Pirate Dragon

Pages with quotation marks broke?

--Pirate Dragon (talk) 15:00, 10 April 2013 (CDT)

This is still an issue, can anyone fix it?

--Pirate Dragon (talk) 08:11, 27 April 2013 (CDT)

for bogus pages use {{delete}} - Andlabs (talk) 21:16, 2 August 2013 (CDT)

Thanks. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 04:29, 3 August 2013 (CDT)

About those Sega Power covers?

I was SO excited to see those as long as I'm a Sega Power fan (cause that was the longest running Sega mag ever). Anyway, about the low quality of those covers, of course I can read whatever's on them, but not everyone can read that. Also, there are some texts that can be barely seen on the very edges of each SP mag. I'm not criticizing, I'm just advising you if you could reupload them in a much higher quality and a longer width and length. OK, understand? Good.

-The low quality ones are from issues I do not own, they are scanned from small images in the back issues page of later magazines. Like most British magazines Sega Power was larger than A4 size, thus do not fit my A4 scanner, which explains the blurred and missing edges. If I ever get an A3 scanner I will rescan and upload all my larger than A4 scans, but until then I think this is better than nothing. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 14:59, 9 September 2013 (CDT)

Hey, Pirate Dragon. How are you getting down what issue and pages of Sega Power are the games reviewed when no true pdf full-issue scans of Sega Power have been found on the Internet?

-From my personal magazine collection. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 09:49, 23 January 2014 (CST)

Wow! By the way, as long as you got the whole Sega Power collection, would you be able to upload those full-issue pdf scans for everyone else who also wants to read them like the entire Mean Machines Sega collection at the texts section from archive.org? I mean really, am I the only one who wants to read Sega Power so badly?

-I don't have a complete collection of Sega Power yet, basically the ones marked off of the magazine reviews are the ones I own. Scanning all of them would take forever on my A4 scanner, and most of them are too big for it anyway.

I scanned and uploaded issue 10 here; http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=32134&view=findpost&p=774377

I may scan more issues of S as they don't have too many pages and even though they are oversized the cropped edge is usually just a wide border with no content. Issues 13-22 are A4 sized so I may scan those at some point.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 08:38, 25 January 2014 (CST)

Uh, how much Sega Power issues are you gonna do for the game reviews?

-Those are all of the issues I currently have, when I get some new issues I'll add the reviews from them--Pirate Dragon (talk) 14:57, 27 February 2014 (CST)

You know the Hard Line feature in the Sega Power magazine that reviewed and rated every game on the Sega consoles, especially the ones that weren't regularly reviewed in previous issues (example: Desert Strike, Super Off-Road (Game Gear), Bulls versus Blazers, Air Rescue (Master System), etc.). So, how about you get down those reviews with the source containing the issue number and The Hard Line as the page source? That would be a favor... Thanks.

-I've already added the Hard Line reviews from when it started in issue 23. I have not checked to see if they added more games in later issues which they did not give proper reviews for. That can go on the todo list. You can sign edits here by using the second from right button at the top of the page. It makes it easier to see who I'm replying to--Pirate Dragon (talk) 09:32, 9 March 2014 (CDT)

-Some reviews may have just been missed by me, like Desert Strike which was reviewed in a different part of the magazine compared to the regular reviews. When adding literally tens of thousands of reviews there is bound to be a few misses or errors.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 09:45, 9 March 2014 (CDT)

-Air Rescue: never appears in Hard Line, Bulls versus Blazers: never appears in Hard Line, Super Off Road: Probably reviewed in issue 37. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 12:32, 9 March 2014 (CDT)

What about the review of Sonic 2 for Game Gear? We know it was reviewed in 38 where it got a 97%, but what about the pages it was on? And what games could be possibly reviewed in Issue 37?

-Sonic 2 GG, Issue 38, Page 67, 97%.

Issue 37 (probably incomplete); MD Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun 80% MD James Bond 007: The Duel 76% MD Lemmings 85% MD Lotus Turbo Challenge 81% MD Predator 2 36% MD RBI Baseball 4 71% MD Side Pocket ??% MD Sonic 2 89% MD Super High Impact 48% MD Team USA Basketball 64%

MS Lemmings 89% MS Sonic 2 93% MS Taz-Mania 65%

GG Super Off-Road Racer 88% GG Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap 52% --Pirate Dragon (talk) 17:45, 16 March 2014 (CDT)

I want to know what games were reviewed in Sega Power Issue 53? I got down PGA European Golf, Yumemi Mystery Mansion, Barkley Shut Up and Jam, Mutant League Hockey, and the 8-bit versions of both Zool and Road Rash. Can you tell me what other reviews are in there?

-I don't have that issue I'm afraid--Pirate Dragon (talk) 18:35, 19 April 2014 (CDT)

But you're in luck; there is a copy of Issue 53 and it's on gamesworldbodmin.co.uk, so check it out.

Did I ever mention about the Sega Power Issue 53 copy at Games World Bodmin? Read my comments above and you'll soon get the point. I'm not even bluffing. So, could you respond back? Thanks.

-Buy it then

I'm sorry, but I can't. The website ships goods anywhere in the UK only. I'm not in here. You could buy it, so you'll have the opportunity to complete a bit more of your collection. Sorry pal, it's down to you. -Firbin4576

No, well duh, I just wanna know the games reviewed in Sega Power Issue 53, for crying out loud!

As I have already said, I do not have this issue. Please don't be so demanding, this is just a hobby, this magazine is not a priority for me at the moment. As I have also told you previously, I will add reviews for other issues as/when I have them. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 06:15, 3 May 2014 (CDT)

Um, Pirate....? You there? It's been two weeks since your last activity... -Firbin4576

Pirate, I have some things to tell you, and it's not another magazine request. 1. How long has the Hard Line been in Sega Power? Issues 23-?? 2. I saw that Alien 3, Evander Holyfield, and Prince of Persia (all for Game Gear) were found on the Hard Line. Those Hard Line reviews like these can go on your to-do list, as you said before. That's all I have to say for today. -Firbin4576

- 16-bit: 54, 8-bit: 53 (8-bit and 16-bit alternate every month in later editions)--Pirate Dragon (talk) 12:24, 29 May 2014 (CDT)

Are there any more reviews in Sega Power Issue 85? -Firbin4576

- How do you mean? I've already added the reviews from that issue--Pirate Dragon (talk) 16:32, 30 May 2014 (CDT)

-Any more issues of Sega Power or other mags? -Firbin

-I hear Depressor has tons full PDF scans of some magazines (Sega Visions, Sega Force Mega, Official Sega Saturn Magazine) on this site. Maybe at least a few PDF scans of Sega Power are to be done here. I've been searching every nook and cranny around the Internet, looking for a true full PDF scan of Sega Power aside from Issue 46 on archive.org and Issue 10 on some other site. But when I hear of PDF activity on segaretro.org, I think tomorrow will be the chance you put some more PDFs of Sega Power (best Sega mag ever!) on the site. You already have enough issues to get started, even though you don't have the complete collection. I am tired of wasting my life just looking for another Sega Power issue to read! I'm sorry I'm impatient, but it's time I want to read it after all these years... -Firbin4576

Look at what I typed up (the paragraph above). -Firbin4576

My scans can be found here; oldgamemags.com/consoles/sega/s-the-sega-mag Issue 62 can be found here (not mine); docdroid.net/gj0e--Pirate Dragon (talk) 14:04, 22 August 2014 (CDT)

You missed one game, Evander Holyfield for the Game Gear in Sega Power Issue 43. I filled in the SP column for you.

Uh, did you know it is possible to upload PDF scans of Sega Power on this website? I know you got many, but could you at least try to do so? And get Issue 53 off of gamesworldbodmin.co.uk? -Firbin4576

Look a few posts up, I already gave you the links to all pdfs I'm aware of, feel free to upload them yourself. I have no intention of getting issue 53 from there, so feel free to buy it yourself.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 16:43, 19 October 2014 (CDT)

You already know that Issues 13 and 14 are already uploaded on oldgamemags.com. So, can I have more issues uploaded there? -Firbin4576

Look above...

Yes I scanned those, I don't have any more issues scanned,--Pirate Dragon (talk) 16:05, 27 January 2015 (CST)

I mean, can you scan and upload more issues so we can get more information on the magazine's history including its many redesigns, the complete list its staff workers, the number of pages for every issue, and its monthly circulation? -Firbin4576

Yes, I plan to scan and upload more eventually, but it's time consuming with my current scanner, so it may be some time until I upgrade my scanner and scan some more. Did you download issue 62? I could do with an upload of this as I lost my copy of this when I updated my OS. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 12:40, 6 February 2015 (CST)

Bad Influence

I'm behind the times - I just learnt today there was a magazine

The TV show did reviews. Not very good ones, but do you think we should care? -Black Squirrel (talk) 13:23, 26 February 2014 (CST)

-You've probably already found it, but Bad Influence scans and TV shows are available here; bad-influence.co.uk/mag.htm

I guess we could also include TV show reviews. Other British gaming shows were Games Master (126 episodes), Games World (800+ episodes!), Movies, Games and Videos (Tons of episodes), Ben the Boffin on The Big Breakfast (probably tons of these too), and likely several others just from the UK alone. There was also the teletext service Digitiser (updated daily 1993-2003), and similar teletext gaming pages on other channels such as MTV. The vast majority of these teletext services were never archived though. Then we have radio station gaming programmes, I expect those would probably be difficult to come by too. I guess the ratings template would need to be adjusted to somehow incorporate broadcasts alongside publications. Many of these were mentioned in magazines, I'll see if I can collate some kind of a list. --Pirate Dragon (talk) 15:23, 27 February 2014 (CST)

Micromania, Gametype

Kudos to ICEknight:

http://thepiratebay.se/user/theflying/

Recently leaked - a Spanish magazine scanning project. I can't be arsed to deal with 100GB+ torrents (particularly on The Pirate Bay, because my ISP blocks it), but maybe one for the future -Black Squirrel (talk) 05:12, 17 March 2014 (CDT)

Yeah, I have those Micromania scans from when they were on Underground Gamer before it closed down. Also Spanish magazines Mega Sega, Mega Force, and Todo Sega. I'm not sure if they're available anywhere else now, so maybe I need to reupload/torrent them somewhere. They're all on the todo list once I've caught up with my UK backlog.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 15:25, 17 March 2014 (CDT)

Try this to get around ISP block; http://pirateproxy.ca/user/theflying/ --Pirate Dragon (talk) 15:35, 17 March 2014 (CDT)

Captcha: What is the international name for the Sega Genesis?

Is there any correct answer for this? Previously it would give a different question after an incorrect answer, but now it just repeats this one over and over again, and doesn't seem to accept any spelling or capitalisation.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 11:10, 30 November 2014 (CST)

You're better off contacting Scarred Sun directly for these sorts of wiki troubles - most of us don't have access to this sort of thing and I hate to see requests be buried. -Black Squirrel (talk) 11:25, 30 November 2014 (CST)

Will do, Thanks--Pirate Dragon (talk) 11:42, 30 November 2014 (CST)

Missing reviews from Sega Power

Issue 43: Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing (Game Gear) Issue 75: Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally (both Saturn)

Added "Real Deal" now, there was a problem with the wiki at the time where pages with quotation marks in would not display. Issue 75 is also missing Virtua Cop, unfortunately those were reviewed in a supplement that came with the magazine which I do not have. Did you download Issue 62 that I uploaded before? The link is now dead and I no longer have that file.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 12:44, 2 December 2014 (CST)

I've seen that box before

If this is a legitimate, Sega-endorsed box (i.e. a Japanese-style Mega Drive in European-style packaging)... I might have been making mistakes, or rather, overlooking legitimate Sega stuff

I have these two marked as unknown clones:

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does this mean they're not unknown clones?

Also I'd forgotten how horrendous that unlicensed list of consoles had become. What a mess. -Black Squirrel (talk) 15:47, 13 February 2015 (CST)

Yeah, Turkey is the same (Asian MD, EU packaging) will be uploading that shortly. I'm thinking that Japanese style Asian packaging may have been limited to East & South East Asia.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 16:10, 13 February 2015 (CST)

Turkey had the same packaging as both of those "clones" that you posted, so I think they're probably official.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 16:13, 13 February 2015 (CST)

Although the "official" sticker doesn't look too official, so it's quite possible that clones copied the official box design with fake stickers. It's difficult to know without being able to make out a known distributor's label.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 17:50, 13 February 2015 (CST)

That sticker turns up all the time, which is why I thought these were unlicensed clones in the first place:

I think it says "CEE Official". Which might mean Central and Eastern Europe. Or something else -Black Squirrel (talk) 04:31, 14 February 2015 (CST)

That probably stands for "Communauté économique européenne" or European Economic Community (EEC) in English, which became the EC in 1993, that doesn't leave a big window for those to have ever been used on real MD2s, but it's possible that clone makers copied it from an actual Sega sticker. I guess that's why Sega switched to holograms.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 07:08, 14 February 2015 (CST)

Okay I might have spotted the problem:

http://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?172834-Sega-Mega-Drive-II-fake

It's the design of the box. The official ones flip open (disregarding any sleeves), while these clones come out of the side. Maybe. Honestly I don't know, although you're definitely right about the Turkish ones. -Black Squirrel (talk) 07:43, 14 February 2015 (CST)

Good spot with the flip top. The DOTTS one has that too, you can also see the same logo used in the back of this SMS Altered Beast [AlteredBeast_sms_arabic_manual.pdf|manual].--Pirate Dragon (talk) 07:53, 14 February 2015 (CST)

Euro release dates?

Hi, I'm need of help searching for European release dates (exactly by month and year) of all Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, Mega-CD, 32X, and Saturn games. I looked and got some done through UK magazines, but still I'm confused! Can you help, at least? -Firbin4576

Yeah, this is really needed, and something I've been working on and off with for a while, but it's not something that will be achieved through monthly consumer magazines. Outside of major titles release dates were really fluid and could change from day to day, they were often out of date by the time monthly magazines were published. Games were also often released on different dates throughout Europe, so at least for Sega we should probably concentrate specifically on UK release dates as that's where SoE were based and which was also their biggest market. For games which were released in other European countries but not UK we can attempt to find out release dates for the main country it was released in, but outside of maybe France or Germany that may be extremely difficult to ascertain to any great accuracy. At least for Saturn and the few very late Mega Drive releases we have the Internet Archive (since 1996), here's Sega's UK Saturn release dates from March 1997 to July 1998; web.archive.org/web/19981202140918/http://www.sega-europe.com/saturn/satinfo.html . Maybe other publishers had similar pages for their Saturn titles, but unfortunately many just had US specific sites without much European content.

Where this data probably can be found is in weekly trade papers, the main one being "Computer Trade Weekly" which ran from 1984 to 2002. Unfortunately, like newspapers (but with a far lower circulation) these were highly disposable and practically never come up for sale. They are however archived at the British Library in London, but are held offsite and require ordering in advance to be delivered there for viewing. I think the maximum number of issues that can be ordered is 12 (which only covers three months), so it would require many visits over a long period of time. They also only have online records of shelfmarks for this paper going back to 1994, so for issues earlier than that it might be quite complicated to order them. As I live some way from London and have an unpredictable work schedule it's difficult for me to do this at the moment (especially as you have to visit there in person to register before you can even order stuff). Still, it's something I plan on doing eventually, but I can't give any time schedule on that.

Incidentally, it's only really Japan that has a documented history of video game release dates, not even the US does, and unlike the UK I'm not aware of a way to comprehensively document them for that region. This type of thing is well documented for music and movies, so I think it's important that we attempt to document it for video games too, so whilst difficult and time consuming I think that it should be possible for the UK at least.--Pirate Dragon (talk) 20:17, 24 February 2015 (CST)

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