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General / Re: April 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: April 11, 2024, 08:54:11 pm »

Just got back from a few weeks in Japan and while I didn't go for game hunting, I did pick up a few SFC games.

CiB:

Thoroughbred Breeder
Super Bomberman 3
Sim Earth
Final Fantasy V

Loose:

Super Back to the Future II

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General / Re: If you could be the speedrun WR holder for any game what would it be?

« on: March 11, 2024, 12:02:57 pm »

Some weird game that no one has heard of.

I had the WR in a couple categories for Uncharted Waters: New Horizons, but they've since been broken.

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Modern Video Games / Re: What are your thoughts on Simulator Games?

« on: February 21, 2024, 12:53:12 pm »

This was one of my favourite games as a kid, but I was a weird kid.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Old video game ads.

« on: January 16, 2024, 09:01:16 pm »

This was always one of my favourites.

"This Game Stinks" Probably contributed to EarthBound's commercial failure.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: December 26, 2023, 02:11:05 am »

1. Borderlands 2 (PC) - Completed Main Story in December 2023, but placing it here as a placeholder as I intend to complete all DLC in 2024
2. Star Trek: Infinite (PC) - 13 Jan 24
3. Crusader Kings III (PC) - 28 Feb 24 - An open-ended game with no win condition, I defined "Beating" it as finally getting the achievement for completing a full playthrough.
4. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5) - 9 Mar 24

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Please add Nintendo Switch [CA]

« on: November 10, 2023, 12:49:00 am »

They go under Switch [NA]

Example: https://vgcollect.com/item/241507

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General / Re: How do you feel about Store Exclusive CE's?

« on: October 04, 2023, 09:24:15 pm »

I typically don't like collector's editions because I like my games to look uniform on the shelf. The only collector's edition I've bought in ages is pre-ordering the Jurassic Park collection from LRG, but that's because I'm also a Jurassic Park collector in addition to a game collector.

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

« on: September 11, 2023, 07:15:29 pm »

If I find the development and/or release history of a particular game interesting, I like to have multiple variants. If not, then I'm not too picky about which variant I have, so long as there's no difference in gameplay.

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General / Re: September 2023 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: September 01, 2023, 04:25:22 pm »

I rarely pre-order anything, let alone Collector's Editions but I just preordered the Jurassic Park Prehistoric Edition for Switch from LRG because Jurassic Park is to this day, my favourite movie of all time.

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General / Re: Will digital games make the older physical games more collectible?

« on: August 25, 2023, 09:20:22 pm »

With the trend of rereleasing or remaking older games for digital release, I think it might actually drive down the price for collecting, since those only interested in playing the game, but without an interest in game collecting, will buy the digital version, rather than looking for a physical copy on an outdated console.

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Off Topic / Re: Un-Allowed Media

« on: August 15, 2023, 08:04:28 pm »

My mother kind of bought into the Satanic Panic of the 80s and refused to let me play Dungeons and Dragons. By the time I was a teenager in the 90s though, she softened her stance on it and allowed it begrudgingly.

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General / Re: Emulation Test Preparations Part 1

« on: July 21, 2023, 11:29:31 pm »

Super Mario World is widely considered one of the best 2D platformers of all time

Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III still stack up as some of the finest examples of RPG Storytelling to date

Goof Troop is a hidden gem, a surprisingly good puzzle game.

Super Metroid and Super Castlevania IV are of course classics

As is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Enix made some pretty unique games in this era:
E.V.O. Search for Eden has you guiding the evolution of your character from the beginnings of life on earth to the evolution of humanity
ActRaiser was a weird hybrid of action platformer and city builder
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen was a great strategy-RPG where you build armies out of a variety of monsters and heroes
Robotrek is an RPG with some interesting game mechanics around building robots to fight for you

EarthBound is of course a classic for it's goofy humour

Uniracers is an unusual unicycle racing game that's quite entertaining

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy might not hold up to modern standards, but it's certainly unique in being an early example of truly 3D combat.

Uncharted Waters, and even more so, it's sequel Uncharted Waters: New Horizons is a combination RPG/Tactical Strategy/Economic Simulator/Open World Exploration that has a lot of depth and complexity.

If we  delve into the realm of Super Famicom games, Clock Tower is a survival horror that's legitimately frightening

The Donkey Kong Country Trilogy are of course excellent

Lemmings 2 is an amazing puzzle game.

All in all, the SNES has a solid library and there are few games that are totally unenjoyable. Pit Fighter is one of them. Possibly the worst game on the console. Don't play it.

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General / Re: Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Retro Collection Announced

« on: April 27, 2023, 09:30:13 pm »

The SNES JP game is pretty underrated.  Got a cool overworld and neat first-person sections (that you can use the SNES mouse for!).  It was just a pain to play because there was no save system, IIRC.

The lack of a save system was pretty terrible. I got this game for Christmas 1993, when I was a wee lad of nine years old, and didn't beat it until I was an adult due to the length and lack of save.

That said, I'll still end up getting this because to this day Jurassic Park is my favourite movie of all time.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2023

« on: April 19, 2023, 09:08:21 pm »

Can I get some clarification as to why the update to the release date of FF Pixel Remaster was rejected?

Unless I am misunderstanding, the comment seems to be saying that this is a digital only release?

This is incorrect, as I have the physical release in my possession

Because these items are new, there is limited information about them using typical sources our site relies upon, such as GameFAQs (release date Q2 2023) and eBay (all available and sold listings utilize marketing art), which is still the case. I could not verify any item being a "FF35th Anniversary Edition" having been released. Currently, the two entries FF35th Anniversary Edition entries feature no art—however, they before featured the same artwork as the standard releases and not anything specific as to what the FF3th Anniversary Edition actually looks like. I removed that artwork to avoid further confusion.

Now, I can not verify anything from your photo pertinent to the item itself. Is the large item a box? Does it mention FF35th Anniversary Edition anywhere on the box itself? If not, then the entry should be renamed to Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (box) with FF35th Anniversary Edition supplied to the Alt-name field. Was the actual game keepcase housed inside of the box, or was it packaged separately? If the latter, then the entry will need to be moved to a Swag category. I am asking now because this is a ongoing trend with limited edition type items.

For now, obviously the entry's information can be updated to Official Release with April 2023 as the Release Date. To my knowledge, this item is exclusive to online storefronts only, so determining when the item was actually available in-hand after mailing is difficult. For instance, the item may have had an advertised April 19 2023 date, but the information you submitted was on April 18 2023, so it seems that there are some who received the item early, and there are surely some who have yet to receive their pre-order. The "[d]igital only" comment could have been better explained, but I could only verify the digital item having releasing on April 19.

The "FF35th Anniversary Edition" does not appear on the game, but rather came from the developer's storefront as seen here. The release date of 19 April 23 is also indicated here:



Some notes on the packaging:
The box contains the limited edition swag that comes with this release.

The game with its lenticular sleeve are packaged together, but separately from the swag box. The standard edition does not have the lenticular sleeve, as per the description of each edition on the storefront.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2023

« on: April 19, 2023, 07:45:57 pm »

Can I get some clarification as to why the update to the release date of FF Pixel Remaster was rejected?



Unless I am misunderstanding, the comment seems to be saying that this is a digital only release?

This is incorrect, as I have the physical release in my possession: