New Arcade Games

[Telcogal]

Dear jammie,

Could you please sweet talk RBCP into adding some more games to the PLA Arcade??

Oh, and how the heck did you get the high score in Braniac?  I have tried a hundred times to beat your score and can't!!

We must knock fr0g out of 1st place!

 

[jammie]

Dear jammie,

Could you please sweet talk RBCP into adding some more games to the PLA Arcade??

Oh, and how the heck did you get the high score in Braniac?  I have tried a hundred times to beat your score and can't!!

We must knock fr0g out of 1st place!

 

Dear Telcogal,

I actually haven't played the games in a while, but I will try and lobby Brad next time he and I chat.  As for Braniac... just to prove the authenticity of my technique, I just beat my high score again... JUST for you.

Basically what I do with this game is I associate the symbol with a word I know... some of the ones I use for this game include "tire" "orange" " donut" "fork" etc...  Then what I do is I click all along the top row and memorize them.  It's not too too difficult to quickly memorize 5 things.  I then click on the rest of the board to find those five things and usually by the time those are gone, the rest of the board is a LOT more manageable.  Also, I notice that a lot of the pieces are right next to each other, so the clicking in order seems to help me a bit too.

Hope you beat my score soon! Down with frog!
Love,
jammie

[rbcp]

This SMF Aracde seems to have hundreds of games to choose from and I should be able to take any of them for my own site.  I've searched all over Google and I can't seem to find anywhere that you can just download a few hundred extra games for your arcade.

The official SMF Arcade site only has the games that we already have.  They seem to be completely against using any commercial games.  If anyone else wants to try and find a site for SMF Arcade game downloads, please do! 

If you see any games on this site that you want, tell me and I'll install them.

[rbcp]

Holy crap, Jammie, that site has 15 different Mahjong games!

[jammie]

Holy crap, Jammie, that site has 15 different Mahjong games!

Our lives are going to be ruined! 

[splynt0r]

I have a question, Do you guys actually talk to each other in real life, or do you have all you conversations digitally ? 

[rbcp]

I have a question, Do you guys actually talk to each other in real life, or do you have all you conversations digitally ? 

Me and Telcogal?  We generally pass messages between Jammie to communicate with each other.  But occasionally we'll send each other a PM.

[mr_doc]

Isohunt has a few torrents for packs of smf games.

[rbcp]

Isohunt has a few torrents for packs of smf games.

How come I can't find them there?  I searched for "smf arcade" "smf games" and "simple machines" but didn't find anything.  I also tried these searches on thepiratebay.org with no luck.  You're talking about isohunt.com, right?

[mr_doc]

http://www.isohunt.com/download/12619569/.swf
http://www.isohunt.com/download/18009457/flash+games
http://www.isohunt.com/download/14234356/flash+games (?)
http://www.isohunt.com/download/16914325/flash+games
http://www.isohunt.com/download/13564880/flash+games (?)
http://www.isohunt.com/download/18078658/flash+games
http://www.isohunt.com/download/13133925/flash+games
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3535779/700_Flash_Games_Collection

This doesn't include all the 'xxx' 'hentai' or 'adult' games which I'm sure you want.
Do the search for 'flash games' or '.swf'. Nearly any game with the swf extension will work with smf. I don't think they make games especially for smf. I think flash games are either for PC (.exe's), for an html website (no highscore will save on your arcade but the game will work), or made for a forum arcade.

www.smfarcade.net is broken use this temp url until its fixed..
http://my.zxspectrum.at

E1.5.2 released Package update to allow install in SMF1.1.1here

There are NO code changes so no need to upgrade. To uninstall E1.5.1 you must first uninstall the SMF1.1.1 patch

E1.5 >> E1.5.1 Bug fix update released. This is NOT a package!! Download, extract and upload the files to \Sources and Themes\default overwriting the original files. Get it here

If upgrading from E1.3 or lower use the tools in the Highscores tab to upgrade saved scores/games to the new format

Arcade version E1.5 includes the following mods/fixes:
Play V3Arcade games (install as normal game)
Play all pnFlash games (install as pnFlash game)
Template controled by Admin
Error checking for game names and scores
Remember page in main games list
Remote Info Panel to keep you informed of exciting new developments

Arcade version E1.4 includes the following mods/fixes:
Security fix
Fix large scores displayed as Scientific notation
Add Hyperlinks to games in Longest Champs
Add Admin Edit Game link to each game
Code changes to reduce queries and processing

Arcade version E1.3 includes the following mods/fixes:
Mods:
Adds the game icons or cups to members signature
Adds the game icons or cups to members post profile
Adds Arcade stats to the members profile in the StatPanel
Adds a popup window with arcade stats to the members post profile.
Allows control of icons or cups in ACP - in arcade admin - settings
Adds who\'s playing to users on line
Adds Game of the Day
Adds Search and Categories.
Play IPB Games (install as normal game)
Play PHPBB Games (install as normal game)
Adds the 1 score system
Choice of Original or Portal template
Remove all guest scores
Remove a players scores and champs
Tournament fix by Cfred Here

More info on this version, how to install it, and the edits required for other themes can be found at SMF Arcade or ErIcSwOrLd

It's hard to say if some torrents are good if they don't list the files. Obviously you don't want .exe's. Another way to get games is to google for a popular game, say 'asteroids.swf' and find other people's games directories.
The google search
The first promising lead of many
You click the game you're interested in. If you like it you go to 'file', 'save page as..' and save it.
That is tedious though so it might be better to look for game directories:
Like this
that let you see the index so you can just right-click and save anything that seems interesting.
After I get games, I do a google image search for small icons that might be relevant to the game and use those if the game doesn't have one.


Edit:
You can also get games from sites like this
by going through the page source to find the address of the swf file and then loading that on a new page and saving it from there. Tedious, I know, but 30k starfighter is fun.

[mr_doc]

Dear Jammie,

Can you get 30k starfighter installed for us?

[jammie]

Dear Jammie,

Can you get 30k starfighter installed for us?

Dear mr_doc,

No.

Love,
jammie

[rbcp]

Thanks for the links, mr doc.  I'd really like to stick with SMF-enabled games, though.  I think the cool part of the games is that you can enter your high score and compete against other forum members.

Speaking of that, it seems that some of the new games I installed aren't letting you enter your scores into SMF.  That sucks.  I'll probably remove them soon.  I'll try to get some more SMF games from those web sites.

[mr_doc]

Thanks for the links, mr doc.  I'd really like to stick with SMF-enabled games, though.  I think the cool part of the games is that you can enter your high score and compete against other forum members.

I concur. You could either copy games individually from other forums since you know those games work, or download and install a whole bunch and check back a week later to see which ones don't keep score and delete them.

Speaking of that, it seems that some of the new games I installed aren't letting you enter your scores into SMF.  That sucks.  I'll probably remove them soon.  I'll try to get some more SMF games from those web sites.

Try installing as pnflash or custom and they might work.