Author Topic: dhaabi's VGC Database Work  (Read 44967 times)

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #60 on: November 09, 2024, 08:25:04 pm »
Here is the Famitsu issue?
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k1132578720
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f1156545126

No. 864 could be the right issue for where the guide is found as Drag-On Dragoon 2: Fuuin no Kurenai, Haitoku no Kuro is mentioned in the Game Index Part 1 section, but I still can't confirm it. Finding a scan of the entire issue would make this easier, but this issue may not have been archived online. I don't see a pull-out guide advertised anywhere on the cover, so I'm wondering if it's even intended to be removable. 863 and 865 also mention the game, but no luck with those issues either.

tripredacus

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #61 on: November 11, 2024, 09:38:15 am »
Maybe this one then
https://ebten.jp/p/4910264530789

Search result https://ebten.jp/search?page=2&name=%E9%80%B1%E5%88%8A%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E9%80%9A+2005

I wanted to point out that Weekly Famitsu X account uses this as their name: 週刊ファミ通

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #62 on: November 11, 2024, 10:40:45 am »
Maybe this one then
https://ebten.jp/p/4910264530789

Based on the page's description summary, No. 865 or the 2005年7月15日号 issue may be the one including the guide then. Although what 64293 even is still isn't answered. Until more information is learned, it may be fine or may need to be a part of a new entry.

For now, I've submitted a new entry for Famitsu No. 865.

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #63 on: November 13, 2024, 10:31:55 am »
I've finally finished submitting items for Resident Evil franchise. In the end, I submitted around 3,500 new entries. Going through the film series (which I had to abandon due to tediousness) is something that was way too much time spent.

Silent Hill is next.

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #64 on: March 09, 2025, 02:19:40 pm »
Nearly all instances of LEGO have been correctly updated to Lego. Only items in the Lego Dimenions Figures sub-category remain unchanged.
https://vgcollect.com/search/%22lego%22

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #65 on: May 19, 2025, 11:34:52 am »
In the last few months (even before the recent image data loss), I have spent a lot of time going through cleaning up various things within the database.

PlayStation Demo
I realized that the majority of the PlayStation UK Magazine demo disc entries were titled incorrectly while also having front art which features the spine. This was another long process that involved going through as many items possible to confirm the spine title while finding new image scans to crop the entry art.

Not for Resale
After going through multiple searches, I've standardized as many relevant promotional game items with the Not for Resale entry name descriptor. Like with other older entries, many of these utilized edition formatting (hyphen) instead of descriptor formatting (parentheses) or disregarded formatting rules altogether. Many also incorrectly used the Barcode field. For these sorts of promotional items released on Xbox, about half already featured the "Not for Resale" descriptor whereas the other half featured "Promotional Copy," as both lines of text are often present. So that these sorts of items are all organized alike, I defaulted to the former.

Season Pass
All entries (the ones appearing in search results, at least) representing digital season passes and other bundles have been into their corresponding base game entries within digital categories. In the event no base game entry existed, the season pass or bundle entry was updated to it. Entries representing individual DLC sets were not created, but they can be.

PlayStation [JP]
- replaced missing front art
- corrected Major Wave Series items to Major Wave
- updated (some) stock art to actual art
- detailed and cataloged unique Sony labels

PlayStation 2 [JP]
- replaced missing front art

PlayStation3 [JP]
- replaced missing front art
- added (some) local names, barcodes, and item number information
- removed group merch art sometimes submitted to the cart art slot
- updated incorrect LE names to actual localized names

In time, I will need to work through this category and update it on a larger scale as most entries are lacking in basic information.

PlayStation [NA]
- replaced missing front art but only prioritized art for variant entries

Silent Hill
- cleaned all existing entries I had not yet interacted with to resolve numerous instances of generic entries which variants are known but could not be determined due to entry art being lost

At some point, I plan on updating the PlayStation ID topic to include JP labels which there are, surprisingly, a lot of official ones. Since I was already going through PlayStation [JP], this was a good opportunity to collect the information after I realized their presence that I didn't really realize before when previously curating the category. I've already started collecting information for labels found within later PlayStation libraries for when those guides are ever written too. But for now, I'll finish up adding entry art to JP PlayStation categories and probably move on to other JP sections such as Nintendo.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2025, 10:50:13 am by dhaabi »

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #66 on: July 29, 2025, 10:57:16 am »
Efforts toward restoring lost data one category at a time continues to be my focus. I only targeted Official Release items aside from a small number of unofficial items containing nudity.

PlayStation Portable [JP]
- restored art
- added local names

PlayStation Vita [JP]
- restored art
- added local names

Famicom [JP]
- restored art
- added local names
- removed duplicates
- removed instances of images featuring nudity

Super Famicom
- restored art
- added local names
- removed duplicates
- identified instances of items featuring nudity
- corrected item number sequences
« Last Edit: July 29, 2025, 10:59:07 am by dhaabi »

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #67 on: September 02, 2025, 05:28:38 pm »
More work's been done toward restoring images and general clean-up.

GameCube [JP]
restored art, added local names, removed duplicates, corrected item number sequences

Wii [JP]
restored art, added local names, corrected item number sequences

Wii U [JP]
restored art, added local names, corrected item number sequences

Game Boy [JP]
restored art, added local names, removed duplicates, corrected item number sequences

Game Boy Color [JP]
restored art, added local names, removed duplicates, corrected item number sequences

lokiperv

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #68 on: September 30, 2025, 01:16:41 pm »
@dhaabi appreciate your work, but i have serious question about some Resident Evil titles added by you, released in Russia:

https://vgcollect.com/item/284437 - what is this? Where did you get the information about this release? This is unnoficial imported and sold on secondary platforms like eBay (Avito in Russia) by individual entrepreneurs. This is a typical US release that was given a sticker and sold in a private store, bootleg one word. It has nothing to do with the official Russian release. ТехноГранд it's completely unknown who this is, a private entrepreneur.
Arts incorrect, box text, item number and barcode incorrect too, official distributor is SoftClub, no ESRB games official released in Russia this is nonsense, it cannot be sold with an ESRB certificate in a country under PEGI or RARS lately, purely according to the laws of the country. only PEGI and then RARS, others are illegal second trade imports.
Official site of distributor SoftClub: https://www.softclub.ru/games/ps3/8398-resident-evil-5-gold-edition
Why did the admins reject all my correct changes to this card? Or what? I can import a Japanese release, for example, put a Russian price sticker on it, open a store, and that will turn this Japanese release into the official Russian one? I have this game, and i whant to add it to my library on site, but i cant because the card called [RU] is some kind of bootleg now.
Nintendo: Switch (Rev.2), 3DS XL - Gold/Black LE, Wii (RVL-001) - Black LE, NES Classic Mini, SNES Classic Mini;
Sony: PlayStation 5 Pro (CFI-7000), PlayStation 3 (CECHC08), PlayStation 2 Slim (SCPH-90008), PlayStation (SCPH-5502), PlayStation Classic (SCPH-1000R), PlayStation Vita (PCH-1104), PlayStation Portable (3008);
Microsoft: Xbox 360 E
Sega: Dreamcast (VA1)

dhaabi

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #69 on: September 30, 2025, 05:23:47 pm »
@dhaabi appreciate your work, but i have serious question about some Resident Evil titles added by you, released in Russia:

https://vgcollect.com/item/284437 - what is this? Where did you get the information about this release? This is unnoficial imported and sold on secondary platforms like eBay (Avito in Russia) by individual entrepreneurs. Arts incorrect, box text, item number and barcode incorrect too, official distributor is SoftClub
Official site of distributor SoftClub: https://www.softclub.ru/games/ps3/8398-resident-evil-5-gold-edition
Why did the admins reject all my correct changes to this card? I have this game, and i whant to add it to my library on site, but i cant because the card called [RU] is some kind of bootleg now.

Your edit submissions were rejected because the information you were attempting to submit is for an entirely separate item. As the entry creator myself, none of the information you supplied is relevant to the item I intended to be represented by the database entry. Just because the entry in question has a [RU] TLD does not mean that the Name information must always remain the same or that's it definitively correct. Normally, if there were another item not yet added to the database, I would recommend adding it instead of trying to overwrite existing information that's valid. However, I have already done that—here are both entries for the official RU items: 241029 and 241030, neither of which should have their name converted to include a [RU] TLD.

With that said, I have just now updated 284437 to omit the [RU] TLD and instead feature the (ТехноГранд label) name descriptor. I actually am unsure myself whether the nature of the imported item constitutes it being marked as Unofficial Release (I'd rather be fully sure instead of approving an edit in error), so I will confer to tripredacus about it. And, for reference, the information I originally submitted was gained from here. Also, I believe this is the website for ТехноГранд.

In the future, the Rejected Edits topic would be more ideal to post about these kinds of concerns.
« Last Edit: September 30, 2025, 08:14:42 pm by dhaabi »

lokiperv

Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« Reply #70 on: Today at 03:08:22 am »
If you're for the preservation and accurate presentation of all releases of what I understand to be a beloved franchise, then this is exactly what I explained above. Someone brought the American ESRB release, slapped on a sticker from photo 3 from the link, and sold two-three-ten copies. It's a bootleg. The official releases were from the official importer SoftClub who signed a contract with Capcom, and these are the two releases only: https://vgcollect.com/item/241029, https://vgcollect.com/item/241030, I can see their cards now.
Nintendo: Switch (Rev.2), 3DS XL - Gold/Black LE, Wii (RVL-001) - Black LE, NES Classic Mini, SNES Classic Mini;
Sony: PlayStation 5 Pro (CFI-7000), PlayStation 3 (CECHC08), PlayStation 2 Slim (SCPH-90008), PlayStation (SCPH-5502), PlayStation Classic (SCPH-1000R), PlayStation Vita (PCH-1104), PlayStation Portable (3008);
Microsoft: Xbox 360 E
Sega: Dreamcast (VA1)