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Title: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Simpsons99 on April 06, 2024, 08:00:27 pm
Tried going to marp the last couple of days ... Seems to be some kind of error message .
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Weehawk on April 06, 2024, 08:47:35 pm
Tried going to marp the last couple of days ... Seems to be some kind of error message .

The Python code that runs MARP was written around 1998 by an English guy named Chris "Zwaxy" Moore. Last I heard he was living in Prague. He hasn't been involved much in the day to day operation of MARP for about 20 years and nobody else knows the code well. If anything ever happens to Barry "mahlemiut" Rodewald or Pat Laffaye (of Frogger record fame), MARP will probably die.

There was apparently an upgrade on the host's end a little over a week ago. They are trying to figure out whether something needs to be done on the MARP side or the DreamHost side to get it to run again.

There is no reason to assume the worst at this point, but who knows?
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Weehawk on April 06, 2024, 08:57:43 pm
The top 3 scores for any game at MARP are available here:

http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm

The News page with links to WolfMAME versions through 0.264 is available here:

http://replay.marpirc.net/news.cgi
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: homerwannabee on April 07, 2024, 01:51:44 am
Well, hold on, don't write the future demise of the site just yet.  A.I. can write in obscure code already. It seems to me that someone knowledgeable in Chat GPT 4 could create a work around.

I might be overestimating its powers. Having said that, it wouldn't surprise me if ChatGPT 5 or 6 in the future would be able to pull it off if four isn't able to.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: wc on April 08, 2024, 09:56:50 am
If anyone from the MARP side needs technical help getting things up and running again, I'm happy to volunteer my expertise, whether it's with Python or SQL.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: jammvyy on April 08, 2024, 12:54:47 pm
http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm  410 - WEBSITE NO LONGER EXISTS

The Page You've Requested Is From A Site That Has Been Permanently Removed.
Please Remove All References To This Page.

 But this working http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Weehawk on April 08, 2024, 12:55:42 pm
If anyone from the MARP side needs technical help getting things up and running again, I'm happy to volunteer my expertise, whether it's with Python or SQL.
I'll mention it on the forum there.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Weehawk on April 08, 2024, 12:57:11 pm
http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm  410 - WEBSITE NO LONGER EXISTS

The Page You've Requested Is From A Site That Has Been Permanently Removed.
Please Remove All References To This Page.

 But this working http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm

I get the same result on both those links.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Weehawk on April 08, 2024, 01:26:04 pm
I get the same result on both those links.

Which makes sense I guess, since they are the same.  ::)
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Simpsons99 on April 12, 2024, 04:34:32 pm
So if Marp is history 99% of my scores are gone.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Weehawk on April 12, 2024, 05:10:03 pm
So if Marp is history 99% of my scores are gone.

The files are intact.

I expect someone would care enough to harvest the data and make it available.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Simpsons99 on April 25, 2024, 03:06:42 pm
Without Marp I trying to find a reason I have all these different sets and everything on my Computer .  My interest  is at a all time low.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: jammvyy on April 25, 2024, 09:15:01 pm
Marp scores on Super sprint where compleat horse shit
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Simpsons99 on April 29, 2024, 04:01:00 pm
With Marp gone mostly ...  Starting to think what else is there now?  Was thinking Console gaming might be something to do for scores or something now... I was trying to find sites for speed running console games or anything console related.. Did not really find anything.
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Robert on May 01, 2024, 07:37:04 pm
If you're after Wolfmame you can get it from github here:

https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases

(you need to be a member of github)
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Simpsons99 on May 01, 2024, 09:25:36 pm
not clearly what i asked for
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: homerwannabee on May 02, 2024, 04:00:42 am
There's still Twin Galaxies, Retro Uprising, and Aurcade to submit scores
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: johnmcallister on May 02, 2024, 07:45:59 am
Has anyone tried to contact MARP owners and see if they would give or allow TG to take over and maintain MARP?
Title: Re: what happened to Marp?
Post by: Simpsons99 on May 02, 2024, 11:23:06 am
Retro Uprising  I used to play there until playing games for hours and it would not upload my games.  TG Have been locked out of there for years.  I had asked about console games.. I guess i need to contact Aaron .