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Topic: Taiwan 1 Chess Cartridge question...
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Albert
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posted 03-14-2002 09:44 AM
Hi Maxwell Smart, When we started putting foreign titles into our database a few months ago, we decided that for now we would simply list these titles with a "?", meaning we don't yet know how to accurately classify them. If you click on any of the rarity value graphics, you'll be taken to a page that describes what the values mean, including the question mark. The problem is that we live in the US and it's difficult to obtain most of the titles that were released outside of the US. Some of them are more common though, like the Taiwan pirate carts. So we definitely would need to rely on input from foreign collectors to assign values to these titles. However, a broader problem then becomes, "Okay, so this game might be a 4 in Germany, but what about over in the US?" Without some type of region-based rarity system, things start to get muddy. That "4" title in Germany might be "9" here in the US, since very few of those titles might have made it over here (and those that did are probably already in the hands of collectors who imported them!) ..Al
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Marco
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posted 03-14-2002 09:59 AM
quote: Originally posted by Albert: The problem is that we live in the US and it's difficult to obtain most of the titles that were released outside of the US. Some of them are more common though, like the Taiwan pirate carts. So we definitely would need to rely on input from foreign collectors to assign values to these titles. However, a broader problem then becomes, "Okay, so this game might be a 4 in Germany, but what about over in the US?" Without some type of region-based rarity system, things start to get muddy. That "4" title in Germany might be "9" here in the US, since very few of those titles might have made it over here (and those that did are probably already in the hands of collectors who imported them!)
A regional system will never work, IMO. It's almost impossible to make it reliable. I'd go for two lists maximum, PAL and NTSC. If you consider this to be a global hobby because of the internet, then it makes little difference if you can find a game in your local thrifstore or in a trade offer on AtariAge  Cheers, Marco
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Albert
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posted 03-14-2002 10:30 AM
quote: Originally posted by Marco: A regional system will never work, IMO. It's almost impossible to make it reliable. I'd go for two lists maximum, PAL and NTSC. If you consider this to be a global hobby because of the internet, then it makes little difference if you can find a game in your local thrifstore or in a trade offer on AtariAge 
I agree, and I don't think we'd ever try to implement a regional system. Sure, when the Internet enters into the picture, that definitely makes it a global hobby. But if rarity also includes the likelihood of you running into a game at your local flea market, thrift or garage sale, then the one value for foreign titles doesn't work as well. Of course, this can also be said for all the US titles that are plentiful here but not overseas. We'll tackle the foreign rarities at some point, but it will definitely require a lot of input from foreign collectors such as yourself. ..Al
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