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tpugmire

PS1 Item Numbers
« on: March 08, 2011, 05:32:02 pm »
In the course of cleaning up the database, I noticed something that I'm not too familiar with, so I figured I'd throw it out there and see if anyone has some insight.  We have several PS1 duplicate listings, and upon closer examination of the listings, I've found that most of them have different item numbers.  I can see having a different item number for an original release and another for a re-release, such as a greatest hits version, but were there really that many item numbers for the exact same game?
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matt

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2011, 07:53:31 pm »
The original database I used listed multi-disk games seperately. Each disk has it's own item number, which is why we've got some duplicates there. I think there is enough room to merge them and just separate them with commas.
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scott

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2011, 12:17:35 am »
That's what I did on some of the games like final fantasy anthology and chronicles. Just listed all the complete numbers and separated them with a comma.

Seeks like the simplest solution to the issue.
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matt

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 04:32:28 pm »
http://vgcollect.com/item/6483
http://vgcollect.com/item/13261

Check out these two listings. They are both Doom for PS1, both with different item numbers. If you do a Google search on the numbers they both show up as Doom. Does anyone know where this B00000I1BT number comes from?
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monochrome

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 05:17:14 pm »
Well, SLUS-00077 is the "Greatest Hits" version of Doom, so maybe  B00000I1BT is the original long box version?  I'll edit the title on the other and throw up a pic in a bit, got some scanning to do and it's on my list :)
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matt

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 05:34:49 pm »
A new user (solidgear3) is the one who added it and also added it to his collection. I'm really confused because I haven't seen that number before and there are a few in the database.
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monochrome

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 06:12:57 pm »
Now I'm not sure... do longbox or standard versions even have a different SLUS designation from "Greatest Hits"?  I'm as confused as you haha..
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matt

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011, 07:45:45 pm »
Haha yeah I don't know. Doom was long box, short box and greatest hits.
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matt

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2011, 11:09:45 am »
I found this which lists the long box as SLUS-00077:

http://www.videogameobsession.com/videogame/psxboxes/PSX-Doom.jpg

Still not sure where B00000I1BT comes from. @solidgear3 could you chime in?
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matt

Re: PS1 Item Numbers
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2011, 11:14:08 am »
Okay I think I'm on to something. I found this page:

http://www.browsenodes.com/listproducts-44263011.html

That list a ton of games in the B000* format. The bottom of this page refers to these numbers the ASINs. A quick wiki search turned up this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number

So it looks like B00000I1BT is the Amazon number which makes sense because the first search result for this lands at Amazon.

The moral of this story: DON'T USE ASIN AS PART NUMBER. TAKE THE PART NUMBER FROM THE BOX OR MEDIA. kthanx.
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