Duplicate List 2024

[coffeejits]

The following are duplicate entries for Fox's MASH:

https://vgcollect.com/item/70094
https://vgcollect.com/item/12780

The following are duplicates for Activision's SeaQuest:

https://vgcollect.com/item/144752 (Sea Quest)
https://vgcollect.com/item/11657 (Seaquest)

[volcanohead]

https://vgcollect.com/item/109042

https://vgcollect.com/item/82256

[spectre51]

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition - Epic

https://www.vgcollect.com/item/244119
https://www.vgcollect.com/item/256509

[coffeejits]

Accidentally added the duplicate entries for Gosub 2

https://vgcollect.com/item/271122
https://vgcollect.com/item/271123

[smesgr]

https://vgcollect.com/item/136806
https://vgcollect.com/item/86945

general all the entries are inconsistent if "Forgotten Realms" is part of the title or not

[dhaabi]

https://vgcollect.com/item/136806
https://vgcollect.com/item/86945

general all the entries are inconsistent if "Forgotten Realms" is part of the title or not

Based on the common name rule, the correct entry name for this item should be Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark. Here is its GameFAQs entry page.

[coffeejits]

The following entry, https://vgcollect.com/item/15577, was the sole entry for Sear's Maze cartridge for the Atari 2600 [N/A], and the database entry only contains the front cover art image and has very little additional identifying information.  Currently 44 users have this title in their collection.

I recently added https://vgcollect.com/item/271801 to the database which is the "picture label" version of this game (there are two "text label" versions as well).  Upon researching this title, it became obvious that the picture label version of this game is, by far, the most common version of this game.  Thus, in my opinion, these two entries are the same.  Should these two items be merged?  More information needed?   

[dhaabi]

The following entry, https://vgcollect.com/item/15577, was the sole entry for Sear's Maze cartridge for the Atari 2600 [N/A], and the database entry only contains the front cover art image and has very little additional identifying information.  Currently 44 users have this title in their collection.

I recently added https://vgcollect.com/item/271801 to the database which is the "picture label" version of this game (there are two "text label" versions as well).  Upon researching this title, it became obvious that the picture label version of this game is, by far, the most common version of this game.  Thus, in my opinion, these two entries are the same.  Should these two items be merged?  More information needed?

271801 has been merged into 15577. These are my observations:

1) 49-75112 and 6-99825 as Item Number field information is formatted incorrectly. If you look at both spines, no hyphen is present. Instead, the correct formatting is 4975112 and 699825. Information should not be taken blindly from other database sources without verifying it yourself.

2) As I've mentioned to you in private, we should prioritize outer packaging differences before cartridges differences. For that reason, 15577 has been updated to Maze (4975112), and 271815 has been updated to Maze (699825). As you'll see in each of those entry's Description fields, details can be added to clarify the cartridge type.

3) If you are serious about adding an entire category's worth of variants, it comes highly suggested to clean the category beforehand. This means fact-checking each existing entry prior to adding anything new: ensuring entry art is correct, updating entry names, correcting item numbers, and fixing any other general errors or reporting them to staff. At the very least, cleaning up each existing entry by game before adding its variants. While it's a lot of upfront work, it ultimately makes things easier.

[coffeejits]

The following entry (Pole Position II) was never released for the Atari 2600 NA]:

https://www.vgcollect.com/item/12786 (this entry has the cart image from the Atari 7800 version)


But it was released for the Atari 7800 [NA] which already has a database entry here:

https://www.vgcollect.com/item/12786

[dhaabi]

The following entry (Pole Position II) was never released for the Atari 2600 NA]:

https://www.vgcollect.com/item/12786 (this entry has the cart image from the Atari 7800 version)


But it was released for the Atari 7800 [NA] which already has a database entry here:

https://www.vgcollect.com/item/12786

Both links are for the same entry. Nevertheless, 17900 has been merged into 12786.

[coffeejits]

Battlezone was a PAL only release in a red box for the Atari 2600 [EU].  Thus the Atari 2600 [NA] entry is a duplicate of the current Atari 2600 [EU] database entry:

https://vgcollect.com/item/57582  (Atari 2600 [NA] entry)

https://vgcollect.com/item/163602 (Atari 2600 [EU] entry)

[coffeejits]

The following entry is PAL only, "16-in-1" https://vgcollect.com/item/30648.  Currently, there is a Atari 2600[EU] database entry already called 16-in-1, https://vgcollect.com/item/176105.

Unfortunately, this is complicated by the fact that there are many, many let's say "unofficial" PAL 16-in-1 releases from different companies out in the wild, and since  https://vgcollect.com/item/176105 has no release data or artwork, it is unclear if the original poster was referring to https://vgcollect.com/item/30648 or one of the many other variants.

My suggested edit is to rename https://vgcollect.com/item/30648 to "Exciting 16 in 1" to reflect the actual title, change the region to Atari 2600 [EU], and let https://vgcollect.com/item/176105 remain as is.  Of course, the option to merge the two together is also there, but since someone already claims https://vgcollect.com/item/176105 as part of their collection, that will be a judgment call.

[wolff242]

Original:

https://vgcollect.com/item/47932

Duplicate:

https://vgcollect.com/item/162190

They seem like they may have different barcodes, but at the very least the 2nd one should be removed from the Xbox 360 NA list, as no PEGI games were released there, it's from some EU region.

Original:
https://vgcollect.com/item/121574

Duplicate
https://vgcollect.com/item/160429

Same situation, at the very least the bottom one needs to be moved to EU, as it's not NA.

[dhaabi]

https://vgcollect.com/item/47932
https://vgcollect.com/item/162190

They seem like they may have different barcodes, but at the very least the 2nd one should be removed from the Xbox 360 NA list, as no PEGI games were released there, it's from some EU region.

https://vgcollect.com/item/121574
https://vgcollect.com/item/160429

Same situation, at the very least the bottom one needs to be moved to EU, as it's not NA.

Neither of these sets are examples of duplicate entries, and neither of the highlighted entries belong in a EU category. Certain items released in Québec feature French packaging text exclusively alongside PEGI ratings, so I imagine that is the circumstance for 160429 and 162190. The (PEGI rating) descriptors shall remain as general Canadian items for both exist, such as 242002. which should be prioritized to feature the [CA] TLD. On that note, while there isn't an entry for the general Canada Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition item, it does exist. Were someone to add it to the database, it too would feature the [CA] TLD.

[wolff242]

https://vgcollect.com/item/47932
https://vgcollect.com/item/162190

They seem like they may have different barcodes, but at the very least the 2nd one should be removed from the Xbox 360 NA list, as no PEGI games were released there, it's from some EU region.

https://vgcollect.com/item/121574
https://vgcollect.com/item/160429

Same situation, at the very least the bottom one needs to be moved to EU, as it's not NA.

Neither of these sets are examples of duplicate entries, and neither of the highlighted entries belong in a EU category. Certain items released in Québec feature French packaging text exclusively alongside PEGI ratings, so I imagine that is the circumstance for 160429 and 162190. The (PEGI rating) descriptors shall remain as general Canadian items for both exist, such as 242002. which should be prioritized to feature the [CA] TLD. On that note, while there isn't an entry for the general Canada Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition item, it does exist. Were someone to add it to the database, it too would feature the [CA] TLD.

Ah, gotcha. Thank you for tor the explenation!