Super Famicom 'complete' list project

[lkermel]

Hi,

I've been working for sometime on a complete Super Famicom list similar to the one I did for the PC Engine Hucard list (http://www.vgden.com/article.htm?list). I list names, serial numbers, original retail prices, release dates and if you move the mouse over a game's name it shows you the original cover art. I'm sort of half-way through it and it should be available before the end of the year.
I wanted to have your feedback on such project, this one was a lot of work - especially to find all the cover arts (I own about 300 SFC games myself, but I had to go through countless auction pages to find them). But I think I have all of them now so I've started formatting the list.

Will people here use it ? Would you see (is you look at the PCE one) anything I could add ? By the way, I'll also display the Japanese name of the game in kanas - this is something I still need to add to the PCE list...

Thanks for your help :)

Edit:
I have now put a prototype of the list online. Please let me know what you think :) . Here's the link : VGDen - Complete SFC list test (http://www.vgden.com/article.htm?list?_sfc_jp)

[eastx]

I think it's a great idea. The PCE list is very well done. I'm not a huge SFC collector but if I was, I'd be all over it. Please do add kana titles to both lists.
Thanks for your hard work man.

[The 1 2 P]

I agree that this would be a very useful project to undertake. It's going to take quite a bit of work but I'm sure you can handle it. Good luck.

[Mayhem]

And run it by Adol of course just in case ;)

[Fuyukaze]

And run it by Adol of course just in case ;)

Actualy, Adol would be one of the best sources of information I could think of. I'd recomend asking him for any help as well though I doubt very seriously he'd want to add the info for all 1450 games. Perhaps the info for some of the less common ones though.

[lkermel]

Thanks for all the replies.

I had in mind to contact Adol to help me out on the last couple of games that I may need to complete the list - this is what I did when I wrote the article about Thunder Force for the FM7 (http://www.vgden.com/article.htm?tforce), Adol helped me to find information about the Sharp X1 version of the game (thanks again for that mate :) ).


I agree that this would be a very useful project to undertake. It's going to take quite a bit of work but I'm sure you can handle it. Good luck.

I'm actually done with the list and images - I just need to format it, put it together and I'm sort of half-way on that. I'll probably post a prototype here when I'm done before I publish it on my site. I feel like I've already done the hardest part :)

[Adol]

Already done here:
http://www.generation-snes.fr/Forum/index.php?showtopic=132
Except there's no EXACT release date and price but i could mention it, anyone with a Daigirin book on its side can :)
Of course,covers scan is another thing..if somebody pays me the 2 weeks work it'd take to make 1500 scans,i'm ok to do it! :)

[GaijinPunch]

I've got a list (apparently incomplete as it's only 1448 titles) that I compiled from various sources. So, the info is out there... you would just be another supplier of the data. It would be nice to see them with cover scans. gamengai strives to do this, but I simply don't have time to cover "all" the games. These days, I only add the ones I like.

[lkermel]

Already done here:
http://www.generation-snes.fr/Forum/index.php?showtopic=132
Except there's no EXACT release date and price but i could mention it, anyone with a Daigirin book on its side can :)
Of course,covers scan is another thing..if somebody pays me the 2 weeks work it'd take to make 1500 scans,i'm ok to do it! :)

Thanks for the link ! This list will probably help me to verify some of my title translations. Do not worry, I think I have images for most of the cover art already (or, at least, for all the commercial releases). Also, I have already scanned my own collection which is around 300 titles. The icons I use are also small (100x185) this is why I managed to find so many. So do not worry, if I need help, it'd only be for a dozen of titles I think :)

As I said, my list is already done and I've been using it for many years - it's only last year that I decided to put it online so other people could use it. At first, I didn't realise how much work it was to only put it in a 'usable' form - this is why I'm asking here to see how many people would use it before I wrap it up and publish it... I want to make sure I'm spending all this time for a good cause ;)


I've got a list (apparently incomplete as it's only 1448 titles) that I compiled from various sources. So, the info is out there...

You're totally right, the info is definitively out there. But I've had a hard time finding a web site that had what I needed (maybe only vgrebirth gets close) - a place where I can quickly find a game from its serial number or original Japanese name. This is why I started to put this list together. Gaijin, did I say enough that I love your site ? ;)

[StealthLurker]

If you don't already have one, I have list of JPN SFC games with their respective katakana/hiragana and kanji that I used for reference while searching for games on japanese websites & Yahoo Japan. I don't remember the site I found it, but I did save all the text to a file. It's fairly large, however I don't think it's complete (almost though). I can email to you if you're interested.

Also like mentioned above, if you don't already have them. There are several books (3-5?), that catalogue a majority of the JPN SFC titles. Pretty interesting stuff and a nice way to get some quick "recon" on possible titles you want to further investigate/acquire.

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[Bibliophile]

If you don't already have one, I have list of JPN SFC games with their respective katakana/hiragana and kanji that I used for reference while searching for games on japanese websites & Yahoo Japan. I don't remember the site I found it, but I did save all the text to a file. It's fairly large, however I don't think it's complete (almost though). I can email to you if you're interested.

Also like mentioned above, if you don't already have them. There are several books (3-5?), that catalogue a majority of the JPN SFC titles. Pretty interesting stuff and a nice way to get some quick "recon" on possible titles you want to further investigate/acquire.

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What is the katakana/hiragana? Is that the alphanumerical code stamped on each cart that is unique to each game?

I am interested in your list so I can compare it with mine. I took the list in the site that Adol posted above, imported it into Excel, and then split up the info into 4 columns for Title, Developer, Year Released, and Code. I wonder if there are any games on your list that are not on mine.

[Mayhem]

Japanese has four main "alphabets": romanji (aka English letters), katakana, hiragana and kanji (pinched from the Chinese). Katakana and Hiragana tend be stylised symbols that often try to translate English words via their pronunciation. Take for example this game I recently picked up...


http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q167/MayhemUK/famicomrr.jpg


Hopefully you should recognise the characters if not the game. So the top line of text actually reads "Chippu to De-ru no" which should be sort of recognisable as "Chip and Dale". The kanji in the bar below is "daisakusen" which I take to mean "operation". Guess the Japanese can't really translate "Rescue Rangers" too well.

(now awaits correction from those who can speak Japanese far better than he can!)

[GaijinPunch]

You're totally right, the info is definitively out there. But I've had a hard time finding a web site that had what I needed (maybe only vgrebirth gets close)

vgrebirth is pretty good. I used it a couple of times when I had problems romanizing some of the weirder titles.


- a place where I can quickly find a game from its serial number or original Japanese name.

Hmm... serial number is pretty ambitious. :) I have a table of games that can hold all the pertinent info (other than serial number) but it's not completely populated. I guess my overall goal is to infuse that with the main site, but apparently the scans and the 1st hand description are the most important things. If I get some free time, I might put it in, and then let the user toggle whether he wants to see stuff with scans/descriptions only.



This is why I started to put this list together. Gaijin, did I say enough that I love your site ? ;)

Thanks. Glad it's of use. ;)

[lkermel]

Thanks again for all your great replies !

I have put a prototype online to show you how the final list will look like:

VGDen - Complete SFC list test (http://www.vgden.com/article.htm?list?_sfc_jp)

If you move the mouse over a game's name, the cover art should appear.

Please, let me know what you think :)


I have list of JPN SFC games with their respective katakana/hiragana and kanji that I used for reference while searching for games on japanese websites & Yahoo Japan. I don't remember the site I found it ... Also like mentioned above, if you don't already have them. There are several books (3-5?), that catalogue a majority of the JPN SFC titles.

I can't find the link anymore, but I think I know the site you're talking about. I used it at some point to help me figuring out some of the Japanese kanas. I can read Katakana/hiragana and maybe a couple hundred-ish Kanjis, but these sites (along with auction sites) helped me in many cases. I also own a Japanese catalogue that lists the majority of the SFC games :)

[lkermel]

Any feedback ?... :)

[Karellen]

First I should say thank you for your great website and now for your list of SFC games!Thanks for your work!

Some lists already existed like the one of generationsnes or some japanese ones but yours is more complete,a bit like the Guardiana one for the MD.It's great to have all these infos for all the sfc games gathered on the same place.

Do you think you'll add some others infos later?

I'm quite sure you already have it,but just in case,Aspect has published a really great SFC coverage book in Japan on 2004.

[lkermel]

Merci Karellen :)

I'm glad you like the list !

> Do you think you'll add some others infos later?

It depends, what kind of info do you have in mind ?... I'm planning to carry on reviewing SFC games and I'll add extra info on the review pages. But I don't think I'll review all the SFC games as I don't think my collection will ever stretch that far....

> I'm quite sure you already have it,but just in case,Aspect has published a really great SFC coverage book in Japan on 2004.

This is funny as this is the book that got me to decide to publish the list at the first place. This is such a shame that they don't feature any box art nor serial numbers (if I remember well) ! I think I now have all (or maybe 99%) of the games' cover art and this is why I wanted to publish the list :)