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Posted: 02 Apr 2024, 12:14
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I kept updating the serial list each time I found a X0 for sale online.
After 4 years here is the updated graph (monthly production on left axis, cumulative on the right axis).
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Posted: 04 Apr 2024, 03:03
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If you can change the order to make them in sequence so that:
Cover Title is 1
Original title is 2
International title is 3
Your current method is imbecilic.
Depends on the point of view.
Your method would work horribly for titles in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc. unless you're fluent in all languages.
The rule of thumb is:
1/ usual title (in English, to make the search fast)
2/ actual cover title (in the local language, still searchable as a secondary field)
3/ alternate/original/translated title for further information
Not changing this, it's there to help searching.
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Posted: 09 Apr 2024, 02:43
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Is that correct? how would you answer that????
You are answering my question with a question, what is your answer then?
Look at the title I just added that you just approved, what is the cover title that I listed, what is the cover title in English,
what is the international title that is NOT on the cover anywhere.
There are a lot of examples like this on the database, not just the one I added.
(put links, it's easier to follow)
OK you submitted this title: Dark Warrior (1991) [SEL0445J92]
Since 66% of the user base here is North America , and 61% USA, and I looked up the English/International name on IMDb because you didn't provide the IMDb#.
=> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285506/
Since it's a Hong Kong release, did you provide the Chinese cover title or the Japanese cover title?
Or maybe it has both?
Still you can look up for the Kanji title and it will still find it, so I remain on my position that the usual English/international title is more useful as the default than sticking to cover-only as the main result, or the searches will quickly become unusable or require too much time to find things.
https://www.lddb.com/search.php?search=%E9%AD%94%E5%AE%AE%E6%88%A6%E5%A0%B4&sort=title
Dark Warrior (1991)
[Cover] 魔宮戦場
[Alt.] Makyu Senjo
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 07:08
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knatterbuechse wrote: admin wrote: Or is it a business case?
Julien More like a nutcase! Just can't believe that this guy STILL tries to sneak his way into LDDB after everything that happened...
He's trying all venues he can find... might still be sellers who haven't heard of him yet?
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 05:48
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Posted: 29 Apr 2024, 04:59
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And he's back at buying on LDDb under the only account left retro_games.
Please be careful.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2024, 07:48
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I don't know how it happened, but by a stroke of luck, I happened to be surfing Suruga-ya through their LD listings and found a copy of this still listed for sale. I don't know how it wasn't snapped up by the time I discovered it (maybe the listing saying there was "box damage" dissuaded some from getting it). So I got it and it just arrived at my residence today.
Glad too see that my research on the late, late releases was not for nothing, it DOES exist :-)
Thanks!
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Posted: 29 Apr 2024, 12:14
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Posted: 30 Apr 2024, 17:13
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First step, clean up the subtitles list:
Cantonese => Traditional Chinese
Mandarin => Simplified Chinese
Taiwanese => Traditional Chinese
Then:
Taiwan subtitles updated to => Traditional Chinese (previous Taiwanese/Cantonese merged into Traditional Chinese)
Singapore subtitles updated to => Simplified Chinese (even though one was described as Traditional)
I didn't mass update the others because many Karaoke releases might cross Cantonese/Mandarin to keep the original lyrics.
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Posted: 01 May 2024, 06:09
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The "Hardware Search" is not ready yet but a quick SQL'ing gives 3 USA Players released in 1989:
The NEC being very much a clone of the 3070 (same back panel).
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Posted: 01 May 2024, 14:14
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https://forum.lddb.com/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=post => Notify me upon replies by default
Or the unsubscribe link in the notifications (per topic).
Or Unsubscribe topic top-left of the topic you are subscribed to because you were the first post or posted updates.
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Posted: 01 May 2024, 14:15
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spooky wrote: Some even frame them?? Insanity.
Why not?
Some can look beautiful.
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Posted: 02 May 2024, 09:07
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LD Review actually compiled their monthly magazines into full indexed books. => https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=913
I know about the 1996 release with Showgirls on the cover:
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But there is also a 99 release that I ordered yesterday out of curiosity.
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Posted: 04 May 2024, 07:49
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From the videos on YouTube is looks like exactly like what the name implies: label remover, light splay to dissolve sticky glue.
Even DAISO sells it, will give it a try.
And it took me 4 years to dare try the glue removal... with little hopes.
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Here we go, trimmed nails to gently scratch and... lots of time to waste.
Here is the patient, in terminal phase, little hope for remission.
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The worst section I'm taking aim at first:
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Spray, scratch, spray, scratch, repeat.
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Eventually the glue started to give away... after 15 mins.
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And this is the worst section after 30min. of working on it...
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So it DOES work, but what an unpleasant process it is! Stinky, sticky, awful.
Will work on the remaining areas later.
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Posted: 04 May 2024, 07:56
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Does it have for all entries the small picture + info (like in the monthly books what has recently been released) or is it without the picture (like the monthly books at the back the past quarter releases)?
All tiny text, no picture! (just received it)
But at least whole sections are ordered by catalog number (PILA-*, BEAL-*, etc.), will be easier to fill up gaps.
Also have release dates for nearly all entries!
The back cover says:
THERE ARE SO MANY LDs!
Contains data on all 30,000 titles released over the past 18 years since the introduction of LD. This is an absolutely necessary book.
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Thanks list