PCE Software Bible updates

[_Paul]

Gameplay videos added: Bomber Man '94, Horror Story, PC Genjin 2, PC Genjin 3, Sapphire, Star Mobile, Terraforming and Violent Soldier.
Music added for Star Parodier.
Pictures added for Operation Wolf.


I'll see what I can do about those other requests 

[OceanBlueKirby]

Gameplay videos added: Bomber Man '94, Horror Story, PC Genjin 2, PC Genjin 3, Sapphire, Star Mobile, Terraforming and Violent Soldier.
Music added for Star Parodier.
Pictures added for Operation Wolf.


I'll see what I can do about those other requests 

Thanks a lot for what you've done so far, Sunteam_Paul . There are a few more things that I want to tell you, though:

I love how it's recommended in the "Why not try.." section for Artist Tool to use a pencil and paper instead (that joke could even be extended to mention Microsoft Paint and Mario Paint for the Super Nintendo, too ). It is stated on top of its page that the release date was on October 18, 1991, though; the game's copyright information has it for 1989.

For Terraforming, the Overview states it to be a biological shooter, but it's more of a seismic one since the levels are based on earthly locations. A rephrasing can be done this.

I'm thinking about using some of the pictures provided on your website to clip screenshots for making monthly avatars. If this is okay with you, I'll provide the credit/source on the "New Avatar Apreesh Thread" when possible. If not, I'll look for other sources to use for new icons.

[_Paul]

Fixed date.

I see where you are coming from with Terraforming, but the game is heavily based on shooting many biological creatures in their early stages on the terraformed world. So we're both right really.

Feel free to make avatars from my screenies.

[_Paul]

Added music for Turrican, Ys I and Ys II.

[_Paul]

Gameplay videos added: Martial Champion, Pop 'n Magic, Spriggan and Super Darius. Music added for Golden Axe, Legend of Dekoboko and Super Darius.

[Sensei]

Excellent work!  I have always liked your site but it just keeps getting better.  I might have to submit something*


*a mahjong game review.

[_Paul]

Excellent work!  I have always liked your site but it just keeps getting better.  I might have to submit something*


*a mahjong game review.

The more mahjong games other people review, the less I need to do myself 

[_Paul]

Visual scenes added: Hellfire S Opening, Pop 'n Magic Opening.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Here's a few minor errors for fixing:

A.III
    Link to Stephenson's Rocket has expired, but here's the new link.

ADVENTURE ISLAND
    Typo - "Taking more of its influence from the second game....."

AI - CHO ANIKI 
    Link to 'Visual Scenes - Opening' is dead.

ANKOKU DENSETSU
    Typo - "and maybe a little more ROM on the HuCard" - I know it's nitpicky, but shouldn't RAM be ROM?
    
APPARE! GATE BALL
    Typo - "...members of your team are chosen..."
    Typo - "...guaranteed to be frustratingly better than you are..."

ART OF FIGHTING
    Typo - "(think Street Fighter II's Hadouken)" - according to various intrawebz sources anyway, so take this with a grain of salt.

ASTRALIUS
    Typo - "You are a flute playing hero..."

GENPEITOMADEN
    Page is the old format with bad pictures.  This should be remedied as soon as possible, as the world's greatest game deserves better. 

[_Paul]

You are a jewel among human beings 

Fixed everything, including the Genpei problem which was utterly bizarre.

[_Paul]

Here are a few stats for those interested:

The top 3 most viewed games are:
1. Dracula X
2. Ys I.II
3. Kyukyoku Tiger

The most popular page is the Wallpapers, surprisingly.

The secret page has had only 47 views!

[OceanBlueKirby]

Here are a few stats for those interested:

The top 3 most viewed games are:
1. Dracula X
2. Ys I.II
3. Kyukyoku Tiger

The most popular page is the Wallpapers, surprisingly.

The secret page has had only 47 views!

I had no idea that you were able to see a view counter for each of the pages! Also, is it possible to know the individuals who looked at your webpages ?

I have a few more errors that I can across from the website, all which were different from the ones Necromancer pointed out from before:

There are no links available to see a larger version of the front covers for Dungeon Explorer II and Darkwing Duck (for Darkwing Duck, though, I have a feeling that you thought that it was too simple to have one).

For The Addams Family, the word "are" is missing from the third sentence in the "Comment" between "sprite" and "basic." The word "digitized" is spelled correctly for the "Digitized Pictures" link, but an "s" replaced the "z" for both the website title and webpage (I'm tired of seeing this, along with other spelling and grammar errors that appear frequently, on the Internet)!

I thought this error was a little humorous, but the release date in Japan for Alien Crush is put as September 14, 1998. This same typo had also happened with Jaseikin Necromancer.

Also, it might be a good idea to put a capital "G" for the TurboGrafx-16 on the front page description of the PC Engine; that was the way the system was officially spelled.

[Ceti Alpha]

We're a picky bunch, aren't we? 

[OceanBlueKirby]

We're a picky bunch, aren't we? 

Since Sunteam_Paul allows for others to send him problems or mispellings on the website, I'm really just trying to help him out as much as he can, since I felt kind of bad for him on the amount of work he had to do for it back when I had first met him last year (plus, he's a really kind and intelligent fellow, which makes me even more willing to do so).

[_Paul]

We're a picky bunch, aren't we? 

Hehe, I actually want to know all the errors, however small. It's the perfectionist in me.

Kirby is making me blush with all that flattery

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Also, it might be a good idea to put a capital "G" for the TurboGrafx-16 on the front page description of the PC Engine; that was the way the system was officially spelled.

That or change it to TURBOGRAFX as it was officially spelled in Paul's part o' the world.  That little bit of difference would go nicely with all the tyres, colours, and other such gubbins. 

[Ceti Alpha]

We're a picky bunch, aren't we? 

Since Sunteam_Paul allows for others to send him problems or mispellings on the website, I'm really just trying to help him out as much as he can, since I felt kind of bad for him on the amount of work he had to do for it back when I had first met him last year (plus, he's a really kind and intelligent fellow, which makes me even more willing to do so).

I know Kirby, I was just teasing. I also sent him a list of errors/typos. Editing your own material is virtually impossible, especially something of this magnitude. S_P has done a remarkable job.

[_Paul]

I had no idea that you were able to see a view counter for each of the pages! Also, is it possible to know the individuals who looked at your webpages ?

Almost! There are an awful lot of statistics with Google Analytics.

I have a few more errors that I can across from the website, all which were different from the ones Necromancer pointed out from before:

There are no links available to see a larger version of the front covers for Dungeon Explorer II and Darkwing Duck (for Darkwing Duck, though, I have a feeling that you thought that it was too simple to have one).

These are intentional. Not all games have larger cover images because I don't have high enough quality scans for them.

For The Addams Family, the word "are" is missing from the third sentence in the "Comment" between "sprite" and "basic." The word "digitized" is spelled correctly for the "Digitized Pictures" link, but an "s" replaced the "z" for both the website title and webpage (I'm tired of seeing this, along with other spelling and grammar errors that appear frequently, on the Internet)!

Sorted. British English tends to use 's' more than 'z' for words like this but in this case it should have been 'z' and I got myself confoozed.

I thought this error was a little humorous, but the release date in Japan for Alien Crush is put as September 14, 1998. This same typo had also happened with Jaseikin Necromancer.

Also, it might be a good idea to put a capital "G" for the TurboGrafx-16 on the front page description of the PC Engine; that was the way the system was officially spelled.

Fixed and fixed.

[_Paul]

Updated: Added wallpapers for CD Denjin and Space Fantasy Zone.

[Ceti Alpha]

Space Fantasy Zone looks great on my desktop. 

[OceanBlueKirby]

Also, it might be a good idea to put a capital "G" for the TurboGrafx-16 on the front page description of the PC Engine; that was the way the system was officially spelled.

That or change it to TURBOGRAFX as it was officially spelled in Paul's part o' the world.  That little bit of difference would go nicely with all the tyres, colours, and other such gubbins. 

That was mentioning the American release. It wouldn't fit right if he did that, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt if he mentioned the TurboGrafx somewhere...

We're a picky bunch, aren't we? 

Hehe, I actually want to know all the errors, however small. It's the perfectionist in me.

Kirby is making me blush with all that flattery

Aww ...

I had no idea that you were able to see a view counter for each of the pages! Also, is it possible to know the individuals who looked at your webpages ?

Almost! There are an awful lot of statistics with Google Analytics.

I have a few more errors that I can across from the website, all which were different from the ones Necromancer pointed out from before:

There are no links available to see a larger version of the front covers for Dungeon Explorer II and Darkwing Duck (for Darkwing Duck, though, I have a feeling that you thought that it was too simple to have one).

These are intentional. Not all games have larger cover images because I don't have high enough quality scans for them.

For The Addams Family, the word "are" is missing from the third sentence in the "Comment" between "sprite" and "basic." The word "digitized" is spelled correctly for the "Digitized Pictures" link, but an "s" replaced the "z" for both the website title and webpage (I'm tired of seeing this, along with other spelling and grammar errors that appear frequently, on the Internet)!

Sorted. British English tends to use 's' more than 'z' for words like this but in this case it should have been 'z' and I got myself confoozed.

I thought this error was a little humorous, but the release date in Japan for Alien Crush is put as September 14, 1998. This same typo had also happened with Jaseikin Necromancer.

Also, it might be a good idea to put a capital "G" for the TurboGrafx-16 on the front page description of the PC Engine; that was the way the system was officially spelled.

Fixed and fixed.

Great ! I guess using an s instead of a z is not as big of an error as I thought? I had not known that for English spelling before.

Updated: Added wallpapers for CD Denjin and Space Fantasy Zone.

That Super Air Zonk wallpaper looks great! The Space Fantasy Zone one is quite good, as well.

I have just one more error I've noticed that I've forgotten to put up last night: The link to Ballistix on the "B" page links to Baby Jo the Superhero, thus making two links to the former game on that same page. The ones going to this game in the "Why not try" sections of various titles have worked fine, as far as I know.

[_Paul]

Well spotted! Fixed.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Here's a few more:

BARI BARI DENSETSU
    Typo - "...maybe if you're a biking nutter..."

BATMAN
    Typo - "Graphics are well drawn - suitably dark and moody..."

BATTLE ACE
    Typo - "Quite how a company like Hudson had the nerve to release this trash is beyond me." - I don't think even the King's English would approve of this one.

BISHOJO SENSHI SAILOR MOON
    Fan site link is invalid.  If you're interested in a replacement, here's the 'official' fan site: http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp.

BOMBER MAN
    Link to US Cover has gone the way of the 404.

BROWNING
    Typo - "...and have prepared and have prepared a mobile weapon..." - I checked the case liner and the original engrish does not repeat.

BUILDERLAND
    Index page link goes to old format page.

[OceanBlueKirby]

Well spotted! Fixed.

Actually, I just checked it, and the problem still remains .

[guyjin]

did you clear your browser cache?

[OceanBlueKirby]

did you clear your browser cache?

OK. It had worked for me now when I switched computers.

I've noticed some odd phrasing whilst reading the Cadash overview. In the second sentence, there is a mention of "there mush much gnashing of teeth." There can be multiple ways to restate it, but one particular way I can think of is "and there was much mushing and gnashing of teeth from Barlog."

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I've noticed some odd phrasing whilst reading the Cadash overview. In the second sentence, there is a mention of "there mush much gnashing of teeth." There can be multiple ways to restate it, but one particular way I can think of is "and there was much mushing and gnashing of teeth from Barlog."

Strange.... I don't recall any sled dogs in Cadash. 


Anywho... here's a handful of other possible errors:

The names in the Turbo version are Baarogue and Princess Sarasa of Deerzar; it should be spelled as Balrog for the PCE version, though it wouldn't surprise me if it were misspelled in game or in the manual.

Typo - "Naturally the population descended into chaos..."

Typo - "...and the priest uses a mid-ranged holy mace of head-cracking." - to match the tenseness used elsewhere.

Typo - "...these skills are accessed by holding down the attack button."

[OceanBlueKirby]

I've noticed some odd phrasing whilst reading the Cadash overview. In the second sentence, there is a mention of "there mush much gnashing of teeth." There can be multiple ways to restate it, but one particular way I can think of is "and there was much mushing and gnashing of teeth from Barlog."

Strange.... I don't recall any sled dogs in Cadash. 


Anywho... here's a handful of other possible errors:

The names in the Turbo version are Baarogue and Princess Sarasa of Deerzar; it should be spelled as Balrog for the PCE version, though it wouldn't surprise me if it were misspelled in game or in the manual.

Typo - "Naturally the population descended into chaos..."

Typo - "...and the priest uses a mid-ranged holy mace of head-cracking." - to match the tenseness used elsewhere.

Typo - "...these skills are accessed by holding down the attack button."

"Mushing" could refer to squishing, not telling dogs to pull a sleigh. The word "mushing" can be removed entirely to form a sensible sentence, as well.

[_Paul]

You lot are keeping me busy! Keep 'em coming!

I've hopefully fixed them all (although the link to old versions of pages still bemuses me, unless some new versions just failed to upload correctly).

The only thing I didn't change was this:

BATTLE ACE
    Typo - "Quite how a company like Hudson had the nerve to release this trash is beyond me." - I don't think even the King's English would approve of this one.

Ain't nuthin' wrong with that 

[Ceti Alpha]

BATTLE ACE
    Typo - "Quite how a company like Hudson had the nerve to release this trash is beyond me." - I don't think even the King's English would approve of this one.

Ain't nuthin' wrong with that 

There just needs to be an adjective between "quite" and "how" and get rid of , or just remove "Quite" altogether. It just depends on the context. But from what I gather you are trying to say, I would suggest getting rid of "Quite" and start the sentence off with "How":

i.e. "How a company like Hudson had the nerve to release this trash is beyond me."
     
or with an adjective, thought I don't think this fits with what you are trying to say.
     "Quite disheartening how a company like Hudson could release this trash."

[Nazi NecroPhile]

^^^   Damn, double-postin' Canadians!

Ain't nuthin' wrong with that 

If you say so.  Quick, pass me a torch so I don't fall arse-over-tit down the lift shaft on my way to the loo to smoke a fag. 

Here's a few more:

CARDANGELS
    Typo - "Each player has a hand of cards and must take a card from the other player."

CD DENJIN
    Typo - "...backing into an enemy is more likely to dispose of them than do you any permanent damage."
    Typo - "...Super Air Zonk is a lot like the first game..."
    Typo - "...standard shooting action we've all seen before."

CHASE HQ
    Typo - "Once the offending criminal is taken in for questioning..." - perhaps 'crim' is acceptable slang, but I've never heard it before.
    External link for 'Police Chase Videos' is dead.

CHINA WARRIOR
    Typo - "...which it probably was at the time."
    Typo - "...because of its place in the history of the console..."
    External link for 'Southern Tiger Kung Fu' is incorrect; here's the correct address: http://www.shaolin.com/StyleContent.aspx?Style=Tiger.

CHO JIKU YOSAI MACROSS 2036
    Typo - "Choosing to move on with a new story..."

CHO JIKU YOSAI MACROSS - ETERNAL LOVE SONG
    Why not try... link to 'Master of Monsters' instead leads to 'Nectarsis'.

CLOUD MASTER
    Typo - "...this takes the shoot 'em up genre and puts it into a fantastical ancient Chinese setting."
    Typo - "...sending you back to the last restart point in the level."

COBRA II - THE LEGEND OF MEN 
    Typo - "The cigar chomping hero returns in another space adventure."

COLOR WARS
    Typo - "Includes an adventure mode and a 4-player party mode."

COLUMNS
    Typo - "Sega's gem dropping gem dropping game keeps things simple. Rotate the coloured jewels as they fall down screen..."

CORYOON - CHILD OF DRAGON
    External link for 'The Life of a Dragon' is incorrect; here's the correct address: http://www.draconian.com/special-life1/life.php.

CRATERMAZE
    Typo - "There is a selection of different levels..."

CYBER CITY OEDO 808  <-- on index page as well

[_Paul]

I really appreciate all the effort in letting me know all these errors. Thank you.

Some of them make me mad with myself as I know better than to use it's instead of its for example and this annoys me when other people do it! I have a real mental block with Cyber City Oedo. I've been aware of it since I saw about the anime in Newtype years ago, but my brain always wants to type Odeo for some reason.

'Crim' is primarily British slang for criminal, although you don't hear it much (except occasionally in Judge Dredd comics).

If you say so.  Quick, pass me a torch so I don't fall arse-over-tit down the lift shaft on my way to the loo to smoke a fag. 

Blimey, you sounded almost normal for a moment then!

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Blimey, you sounded almost normal for a moment then!

Quite. 

[Ceti Alpha]

^^^   Damn, double-postin' Canadians!

hahaha oops   

le fixed

[OceanBlueKirby]

I really appreciate all the effort in letting me know all these errors. Thank you.

Some of them make me mad with myself as I know better than to use it's instead of its for example and this annoys me when other people do it! I have a real mental block with Cyber City Oedo. I've been aware of it since I saw about the anime in Newtype years ago, but my brain always wants to type Odeo for some reason.

'Crim' is primarily British slang for criminal, although you don't hear it much (except occasionally in Judge Dredd comics).

I feel the same way when I see some of the spelling errors made often on the Internet, and I do get kinda disappointed when I make simplistic one myself.

I think I just noticed that some of the single-missing-word spelling errors could be due to a sort of slang used in the English language. For instance, in the second sentence of the overview for Bikkuri Man World/Wonder Boy in Monster Lair, the word "of" is missing between the letters "perfect" and "a", making the phrase "...perfect a conversion as you're likely to get." Sometimes people do say these in normal circumstances, as I recall, but this, I believe, relates to drabbing on words or a southern-USA type of speech. Don't try to feel too bad about little errors like those, if you do feel humliated by them; sometimes they are appropriate for some levels of communications (but it is always best to speak as intelligently as possible, too; it would be good to fix the error mentioned above).

[_Paul]

Gameplay videos added: Chiki Chiki Boys, Hana Tāka Daka!?, Pac-Land, Panic Bomber and Populous. Music added for Hana Tāka Daka!?

[OceanBlueKirby]

Gameplay videos added: Chiki Chiki Boys, Hana Tāka Daka!?, Pac-Land, Panic Bomber and Populous. Music added for Hana Tāka Daka!?

You sure are giving me a bit of a workload there, Sunteam_Paul. Good work on the footages, as usual. I'm particularly thankful for the Pac-Land, Hana Taka Daka!?, and  Panic Bomber one since they were most helpful.

I have noticed a few errors in the Populous entry, though. The game was listed to be released on April 5, 1991, but the games copyright date states that it was made in 1989 (the same type of error that was present in Artist Tool). There is a context error in the phrase "More houses means more people" for the Overview; since the subject is plural, the linking verb(?) must be singular for coherency. What system was the original game on (stating this will help provide necessary detail to the readers who are just learning about the game)? "God" may need to be capitalized also.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I have noticed a few errors in the Populous entry, though. The game was listed to be released on April 5, 1991, but the games copyright date states that it was made in 1989 (the same type of error that was present in Artist Tool).

The original games (Amiga, ST, and PC) were released in 1989, hence the early copyright date.

"God" may need to be capitalized also.

Blasphemer!  It shouldn't be capitalized, as the player adopts the role of a generic deity and not the God. 

[_Paul]

You sure are giving me a bit of a workload there, Sunteam_Paul.

Likewise 

What system was the original game on (stating this will help provide necessary detail to the readers who are just learning about the game)?

I sometimes name the original format, but the Wiki link down the bottom of the page (yes I know you distrust Wikipedia) should provide more than enough information for those who wish to research it further.

[_Paul]

Gameplay videos added for: Chase HQ, Coryoon, Kato Chan & Ken Chan, Mr Heli and New Zealand Story.
Comparison screenshot added for New Zealand Story.

[_Paul]

Gameplay video added for Jim Power.

[Ceti Alpha]

Gameplay video added for Jim Power.

Wow. Jim Power looks like a neat game. Never knew about this one. 

[OceanBlueKirby]

Gameplay videos added for: Chase HQ, Coryoon, Kato Chan & Ken Chan, Mr Heli and New Zealand Story.
Comparison screenshot added for New Zealand Story.

I was running out of characters when I was trying to ask about this on the Coryoon gameplay video, but what had happened to the pictures of the options screens that were in the "Omake Images" section of the older version of the website? They really were lovely pictures, as I remember you addressing them as, too.

I was surprised from the Kato Chan and Ken Chan overview that you knew two terminologies for fecalation ("letting one rip" and "taking a dump"). I never though anyone outside of America (let alone my own father, since he uses them quite frequently) was aware of them...Did you listen to American comedies, by any chance ?

NOW, I really like to hear a music video for Timeball/Blodia, since from hearing the "techno" track present in the gameplay video for it, and there looks to be several music choices possible, I would like to hear the other music pieces sound like. A gameplay video of Battle Royale would be nice, also; Looking at the screenshots, I've been interested to see how it plays.

[_Paul]

Gameplay video added for Jim Power.

Wow. Jim Power looks like a neat game. Never knew about this one. 

Approach with caution. It's really not as good as you might think.

[_Paul]

I was running out of characters when I was trying to ask about this on the Coryoon gameplay video, but what had happened to the pictures of the options screens that were in the "Omake Images" section of the older version of the website? They really were lovely pictures, as I remember you addressing them as, too.

That was purely an oversight. They are back up now.

I was surprised from the Kato Chan and Ken Chan overview that you knew two terminologies for fecalation ("letting one rip" and "taking a dump"). I never though anyone outside of America (let alone my own father, since he uses them quite frequently) was aware of them...Did you listen to American comedies, by any chance ?

Hrm, I'm not aware of those phrases having an American origin, I've used them for as long as I can remember.

NOW, I really like to hear a music video for Timeball/Blodia, since from hearing the "techno" track present in the gameplay video for it, and there looks to be several music choices possible, I would like to hear the other music pieces sound like. A gameplay video of Battle Royale would be nice, also; Looking at the screenshots, I've been interested to see how it plays.

Blodia sound is likely to be soon as there aren't that many tunes, making it a nice easy one for me to do.

[_Paul]

Music added: Blodia.

[Ceti Alpha]

Gameplay video added for Jim Power.

Wow. Jim Power looks like a neat game. Never knew about this one. 

Approach with caution. It's really not as good as you might think.

hehe. I'll keep my eyes open for Jim. 

[_Paul]

Music added: Doraemon.

[_Paul]

Gameplay videos added: Kiaidan 00 and Zero Wing.
Music added for Devil Crash, Macross 2036 and Zero Wing.

[_Paul]

Added comparison screens for Zero Wing.
Added cheat for Wataru.