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That's a crap ton of games, where you in Japan or something  ;D

No, I wish. I just buy them using a proxy. Now I wish I could find a good proxy for other countries but searching for them seems difficult.

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It looks like the current entry has a stock photo. Here is the actual item with the matching barcode:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325565091264

So you can change the front art on that entry.

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Package from Japan arrived. Primary purchases were the keyboard and the PS2 memory cards. The rest were just some good deals.

PC
Elecom TK-P12FY2SV PS/2 keyboard

Dreamcast
Derby Tsuku Derba Ba wo Tsukurou
Dream Passport v1.01
Dream Passport 2
Dream Passport 3
Grandia II
J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou
Kitahei Gold
Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou Net
Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka
Sakura Taisen Online: Teito no Nagai Hibi
Sentimental Graffiti 2
Shenmue Ichishou Yokosuka
Shutokou Battle
Tokyo Bus Annai

MSX2
Compile Disc Station 18
3x MSX Fan disks

PS1
A IV Evolution Global PlayStation the Best
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade
Carnage Heart
Crash Bandicoot Racing
Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex no Gyakushuu
Dai-4-Ji Super Robot Taisen S
Densha de Go
Digimon World 2
Digimon World Digital Card Battle
Dragon Quest VII Eden no Senshi-tachi
DX Nippon Tokkyu Ryokou Game Let's Travel in Japan PlayStation the Best for Family
Elie no Atelier Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 2 Playstation the Best
Final Fantasy VIII
Ganbare Goemon Kurunara Koi Ayashige Ikka no Kuroi Kage Konami the Best
Gunbarl PlayStation the Best
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Koei the Best
Harry Potter to Kenja no Ishi
Hoshi de Hakken Tamagotchi
IQ Final
Kero Kero King
Kinniku Banzuke Vol 1 Ore ga Saikyou no Otoko da
Kinniku Banzuke Vol 2 Aratanaru Genkai e no Chousen
Macross Digital Mission VF-X Playstation the Best
Meitantei Conan
MiniMOni Dice de Pyon
Mobile Suit Gundam PlayStation the Best
One Piece Grand Battle
One Piece Grand Battle 2
One Piece Tobidase Kaizokudan
OverBlood
Pro Mahjong Kiwame Plus
Puyo Puyo Tsuu Ketteiban
RPG Tsukuru 3
Sidewinder USA
Tekken 3
The Tetris Superlite 1500 Series
Tobal No. 1
Trump Shiyouyo
Tsuridou Umitsuri-hen
Zap Snowboarding Trix

PS2
Jet de Go 2 Let's Go by Airliner Eternal Hits
Fujiwork Memory King 2 8 MB Memory Card black
Fujiwork Memory King 2 8 MB Memory Card blue

Saturn
Tokimeki Memorial Forever With You Special-ban
Virtua Cop
Victory Goal


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I have two questions regarding game titles.

1- https://vgcollect.com/item/70216
I'm aware that it is mostly known in the west as Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu.
However, that name is nowhere to be found on the Japanese release.
So, I think it should be listed here as Jackie Chan.

2- https://vgcollect.com/item/110157
The box reads "Nemesis" in alphabet and "グラディウス" ("Guradiusu" or "Gradius") in katakana.
I know that we primarily list games by their names in alphabet on the box, but I was wondering if maybe we should rename it to "Gradius". I don't know...

For the PCE game, the first place I look is on GameFAQs and it has the titles like you say
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/588998-jackie-chans-action-kung-fu/data
So it can be changed.

Same is true for the MSX game
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/msx/917743-nemesis/data

Sp you can put in an edit for both.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« on: March 19, 2024, 11:09:20 am »
Also, there is some info on here (PS1 model prefixes) that should be present in the PS1 ID Guide.
https://www.consolemods.org/wiki/AV:Sony_model_prefixes

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« on: March 19, 2024, 11:07:37 am »
May I make a recommendation. Linking to Ebay resources is fine, but for a large project you should not rely on Ebay to retain those images. Especially if you think it may be more than 1-2 months to work on a project. I have done things 2 different ways. First using a text file like you do, you can see in this post:
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,6782.msg128484.html#msg128484
Where each item on the list has a number, and that number corresponds with a number on an image file that I have saved locally.

When I did PS2 consoles, I changed to a spreadsheet, but mostly because of the many different things I was tracking that I could assign columns to. As well as use colors.
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,6782.msg132606.html#msg132606
On here, there is also an "ID" column that linked to images I had saved. This way I could easily go back and look at the pictures if I needed to compare something.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: dhaabi's VGC Database Work
« on: March 19, 2024, 10:16:54 am »
Do you have a spreadsheet or been keeping any sort of connected image list for these cart variations for NES?

The Excitebike cart I own does not fit in with any of the entries on the site. The one I have has the front features of this entry:
https://vgcollect.com/item/5906
but the back features of this entry:
https://vgcollect.com/item/262021

So the main difference is that it is the same as 5906 but does not have the "1985" on the back label.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!
« on: March 19, 2024, 10:05:05 am »
15. Doom (aka Doom 2016)
At first I wasn't sure, but it ended up growing on me. Known for being fast, the action was not as fast as it could have been. Being a Q3 Vogon HQ veteran (although it has been a few years), fast FPS is not a problem, but Doom was not what I would consider to be fast, at least to me. Also the beginning of my playthrough had some hiccups, as I was then using a terribly slow SSD, which I had been using for a few months now but when Doom had stuttering is when I realised I really needed to figure out what the bottleneck was. I'll break down this review into sections.

Movement
As I put above, I had expected the game to be faster. Crouch is rarely used and when used is set for toggle instead of hold. I did not see a setting to change this. There is no slide ability. Mantling is ok. Where you can mantle is mostly marked with a green light of some sort except for some secrets. A lot of areas cannot be mantled even if it looks like it should, so finding secrets can be something you just stop doing. It still uses invisible walls. Run by default but can seem slow sometimes. Strafe jumping didn't seem to work and rocket jumping (or plasma walking) do not work either.

Combat
Aim speed is fine but alt-fire ADS is too slow to be useful. Only 2 weapons can use ADS, the machine gun which does not have select fire and the railgun. Both animations are too long for a fast game ADS to be useful. Each weapon has their own crosshair and no crosshair customization options that I saw. Chainsaw to get ammo is a good thing, but I did not use this until the second half of the game because I didn't know. Having separate key for BFG is fine, but you can't get to it using next/prev weapon. Getting locational glory kills was difficult to figure out, still don't have the hang of it. Combat arenas were laid out for you do move around a lot, but I found myself not moving around that much and ended up exploring after combat was over.

Sound
General soundscape was good. Portions really reminded me of the music from the Quake series. All weapon sounds were fine. There is a bass-drop sound effect that plays in the glory kill animation that is too noticable. There doesn't seem to be a large variety of tracks used in the combat portions. Feel like combat music should be louder when it does come on. Idle monster sounds were annoying. You can hear when the low-tier enemies are around (through walls) as an audio cue, but the issue is that it is the same type of sound effect that you hear in all of those zombie video games. So it just made me think there are a bunch of zombies around.

Graphics
Everything was fine in this respect. I really like the Base designs and all of the computer terminals. Screens were clear but no ADS means you can't zoom in and read everything. The presentation was good. Also liked the electricity effect on doors that opened in Hell.

Bugs
Encountered only one that I can recall, being teleported into the ground due to Glory Kill. Also I have a feeling you can die in Glory Kill but didn't get it to happen. I suspect the best way to do it is to GK a cacodemon over a void.

16. Super Mario RPG
I didn't like the movement controls. My options for controller on SNES games is limited. I have an SNES USB controller but the plastic quality and the feel to the buttons is not good. It feels cheap. So often I will use the Xbox 360 Controller that I normally use. And the issue with that is in the emulator, the buttons are swapped AND I still do not have any automatic understanding of what buttons are which like I used to with the PS2 controller (I've since lost that as well). Couldn't get the timing down for the defend action. The RPG aspect is not strong enough for me to be interested in the game like that, it just seems like a Mario game then. I died against the Hammer Bros at the end of the first "Real" stage and called it a day.

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This barcode appears to be Australian
Forza Motorsport 4
https://vgcollect.com/item/31692
https://www.ebay.com.au/p/1243662035?iid=364594022888

There seems to be many different versions of this game, even in AU. Changed it to the UK version that matches the front stock art, of course I think this version isn't the 2 discs version so the disc art is removed. Also can't confirm spine so that number had to go also.

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Some weird game that no one has heard of.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Where do you draw the line? New Game Prices
« on: March 01, 2024, 12:40:43 pm »
I have gotten burned on buying a new game before. The last one I think was the Borderlands 3 version with the Season Pass. Then later Gearbox released a DLC that wasn't included in Season Pass even though the idea of that is all future DLC you just get. I can't really recall buying a new game in recent years that wasn't worth it (aka I played a lot of hours) except maybe Starcraft 2.

But in recent years, I stopped really caring about buying a new game for multiple reasons. I don't want to game on whether the game will work properly. I can take the time to watch some streams of a game to see if it interests me, especially nowadays with my changing tastes and particular features in a game I don't like. And the other aspect is that my backlog is so big, I don't actually need to buy anything new because it would still be years (or maybe never) that I would play it. This means I can spend less and buy stuff cheap, and buying something cheap and not playing it for awhile feels a lot better than buying something expensive.

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Other than looking like crap, it also doesn't specify the difference between the subtitle and edition. So can we stop with re-editing listings this way?

This change was due to a community poll: https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,11879.0.html
You are free to request a re-vote by posting here: https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8361.0.html

Since the vote winner was by a large margin, a re-vote may not reproduce different results.

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News / Re: Advanced Style Guide update and feedback thread
« on: February 29, 2024, 10:02:17 am »
Updated Formatting section to Description post on ADV Guide to use the description template with examples that has been used internally for some time.

https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,10837.msg178499.html#msg178499

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