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Post by PsychoShredder on Feb 18, 2005 13:54:01 GMT -5
www.nintendo.com/gamelist?category=classicI'm not sure if you know about this Fryguy, but it seems Nintendo has released gamelists for all their systems complete with publisher information, including many Nintendo-published games you seem to be missing from the site. The Game Boy / Game Boy Color List is kind of strange since only games that can only be played on the GBC are listed and all other GBC games are on the original GB list. Anyway: Missing Game Boy/ GBC Games: Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 Conker's Pocket Tales Duck Tales 2 The Little Mermaid Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Mega Man II Mickey Mouse Magic Wands Mickey's Dangerous Chase Star Wars The Smurfs Perfect Dark I don't feel like checking for missing games from the other lists, but this is definitely something you should check out if you haven't already.
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Post by The Almighty Narf on Feb 18, 2005 14:00:26 GMT -5
*quickly checks his GameBoy MegaMan games*
Hmm... they do seem to have the Nintendo logo on them.
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Post by PsychoShredder on Feb 18, 2005 16:22:25 GMT -5
Missing SNES games:
Arkanoid: Doh It Again
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents: Major League Baseball
Super Bomberman 2
Super Pinball: Behind the Mask
Super Star Wars
Toy Story
Missing NES games:
None (You may want to double-check, but I couldn't find any.)
I'll check the N64 list later.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 19, 2005 16:28:58 GMT -5
Nintendo has had those lists up for years, and I have used them as the basis for many of my game lists. And you know what? They're horribly HORRIBLY inaccurate.
I forged a complete Excel file from those lists to help me compile NinDB's lists, but I was suspicious of a few and have been clearing up behind them ever since.
Their release dates are wrong in many places - compare the more accurate dates in the Game Boy Color section now to the dates in there - some are right, some are fairly close, some are a few months off. Check their Metroid release date and compare it to the release date now on NinDB (you may also notice it's the same as the wrong release date in the US SSBM trophy descriptions, so we know where HAL's US source came from)... several very angry Metroid fans old enough to remember the original coming out wrote in to point that out.
They also list several games by the wrong publisher, and they list Million Sellers as either Nintendo or the original publisher almost at random (I don't count Million Sellers of third-party titles as site-worthy). I've made lists of games on the site where I was unsure, and I've had dozens of emails back saying "not published" or "is published", which is why from time to time I still add the odd game (Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Space Invaders on the SNES were on the maybe list until I had them confirmed, for instance)
Don't worry, I have had people running around paring that list down to something resembling accuracy, and I suppose this site's job is to continue paring it down into the future.
So stop looking at it now. It'll hurt your eyes.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 19, 2005 16:31:22 GMT -5
Missing SNES games: Arkanoid: Doh It Again Ken Griffey Jr. Presents: Major League Baseball Super Bomberman 2 Super Pinball: Behind the Mask Super Star Wars Toy Story Major League Baseball is on the site... I just scrapped the boring "Ken Griffey Jr. presents" bit. Don't bother checking the N64 section. That's as accurate as the GC and GBA sections now. Only the odd European title has slipped through the net (my copy of Snowboard Kids, for instance, is published by Nintendo). |
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Post by The Almighty Narf on Feb 19, 2005 22:34:54 GMT -5
Well, I do have both those MegaMan games and they both do have the little red and white Nintendo logo on them...
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 20, 2005 4:32:03 GMT -5
Just the logo? Not "licensed by" or anything? Bah... and is it the original game (does the copyright on the box/label match the copyright on the title screen?)... what does the title screen say?
I need this information before I will consider adding it to the site. Heavily research (read: delay) any claim! That's my motto! ;D
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Post by The Almighty Narf on Feb 20, 2005 8:44:37 GMT -5
"Licensed to Nintendo from Capcom"
I got them both used, so I don't have the box.
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Post by Ace_ETP on Feb 20, 2005 12:52:04 GMT -5
I own F-1 World Grand Prix and it doesn't have the red and white Nintendo logo, but it appears in this site as a liscenced release, right?
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 20, 2005 18:08:06 GMT -5
F-1 World Grand Prix and F-1 World Grand Prix II are published by Video System, but check the box... they are both "Distributed Exclusively by Nintendo".
I think it's some kind of contractual thing... Nintendo only seemed to "Distribute Exclusively" games by Rare or Paradigm.
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