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Site Feedback / Re: Cart pics instead of Box pics?
« on: February 27, 2022, 01:26:18 pm »
Another thing - if I have the disc and manual but no box for a Sega CD, PS1, Saturn, or Dreamcast game, I'm shown the disc instead of the cover art. Even though for the majority of games on those systems the cover art is on the manual, not the box.

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Site Feedback / Re: Cart pics instead of Box pics?
« on: February 12, 2022, 07:04:04 pm »
That is as intended. We updated the logic to not just show the box art, but based on the settings for the game itself. If you have selected the full game and the box too, it should show the box art. If you only have the cart selected, it'll just try to show the cartridge art.

There seems to be a bug with this, where if you only have the cart but the listing doesn't have cart artwork it displays an error:


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate List 2020
« on: February 08, 2020, 09:32:43 pm »

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings 2018
« on: October 25, 2018, 07:46:38 pm »
We are using few general sources for common names rather than having some lengthy list of sources for every different game and/or item that may exist. Because there is a conflict in the two sources (and no Jaguar specific resource has been nominated for inclusion to the resource list) it is best to leave the entry's name as is and put the other name format into alt-name. Then in description it can be noted how the name appears in the copyright info or the manual and that the game's name logo has it as two words.

Ah, that makes sense. Well the two sources are no longer in conflict - both MobyGames and GameFAQs now list the title as “FlipOut!” Would it be appropriate to change the name here at this point?

https://www.mobygames.com/game/flipout
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/jaguar/586890-flipout

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings 2018
« on: October 24, 2018, 07:46:54 pm »
Incorrect title:
https://vgcollect.com/item/13197

The game's name is "FlipOut!" (with no space between the words) as seen here from the manual:
https://atariage.com/manual_page.php?SystemID=JAGUAR&SoftwareLabelID=1085&maxPages=36&currentPage=5

The listing has it styled as "Flip Out!" (I submitted an edit but it was rejected.)

Name change was rejected as the existing title meets our requirements of the Common Name policy in the Style Guide. There is a conflict for our two main sources, one uses Flip Out! and the other uses FlipOut!. The correct action here would be to put FlipOut! into alt-name. If you wish, you can note in the description that the game title as rendered in the manual is FlipOut! while on the front of the box it is Flip Out!

As there is a conflict with the two main sources, would the developer's website be considered a valid source? They do list the game as "FlipOut!"
https://web.archive.org/web/20000303134638/http://www.gorilla.com:80/products.htm

Also, the way the title is presented on the front of the box is a stylized logo, however elsewhere on the box it is written in plain text as "FlipOut!" (copyright section at the bottom):
https://www.mobygames.com/game/flipout/cover-art/gameCoverId,13688/

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings 2018
« on: October 23, 2018, 12:13:47 pm »
Incorrect title:
https://vgcollect.com/item/13197

The game's name is "FlipOut!" (with no space between the words) as seen here from the manual:
https://atariage.com/manual_page.php?SystemID=JAGUAR&SoftwareLabelID=1085&maxPages=36&currentPage=5

The listing has it styled as "Flip Out!" (I submitted an edit but it was rejected.)

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