I'm lost in a web of games, and I need some guidance to find the light. I'm not too familiar with imports, but I'm trying to categorize every console/pc/handheld video game known to mankind. A rough estimate is about 100,000+ games released around the world.
The site is setup to where games are sorted by its system's respective country. Systems are listed with their country attached to the end of the name. If someone has a better idea than breaking games down into countries, let me know.
Some answers I need: Could each release in Europe/Asia with a different box/manual language for each country contain the same cart/cd release?
How do game distributions generally work to different countries in Europe and Asia? What happens now? What happened back in the 1970s?
For example, could the only difference between a game from US and Canada be the serial number?
Did countries have different serials? Even if the same game was released to all of Europe or Asia.
Am I missing any regions/countries, or should any be combined for having the same language?
I'm not even sure if all of these countries received games specific to them, haven't verified each one. Are there any sites with info explaining all this?
If I find a game from europe, how do I know where it was released?
So far....
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If the same exact game/box/manual is released to all of Europe...meaning same serial number. Each country known to have received it will have the game listed.
I could use languages to define multiple countries that don't receive localized releases, or just do away with exact countries and create regions for all.
Regions
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North America
Japan/Asia
Europe
Countries
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Dotted out means I haven't verified it has received localized variations.
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.AUS-Australia
.BEL-Belgium
.BRA-Brazil
CAN-Canada
CHI-China
.DEN-Denmark
.FIN-Finland
FRA-France
GER-Germany
GRE-Greece
.HOL-Holland
.IRE-Ireland
ITA-Italy
JAP-Japan
.LUX-Luxembourg
.MEX-Mexico
.NET-Netherlands
.NEZ-New Zealand
.NOR-Norway
PHI-Philippines
.POL-Poland
.POR-Portugal
.RUS-Russia
.SCA-Scandinavia
.SOK-South Korea
.SPA-Spain
SWE-Sweden
.SWI-Switzerland
UNK-United Kingdom
USA-United States
The site is setup to where games are sorted by its system's respective country. Systems are listed with their country attached to the end of the name. If someone has a better idea than breaking games down into countries, let me know.
Some answers I need: Could each release in Europe/Asia with a different box/manual language for each country contain the same cart/cd release?
How do game distributions generally work to different countries in Europe and Asia? What happens now? What happened back in the 1970s?
For example, could the only difference between a game from US and Canada be the serial number?
Did countries have different serials? Even if the same game was released to all of Europe or Asia.
Am I missing any regions/countries, or should any be combined for having the same language?
I'm not even sure if all of these countries received games specific to them, haven't verified each one. Are there any sites with info explaining all this?
If I find a game from europe, how do I know where it was released?
So far....
-----------
If the same exact game/box/manual is released to all of Europe...meaning same serial number. Each country known to have received it will have the game listed.
I could use languages to define multiple countries that don't receive localized releases, or just do away with exact countries and create regions for all.
Regions
---------
North America
Japan/Asia
Europe
Countries
---------
Dotted out means I haven't verified it has received localized variations.
----------------
.AUS-Australia
.BEL-Belgium
.BRA-Brazil
CAN-Canada
CHI-China
.DEN-Denmark
.FIN-Finland
FRA-France
GER-Germany
GRE-Greece
.HOL-Holland
.IRE-Ireland
ITA-Italy
JAP-Japan
.LUX-Luxembourg
.MEX-Mexico
.NET-Netherlands
.NEZ-New Zealand
.NOR-Norway
PHI-Philippines
.POL-Poland
.POR-Portugal
.RUS-Russia
.SCA-Scandinavia
.SOK-South Korea
.SPA-Spain
SWE-Sweden
.SWI-Switzerland
UNK-United Kingdom
USA-United States
