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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: October 20, 2025, 09:48:47 am »

Still on

Grandia - Ubisoft Exclusive [DE] (SONY PlayStation)
https://vgcollect.com/item/285389

repeatedly battling lance swinging humanoid dragons and fire spitting wolves around Tower of Temptation to grind boost items for strengh and defense 

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Classic Video Games / Re: The Best Retro Game Music - 8bit and above

« on: October 18, 2025, 03:36:20 pm »

After finishing SpongeBob Squarepants: Revenge of the flying Dutchman for Game Boy Advance without really turning the sound on  I just listened through it's soundtrack on YouTube.
The game's music isn't that astounding overall but there was one specific title I especially liked - it's the soundtrack of the stage named "Under the Boardwalk":

https://youtu.be/dunBtSRKvT8?si=0r6FM_gjR80Kg6UH

 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Developer/Publisher Requests

« on: October 14, 2025, 10:00:18 am »

https://vgcollect.com/item/180021
developer: HIT Entertainment PLC

https://vgcollect.com/item/180012
developer: Sesame Workshop

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: October 12, 2025, 03:08:49 pm »

SpongeBob Squarepants: Revenge of the flying Dutchman (Game Boy Advance)
https://vgcollect.com/item/229025

After getting a little frustrated failing to climb the Tower of Temptation in Grandia or beating my best highscore in Tetris, I started playing SpongeBob Squarepants: Revenge of the flying Dutchman. This is the last of the 6 SpongeBob-GBA-games I own that I haven't beat yet, so I thought I give it a try.
This game is very similar to other SpongeBob titles on this system, yet it introduces some gameplay mechanics exclusive to this one, that make it a quite playable platformer. Though some special challenges bring some serious challenge I must admit.

I hope to beat this one soon 

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Hardware and Tech / Re: What's good for console cleaning these days?

« on: October 03, 2025, 06:33:24 am »

I think for people to answer that you would need to find out what that white stuff is

"White marker", already said what it was.

*EDIT*
Found something that worked most of the way, a little rubbing alcohol dabbed on and then using a non-abrasive white pencil eraser got about 90% off.

Erasers worked well for me too in the recent past, wether it was for removing markers or glue residue. Would have been my 1st suggestion

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: September 19, 2025, 10:46:39 am »

Tetris [DE] (GameBoy)

127.531 points in standard mode (small rocket)

Someone here to compete?

I actually considered trying out Tetris for Game Boy, but it turns out that, after many years of neglect, neither my two Game Boy Colors nor Game Boy Advance work anymore and are in need of repair.

That's sad ... I personally also enjoy playing this title on Super Game Boy, maybe that's an option?

Well, I don't own a Super Nintendo nor a Super Game Boy, so I don't have a means to play the game now beyond emulation which is less than ideal. Maybe someone else out there will rise to your challenge.

I hope so. Thought this simple yet timeless classic would be ideal - and probably common enough within VGCs collector army - to start a little friendly highscore hunt 
And considering the number of retro games collectors on this board, I suggest that I'm not the only one still into beating good ol' highscores.

Maybe I'll dedicate a thread to this issue next year or so...

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: September 17, 2025, 03:53:17 am »

Tetris [DE] (GameBoy)

127.531 points in standard mode (small rocket)

Someone here to compete?

I actually considered trying out Tetris for Game Boy, but it turns out that, after many years of neglect, neither my two Game Boy Colors nor Game Boy Advance work anymore and are in need of repair.

That's sad ... I personally also enjoy playing this title on Super Game Boy, maybe that's an option?

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: September 15, 2025, 12:18:55 pm »

again... 

Tetris [DE] (GameBoy)
https://vgcollect.com/item/277791

These days I find myself fleeing into a short-lived session of the good ol' when I get too bored with grinding in Grandia (PlayStation), and even without expecting it and slowly dying battery Energy, I managed to raise my highscore again just yesterday:

127.531 points in standard mode (small rocket)

It's amazing how this particular game can challenge and addict over and over again during a whole lifetime 

Someone here to compete?
C'mon, get that old must-have off your shelf and slam it into one of your 83 GameBoy iterations!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2025!!!

« on: September 10, 2025, 09:03:48 am »

95. Tetris (NES)

Every few years, I find myself somehow getting sucked into Tetris. What was meant to be a 15-20 minute play session before moving onto something else, ends up consuming the rest of my day as I tirelessly try and beat my high scores. For the record, I am far from being a Tetris pro or even being a competitive player. If memory serves me right, my highest score was around 150,000 points, and typically I struggle to break into the six figure range. But regardless of my skill or lack there of, I still really enjoy this classic falling block puzzle game Tetris is pretty much as iconic a game as they come, I'd say surpassing Pong at this point. It's so simple, yet so amazingly addictive as to what you're required to do. Stack blocks, line up a row, and try and prevent the screen filling up. Meanwhile, the speed that the shapes fall increases over time, naturally making things more and more difficult. Getting those coveted 4 row Tetris clears is oh so satisfying, even after the 500th time. Compared to other versions of vanilla Tetris I've played, I enjoy the music quite a bit in the NES version. Other that, I suppose it's an upgrade visually seeing how there is color, but really Tetris is pretty much Tetris no matter which version you go with. I imagine I'll be picking Tetris up again in the not so distant future again, but for now I thought I'd leave a review for one of my favorite versions of this video game classic. (9/6/25) [38/50]

If you do pick it up again, regardless if NES or Game Boy version, post your highscore  I'd like to have a little competition in my hunt for the fat shuttle in GB version... (115k so far)

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General / Re: What are your least favorite boss fights?

« on: September 07, 2025, 04:43:19 am »

Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and Rejected Edits 2025

« on: September 05, 2025, 02:51:14 am »

Hello everyone, I've a question regarding the following item:
https://vgcollect.com/item/47679

The edit history of this item shows it being initially submitted as the FRG GameBoy version, later filled with information of the NOE-version ... the culprit: me, not knowing it better back in the day.
It now features it's initial front cover, but NOE versions barcode as well as back cover ... and I guess the english box text is also false then ...

My suggestion would be, that this item is to be re-edited to it's initial FRG-version whilst my NOE-version that I own needs a new submitted item since it doesn't exist yet.

Am I right ?

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and Rejected Edits 2025

« on: September 03, 2025, 09:30:27 am »

my description & box text edits to the following item were rejected
https://vgcollect.com/item/129665

hinting to specific german published UK-release versions of this game. 
My source for the intended edits was this site:
https://www.game-boy-database.com/game-F4-2562-UKV.html

I don't have much experience with this game boy database but it was the only UKV-version I could find there ...

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and Rejected Edits 2025

« on: August 28, 2025, 09:50:55 am »

https://vgcollect.com/item/207992.

If I was to submit my version, what nomenclature shall I use? 
Should they be differentiated by box back number?

I noticed a proper /2 variant shortly after I rejected your edit. If you were to submit the variant, the most ideal name would be Lego Star Wars: Die Komplete Saga - Premium Edition (83051.206.GM/2). Then, we can update 207992 using the same format.

Done  shortly after that I submitted Pictures. There you can see the diffrences I mentioned.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Developer/Publisher Requests

« on: August 28, 2025, 09:34:51 am »

https://vgcollect.com/item/180477
developer: Nickelodeon

Are there any reputable sources that mention Nickelodeon as being the developer? I've only been able to find various wikis and gaming pages stating that. I've looked through print material without a developer being explicitly mentioned, though the company Nick Games is mentioned in the start-up loading animation (at least in the US version.) I ask because I'm skeptical to believe that Nickelodeon, a television broadcasting company, actually developed a game themselves. For development had been done by some subsidiary company like Nick Games seems more likely.

Nope I didn't find any other information neither

Would you be opposed to Nick Games being added as a Developer field option instead? To me, that seems like the more accurate information.

I would not. Thanks a lot. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and Rejected Edits 2025

« on: August 28, 2025, 09:27:18 am »

My description text to the following item was rejected:
https://vgcollect.com/item/207992

with the following statement:
Is there a variant for this item which features 83051.206.GM/2? My original submitted information is also correct. https://www.ebay.de/itm/165230382017

To answer this question:
Yes, there is. I own it. The box back clearly reads 83051.206.GM/2, and another difference I saw was, that the cover submitted shows a big USK sticker on top of another smaller one on the cover itself ... MY version has the big label directly printed on...

So yea, I'd suggest those are 2 different versions of this Software-Pyramide Premium Edition version of the game ...

If I was to submit my version, what nomenclature shall I use? 
Should they be differentiated by box back number?