Author Topic: dhaabi's VGC Database Work  (Read 15607 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 Finding a scan of the entire issue would make this easier, but this issue may not have been archived online.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.
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