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This topic is for all problems related to incorrect regions. Whether an entry needs its region changed to something else or an entry deleted because that region doesn't actually exist.

Also, please keep in mind that regions can only be changed to a region in the same main region as that entry. In other words, the first letter of the RFG ID# must be the same. E.G. a game labeled as UK can not be changed to Japan or North America, but it can be changed to elsewhere in Europe such as Spain, France, etc.

Some other topics that may help you out:
European game with no part number or UPC? Post it here!! (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=8465.0)
European part number location guide (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=8464.0)

here's another one listed as UK only when it should include Sweden and Finland as well:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-072-S-00960-A

EDIT:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-095-S-00900-A
missing Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden

EDIT2:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-016-S-12290-A
ESRB rating on disc. dunno if it's US, NA or WW but it's def not EU then. 

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=W-213-H-00010-A
This entry is NOT Region Free. The packaging indicates EU, and I will be submitting an NA version.

Region-Free

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02500-B
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02500-C
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02500-A

Region-Free, Hucast does not employ region specifics

Dux (DC)

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-071-S-02990-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02540-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02540-C
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02540-B
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02470-A

Redux (DC)

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02560-C
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02560-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-02560-B

[img width=666 height=500]http://oi62.tinypic.com/2jcvhg3.jpg[/img]

This game need more region (countries) to be add. All other info looks OK

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-072-S-02102-A

The regions of the game is Greece, Portugal, Poland and Czech Republic

See picture :
[img width=700 height=933]http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/toze3/SEGA_ALBUM/DSC_0976.jpg[/img] (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/toze3/media/SEGA_ALBUM/DSC_0976.jpg.html)[/s]

Thanks! I've added the additional countries, and appreciate the image for the information.
- Shadow

Please change the region of this from EURO to DE (Germany)

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-060-S-00690-A

The game that are in the pictures are the German version (by the language of the back cover and manual)
I will ask for region change in the forum.
You can confirm here.
http://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game,,T-5017H-18,,FIFA-97-EUR-GER.html

It's done, and i risked my request, hope it's ok

Changed. Good spot

I would be tempted to leave it at UK purely because it's the English language release. But I'm biased cus I'm a Brit  ;D

Shadow - what do you think on this one?

The box cover and manual have the following languages :
English
Spanish
Italian
Swedish
Dutch

I don't have the portuguese variation, but i'm sure that will be basead on this one.

I believe that it's the EURO and not only UK variation. Or you could put the country region/flags that are in the cover/manual

Ok. That changes things if other languages are also printed on the box. I'll try to have a look later when I'm on my PC (can't change regions on my phone lately for some reason)

Well, it's not technically a "Euro" variation, because there are other releases and this specifically covers the languages specified on the box. With that being said, however, 5030935 is the generic Electronic Arts barcode for Europe (5030930 is the barcode for UK), so a particular country is not assigned to the media for lockout or other purposes. The country-specific codes are typically used when the media itself is tailored towards a particular country.

I say have English, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch as the regions.

FWIW, the manual is in English, which is why it's probably mislabeled by multiple places, but the media likely supports those languages.

Today i submited a variation for the Onslaught game to european megadrive database, and it was aproved as Region Free, but this isn't correct (in my opinion) because will not been realeased in Japan and also don't know if it will fit on a japonese/asia Mega drive due to diferent cartridge slot.

The game is: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-040-S-00120-A

In my opinion should exist the european and US variation separately and not region free. If will prevail the Region Free then the US variation should be deleted/merged in the region free, but once again i think it's better to have US and EU variations.

Also note that in most websites (SEGARETRO, RETROCOLLECT,...) there are mention to EU and US releases, with the same part number and EAN.

There are many games from genesis (US) that work on mega drive (EU) and vice versa, but there are diferent packing, and if you cut the right way an japanese cartridge most will work on EU/US system, and we cannot consider as region free!

Here an ebay auction for the pal/EU game, but it's the same of the US variation
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Videogame-ONSLAUGHT-Sega-Mega-Drive-Megadrive-Genesis-Pal-Version-/131798988880?hash=item1eafd4f850:g:n7IAAOSw2GlXJnrn

This particular game was released on EURO and US market with same box, same manual, same cart. In some cases there are mention to not working with modern GENESIS/Mega Drive's due to implementation of TMMS after 1991, but i can't confirm that. I checked here
http://www.rewindcollectables.co.uk/Onslaught_New_and_Sealed_Sega_Mega_Drive/p787332_7952367.aspx

The game was submitted as Region Free because there are no differences between the Sega Genesis and Sega Mega Drive versions, including packaging and media, irregardless of the fact that it doesn't fit in the Japanese Mega Drive. There's no region lockout preventing the game from working in either system, and considering that everything is identical in both regions, it was determined it should go under Region Free.

We'll be merging them, as well as Super Off Road (and some of the other Accolade titles).

I understand your point for this game, but not for the super off road, and others Accolade titles (like Bubsy, etc).

The Super Off road was repacked with stickers indicating the MegaDrive  and also multi-language manual.

I have other Accolade titles and they all have european cover and also cartridge with european label, so i believe it's not the best option to make all region free, because they are different...

Many games in europe are repacked versions of US versions(especially the EA sport games), and some from the Japanese version (like the first version of dragon ball that was released with an adaptor), i think it's not correct to put in region free just because they can work on both systems.

Even so, i think it's better to have two variations for this game, it's cleanner and less confusing, despite this are the same game that was distributed both in europe and US.

It's not an valid argument, but in several websites it's mentioned two variation, and not one region free...

@Shadow Kisuragi  You are the boss, so last word is yours!

Super Off Road being repacked with things makes sense for a separate variation, as do the others.

Just about every game released these days is repackaged and region-free, media wise, but we don't classify them as such because of the packaging. We try to do our best when it comes to this, and I wasn't planning on blindly changing all of the Accolade/Ballistic releases just because one was the same. We do our research first before changing things, and it was more of a reminder to look at the rest in case they needed to be switched.

Despite it being "cleaner", it doesn't make it any less true that the game is a true Regionfree entry, even down to the packaging. Is it the same EXACT game, packaging, and manual, and retailed in another Region? It's Regionfree, at least according to our System - it doesn't allow for specifying multiple Regions. If anything were different, such as with Sonic the Hedgehog SMS where the only difference is a sticker over the UPC for US retail, I would classify them differently.

Agree with shadow.
As he points out though each game would need to be reviewed on a case by case basis

As said before, i understand the option for making this game region free, and I perfectly accept it. Just would like to see 2 distint variations, but it's not a problem at all to have the region free.

I believe this could apply most to cardbox games that need to be checked, because the majority that i know cames with european box, or have other kind of repack. This could be an exception case.

My variation released in europe is equal to US variation, no sticker indicating pal system and no multilanguage manual, like super off road, both also came with cardbox that's not usual on europe.
I'm aware that later 1991 this game cames with a sticker (SPECIAL PRICE) to let know that it's only compatible with megadrive/genesis made before 1991, due to TMSS introduction on newer systems (ACCOLADE was not licensed by SEGA at that time).

I can't select the USA in the region list. The US ratings are also missing

The US is at the bottom of the list of countries. You can also pick North Ametica (Regionwide) if sold in Mexico and Canada too. These should be available to you. Everyone can submit games for any country.

US ratings will only show up if you've picked US or North America

Yeah it was not there. I looked through it a hundred times top to bottom and North America or USA was not listed So I dunno if my Odin Sphere PS4 was submitted or not

Ryudo, you selected Australia as your country. Therefore, it locks you to Europe and Australia for your choices for countries to choose from, since those are in the "Europe" region. You would need to de-select Australia so you can choose from ALL regions/countries. By default, no countries/regions are selected.

Yes, it's in the queue but it's set to Australia. I'll get it set properly for you.

Yeah I didn't even select a country unless I hit Aussie by accident. Thank you. Sorry if it was a bother.

Not a problem. The country/region selection is probably the most confusing part of the submission form. It's on the top of my list of things to change when we modify it.

Thank you. When it's up a thank you ahead of time

The part number and images would suggest this Ouya should be Europe region not region free:

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=W-213-H-00010-A

Also, the controller in the database has NA in the part number. Presumably it should be North American region not region free (I guess there's also a Europe controller):

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=W-213-H-00020-A

those ouya pics are all mine. i actually kickstarted the stupid thing, but they failed to get me the kickstarter version and sent those two late instead. part#, upc and s/n are all from stickers slapped onto the boxes.

don't know much about voltage, but it did come with a power cable that's standard for europe. that at least would indicate the box's contents vary to some degree for different regions.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-016-S-04932-G
should be UK+Netherlands

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-016-S-13761-A
should be Sweden only

Thanks Kaysow. Both now changed

I don't have the time to fix this now, so this is either a reminder to myself or a request for someone else to fix if they see this first.
This game needs mor countries added as per the back cover scan:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-087-S-07280-A&

Did it for you

Cheers mate

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-132-S-01320-A

regions should be uk + sweden & finland

Done

Added a submission for the Australian version of "From Russia with Love" (PS2) but accidentally set the region to 'Australia' when it should be 'Australia (regionwide)'.  Could whoever approves said submission amend region accordingly.

Fixed it on submission.

Any update on this ?

Should they be merged (US and Region free variation or separate US EURO releases)

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-040-S-00120-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-040-S-04120-A


Also forget to mention there is a French Manual of the game and in the last pages it mention the Accolade EUROPE
http://segaretro.org/images/b/b3/Onslaught_MD_FR_Manual.pdf

And also German variation
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/b-wAAOSwA3dYfUX8/s-l1600.jpg

Maybe this can prove a PAL (euro) diferent release of the game with different packing.

It looks like the packaging was Region Free, but they may have packed in regional manuals. The Europe boxes had a sticker on it that stated that it supports Mega Drive:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjE1/z/ROAAAOSwJb9WqPEF/$_57.JPG

The card box already states it suports Genesis and Megadrive systems.

That particular case (of Super Off Road) have stickers saying about MegaDrive Support and also mention the different languages of the manual.

For the onslaught game, the only variation I see is that some have a sticker with an alert of the non working consoles with TMMS, or in the German case to mention the inclusion of a german manual. Really don't know about the french case, just found the pdf version of the manual.

This is a almost a rare game, and it was a game that only work in non TMSS Mega drives (before September 1991) and Mega Driive was released in Europe in late 1990, and possible a low print game because of this limitation, so it's hard to be sure about the correct way to have this game submited...

I sugest to have in this 2 possible ways:

1-REGION FREE (With sub-variation of German and french repack, and also TMSS disclaimer)
or
2-US and EURO (With sub-variation of German and french repack in EURO variation, and also TMSS disclaimer)

As stated before, i would like to see the option 2, but i'm very confortable with option 1 also.

I think I'm going to go with Region Free, and having German and French versions, because the same English version is used for the UK and Australia.

Great! So just need to be merged the US into the Region free.

Criminal Girls: Invite Only (Europe)
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00811-A

Entry lists region as Europe (regionwide), but should be France (according to EAN).

Example:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CRIMINAL-GIRLS-INVITE-ONLY-SONY-PS-VITA-NEUF-SOUS-BLISTER-TEXTE-ANGLAIS-/322389145190?hash=item4b0fe3f666:g:AHgAAOSwUKxYeHtE

Mafia II:   http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=A-131-S-02680-A

Region listed as Australia + New Zealand.  Please change to Australia (Regionwide) as per current rules.

Also,

Criminal Girls: Invite Only (Europe regionwide) - region needs to be changed from "Europe - regionwide" to "France"
See previous post.

Super Mario Bros. 3 - FRA/FAH ; http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-027-S-00043-A

Change region from "France" to "France + Netherlands".  The cart is an FRA cart, but the box and manual are FAH (France and Holland)

This Region it's not OK
God of War: Ascension (BCES-01741)  -> http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-131-S-05290-A

It's marked like UK, but this is the original EURO version, with multilanguage support form the initial disc. Also the PS3 console says in the title God of War: Ascension (EU)

I have this version, but also the real UK version, the BCES-01742. In the PS3 says in the disc information God of War: Ascension (UK) and also the game doesn't have language choice (at least in the disc revision without updates). I submited this variation, but had to add in the title the name variation name UK, that I will remove after the previous one be corrected.

Also, the UK special edition is fine (http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-131-S-05290-B) with correct data, and also the disc is BCES-01742.

 

Blue Rider PS4 was entered in as a Region Free (worldwide) release and while it is a region free release I think it technically needs to be a Chinese release.  The actual game case has a Chinese rating symbol on it.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00310-A

In support of the above post: Play-Asia lists Blue Rider LE as an Asia release.  By our standards it would be considered "Hong Kong (regionwide)"

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-215-S-00851-A

region here should be UK, Netherlands, Sweden & Finland

All of the Play-Asia limited releases are kind of a mess.  I'm trying to clean up the labeling of them and submit the missing ones but the regions are all over the place.  Here is a image of what the rating logo looks like: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?type=ex&ID=W-215-S-00420-A&number=00

Play-Asia "exclusives"
1) Soldner-X 2: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=C-189-S-00160-A
2) Blue Rider: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00310-A
3) Cursed Castilla EX: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00420-A
4) Alchemic Joust: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=C-215-S-00190-A
5) AereA (No entry for this one although I think it was just the standard CE with some added playing cards, the cards being the "exclusive" part).
6) Semispheres: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=H-215-S-00030-A
7) Ghost Blade HD: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=C-215-S-00220-A
8) Tachyon Project (no entry yet)

These can be treated similarly to the LRG releases as they are numbering them but they do contain a rating on the actual game case insert.

Raidou's right in that the Rating Logo is HK. A lot of "Chinese" and "Asian" releases tend to be HK or HK/TW releases because they support both Simplified and Traditional Chinese as well as English.

Cool, good to know.  I guess all of these should really be switched over to HK then.

Technically, the ratings logos are Taiwanese (Hong Kong doesn't rate games - nor does China ATM). 

That said, HK and TW releases tend to be sold across the region, hence, "Hong Kong (regionwide)".

Submited this one in the wrong country (Russian) and should be Portugal
Can be corrected?

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-072-S-14061-A

Thanks FatherJack

This should be UK and not European
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-040-S-02760-A

Already submited the European (multilanguage on cover) variation.
More info about it here http://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega%20Drive/Micro%20Machines%20Turbo%20Tournament%2096/

Thanks FatherJack

This also should be UK and not European
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-040-S-02770-A
It's this cover with English only back cover http://www.guardiana.net/media/full_covers//0/2/1293.jpg

Already submited the European (multilanguage on cover) variation.
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-040-S-02773-A

Thanks FatherJack

Limited Run are now required to put ESRB ratings on their titles, but the database doesn't allow that for worldwide releases.
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00680-A

being region-free is nothing special for PS4 so should we count these as north american from now on?

I was wondering this as well.  I've been submitting these as region free still as that is how we started but with the ESRB being added maybe they should be changed over to North American.

This was discussed on the admin threads. I seem to remember the final conclusion was to just keep them as they are for consistency. But it was a close battle

Don't know if it's correct to discuss this here, but here he goes

Just to know whats the best way to classify the region of the Street Fighter 15th anniv. Pads.
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00340-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00330-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00360-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00350-A

They all are in USA region, but I found many in Europe in two variants, one with "Playstation oficial product" label and otner with the street fighter 15th anniver. Label .

The ones with PS official product label have 3 languages (EN, SP, FR)

[img width=500 height=375]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sksAAOSwe6FaLAwC/s-l500.jpg[/img]
[img width=500 height=375]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pjAAAOSwyYFaLAwG/s-l500.jpg[/img]

The one with SF15th Anniversary logo on front have 6 languages (EN, FR, SP, GER, JP, IT) . I believe all are basead on the PS official ones, with stickers on front and back of the box
[img width=500 height=375]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/doMAAOSwsYpaLAv6/s-l500.jpg[/img]
[img width=500 height=375]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~t8AAOSwUYNaLAwB/s-l500.jpg[/img]

I bought 3 from UK and FR and all have the PS official logo, and yesterday bouth another (in Portugal) one with SF15th anniv. Logo. This one also have another sticker with Portuguese description.

My question is, should this be modified to Region wide or not?
I believe this also justifies the creaction of 2 variants, the ones with PS official product label and another with Street Fighter 15th anniversary label.

What you think ??

EDIT: The SF15th Anniversary version have slight different UPC/EAN, so it needs a variation.

Should all be considered world wide region wide, or the PS official logo variation get USA plus a PAL variation, and the one with SF15th anniversary logo gets a WW region variation Because also have japonese language ? My vote is for this scenario!

I think the best way to differentiate between these is variants for UPC/EAN differences. If the same UPC/EAN was sold in multiple regions, they should be listed as a worldwide release.

In that case, can someone please change the region to worldwide, of the following entries:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00340-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00330-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00360-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-072-H-00350-A

This takes a little work, so I'll change them as I can.


Is there a Euro-wide release, or what this title country specific for these releases?

There is about 3 euro regular versions, plus the Portuguese repacked version basead on the UK variant.

Spider-Man NA US T-13008N
Spider-Man EU E T-13011D-05   (UK)
Spider-Man EU F T-13011D-09   (FR)
Spider-Man EU I/S T-13011D-60 (Italian/Spanish)

More info on the page 23 of this document
https://www.pdf-archive.com/2017/10/11/os-dc-guide-2017-revision/os-dc-guide-2017-revision.pdf

Another request:

NBA Live 98 should be region moved to UK, France and German. It's on the back cover. I just added a variation of this of IT, PT and SP that i get yesterday.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-060-S-01310-A

Done

mixed up entry for 3do

Main pictures and product nummer are from European version, but the extra media are from the usa version. There is also a separate entru for the usa version, but with scans of only inner box.

What would be the best way to fix.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-052-S-01520-A

Submit the European version correctly, as it doesn't exist now. I will then move the pictures appropriately and delete the incorrect US entry after updating the current collections to the correct entry.

A couple of LRG games that need to be switched from Worldwide to North America (regionwide):

Factotum 90 (PSVita): http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00450-A
Factotum 90 (PS4): http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00870-A

Home (PSVita): http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00460-A
home (PS4): http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00880-A

MoreLRG games as mentioned by Raidou

Yesteday Origins
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00830-A

Rock Boshers
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00380-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00770-A


Revenant Saga
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00490-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00940-A

Mecho tales
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00390-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00391-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00781-A

Croixleur Sigma
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00820-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00420-A

La Mulena Ex
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00330-A

Metronomicon, The: Slay The Dance Floor
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00930-A

Windjammers
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00680-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00681-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00340-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00341-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-215-S-00941-A

this one should probably have UK added as a region

It should also have France added. And following the typical rules Belgium should be removed (normally for simplification smaller European countries don’t get added. So despite most British releases also coming out in Ireland we don’t normally add Ireland, as an example)

I suggest we put this one off for a while, as the entry is more accurate as is.  France and the UK have their own variants, meaning that this variant is for the Netherlands and Belgium (half of Belgium speaks French).

I see the LRG stuff guys. I'll have to chop away at them little bit by bit. There is no easy process other than recreating them, moving the collection data and pictures, and deleting the old entries.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=C-189-S-00260-A

Is set as Asia (regionwide), when it (and all Eastasiasoft games) should be either Hong Kong (regionwide) or Taiwan.

These 4 PS3 games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told its something about being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

Back to the Future:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-06010-A

Bulletstorm
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-05280-B

Bulletstorm Limited Edition
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-05280-A

Battlefield 3 Limited Edition
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-06030-B

These 3 Nintendo Wii games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told its something about being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you


Brunswick Zone Cosmic Bowling
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12020-A

Dance Sensation
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12590-A

Jillian Michaels 2011
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12600-A

Missed one. This is listed as Canada Only. I'm sure it should be in the North America (Regionwide) list.

City Builder
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11970-A

This Nintendo Wii games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told its something about being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you, sorry for multiple posts. I thought it wasn't in the database at all but it was.

Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs Strike
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12250-A

Fixed


Fixed

These 2 Nintendo Wii games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told its something about being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

I Spy Spooky Mansion
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-10060-A

I Spy Game Pack
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11380-A

No, that's the Canadian variant.  There is a separate USA version (which doesn't appear to be in the DB), although both have the use the same UPC and disc.

Ok Radiou, I will Enter this as a new game then. thank you

Another Nintendo Wii game not showing up on North America List
The demo is on the list but not the actual official release.

Beyblade
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11181-A

Actually I can't enter the City Builder game cause it already exists in Canada. So I'm not sure what to do there.
Duke.Togo? Can you just edit the regions or no cause Radiou is sounding like its a completely different game.
I don't know on this one..
This is definitely not a Canada only game. I own it.

Added City Builder as a North America (regionwide) variation without issue:

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11971-A

The Canadian version is not a different game, just a different variation of the same game.

These 3 PS3 games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told its something about being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

Shaun White Skateboarding (the regular one)
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-06110-A

God of War Origins Collection (not the greatest hits)
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-05700-A

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (not the limited edition one)
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-131-S-06091-A

Thanks Raidou, kept saying the game already existed for the region and platform. Maybe I wasn't doing something right. Thank you!

Changed to NA(r).  Turns out that there's a 2nd variation without the TV episode: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11181-B


Were you adding it as a "new variation" or as a "new game"?

EDIT: Also changed the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection to NA(r).

I think I was doing it as a new game, which is my mistake right? A different region is just considered a variation right?

Different country/region = variation.

Thank you. When I think variant,I was just thinking variants within that country/region already entered, like oval seal/ round seal, greatest hits, things like that.
Understood now. Thanks Raidou

These 6 Nintendo Wii games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told its something about being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

Let's Play Ballerina
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12360-A

New Carnival Games
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-09130-A

MySims Kingdom
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-03801-A

Pizza Delivery Boy
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12010-A

Rock Blast
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11560-A

SimCity Creator
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-03241-A

These 2 Nintendo Wii games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told it's from being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

Wild West Shootout
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-11550-A

Survivor
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-132-S-12290-A

W-037-S-00010-A

tennis for game boy coded gps and gps games were sold in portugal and spain. there is doubt what the g is, i think gibraltar, but nothing is sure

can this be changed to those counties

Not entirely accurate.  "Worldwide" is dead wrong, but GPS releases weren't limited to Spain / Portugal.

GPS coded products aren't exactly tied to a specific country, instead a GPS print run of 5000(?) was split up and issued to European distributors who wouldn't be able to shift a full print run, usually because they were catering to smaller markets (eg. Greece, Portugal, Italy).  But not always.  They are English language products sold in non-English speaking countries with a secondary manual in that country's native language (produced by distributor), and the box will have some form of stickerage to identify distributor or country.   For example, the Portuguese distributor, "Chaves, Feist & Co", would have a sticker on the back of the box with a Portuguese description covering the English and GiG (Italy) would have their logo.

The consequence of the above is that you cannot accurately identify the county of origin of a GPS-coded product by the base contents alone- you need either the secondary manual or a box WITH the distributor's stickers intact.  This can be a pain because you can often find CIB GPS-coded games on eBay that don't have stickers/secondary manuals because they wee found forgotten in some warehouse somewhere.  In these cases, the most accurate you can narrow down their region to is "Europe (Regionwide)".

Also, to anyone reading this: avoid using "Worldwide" for physical releases!
It's almost always wrong and cannot be easily fixed.

+1

These 4 Microsoft Xbox 360 games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told it's from being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-08570-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-08571-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-08910-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-12631-A

3 more xbox 360 sorry

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09060-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09080-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09083-A

Thanks

I have a lot of games in this thread that need changed. Is there any way I can help? Or just wait? :)

I'm not aware of Nintendo System, but I do have a portuguese manual of NES game (Tennis) made by "Chaves, Feist & Co" but don't know if they used in Portugal specific game codes like Ecofilmes did with SEGA games, besides the Portuguese Manual, Overview description... Should be created a variation of the same game for this 3 countries?

I don't know the best way to add "portuguese" Nintendo stuff in the DB.

About worldwide releases, there is one for mega drive that should be deleted, the Onslaught have US and Worldwide, but should have US and Euro.

Had a look at my Vita submissions, back when I submitted most of my titles as EU wide releases just to be safe.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00091-A
Should be UK. There's a BBFC-rated UK version in the DB, so I've submitted variation titles for both of them.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00170-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00160-A
Should both be UK as well.

Then there's this one that should be NA or US rather than worldwide:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-189-S-00330-A

Fixed the UK region variants.  Can't fix anything with the "worldwide" region directly.

I'm aware of all of these LRG entries that should be NA, but changing them is quite a lot of manual work on the backend. I'll just have to slowly chip away at them bit-by-bit.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-215-S-03840-A

This one should probably be UK, Sweden, Finland & Netherlands, as seen in the interior - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?type=ex&ID=E-215-S-03840-A&number=01

Done. Also, this type of change you can submit. Just hold ctrl and select the countries on the submit info page.

Sorry Duke.Pogo but here's some more. Just trying to inventory my games and when I see em I gotta post them.

These Nintendo DS games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told it's from being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

The Croods
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-087-S-16970-A

Imagine Music Fest
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-087-S-17130-A

Magic School Bus Oceans
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-087-S-16470-A

Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 on DS

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-087-S-00760-A

The region of the RFG entry is Europe. The game had a French release with a French-only back-cover (I own it). But I can't submit a variation: I can't change the region / country field from Europe to France.

If you want to give it a go, the other differences are:
part number: NTR-ADBP-FRA
UPC: 3296580802524

Thankfully these sorts of edits are pretty simple, so I did a few.

I know there are more that you have listed, but as Fleebitten mentioned, you can submit these inter-region changes through the normal Submit Info procedure. Feel free to submit info as you find them.

To submit a variant like this, when creating the variation CTRL-click (or Command-click on Mac) the current Region/country to change it.

Oh I’m sorry duke, I misread that from flea. I didn’t think I could submit an edit for a region problem. I’ll start doing that from now on and stop blowing up this thread :)

No worries. Thanks for contributing!

Putting this in as a reminder to self: the Hanimex 666S-P needs moved to PAL territories.

Duke. When I go to edit a game to fix the region, the drop down doesn't even appear. I know you guys said try that before blowing up this thread, but when I click on Submit, and Game Edit, the drop down box isn't there for a region change..

Dragon Feet: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-027-S-00150-A

This entry was set as Worldwide when it should have been set as North America.  Move the cart scan to the corrected NA(r) entry (here: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-027-S-08070-B ) and then delete the Worldwide entry

A NOTE TO SUBMITTERS AND APPROVERS REGARDING THE WORLDWIDE REGION
1. Region for homebrew games = country of publication. 
2. Worldwide DOES NOT mean "sold on the internet" (at least not anymore) or "without region lockout".
3. Typically, digital games sold on Steam and GOG can be considered "Worldwide".

These Xbox One games are not showing up in the North America collection checklist.
I was told it's from being coded as United States when it should be North America (region free).
Thank you

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-02740-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-03990-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-03230-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-01800-A

and a Switch game,

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-231-S-00080-A

ton more with the US rather than U regions. I know you said I can submit an edit for these, but when I edit a game, the region dropbox is not available.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-215-S-00070-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-02340-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-05740-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03442-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03442-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04380-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-03420-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-02801-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-01780-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03731-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03731-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03730-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04910-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-231-S-01010-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-02170-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04080-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-05840-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04081-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-01160-A

US region rather than U.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-08910-A

Hi. We know about the Limited Run games. This is due to a change in policy we had as to how these are classified. There are on the list to be changed but it’s a bit of a painful process to make changes between regions.

These games aren't limited run games, just regular games with the US region instead of North America Region Free. I know you guys have a lot, I'm just listing them when I see them in my lists. No rush, no hurry, just documenting before I forget and move on.

US region rather than U.

http://www.rfgeneration.com//cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09762-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com//cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09760-A

I think you hit CTRL or SHIFT on the region its selected to bring the list back.

Ah. The first one was a LR. It was late and I assumed hey all were. Sorry

Still can't figure this trick out here. When I'm on the "Submit Info" page, the region part is just gone altogether.

As for Limited Run - how about submitting replacement entries for the ones that are causing problems? Maybe take all the good info off from the faulty entries and leave a notice for the owners?I'd assume most who own those titles are sufficiently into collecting that they'll notice and update their collections.

SNES Super Ghouls N Ghosts! Wrong region, its US not U region free North America.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-044-S-05660-A

South Park Platinum listed as US, should be U Region Free North America

http://www.rfgeneration.com//cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-12631-A

listed as US, should be U Region Free North America

http://www.rfgeneration.com//cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09080-A

and

http://www.rfgeneration.com//cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09083-A

listed as US, should be U Region Free North America

http://www.rfgeneration.com//cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-115-S-09060-A

Regarding the changing the region thing, that is only for new variations of an existing game. Once an entry is created you can only change countries within the region. You can change eg Europewide to UK. I’ve havent actually tested if that works the other way. You can’t change, for example, Europe to North America though.

Where we have to change region (for example those early limited runs) we have a process built in for doing that. It’s fairly quick to do and we can move over collectors who own the games. The tricky part though is moving the images which is a more manual process only a few of us have the ability to do.

Thanks for the offer of creating new games for the Limited Runs but unfortunately it won’t be helpful. I can’t make any promises but I might have a chance to start making these changes soon

listed as US, should be U Region Free North America

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-202-S-01570-A

fixed

Lot of Atari 5200 games listed as US, should be U Region Free North America.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00050-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00090-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00150-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00150-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00190-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00250-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-023-S-00260-A

Some Xbox One games with listed as US, should be U Region Free North America.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-03900-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-216-S-04080-A

A lot of PS4 games listed as US, should be U Region Free North America.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03880-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04820-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04820-C

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04820-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04020-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04021-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04022-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04020-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-03890-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-01420-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-02970-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-05170-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04730-B

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-04730-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-215-S-02281-A

Those are the correct region, the 5200 was never officially released outside the US.

But when you go to checklists and click on Atari 5200 with the American flag region, they aren’t there. Kinda defeats the purpose of a checklist if they were only released in America yet don’t show up on the America checklist ...

Flag needs replacing. Seems daft to be a US flag when it represents three countries

Just saying,to me this is the point of a checklist:
I live in the USA, I click on the USA flag to see what is available in my country. For games like the Atari 5200 games that clearly were released in the USA to not be on a list seems a little counterproductive on a list that I'm looking at to see what came out in my country. I understand it might have came out somewhere else as well, but if it came out in the USA it should be on the USA checklist. Seems pretty simple.

At the top is a region drop down. On that pick USA instead of North America. This should give you games set to the US. It should also give you games set to the North America region. And obviously take out any games assigned to just Canada or Mexico

I add this game but there is a missing language i can't identify, can someone help on here?

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00961-A

About the manual, is on disc or online, so no photo to add, correct?

That language on the bottom of the description looks like Hebrew, so I'm wondering if this was released in Israel as well. Israel isn't part of the European region so it'll have to be added to the region list.

That's definitely Hebrew.  Also, when adjusting regions, UK should probably be removed as a country-- this variant would not have been sold in England.

So can someone add Israel there, or I need to make a new entry for israel?

About UK, i think there is a need to have a definitive rule, last time I checked the country are for the languages/flags on the cover. But there is also games  that only have english, that iI add as UK and they are not to be sold in UK, what to do in this cases? Should this be Eurowide region with variation title (not to be sold in UK) maybe this is the more correct way for this cases.

like this 2:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-072-S-00962-A
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-072-S-20280-A

Please don’t add it europewide. Europewide is reserved for games that were only sold in one version across multiple european countries. For example the special editions of most Nintendo games.

I would say keep UK on there for consistency. I get what Raidou is saying but we need consistency within consoles. With PS4 we do flags/box languages = countries

We still need to sort that by console guide don’t we

Using box languages/flags is a very useful guideline, especially for those "Not for Sale  in the UK" variants you see floating around.  If there is no other reference point on the cover, then assuming English = UK is a reasonable compromise.  That said, it should not be used as an absolute rule, as there are usually other pieces of information that lets us know where a variant was/was not sold.  A lot of variants sold in Scandinavia or the Netherlands use English language covers (sometimes exclusively), but can be identified as Scandinavian/Dutch through other means. 

Similarly, French language on covers can sometimes mean it was sold in France, sometimes Belgium, sometimes Switzerland.  French also appears on Middle Eastern variants (which are also PEGI-rated).  It is incredibly easy to tell if a game was or was not sold in France, so assuming French = France is kinda silly.  German also is not confined to Germany, but we can tell whether or not a variant was sold in Germany due to the USK.

I understand the need for a consistent set of rules, but we still need to be mindful of accuracy of data.

So just to finalize this:
What to do with the Epic mickey Vita release?? Should be created the same entry for Israel? What are the rule nowdays for the same game being sold in different regions?


Another question for modern games (for me modern games are >2000 ehehe)
this case they define the country basead on the online short manual and cover language (UK), is correct?
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00670-A

I have a copy of this that have in the cover Portuguese and Spanish descriptions (not english) and the online manual are the same, so by that rule the country list is the same, except without UK, because is not on the online manual or cover.

And also have the Portuguese/Spanish variant of this game
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00800-A

But in this case the country is the language of the cover only, and do not care about the flags on the online manual.
So it's not consistent entries in this two cases.

Here goes another release with Portuguese, Greek and arabic (israel) language in cover besides english...

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-00881-A

What to do with this Euro/Arabic releases ?

We need to add Israel to the European countries list.

Isn’t Arabic more likely to be Saudi Arabia or UAE? Israel would be Hebrew surely?

The language on the cover is Hebrew, not Arabic.

That said, UAE should probably be in the Europe list as well.

That's correct, my fault calling arabic, and not hebrew. I was hopping to be armenian language, but checked and it's for sure Hebrew.

One thing is to really know if this was released in Israel or it was released in other countries in Europe that have significant Hebrew speakers community, like France and Germany.

Maybe should be created a Eurasia Region...

I would say just add Israel under the Europe region in the same way Australia is under Europe and well as being in its own region. We’ve got to try and keep some level of simplicity

Maybe Europe region should be based on Eurovision entrants 😆

HEEHEHE Thats good, but please don't mention that because this year the Portuguese candidate is very very very strange...believe the last place is guaranted EHEHE

So who will make that change? please let me know to update this!

Just to clean some past things that got forgotten, could be added a Worldwide region for PS2??

http://rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-072-S-02050-A
Should be UK + Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland

Fixed.

Should the newer amiibo release really be region free at this point?  I submitted some as NA but really they are packaged for a bunch of regions including Japan. 

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-999-H-09720-A

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-999-H-09710-A

IMO, No.

Japan and North America use the same stock (USZ coded), but Europe and Australia still use different stock (EUR coded).  Most of the stuff I'm seeing on the South American market is also EUR coded, so USZ is a far cry from worldwide.

Would it make sense for some kind of NA / Japan region listing?

I don’t think the database can be easily made to work in a way that something can be attached to two different regions. And adding another region would just cock up peoples searches.

Think we’ll just have to stick to duplicating the entries

Star Control II jewel case is the euro version and not a US version.Can this be fixed?

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-052-S-01440-A&type=ms

Finger slipped, please make this Japanese: http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-999-H-09740-B

Fixed - DT

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If there is a US Jewel case version, please submit the European version and I can move the images. If there isn't a US jewel case version, also submit the European version and I'll move everything over and delete the bad entry.

This should be a German release, not a UK release.

http://rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-231-S-02120-A

I was looking at these the other day. So as you are correctly alluding to we normally put these limited run style games as the country they come from.

However, strictly limited are making their Switch games with the UKV code and the box completely in English.

So do we have them as German to follow the Limited Run rules? Or English to follow our standard language based rules for European stuff?

Thoughts?

I was going by the little blurb at the bottom of the store page for each one of their releases.

"This game has been rated USK 12+ by the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK). There is no age rating printed or stickered on the box. The age rating is only shown on the disk / cartridge.
German customers must be at least 18 years old to order and receive the shipment. This does not apply to international customers."


https://store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/all/products/the-ninja-saviors-return-of-the-warriors-nintendo-switch-preorder

Anyone else got any thoughts on these Strictly Limited Switch games?

By our standard rules they would be UK because the text on the box is all English and (less importantly tbh) the code is UKV. I guess SL decided the games are more marketable in English than German.

But by the "Limited Run" rules they should be German like the other SL games because its where the company is based.

For consistency I guess the latter is the better choice. I just think if we do that though we will forever more have people trying the add UK versions. That can be largely negated though by using a "UKV Version" variation title.

I haven't looked. Which rating system do they use?

I have 2 of their releases so far, and neither has a rating on them.

If no rating, I'd go for country of origin.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-027-S-00430-D&
Who approved these? We're not using Region Free for Limited Run Releases anymore.

I'm almost positive I submitted the original entry as NA so I don't know what happened there.

To confirm, are we treating LRG productsa as NA(R) or USA?

I would say USA, as that’s where they’re based. Also a lack of French text.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-215-H-00024-A

Region should be changed to North America please.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-216-H-00160-A

North America as well.

www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=W-027-S-00430-A

LRG releases should be US, not region free

This is annoying. After I spent all that time getting rid of the region free ones.

Thanks for the heads up. I've corrected the entries

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=J-231-S-00760-A

Should be regionwide Asia release

Hi! I'm new here and I guess that's where my problem belongs? Apologies if not.
I'm trying to submit data to a brazilian regional variant of the game Adam's Venture Chronicles, but it doesn't show Brazil as a valid region in the menu boxes.
Could someone add it there so I can submit it? Thanks a lot :)

DONE. Also added other regional variants I found on the search.

Thanks man!

UK - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-182-S-00412-A

UK, France - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-182-S-01440-A

UK, France, Germany, Spain - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-00260-A

UK, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-071-S-01440-A

UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Finland - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-132-S-01830-A

UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Greece - http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-132-S-01812-A

Hi Kaysow. I've addressed your region changes above. There's a few I didn't do. These are the ones NOT crossed out. Reasons being:

Dreamcast - almost all of our sega games are listed as Europewide as there was only generally one release for the whole continent. Starting to change this would open a huge can of worms that I don't think needs to be opened. I did change the second Dreamcast game you listed though as there were variations within Europe.

Nintendo special editions - For modern consoles Nintendo do a single version of the special edition for all of the continent. Generally this covers all the biggest countries/languages. So setting is as Europewide keeps it tidier and means it not rotating through 10 different flags. If they did release 2 versions of a special edition within Europe with different box languages then I would of course break them down into the countries.

Thanks, and fair enough. I'm especially unfamiliar with the Dreamcast - only picked up a handful of titles for whenever I get around to getting a console. I guess Sega Mega Drive works about the same way? The same 8 or so languages are printed on the back covers of all my copies, it's never just english or anything more local than that.
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-040-S-03560-A&type=bb
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-040-S-03930-A&type=bb
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-040-S-05220-A&type=bb

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-215-S-10720-A
UK/FR/ES/IT going by legal text on the inlay interior
EDIT: oh yeah and also the flags and languages on the back cover

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-189-S-01780-A
FR by the looks of it
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cUgAAOSwXQFiu48L/s-l1600.jpg
https://www.retroplace.com/en/games/188740--rugby-15

Finally went and picked up a copy of FFXII for PS4, UK version submitted just now to the db.
The UK version below looks like UK/FR
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-215-S-02860-A

Red Arts Games are one of these Limited Run style companies based in France. Games released by these companies are always listed as being from the country that company is based, and that country only. Regardless of languages on box etc. So all Red Art Games (if added correctly) should be France only

Only exception is if a company releases say an NTSC and a PAL version of a game. In that case region can be used to differentiate

https://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-231-S-15580-A
https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-231-H-00580-A
https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-231-H-00540-D
https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-231-H-00540-A
https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-231-H-00540-C
https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-231-H-00540-B

These should be set to North America, please.

FIXED

https://www.rfgeneration.com/PHP/gethwinfo.php?ID=U-064-H-00740-A

This should be North America, please.