DP Advance Guide

[Duncan]

The only thing I saw as a glaring omission was the lack of hardware and accessories pricing in some sections -- mainly for Game Boy and Game Gear, but others seem to be slightly lax in this area as well. Lack of info, or just too much work dealing with cartridges alone?

As far as the Game boy hardware, the hardware was a complete oversight and I intended to get the basics (systems, printer, camera) done by the deadline but it didn't happen. As for a more thorough list of accessories, it will take longer to compile then the games I think. Before I commit myself to that, I want to round out the non-US Euro releses and bring the GBA section up to date, which is what I'm working on now.

-Mike

Thanks, bro. Hope I didn't insult you -- the GB and GBC guides are awesome! Much more stuff in there than I ever realized, and a lot of games I'd forgotten about entirely.

You're right about the big pile of accessories -- I think the sheer amount of available stuff, mostly third-party, for both the Game Boy lines and the Genesis borders on unbelievable.

[Duncan]

Please please please email me if you find typos or cut off sentences - it's never too late to fix those things!

For the record, I DID run a spell-check. It took nine hours to complete it but as you might imagine, there are a lot of words that are "valid" in the video game world that will turn up as typos in real world text. Quite troublesome. I count on our editors quite a bit in this area, it's difficult to manage.

I'm more than willing to copy-edit for the greater good -- I'm very quick, and I pride myself on my grammar skills. I also like to think I know enough (too much) about video games so that I won't confuse things like "Grandstream" for "Granstream". (Yeah, it's in the book...)

If any of the editors wants someone (me!) to do the busy work in that regard, send me an e-mail or PM.

Duncan :D

[YoshiM]

Just got mine today. Just perused a few sections and I must say it's a might fine package. Is the Advance guide going to be something that comes out on a regular basis (like the regular DP guide) or is it going to be "once every x years" ?

[gleavepaul]

just got mine :D

[sku_u]

Got mine today. I've read through some of the sections and minus the occasional typo that'll show up on any 1st edition, I thought it was very well put together.

My only gripe is that the Watara Supervision wasn't included. There seems to be a lot more interest in that system then in the Pico and R-Zone in the collecting community. :P

[digitalpress]

Got mine today. I've read through some of the sections and minus the occasional typo that'll show up on any 1st edition, I thought it was very well put together.

My only gripe is that the Watara Supervision wasn't included. There seems to be a lot more interest in that system then in the Pico and R-Zone in the collecting community. :P

No problem, I've got the SuperVision section, it was cut at the very last minute. One day very soon I'm going to surprise everyone with an online freebie.

[Arcturius]

Hey Joe in the Saturn section the Demo CD's at the end of the listing seem to have gotten doubled up everything in there appears twice

[lendelin]

I got mine today and I have to say: MIGHTY IMPRESSIVE!

This is truly a great team effort, even mere 5 guys couldn't have done it. The amount of entries is unbelievable, and so is the work associated with it. I was twice involved in publishing academic bibliographies, and I know how tedious, difficult, and time consuming it is to get reliable data and list detailed information; problems occur where you never expected it; and to get reliable data for videogames is more difficult than for books.

Just to have a complete game list for the PS1 is great.

I liked especially the comments about the 300 games in the N64 section. Nicely written, informative, and spot-on. I'm aware that there was just not enough space to do the same for the 1399 PS1 games.

So far I just glanced at it for 45 minutes. Mistakes made will be discovered, but this is unavoidable (!) for a reference guide of this magnitude.

Amazing, if you think about it, is the fact that with two guides on our bookshelves we have for every console system released in America every game released with release date, publisher and developer...and even got information beyond that.

These two guides are THE reliable source for videogames. Congrats to everyone who was involved and made it possible! You gave birth to a great and nice-looking child.

[Lady Jaye]

Got mine yesterday (yay!). Love it! However, whatever happened to my GameBoy Color screenshots? They were completely omitted from the screenshot section (you have the GB page followed by the Game Gear page).

Also, for the next printing, it might be a good idea to update SlyDC's bio. It's his bio from the 8-bit book and it barely applies to the Advance guide.

[Kat604]

I just wanted to thank everyone who worked so hard on both guides. I finally got mine today and almost did a happy dance in my driveway when I saw the padded envelope lol. Both guides are totally awesome, and will surely distract me from household chores and schoolwork for the foreseeable future.

[Rogmeister]

The last few days I've been writing up my Playstation collection and the guide has helped me fill in a few fields and also decide on some future additions I'll want to look for. I have noticed some errors in release dates, though...I'm not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but I've already noticed a couple of games listed as being released in November of this year (meaning this month) which have actually been out for awhile. I can't remember all the ones I've seen but Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James is one. It's release date is listed as 11/1/2004. Could that have been transposed? Could the actual date have been 1/11/2004?

I haven't checked that much out in this database section so I apologize if this has already been covered.

[mikeetler]

I can't remember all the ones I've seen but Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James is one. It's release date is listed as 11/1/2004. Could that have been transposed? Could the actual date have been 1/11/2004?

It's definitely older then that. I'm pretty sure it was released 11/2001.

-Mike

[digitalpress]

That's one for our PlayStation team. I'll forward them this link so they can make the necessary changes online. Thanks for the heads up!

[PapaStu]

11/04 is indeed incorrect. There were a few dates that might have been either transposed and or just mistyped when the stuff was entered for the final run before DP:A. We're (Dangerboy and I) working on update #1 (which is aimed at some of the typo's ect.) and hope to have it up and done this weekend (work permitting).

Anything else anyone finds please post it here, or shoot me off a PM and we'll get that corrected in the master listings.

[Rogmeister]

One other small item...just a typo, I imagine...is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. There are two listed, both as "2nd Edition"...the 2nd one obviously should be "3rd" editiion...

[LiquidX01]

Joe, Is there any plans to release a revised DP Advance book anytime in the coming months? Im asking because I want to pick up a copy this coming week but Im wondering If I should hold off in case you plan on releasing one soon.

[anagrama]

Joe, Is there any plans to release a revised DP Advance book anytime in the coming months? Im asking because I want to pick up a copy this coming week but Im wondering If I should hold off in case you plan on releasing one soon.

Come off it, this one was only released about 3 months ago.

[sniperCCJVQ]

Joe, Is there any plans to release a revised DP Advance book anytime in the coming months? Im asking because I want to pick up a copy this coming week but Im wondering If I should hold off in case you plan on releasing one soon.

Come off it, this one was only released about 3 months ago.

Yup! simply wait for the addendum.

[LiquidX01]

Joe, Is there any plans to release a revised DP Advance book anytime in the coming months? Im asking because I want to pick up a copy this coming week but Im wondering If I should hold off in case you plan on releasing one soon.

Come off it, this one was only released about 3 months ago.


Come off what? Im not a publisher nor an author, therefor I have no idea on how these things work. Nothing wrong with simply asking a question.

[PapaStu]

Joe, Is there any plans to release a revised DP Advance book anytime in the coming months? Im asking because I want to pick up a copy this coming week but Im wondering If I should hold off in case you plan on releasing one soon.

Come off it, this one was only released about 3 months ago.


Come off what? Im not a publisher nor an author, therefor I have no idea on how these things work. Nothing wrong with simply asking a question.

Woah woah.... everyone take a deep breath.

I think I can speak for DP and everyone whos doing/done work for the site when I say that there is no immedate PRINT addendum to DP:A. The book was a long while in the making, and its not cheap to reproduce another one (especially when im sure that there are still a few copies of DP:A left to sell in the first place).
So what you get to use these amazing books for are as a guide to help you get info about your favorite systems, and new discoveries, and everything inbetween. The Online guide(just over there on the left side of your screen) is updated with much regularity and that can/will reflect corrections for any and all errors (as they are discovered) and the master lists are corrected by their handlers.

So dont let a few errors prevent you from getting one of these books. Really most errors are incredibly small and they do not detract from the usefulness or sheer amount of info crammed into this 512 page tome.

[LiquidX01]

No, I wasn't getting angry. It was just a simple question and I dont know why it became such an issue.:hmm: One simple Yes or No answer would have been perfect, but instead I got this. Some people are just too quick to read between the lines and assume something completely false. I dont know if everyone thought I meant something different other than what I wrote or what.

About the DP Advance book, I dont doubt its excellent, in fact thats why I want it because I heard it was such. I wasn't making an issue about the errors either, but just asking a question before I sent the money in case the was a revised book in the works. Either way, I had every intention on getting it. :)

All of this was a misunderstanding I suppose.... :/

[digitalpress]

There's no revised edition planned as of yet. Our next project will be a revised "classic" edition, as that book was released in 2002.

[LiquidX01]

There's no revised edition planned as of yet. Our next project will be a revised "classic" edition, as that book was released in 2002.

Thanks Joe.
:)