Hard Girls Mix Border Break Airburst Original Soundtrack Border Break Music Collection Border Break Music Collection Type-02 Border Break Music Collection Type-03 Border Break Music Collection Type-04 Border Break Music Collection Type-05 Border Break Original Sound Track Burning Rangers Sound Track C: Checkicco no Miru CD Chunithm Original Sound Track: World of Metaverse Clockwork Knight: Pepperouchau no Daibouken Fantastic Soundtrack Club Saturn Club Sega (album) Club Sega 2: Beat Grooves Columns・Columns II Comix Zone: Roadkill Company of Heroes 2 Original Soundtrack Competition/Sega Rally Championship Complete Complete Trinity Sonic Heroes - Original Soundtrax Cool Rails Cotton (album) CR Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! Tenshou Gion-hen Original Sound Track Crack Down/Gain Ground Crackin' DJ Complete Album Crackin' DJ Original Soundtrack Crackin' DJ Part 2 Original Sound Track Crackin' DJ Remix Crush 40 (album) Cuts Unleashed SA2 Vocal Collection D: D2 Original Sound Track Daytona USA (album) Daytona USA 2 Sound Tracks Daytona USA Circuit Edition Original Sound Track Deep Fear (album) Deep Fear Sound Drama Vol. 1 Deep Fear Sound Drama Vol. 2 Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Original Soundtrack Dennou Senki Virtual-On Force Official Sound Data Ver 7.5 Dennou Senki Virtual-On Marz Official Sound Data Dennou Senki Virtual-On Official Sound Data Dennou Senki Virtual-On Official Sound Data 4x6 Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram For Dreamcast Club Trax Sound Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram For Dreamcast Official Sound Data Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Official Sound Data DNA Side Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Official Sound Data RNA Side Dennou Senki Virtual-On Original Sound Track Derby Owners Club: Perfect Audio Collection Dragon Force Complete Album Dragon Force II: Kami Sarishi Daichi ni (album) Dragon Force Original Soundtrack Dragon Force: Souseiki Hen Dragon Treasure Original Sound Track Drama CD Puyo Puyo Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 2 Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 3 Drama CD Shining Force Feather Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen: Kimi Aru ga Tame Ending Theme "Waratte, Waratte" Dreamcast (single) Dynamite Deka 2 Original Soundtrack Dynamite Deka EX Original Sound Track Dynamite Deka vs Wing War Original Soundtrack Dynamite Headdy (album) Stuff that's not on the list (?): After Burner II BORDER BREAK UNION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK GRF BORDER BREAK UNION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK EUST COTTON Original Soundtrack COTTON Reboot! Original Sound Track Cyber Troopers Virtual-On "Force" Official Sound Data - Marsinal VIRTUAL-ON REMIXES Cyber Troopers Virtual-On "Cyber Net Rhapsody" Episode #14 Dennou Senki Virtual-On Daytona USA: Circuit Edition I'll go through the rest tomorrow.
It's for the Game Gear: the first page mentions stereo panning (which is a feature unique to the Game Gear), page 10 talks about Z80 IO ports (which the Mega Drive's Z80 does not have... unless running in Master System mode, I think), and page 11 explains how to use the "game gear communications cable" (this cable?). EDIT: While I'm here... I believe Sonic Mega Collection had a high-quality version of the Sega chant too, though I'm not sure how it compares to this one.
Part two, E to L: Spoiler E: Ecco: Songs of Time Ei-Ei-Poo! Eien no Mannaka de Electrace Pulseman End of Eternity Original Soundtrack Eternal Arcadia Drama CD Vol. 1 Eternal Arcadia Drama CD Vol. 2 Eternal Arcadia Drama CD Vol. 3 Eternal Arcadia Original Sound Track Eyes F: F-Zero GX/AX Original Soundtracks Face to Faith: Sonic and the Black Knight - Vocal Trax Fantasy Zone Ultra Super Big Maximum Great Strong Complete Album Fantasyscape Slashout: Original Soundtrack Fighters Megamix Sound Tracks Fighting Vipers 2 The Sound Album Fighting Vipers Original Soundtrack Fighting Vipers Sega Saturn Original Soundtrack Flash Point/Bloxeed For Brighter Day Phantasy Star Universe Original Soundtrack Formula From Loud 2 Low Too: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Works From Loud 2 Low: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Works G: G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection Galaxy Force (album) Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade Original Sound Track Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan (Aratame) Go! Go! 575 Sound & Movie Collection Golden Axe The Music Gran Chaser (album) Guardian Heroes (album) Gunblade NY & L.A. Machineguns Original Soundtrack Gunstar Heroes (album) Gunstar Heroes Sound Collection Gunvalkyrie Official Soundtrack H: Hanasaku Otome Hang the DJ Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (album) Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd Nonstop Mix Collection Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Original Song Collection Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Original Song Collection Vol. 2 Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Original Song Collection Vol. 3 Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend Complete Collection Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F Complete Collection Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Original Song Collection Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X - Complete Collection Headhunter Original Soundtrack Heartbreak Diary Hikaru Michi Himitsu Original Sound Track Hiro 30th Anniversary Album: Thank You for Listening! History of Sonic Music 20th Anniversary Edition History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition Hit Sega The House of the Dead 2 (1999 album) The House of the Dead 4 Original Sound Tracks House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Original Sound Tracks Humankind Original Soundtrack Hyper Drive I: Image from King Colossus: Tougi Ou no Gensou Kumikyoku Initial D Arcade Stage Sega Original Tracks Initial D Special Stage Sega Original Tracks Insector X (album) Israelites J: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Original Sound Track Jaggy Love Jet Grind Radio Music Sampler Jet Set Radio Future Music Sampler Jet Set Radio Future Original Sound Tracks Jet Set Radio Original Sound Tracks Jet Set Radio Original Soundtrack Judge Eyes: Shinigami no Yuigon Original Soundtrack K: Kimi no Tame nara Shineru Rub-Love Daisakusen CD+ King of the Ring Kiryu Best: Ryu ga Gotoku Kiryu Kazuma Karaoke All Time Best Collection Kiseki no Kane: So Special a Day Kita e. White Illumination Pure Song and Pictures Kotoba Colorful / Uta Yome 575 Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Mori no Tami no Densetsu Soundtrack Best Selection Kuchibiru no Shinwa Kyouhansha L: L.A. Machineguns Original Soundtrack Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou (album) Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou Original CD Single Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 1 Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 2 Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 3 Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 4 Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi Sound Battle Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi Soundtracks vs Club Remix Le Mans 24 (album) Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection Let the Winds Blow Phantasy Star Online Episode III C.A.R.D. Revolution Original Sound Track Let's Go Away: The Video Game Daytona USA Anniversary Box Let's Tap Soundtrack Live! Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax Lost Judgment: Sabaka Rezaru Kioku Original Soundtrack Love and Berry Dress Up and Dance! Complete Song Collection Not listed?: Fighters Megamix Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan (Shin Shou) Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan Zenshuu Gran Chaser Guardian Heroes Headhunter: Redemption / Headhunter Jet Grind Radio Judge Eyes Original Soundtrack Judge Eyes & Lost Judgment Original Soundtrack Kita e. ~Diamond Dust~ Memorial Songs Kita e. ~Diamond Dust Drops~ Original Soundtrack Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou Game Guide Book Special Supplement CD Last Bronx
