Japan PSX list

[Dimitri]

--edit: I've started work, link to progress is down a bit--

Is anybody working on an English-language games list for the Japanese Playstation? I've never seen such a list myself (only Japanese-language lists), and I've been building up a collection of cover scans for these games (I'm at about 3500 now...) so I got to thinking that with a resource like this at hand I could probably turn it into a complete release list with a few months of on-and-off effort.

I wouldn't want to duplicate such an effort if someone else is already working on it...and perhaps we could collaborate or something.

Would anyone even want such a list? There's a lot of variations and releases missing from the DP online guide, but I'm not sure how many people out there collect these, so this is also an interest check.

Please respond if you know or are interested. :)

[AtariBuff]

i think the whole PlayStation 1 community is interested in such a list - so you have my voice of approval ;) :D

[Aussie2B]

I'm definitely interested. I have more imports for PlayStation than for any other console.

If wonder how hard it would be to come up with rarity numbers and values for all the Japanese games. O_o And then it would be twice the work if you had to come up with separate numbers for both Japanese and Asian versions...

[kevincure]

Here's some resources that might be useful (esp. if you speak Japanese): Sony's JP website has cover images for tons of games (maybe all games? Sony's US website is filled with inaccuracies so who knows, but it's possible). Here's an example; http://www.playstation.jp/products/allsoft/jacket/l/sips60006b.jpg (MK3). You can just go to playstation.jp/products and search if you know the Japanese (or often the English works fine). Another dude (not sure who it is) also has a list up at
http://illusionoflife.com/Sony_Index/PS1/Jap_name.htm . Not sure who he is, but his US list is accurate barring a few unreleased titles and variants which he mistakenly included, so it's definitely a good starting point.

[Aussie2B]

What's helpful is that if you look up a PlayStation game on GameFAQs and go to the Game Info page, you can click on the "Game Information (JP)" link to go straight to the page on Sony's site with information about the game and the scans of the cover and back (assuming that the game was released in Japan, of course). Takes care of a lot of the work of manually looking for a particular title yourself on Sony's Japanese site. I use those links all the time.

[PapaStu]

Please respond if you know or are interested. :)

If it means anything to you, youve got MY blessing. I've got a little info in the US PS list, but if you've got half the cover scans your talking about, I highly doubt that anything I've got will matter game wise to you.

You've got my help if you need it (and the covers of the 6 Japanese PS games i've got).

[Dimitri]

Cool -- once I finish getting the scans (prolly a couple weeks or so) I'll start turning them into a list. Glad to hear there'd be a demand for it. :) I guess I'll post periodic updates here or something...

I've been getting most of the scans from the two Japanese Playstation websites (Sony's online store has some covers that aren't in the main site). If anyone's interested, I can also put up an archive of the scans when that part's done (it's already over 300MB, though, so maybe not). They're sorted by part number, no game titles on them as of yet...

As for rarity, I don't even want to think about that. Especially considering most asian versions can't be differentiated from Japan versions...I've got an asian Puzz Loop but it's just the Japan version with a sticker on the wrapping (which is long gone...).

[Aussie2B]

It's pretty easy to tell Asian and Japanese versions apart if you know what to look for (like "For Japan Only" or "For Home Use Only"), but trying to come up with rarity and price differences would be a real pain in the ass. o_O There definitely is a significant difference in value (especially when new), but since most sellers of older imports often don't even point out if they're Asian or Japanese, people end up paying the same regardless of which version they're getting.

[kevincure]

If you had somewhere to store the data (maybe Joe would help - I think he mentioned he had a lot of extra bandwidth), I would definitely download a comp of the screen covers with a list!

[Dimitri]

It's pretty easy to tell Asian and Japanese versions apart if you know what to look for (like "For Japan Only" or "For Home Use Only")
My asian Puzz Loop says "For Japan Only". The sticker that was on the wrapping said, basically, "This is an Asian version game. Ignore the thing on the back that says 'For Japan Only.'"

I'm closing in on finishing up the scans (few hundred left as far as I know, mostly reprints so it's not terribly interesting stuff in comparison...the archive will probably be close to 400MB upon completion), so I'm trying to decide what should actually go into the list. Of course, part numbers and romanizations of titles will be there, but what else would people want? Release dates? Publishers? Original Japanese names (Unicode rocks!)?

...thoughts?

[mb7241]

I *definitely* would be interested in a good rarity list and price guide, as I have only about 11 or 12 Japanese import PS1 games and am looking for about 50 more... I also would be interested in cover (box, where applicable) scans, too. Hm...if I only knew how much filesize (or how many pictures) I could upload to photobucket :) ...

Original Japanese names would be a big help to those of us who can't exactly read Japanese, come across some random import, and want to know what the heck it is (I'm in this boat with regards to several Super Famicom titles I have). Release dates would be somewhat helpful, too.

[kevincure]

I'd say Japanese Name, Romanized Name, Developer (though this is often tough to tease out), Publisher, SLPM/SLCS/SCPS number (makes crosschecking easier), cover image filename (if it's in the database, it's much easier to work with).

If possible, I'd say note if other editions (PSone Books, Playstation Best, special editions, etc.) exist next to the main title. Even if you split each one up (by part number), that's the easiest way.

If you get this done, btw, you are the man. With AtariBuff and crew doing the Euro list, we've almost got a full PS list! There are no Asia exclusives, right?

[PapaStu]

I'd say Japanese Name, Romanized Name, Developer (though this is often tough to tease out), Publisher, SLPM/SLCS/SCPS number (makes crosschecking easier), cover image filename (if it's in the database, it's much easier to work with).

If possible, I'd say note if other editions (PSone Books, Playstation Best, special editions, etc.) exist next to the main title. Even if you split each one up (by part number), that's the easiest way.

If you get this done, btw, you are the man. With AtariBuff and crew doing the Euro list, we've almost got a full PS list! There are no Asia exclusives, right?

I'm sure there could be. But is there any real way to tell? I mean so much of that market is off kilter that it would seem hard to tell. Look at the Euro market with stuff being so regional I think that same problem would easily happen with the PlayStation stuff over there.

For the DP guide theres a shitton of anal specific details we CAN track (not every game, or everything happens, at least for the time being). I'd be most concerned with(as would most anyone else hoping for such a list) Japanese name, Roman Name, Publisher, Developer (to a lesser degree), SLPM/SLCS/SCPS and to what degree its been given the reprint treatment (PSBook ect ect). In other words exactly what Kevin said. ;)

[slapdash]

I'd say Japanese Name, Romanized Name, [...]

I'd also add literal (word-for-word/phrase-for-phrase) translation, accurate translation (possibly with notes, like "Motoki refers to a general in the Heiyan period" etc) and "AKA" ("sometimes referred to as..."). Not ALL of these would get filled in, of course, and in fact most would probably be left blank most of the time, but it would be nicer to have the capability to have this info than not.

[Dimitri]

SLPM/SLCS/SCPS and to what degree its been given the reprint treatment (PSBook ect ect).
I've got things like Playstation the Best, PSone Books, etc... (many larger publishers also have their own budget labels...) all with seperate covers, as these reprints have different part numbers (as opposed to US releases where GH versions and other reprints will always have the same number).


cover image filename (if it's in the database, it's much easier to work with)
Filenames of the images are just the part number without the hyphen (that's how they are on Sony's site so no renaming was necessary). There's nearly 4000 images in the set, and it's over 350MB, so disributing it would be a bit of a pain, I imagine. Some good news, I've got the image collection essentially complete apart from some releases that don't have covers on Sony's site and rarely turn up places like Yahoo...unless, of course, I happen upon a chunk of releases that I missed somehow. Almost thought that happened last night, actually, but it was an error on Sony's site.


I'd also add literal (word-for-word/phrase-for-phrase) translation, accurate translation (possibly with notes, like "Motoki refers to a general in the Heiyan period" etc) and "AKA" ("sometimes referred to as..."). Not ALL of these would get filled in, of course, and in fact most would probably be left blank most of the time, but it would be nicer to have the capability to have this info than not.
This would add considerable bulk if they were added as seperate fields. They could just as easily be added to the notes where necessary, which is where things like "this is a limited-edition box set that includes a teacup" or "this game was only released in the Major Wave series" or "this game was released in the US as 'Felony 11-79'" go.

Oh yes, one last question...any recommendations for actually holding all the information? For my personal "want" list I just use a text file tabbed to line up, but that most definitely would not work for a publically distributed list (font, spacing differences, etc...). Whatever I use would need to be Unicode-compliant. Excel? MS Works Spreadsheet? Gigantor HTML table? Soon as I get this decided I'll get started on the list itself. :)

[kevincure]

As long as its importable to Access/Excel, it's fine I think. This means everything from delimited (comma or tab) text file up to Access DB. I think Access is the easiest to work with (easy sorting and all that) so I'd recommend an .mdb. Look forward to seeing the work!

[Dimitri]

Well, I've started building it in Excel...here's a preview of what it's going to look like:
http://home.comcast.net/~jdr99/psxlist_preview.htm

(In case you're wondering, the prefix and number are seperate fields to make sorting easier.)

Obviously, there's not much there yet. It's more work than I expected it to be (especially translating some of those big long kanjiful game titles) but I plan to keep plugging away at it for a few hours here and there when I can. :) Hopefully someone can help crosscheck the romanizations, though...

On a side note, going through thousands of Japanese game covers leaves you with a lot of good avatar choices. ;)

[digitalpress]

You're off to a good start!

I hope you'll share this with us when you're finished.

join... ussss....

[AtariBuff]

grrrrrreat Dimitri.
If the "DP PlayStation 1 PAL guys from Europe" can be of assistance give me, Tinsair or davidleeroth a holler. There surely will some nice release cross-references come to light. 8-)

[kevincure]

Yeah man, that's looking great!

[AtariBuff]

@Dimitri

>>>Released elsewhere as "A-Train": Only in the U.S. - the european release was also named "A.IV Evolution Global".

>>>Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22 Bandai 1995/7/28 Did not see a US release until eight years later. - was released seven years later under the same name in PAL.

>>>Released elsewhere as "Darkstalkers" - DarkStalkers: The Night Warriors

:D :D ;)

[PapaStu]

@Dimitri

>>>Released elsewhere as "A-Train": Only in the U.S. - the european release was also named "A.IV Evolution Global".

>>>Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22 Bandai 1995/7/28 Did not see a US release until eight years later. - was released seven years later under the same name in PAL.

>>>Released elsewhere as "Darkstalkers" - DarkStalkers: The Night Warriors

:D :D ;)

Lets be anal about this once its setup. ;)

That looks great! Keep up the good work. If you need name confirmation or US comparisons for you stuff toss either Dangerboy, kevincure or myself a list and let us at it.

[Dimitri]

You're off to a good start!

I hope you'll share this with us when you're finished.

join... ussss....
Starting is easy, finishing is hard. I think I've been working on the scans for the better part of a year now...just got a sudden drive to finish it when I realied how close I was. ;) I'm sure everyone interested will know as soon as I get this done.

>>>Released elsewhere as "A-Train": Only in the U.S. - the european release was also named "A.IV Evolution Global".
Actually, I've noticed that the original version of A.IV (the one that had a box-set version) was never released outside Japan. There was a "Global" version released there, too, and that's what English-speaking people got. I checked my copy of the US version and the intro cinema still says "A.IV Evolution Global".

Oddly enough, Artdink changed their logo sometime between these releases.

Thanks for the support, everone. :) I'll continue toiling away at it, though it may take a few months unless I decide to devote an entire weekend to it sometime...periodic updates may show up at the address above, so if you notice anything amiss, post it here or PM me. ;) Especially contact me if you have additional information (especially photos) of the "unconfirmed" releases"...there's a couple of them in this update.

[Dimitri]

Milestone hit (500 entries, which is about an eighth done!), so an update here.

http://home.comcast.net/~jdr99/psxlist_preview.htm

Let me know if you spot any mistakes or omitted info...especially if you have further details on the "unconfirmed" titles.

I'll continue plugging away at it. :P

[AtariBuff]

took a look at the list - 550 entries - nice going there, Dimitri :popcorn:

[AtariBuff]

@Dimitri

got "Taiho Shichauzo! (You're under arrest)" limited edition today - do you have some info for that game? It comes with a DVD and a small board game. Sadly the spine card is missing.

[gregorm]

Recently I started putting all of my games into the DP online guide lists, and found it remarkably complete until I got to the PS1 section - according to the online guide, Tekken and Soul Edge were never released in Japan!?!

I have over 100 import Playstation games, and I'm beginning to think that most of them are not in the guide :(

Several years ago I started working on a PS1 game title translation list, based on the information from the Sony Japan database, but I gave up when the release count hit about 1500, and I had only translated/autotranslated about 700-800 titles. I'd be happy to send you the work I did for inclusion in this list (sometimes the autotranslations were somewhat loose - one game auto-translated as "Talented Leech Child's Big-Ass Boat Race")

I would definitely like to see these fields:
Order number
Japanese title
Transliterated title
Translated English title
US/Europe release title and order number
Links to all reissues
Genre (according to Sony)
Developer
Publisher
Price in yen
Rarity
Print run size

-Gregor

[Dimitri]

Never fear! I'm still working on this, though schoolwork and job-seeking has slowed it down a bit. I'm currently at about 1100 entries, and I'm nowhere near even half done. Perhaps I'll work on it a bit tonight...got the time for once. :)

AtariBuff: That was a later release (2000, 2001 somewheres I believe) so I haven't gotten to it yet. Thanks for the tidbit about what's included, though. :) It might not have come with a spine card in the first place -- a lot of the LE sets that came in oversize boxes never had spinecards. Beltlogger 9 is one that comes to mine immediately for some reason...

I'll probably upload a new version sometime tonight or tomorrow. :)

EDIT: Updated version can be found here:
http://home.comcast.net/~jdr99/psxlist.htm

This thing is quickly growing quite large. The bare HTML is about 450k already!

[AtariBuff]

It might not have come with a spine card in the first place -- a lot of the LE sets that came in oversize boxes never had spinecards. Beltlogger 9 is one that comes to mine immediately for some reason... hmmm, then maybe I have a complete copy... :D

thanks for your insights - I should get a big boxed "Horned Owl" incl. the light gun soon so maybe I can provide you with some data there aswell.

keep it going, Dimitri :)

[Dimitri]

And it's updated once again! Man, Excel creates incredibly inefficient HTML files... Before long I'll have to start compressing this thing.

1340 entries at the moment...any errors, corrections, or additional information for existing entires (I'm still working through the list for the first time -- I haven't gotten to everything yet!) should be either PM'd to me or posted here.

http://home.comcast.net/~jdr99/psxlist.htm

AKAs and "Released as..." entries in particular are always welcome. :)

[AtariBuff]

Dimitri,
this is outstanding work @_@
As stated before I got "Horned Owl" (big box w/Lightgun - was it sold seperately also?) - do you need any data from this release?

[Dimitri]

Dimitri,
this is outstanding work @_@
As stated before I got "Horned Owl" (big box w/Lightgun - was it sold seperately also?) - do you need any data from this release?
Glad to see it's appreciated. :) A description of what's included (was it a Guncon, or some other brand of light gun?) would be quite handy, as would a photo of the box (or the box with the contents strewn about it) if possible. :) I haven't reached this game in the list yet as the part number (SCPS-10017) is higher than where I'm at...creating a backlog of information gives me incentive to get off my ass and work on it more, though.

There was a release without the gun, yes -- that's what I usually see up for sale, actually...
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d30818542
Only copy on Yahoo at the moment...

[AtariBuff]

Dimitri,
I will get back to you with your needed information asap :D

[Dark_Sol]

Check that thing bro if you do not know what is it.
Maybe it will help you to fill some gaps.
I upped it on my site.

http://jrpg.netfirms.com/Playstation_Listing_Project_V100-CRACKLTD.rar



8-)

[Dimitri]

Ding! Another update!

http://home.comcast.net/~jdr99/psxlist.zip

It's compressed now, as the raw HTML is almost 700k.

Currently over 1500 releases, and I'm starting to come across reprints...LEs especially are a pain. I certainly wouldn't mind if someone wanted to find out what's in all those boxsets for me... x_x There's a handful of unverified releases in there, if anyone feels like checking Yahoo for them periodically... ;)

Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a huge update over last time, but I've been working on an unrelated (but still game-related) project that some of you might be interested in as well (I'll certainly announce it in the appropriate place as soon as it goes live)...and we're almost ready to launch. Well...that and school...

Hope the next one comes a bit sooner. :)

[AtariBuff]

Dimitri,
please visit my site www.mintinthebox.info for the Horned Owl LightGun box set. :)

[Dimitri]

AtariBuff: Pictures and information recorded, kudos! 8-)

Another update! Substantial, this time...another milestone reached: SLPS-2000 :D

Check it out the same place as always:
http://home.comcast.net/~jdr99/psxlist.zip

...and as always, any corrections or updates on existing entries is always welcome. ;)

[Dimitri]

No update today, been way busy with school and another project of mine (which I mentioned on the main games board), should have an update coming soon for all three of you who care. ;)

[AtariBuff]

LOL
believe me, there are way more who care - they are just silent in their astonishment :D
keep it going, dimitri!

[kevincure]

There are definitely more than three of us who care - keep up the good work!

[PapaStu]

hell mark me as #3 then....

Keep up the good work!

[Dimitri]

GAAAAAAAAAHHH~~

I'm not dead! @_@ Busy, busy, busy with other things... (http://www.project2612.org)

I'm still working on this, yes. Put in some time on it tonight...so...update here:

http://hybridfront.project2612.org/psxlist.zip

I should have some time to work on this over the next few weeks -- I'm sorta-kinda closing in on completing the prefix that covers the vast majority of third-party games, so that's a plus. :)

[AtariBuff]

great news and thanks for the new update :)

[Dimitri]

http://hybridfront.project2612.org/psxlist.zip

Another couple days, another update...

...almost to 2000 entries...

[kevincure]

Looking good man. JP got quite a few PS games, huh? And we thought the US and EU had a massive library!

[Dimitri]

JP got quite a few PS games, huh?
Ya think? ;) Before reissues and collections and LEs and such, there has to be at least 2500 unique games, the vast majority of which never saw overseas releases.

Hidden gems? That's what I'm hoping for. :D

[AtariBuff]

keepthem coming, dimitri :D

[AtariBuff]

@Dimitri

a friend won the following auction - can you please check if you recognise these 3 games (1 is from ArtDink)?
Thanks in forward.


http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&item=110022280850&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

[goemon]

@Dimitri

a friend won the following auction - can you please check if you recognise these 3 games (1 is from ArtDink)?
Thanks in forward.


http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&item=110022280850&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

I own Notam of Wind, the ArtDink ballooning game. The other ones are "The Conveni" [convenience store] and "Pig Game."

[AtariBuff]

many thanks, goemon!

i suspect these three titles are quite common in Japan?

[goemon]

Is anyone still working on this? I could contribute game/rarity/price/ info if needed. There aren't many Japanese PS games in the guide right now, and I'm sure there are lots of other collectors who could use at least rarity and price info.

[Bassgrabber]

I'd be interested, as well. I've picked up a few fighting games because I was interested and they were available; one was only released in JP version. I'm also curious by nature = )

[goemon]

I've found a new resource (http://www.game-life.com/i/product.php3?pf=100) that could prove useful in determining the rarity of PS games. There are some games that are not listed there, but there are a lot of (fairly accurate) prices for used and sealed games in this database.

[LuxKiller65]

Can anyone tell me what does SCPS mean? It's so confusing with all those different PS1 codes... would be nice if someone had a list of them with their meaning.

Thanks

[PapaStu]

SCPS is just one of Sony's Catalog codes for the games, like SLUS and SCUS here in America (SLUS is 3rd Party releases, SCUS is a Sony party release).

I don't have my scant few Japanese PS games available for access at the moment so I can't say off the top of my head what that designation is, but in Japan they split it off WAY more than they did American releases. PS Books got their own call-sign, as did 1st and 3rd party releases. I'm pretty sure that some of the 3rd party GH releases like Konami's The Best Series, also had their own call-sign.

[LuxKiller65]

Thank you for replying. If you ever find what SCPS was for, please drop me a MP, I'd really like to know!

:-)

[k@rter]

Hi all,

I found this list on a Chinese forum, where the member "nofight" listed the most complete list of all Japanese PSX games and their corresponding Catalog Code Numbers. He also included USA and European games as well. (BTW, I noticed the translated page's list is complete, whilst the original page's list is cut off for some reason. So take your choice of which to view.)

Original Page: http://www.ppx.cn/viewthread.php?tid=353594

Google Translated Page: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.ppx.cn/archiver/%3Ftid-353594.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSLPM%2B86450%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DYk5

I hope this helps and it might go towards someone compiling an even more complete list.

[layzee]

I found this list on a Chinese forum, where the member "nofight" listed the most complete list of all Japanese PSX games and their corresponding Catalog Code Numbers. He also included USA and European games as well. (BTW, I noticed the translated page's list is complete, whilst the original page's list is cut off for some reason. So take your choice of which to view.)

Original Page: http://www.ppx.cn/viewthread.php?tid=353594

Google Translated Page: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.ppx.cn/archiver/%3Ftid-353594.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSLPM%2B86450%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DYk5

I hope this helps and it might go towards someone compiling an even more complete list.

That forum post appears to be a copy-and-paste job from the Sony Index (http://www.sonyindex.com/Pages/PSone_Asia_Serial.htm) website.

Since the forum thread was posted in 2005, the Sony Index list is obviously more complete.

Also, this book might be useful:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MK89H6GML._SS500_.jpg (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Anniversary-PlayStation-PlayStation2-全ソフトカタログ-スペシャルセーブデータコレクション/dp/4840229724)

I have this book but I am unsure how complete it is. There should also be new editions of this book (the one shown above is the 2004 version).

[The 1 2 P]

I'd love to get me one of those books.