Category/Platform Requests 2.0

[kypherion]

Thank you, Tripredacus!

I'll go ahead and get my copy of Virtua Striker 4 photographed (to specification) and entered soon!

[dhaabi]

Requesting 3DO [KR].
https://vgcollect.com/search/advanced/126/%22%5Bkr%5D%22/no-filter/ALL/ALL/ALL/ALL/ALL/no-filter/no-filter/no-filter

[tripredacus]

Requesting 3DO [KR].
https://vgcollect.com/search/advanced/126/%22%5Bkr%5D%22/no-filter/ALL/ALL/ALL/ALL/ALL/no-filter/no-filter/no-filter

https://vgcollect.com/browse/3dokr

[dhaabi]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126389954366
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145359889788
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284961288766
https://www.ebay.com/itm/166639287801
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266742830788
https://www.ebay.com/itm/305287045112

Requesting general sub-cat for Pocket PC. If created, it may be better to reorganize the categories page with a parent PDA category to include Palm OS, since there are items which list compatibility for various Pocket PC devices and Palm OS.

[tripredacus]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126389954366

Using this first example, the system requirements list PC specs as well as PDA. Being a multi-format item, this item would be put into PC [NA] since PC is older than the iPaq or Pocket PC.

If there is an example where it does not work on PC, then we can consider it.

[dhaabi]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126389954366

Using this first example, the system requirements list PC specs as well as PDA. Being a multi-format item, this item would be put into PC [NA] since PC is older than the iPaq or Pocket PC.

If there is an example where it does not work on PC, then we can consider it.

I noticed the PC system requirements, but PC is only used to install the data to a PDA device and not to actually play the game itself. Is that irrelevant to how we categorize items?

That said, the fourth eBay listing I previously supplied does not mention PC at all.

[tripredacus]

- Palm cat changed to PDA
- moved Psion Series 3 sub-cat from Psion cat to PDA cat
- deleted Psion cat
- created Pocket PC sub-cat in PDA cat

Palm OS predates Windows CE, so the Tennis Addict game will have to be put into the Palm OS sub-cat

Pocket PC is a class of device, and those devices run various versions of the Microsoft Windows CE or Windows Mobile OS.
Windows version requirements on the boxes are for Microsoft ActiveSync, which is a program used to transfer files to the Pocket PC/PDA itself and cannot be used to play games or run programs. So this makes it so they should not end up in a PC sub-cat.

[dhaabi]

Requesting section for Toy Quest Video Vision TV GoGo.

I'm not exactly sure if the product is formally recognized as "Video Vision," "TV GoGo," or "Video Vision TV GoGo." The packaging details across the below items use the terms interchangeably.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276373258440
https://www.ebay.com/itm/196218615413
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134760580719
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266406050248
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266712509499

Edit: A section for Video Challenger can also be made. Some software is built into the console, whereas other games are VHS cartridges. The information I've gathered reports that they were manufactured by Select Merchandise and distributed by various companies such as Takara and perhaps also Gig in Italy.

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m1056472242
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/1105322682
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w1084922653
https://paypayfleamarket.yahoo.co.jp/item/n1063450682

[tripredacus]

ToyQuest Consoles
https://vgcollect.com/browse/toyquestconsoles
ToyQuest TV GoGo
https://vgcollect.com/browse/tvgogogames

Video Challenger
https://vgcollect.com/browse/videochallenger

[dhaabi]

Video Challenger
https://vgcollect.com/browse/videochallenger

Interactive Video Accessory or Video Challenger Accessory (and Video Challenger Consoles) is still missing.

https://paypayfleamarket.yahoo.co.jp/item/n1063450682

[tripredacus]

The light guns can be put into Interactive Video Consoles. Captain Power ships can be put into there too.

An aside regarding these is that the toy itself was featured in multiple episodes of the Transformers Headmasters cartoon as an actual weapon.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Video_Challenger

[dhaabi]

Requesting a section for Nichibutsu My Vision. I'm not sure if the existing Nichibutsu parent category should be updated or if a separate category should be made.
https://aucfree.com/items/454297970

Requesting a section for Ohio Art Etch A Sketch Animator 2000.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276313157630
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285810332667
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285804573377

Is the Aquaplus P/ece acceptable to add to the database? It is similar to the Panic Playdate, which already has its own category. It may relate to the items listed below.
https://aquaplus.jp/piece/
https://jp.mercari.com/en/item/m73289199971
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/08/19/aquaplus-piece-vs-panic-playdate/

I'll also just mention these to gather your input of them:
https://amberelec.org/systems/nesbox-tic-80
https://amberelec.org/systems/arduboy
https://amberelec.org/systems/lexaloffle-pico-8
https://amberelec.org/systems/belogic-uzebox

An aside regarding these is that the toy itself was featured in multiple episodes of the Transformers Headmasters cartoon as an actual weapon.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Video_Challenger

I actually visited that page previously but had completely overlooked that detail. An odd, albeit interesting, piece of trivia, for sure.

[tripredacus]

Nichibutsu My Vision
https://vgcollect.com/browse/myvision
Ohio Art Consoles
https://vgcollect.com/browse/ohioartconsoles
Etch-a-Sketch Animator 2000
https://vgcollect.com/browse/animator2000

I know about the Piece already, Macaw45 has one. It can go into Hardware other.

The TIC-80 and Pico-8 are not consoles.
TIC-80 appears to be an emulator that runs on Retroarch and you can run special roms on it.
Pico-8 appears to be similar, but it runs on Raspberry Pi
Uzebox is like the Arduboy, which is used to create a system. The individual parts can be put into Hardware Other, but complete systems often are not allowed because they are home-made and not sold products.

The games for all of these cannot be listed at this time. I want to be able to track all games (that can be played) and all things that a game can be played on but I'm still waiting on whether that is allowed. The games for those emulators (and whatever runs on Uzebox and Arduboy) are just roms. Which you could say are similar to PC Digital Download except for consoles. But right now until roms and/or browser games can be listed and we have worked out a way to show them on the site, non-traditional console roms are going to be gatekept.

[dhaabi]

Etch-a-Sketch Animator 2000
https://vgcollect.com/browse/animator2000

The games for all of these cannot be listed at this time. I want to be able to track all games (that can be played) and all things that a game can be played on but I'm still waiting on whether that is allowed. The games for those emulators (and whatever runs on Uzebox and Arduboy) are just roms. Which you could say are similar to PC Digital Download except for consoles. But right now until roms and/or browser games can be listed and we have worked out a way to show them on the site, non-traditional console roms are going to be gatekept.

Hyphens are not used in the Etch A Sketch name. The sub-cat should be formatted as Etch A Sketch, with an uppercase a.

Good to know. For the last set of items, I was mostly curious about the actual games and not hardware (if it exists for the platform.)

Also, this item requires a sub-cat for Ohio Art Accessory.

Apparently, there are specific Sharp and NEC pocket organizers with game capability and game cards. There's a lot of dedication involved in the topic, which makes for a good read for anyone interested in old tech. Numerous posts mention the games, but the last two links are for two posts specifically for easier visibility:
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-16524.html
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-16524-post-144944.html#pid144944
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-16524-post-148938.html#pid148938

There is already an entry for the Family Computer Network System placed in an Accessory sub-cat, but it may need to be moved to its own Consoles sub-cat. To my understanding, it is a peripheral attached to the Famicom which is capable of playing its own format of software that is cards instead of cartridges. Most of its software aren't games, but some are. Later on, the Dataship 1200 released which was a device focusing on banking and other non-gaming purposes but also for gaming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Network_System
https://www.retrogameshistory.com/2023/03/el-misterio-de-la-famicom-dataship-1200.html
https://www.mariomuseum.com/archives/2110
https://lostmediawiki.com/Family_Computer_Network_System/TV-NET_(partially_found_ROM_and_peripherals_of_telecommunication_service_for_Famicom;_1987-1991)

[tripredacus]

That Ohio Art item, is it not the console?

For the Sharp and NEC items, we already have a similar situation with the Psion Series 3. So I can make categories in PDA section for the games but the systems won't get entries. And to make sure we are clear, only the games can get entries and not the non-game software.

Famicom Network System would be treated no differently than say the Sega 32X. The add-on goes into Accessory and the software would get their own sub-cat. You think "Famicom Network System" is a good enough name for those cards? And in the case of the non-game cards, since the Famicom is a console (and not a computer) you can make the entries for the non-game cards.