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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: May 16, 2024, 10:43:50 am »

Added:

RCA Studio II
- Visicom COM-100

Konami
- Konami Consoles
- Konami Picno

PC-50x
- Video Cassette Rock

Interton
- Interton Consoles
- Interton Video 2000

Milton Bradley Omni is not a video game.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: New PC Talk...

« on: May 16, 2024, 10:10:32 am »

Am I getting that much of an upgrade with just some new parts? I tried to sorta browse what I think an upgraded build for me could be on Youtube and it didn't seem like I would be getting a huge leap on more graphic heavy games that are out now. An improvement for sure, better than what I got now, but I'm trying to do a big leap in quality while also setting myself up for the next couple years

There isn't a way to know without being able to try both. The price on your picker deal is pretty good considering what is included.

Personally I notice when playing games that max settings usually isn't worthwhile. First because there are many games where I can't tell the difference between Med/High/Ultra. Second is that unless the game is a walking simulator or some other type thing where you get to look around at the environment alot, the extra things that appear may not be noticable if you are focusing on the action. Since you're talking about Helldivers 2 the MP game, it is similar to me when I was playing BO4, where I didn't need or want the graphics to be on max because competition (and hence, speed/performance) takes priority over how the game looks. Even BITD the best Q3 player I personally knew ran the game on low settings to get the highest framerate. I know multiplayer games are more in the general public so you may not be a competitive player that cares about that, idk.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: New PC Talk...

« on: May 16, 2024, 09:52:48 am »

This is a long amazon link but this is my current gaming monitor it's big and clear and works and even can sound great too with HDMI sound, it is versitle and I could even play a console on it if I wanted to I probally could even hook a cable box to it also I but this is not a smart tv

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Basics-75hz-Panel-Monitor/dp/B08WJ3GYC9/ref=sr_1_1_ffob_sspa?crid=AL1ADG1JE922&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A-X3GESwiWdUuk2y6Q74FcYO-gcmrW6LHBq-V6-vLGANbKSPcUPvm9YC9CRYGOzlhxR6zHKYoqIdZ9f3XZCXK3Nn4EAHIcm9YBcDy_ycpUBehGd43aVXk2VXlORCbrynX2qoNbVzTWFa-D3SUMYrccMBEIJpaBNH3N6Dv75ohCyz9FE5xvAvwe2KUbZFCz8U2sCKfhPQYyH3Hdb6fdKqHjhKs8dsgO-OraecNvxYFfU.8OxgMMBBMzw3f8u3nbVee8vpnTgrh6ANqen4odI-Tug&dib_tag=se&keywords=monitor&qid=1715848287&sprefix=monitor%2Caps%2C3691&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

You don't need to post the full URL. Short URL is the same (just have /dp/ASIN)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJ3GYC9/

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: May 15, 2024, 10:00:54 am »

I was wrong about IQ cartridges being for both EU and NA (which makes sense, but I do believe I read that somewhere.) I've identified an OZ game released in NA. Can this item also be submitted to Sharp Electronic Organizer, or do the categories now need to be divided by region since you mentioned the existing category as for EU only?

There is no region on the sub-cat. Any game for "Electronic Organizer" can be put into there.
This is true of any sub-cat that doesn't have a TLD in the name.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: May 14, 2024, 11:58:41 am »

Made sub-cat for Sharp Electronic Organizer for the EU games under PDA.

The systems cannot be added at this time because they are neither Consoles or Computers. There is more involved than just adding a type, it needs to also show up in reports. So we kick that can down the road as the priority is low.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: May 14, 2024, 10:24:26 am »

Sharp Wizard for NA/EU however I cannot find any examples of game cards in those regions.

For the Japanese version, it is just Sharp Denshi Techou / Sharp 電子手帳. So I have added a sub-cat for those games under PDA.

You'll have to document and archive those Bookman systems for future you, as I said we currently will not track those types of systems.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: New PC Talk...

« on: May 14, 2024, 09:53:03 am »

My current system is a...

ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming LGA 1151
Intel Core i5 8th Gen - Core i5-8600K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.6 GHz
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3000
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING
EVGA 600 BR 100-BR-0600-K1 600 W
And then have a 1tb SSD I've been using, but no specs on that because I bought it after my initial PC build.

I'm sure there's some room for improvement, but a graphics card wouldn't be all I'd need right?

Some things I can mention.
1. i5 CPUs are fine but for modern gaming it seems i7 is the minimum. There is obviously some crossover between ages, such as perhaps a newer i5 is better than an old i7 but as I've mentioned earlier, we are at CPU plateau so a 10 year old i7 (or equivalent) is going to be the same for gaming as a modern one. So an i7 or a quad core with Hyperthreading and at least 2.8 GHz is the minimum.

2. RAM is cheap, so if you board can support more you should get more. However, you are likely not going to actually need more than 16 GB. The only situation I've run into where you'd want more than 16 GB is running modded Minecraft. On my system I would allocated 12 GB to Java. But in general, PC games aren't going to be using enough, but as stated the prices may be low enough that it doesn't matter.

3. As far as I'm aware, there are no video cards with over 8 GB VRAM that run on BIOS. Many/most 8 GB cards are either BIOS (very few), UEFI, auto-detect (not reliable) or switchable (very few). And worse is that those types of capabilities are not often advertised with any degree of certainty. Second thing to be aware of and this is important is that you need to know how your OS is installed if you want to do an upgrade. If you are currently running on BIOS or CSM enabled, and your disk is MBR, if you were to buy a video card with more than 8 GB VRAM, the card is UEFI and you may not get any video at POST or boot. If your system is on UEFI and using GPT disk, then you are safe to get one of these modern cards.

I want to mention that the video card I am using, the Sapphire Radeon RX 580 is 8 GB and is one of the few cards that has a physical switch. I am running on BIOS on a board 2 generations older than yours. So this card is the best card I can ever use in this configuration. That being said, I haven't run into any games that do not work on this card. The most demanding game I have run on it was COD Warzone. Now if I run into a situation where I need to get a card with more VRAM, I'm going to have to do some work to get compliant with that. There is a way to do it without reinstalling the OS, but I'd rather not do it.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: What Was Your Longest Lasting PC Computer

« on: May 14, 2024, 09:37:53 am »

Easily oldest, Shiva, of which I do not know the original install date. It was rebuilt around 2000 or so and the existing install and disk is from the same time. It has been through many board changes, and I think the only original hardware still remaining in the system are the two hard disks and the floppy drive. Just over a month ago I did a chassis swap. It runs Windows 98 FE.

Shiva is the computer on the left in this picture:
https://twitter.com/Tripredacus/status/1777406156563976207

My daily driver Win7 PC is probably my second longest running, but its days are numbered. It was built in 2009 or 2010 as a new build that replaced my Windows XP computer (and the board from that XP computer is currently in Shiva). However, the two disks from that XP computer are still in the Win7 system and that system I never shut down or reboot. Longet concurrent uptime was around 3 years or so and that was some years ago already. The two WinXP disks each have over 177K Power On Hours.

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Video Showcase / Re: Oldgamerz Community Links

« on: May 13, 2024, 12:41:51 pm »

Tasks are delegated. It is the job of a Moderator to moderate the forums and not the job of Admins or Database staff.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: May 13, 2024, 12:39:46 pm »

Need to know what the Sharp thing is called. I see that some games are PA-7000, but are they all for that? Or what is the actual system called?

NEC Electronic Tool sub-cat created under NEC Computers

Bubble sub-cat created under Bandai

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2024

« on: May 13, 2024, 12:31:08 pm »

Not sure if this is a fangame or something but it needs to be labelled as unofficial... or removed:
https://vgcollect.com/item/265381

Its a bootleg. We wouldn't remove an entry. A quick search reveals that it exists physically. In the future you could have submitted an edit to change it to unofficial.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Questions on scans

« on: May 13, 2024, 11:11:50 am »

I've hesisted in the past with uploaded large amount of changes because I was worried I would flood the admins with too many submissions.

We have more than enough people to approve edits, so don't let that stop you.

Also, when you post a thread like this, it would be good for you to provide examples, such as "here is the entry" and "here is the picture I tried to use."

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: VG Collect Database

« on: May 13, 2024, 11:07:48 am »

The data is not available this way.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: New PC Talk...

« on: May 13, 2024, 11:06:12 am »

Age of computer doesn't really matter since computing has been on the plateau for so long. You didn't post specs for your current system to compare to. Usually you only need to upgrade a video card these days and not the entire system. My gaming computer is probably the same age as yours or perhaps older (I'm using a CPU from 2017) and I haven't had any reason to upgrade or even consider building a new computer. I know a lot of people just upgrade or build a new computer because they think they have to.

The airflow design on the chassis looks fine as it is, where would you add more fans to? The images show 2 in and 3 out and using the liquid cooler on the video card solves the issue of those fans pushing air down into the power supply.

Windows 11 still represents itself as Windows v10, and I haven't run into anything that actually requires it. Video card drivers are what really sets the minimum OS version, where drivers have a minimum supported Windows build number in the INF.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: May 13, 2024, 10:30:13 am »

Made Franklin Bookman sub-cat in PDA.
The system isn't applicable to be put on the site, as it is not a console or a computer.

For Bright Things, it seems the manufacturer is Bandai and Bright Things only handled the software side. I can make the Bubble section in Bandai but then the system(s) would go into Bandai Consoles. LMK if this will be ok.

Added My Life Accessory.
The packaging back image you provided shows "My Life" with the space in it. It is hard to tell is a space is used or not in the logo. It is usually difficult to search for this system in general due to how most classified sites besides Ebay doesn't support quotes in their search field. Either way, you may decide to put "MyLife" in alt-name for the system and/or accessory entries.

For PC-50x, here is the list
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,6782.msg198590.html#msg198590
Ideally there should not be a PC-50x game category and the only entry that was in there is ambiguous, the PC-501 Supersportic which has a confusing release history and when I tried to figure out where it goes, I wasn't able to get enough information to put it somewhere else.
Bandai TV Jack 5000 already has a sub-cat in PC-50x, so they should be put into there. It has Stunt Cycle in there too, so the one you made is a dupe.