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General / Re: Would you replace a Greatest Hits/Reprint game?

« on: September 14, 2023, 05:03:06 am »

I collect all variants of the games I like. So that includes Greatest Hits and all versions from other regions. I actually prefer Greatest Hits versions and I play those instead of the originals as they were sometimes updated/patched versions of the originals.

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General / Re: Collection from polestar1978

« on: September 08, 2023, 12:09:55 am »

SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: PS1 PAL - List Quality Control

« on: July 12, 2023, 02:46:23 am »

I prefer just using the most accurate representation of the actual item variant instead of a better quality version that's missing "features". It looks ugly but it's very helpful for disambiguating a variant and to have as much accurate info as possible. Any pic/info is potentially temporary, if a better scan is made/found in the future it'll get updated at that time.

I personally use the Canon Lide 110 to do my scans, I got it second-hand for like 25 $ CAD. It works very well using my settings. If someone is purchasing one and wants to know which settings I'm using, just PM me.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Should I build a windows xp or windows 7 retro gaming pc as my primary gaming pc

« on: July 02, 2023, 11:20:58 pm »

You should make a retro XP machine as games that came out during Windows 7 work on Windows 10/11 just fine.

That's actually not accurate at all. Literally 2/3 of my physical PC games won't work on the current Windows 10. That's because at some point maybe 2-3 years ago Microsoft brought a security update that straight-up refuses to run some older CD/DVD software that have a security "certificate" that is obsolete today, rendering at least 2/3 of CD/DVD games uninstallable.

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Classic Video Games / Re: True Lies (SNES): a funny example of 90's Germany's censorship

« on: June 01, 2023, 02:56:12 am »

Similar story from my childhood. Grand Theft Auto III was heavily censored in France and Germany. Being a french speaker, I would use the website jeuxvideo.com to get my cheat codes. There was one cheat code that claims to unlock the "uncensored mode". For probably 10 years I always wondered what the hell this cheat code does because it straight up doesn't work in my game. Turns out that being from Québec, I was actually playing the north-american version of the game, which is already not censored. I hate the europeans ever since  jk

Well actually, Germany's PS2-Versions of GTA III and Vice City contained blood and such, as soon as you switched the consoles language to englisch. 

Yes exactly. The cheat codes instructions mentionned setting the game to english in the "language menu in-game" prior to entering the cheat code, and I was like "WHAT LANGUANGE MENU???"

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Classic Video Games / Re: True Lies (SNES): a funny example of 90's Germany's censorship

« on: May 29, 2023, 08:40:38 pm »

Similar story from my childhood. Grand Theft Auto III was heavily censored in France and Germany. Being a french speaker, I would use the website jeuxvideo.com to get my cheat codes. There was one cheat code that claims to unlock the "uncensored mode". For probably 10 years I always wondered what the hell this cheat code does because it straight up doesn't work in my game. Turns out that being from Québec, I was actually playing the north-american version of the game, which is already not censored. I hate the europeans ever since  jk

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Should we create a [QC] TLD for Québec-specific releases?

« on: March 27, 2023, 01:06:09 am »

I have three examples of PS2 covers that had art and label variations that only released in quebec. I'd like to add them to the site but I'm not sure how to distinguish them. I'd propose adding [CD > QC] to allow the province within the country, that way people that don't know QC can at least follow that it is within canada.

Yeah.. let's not do that tho. Reminding people that Québec is technically inside Canada (which it was forced to be and should never have been) is like saying Crimea belongs to Russia. Because it's under foreign occupation doesn't mean it should be recognised as such. Since Québec is a nation but not an independent country and that TLDs have been decided to only be used for country-states recognised by the UN, then we'll use (Québec) in the title to differenciate something we're sure it has released only in Québec and not also outside of it (such as provinces of Canada). I've already created that item I used as an example for this thread under a (Québec) name distinction.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Should we create a [QC] TLD for Québec-specific releases?

« on: March 23, 2023, 05:20:02 am »

https://i.imgur.com/pyHn9dZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LmHbHId.jpg

Since it is stated that everything on the outside of an item's packaging can be used to differenciate between one release and another, I have this case to present to you. The PSP-1000K Value Pack bundled with Spider-Man 2. Everything else would make it just be a regular [NA] or [CA] release except for this Régie du Cinéma du Québec sticker on the outside, which is Québec-specific and not found anywhere else in Canada. How should I create this item in the database, could I have the blessings to use a [QC] TLD, or perhaps you'd prefer I just use (Québec) in the title? This cannot count as just a [CA] release unless you are willing to ignore the Québec-specific sticker altogether.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Release Country TLD Master List

« on: March 14, 2023, 09:08:56 pm »

Alright thanks! I'll list it as "Driveclub (yellow dot)" under "PS4 [EU]"

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Release Country TLD Master List

« on: March 13, 2023, 09:16:58 pm »

Not sure under which TLD to put this. Has PEGI rating and text in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. I found that in the Philippines but that's clearly not a Philippines release (games here are usually "english asia" versions).

https://i.imgur.com/sWGPqm1.jpg

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Off Topic / Re: Controversial opinion on sports cars

« on: October 30, 2022, 12:45:59 am »

In my situation, it was never about showing off because there simply was no one to "show off" to anyways since I lived in a remote location. The nearest racetrack was almost 1000 km away, so country roads is where I would drive my cars and my motorbike. The hills, turns and straights meant that owning a sports car made a lot of sense. But last august I moved to the Philippines, so I had to sell all of my vehicles before coming here. I'm looking into buying a car and a motorbike but I'm waiting for my income to be a little better since it is very unstable at the moment due to the drastic change in location. I really miss driving everyday, it almost making me insane, but I don't really have a choice for now. I had my motorbike since I was 16, and I sold it to my sister before leaving. I sold my modded 2011 Ford CVPI before leaving and I had also sold my Tuscani GTV6 sometime before. I'm currently looking into Lancer Boxtypes or maybe a Mitsubishi Celeste. This is because we never got those cars in my country and they're old (Celeste is from the 70s and Boxtype from the 80s), which is a very different experience than what I've driven so far. I'm still in my early 20s anyways so I can't afford to go too high-end.

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VGCollect for Android / Re: iOS App - Gauging Interest

« on: August 17, 2022, 11:25:41 am »

I'd also love to see an iOS version of the app because I'm stuck on iOS and don't have an Android phone. Either that, or change the way the collection is shown in the mobile version of the website. The problem I encounter in the wild is that I'll pull up VGC on my phone but I can't sort my collection by platform like on PC. So I have to scroll through the 50+ pages of my collection just to reach one title in the middle letters like "M" for instance, which is very time consuming.

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Off Topic / Re: I have been a YouTuber for just shy of 500 days (497) & failed to reach 1K subs

« on: August 02, 2022, 07:52:50 pm »

I remember when you announced to us you wanted to open your YouTube channel. I was super excited and was expecting you'd do something informative or at least vlogging videos about video games or any subject you enjoy. This would have probably worked. But then you sent us the link and I realised you were just uploading music compilations. There's nothing wrong with that but there's at least a million other channels that do the same, your channel just doesn't stand out in the crowd. If you do something more original then you'll eventually attract a niche, which could grow further over time.

My YouTube channel has few subscribers aswell but it's only due to the fact I don't upload regularly and that I never really tried to attract an audience. But the few subscribers I did get, pretty much only subscribed thanks to that one video I made which talked in-depth about the particularities of the retail video game market of my nation. Good editing, interesting subject, humor, those are the things that will make you stand out. That one video I made wasn't enough to attract 1k subs of course because I'm a nobody, so the video doesn't get recommended in the algorithm. But the viewer comment/likes ratio is insane compared to the small number of views, which means that the few people who did find the video LOVED it. If you do something similar, and keep it up video after video, you definetly have a chance to get something going. You just have to persevere in the beginning.

My video for reference (it's in French but I suppose you could still find inspiration by watching it's style and format)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLKZryI7ad8

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Classic Video Games / Re: What is the best PS2 launch title?

« on: August 02, 2022, 04:47:30 pm »

Definetly Midnight Club: Street Racing.

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Site Feedback / Re: HOW TO HANDLE REVERSIBLE COVERS AND REPEAT?REDUNDANT ENTRIES

« on: July 28, 2022, 10:59:37 am »

I have to agree with all mods on this topic. I prefer to have everything separate in the database.