https://www.nesworld.com/files/ukraritylist.txt The NES Release list is A to Z, not 1987 to 1995. I want the chronological version of the NES Release list in the UK, please!
What's with all the history of the NES in Europe questions? I would ask if we are doing your homework but this feels more like we are doing a research thesis instead as I doubt any normal homework would be this, or if it is then it is one of those "own topic" things teachers allow to have a student fail and realise that they might have bitten off more than they could chew.
Also why would this site be a good place to ask? This is neither a NES focused site (though even nesdev would probably struggle here for reasons I am about to cover) nor a game history focused site (in one of your earlier things I already mentioned how game history from around then is very hazy -- https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/167392/sad_but_true_we_cant_prove_when_.php https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/14/9324833/super-mario-brothers-30th-anniversary-date ), and beyond that the "Scene"* was not really a thing for the NES while the NES was active and whatever there was** was not terribly unified -- such a lack of unity carried on through the console scenes until late PS1 era (which still means most of the PS1 was a mess). Certainly there are those that enjoy the occasional discussion about the NES (or older games in general), about game history (much less the history of games in the UK) and about Scene things but it is still odd.
*The Scene itself is not really tied to commercial releases in the way you probably want -- for many years getting something ahead of street date (sometimes months) was a coup, and for other things then things that fewer people cared about then it could be missed and be released after the fact, or when anti piracy protection was cracked.
**while there were unofficial releases (see Tengen's efforts), cloned games (I know less here but there are designs from around then on adding different chips), cheats (the court case involving Galoob being of interest to more than just games), so called Hong Kong mappers and interesting dealings but more kicked off with the rise of emulation of the device ( https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...mbitious-emulator-that-redefined-retro-gaming ) and later designs of flash carts (which continues to this day -- it has not been so long since Krikzz and everdrive took on things), possibly also some ROM hacking as it seems to be bringing all sorts of games out of Japan or fixing up things that might have fallen flat back in the day.
Given that later games lack source code ( https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1014845/sega-loses-source-code-games ) because of bad retention practices I doubt even if you were given access to Nintendo's archives, a lot of time, could speak Japanese and knew business that you could piece together who got given the (usually sharply limited) supplies of lockout chips, and that is before we deal with the Tengen and Atari question (before Sega vs Accolade there was Nintendo vs Atari).
What's with all the history of the NES in Europe questions? I would ask if we are doing your homework but this feels more like we are doing a research thesis instead as I doubt any normal homework would be this, or if it is then it is one of those "own topic" things teachers allow to have a student fail and realise that they might have bitten off more than they could chew.
Also why would this site be a good place to ask? This is neither a NES focused site (though even nesdev would probably struggle here for reasons I am about to cover) nor a game history focused site (in one of your earlier things I already mentioned how game history from around then is very hazy -- https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/167392/sad_but_true_we_cant_prove_when_.php https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/14/9324833/super-mario-brothers-30th-anniversary-date ), and beyond that the "Scene"* was not really a thing for the NES while the NES was active and whatever there was** was not terribly unified -- such a lack of unity carried on through the console scenes until late PS1 era (which still means most of the PS1 was a mess). Certainly there are those that enjoy the occasional discussion about the NES (or older games in general), about game history (much less the history of games in the UK) and about Scene things but it is still odd.
*The Scene itself is not really tied to commercial releases in the way you probably want -- for many years getting something ahead of street date (sometimes months) was a coup, and for other things then things that fewer people cared about then it could be missed and be released after the fact, or when anti piracy protection was cracked.
**while there were unofficial releases (see Tengen's efforts), cloned games (I know less here but there are designs from around then on adding different chips), cheats (the court case involving Galoob being of interest to more than just games), so called Hong Kong mappers and interesting dealings but more kicked off with the rise of emulation of the device ( https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...mbitious-emulator-that-redefined-retro-gaming ) and later designs of flash carts (which continues to this day -- it has not been so long since Krikzz and everdrive took on things), possibly also some ROM hacking as it seems to be bringing all sorts of games out of Japan or fixing up things that might have fallen flat back in the day.
Given that later games lack source code ( https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1014845/sega-loses-source-code-games ) because of bad retention practices I doubt even if you were given access to Nintendo's archives, a lot of time, could speak Japanese and knew business that you could piece together who got given the (usually sharply limited) supplies of lockout chips, and that is before we deal with the Tengen and Atari question (before Sega vs Accolade there was Nintendo vs Atari).
Why? They are not going to challenge you to trivia on it in customs.It's neccesary before visting UK.
Why? They are not going to challenge you to trivia on it in customs.
Similarly if you were planning to come away with a (presumably PAL) NES collection or stock a shop to sell back somewhere else for the silly money by wandering into a shop and slapping down some cash while on a trip to the UK then good luck with one. You might find the odd NES game in a non chain* shop (all 5 of them that still exist) or pawn shop with a dedicated game section (have been to a few) but most of it is online, in retro fayres/events or exceptional luck in car boot sales/charity shops/similar -- I go to loads of such places and seldom find anything for the PS1 (and that is usually sports games. PS2 on up is about all you find these days), never mind the older consoles. Outside of online and retro events (and even those are tricky) then I have not see anything resembling a decent NES selection for sale in decades at this point, much less one where you need to keep a list of available games and values thereof in your head.
If you are thinking about anything resembling collector grade then allow me to start laughing now -- battered label loose things with one of the black plastic slip wallets is all you can really expect here.
*to be fair CEX might have a £30 copy of Super Mario or something. Assuming it is not a repro anyway.
As for other sites. nesdev is more about developing on the NES so probably less about UK game history (they have a lot of people that know an awful lot about the NES and its various accessories and related trivia). There are not many UK centric NES sites like you might find for the C64, BBC micro or Amiga or something. Also I will refer back to the how hazy history actually is around that point -- if we don't know the North American release date of Super Mario then chances of finding the release date (which might have been more when different shops stuck it on shelves than a region wide release) for the UK release of Defender of the Crown or Shadowgate or something is probably going to take PHD levels of research per game or per game company (and given most pubs did not cross over from the US or Japan to do their business at this point and farmed it out..).
Why? They are not going to challenge you to trivia on it in customs.
Similarly if you were planning to come away with a (presumably PAL) NES collection or stock a shop to sell back somewhere else for the silly money by wandering into a shop and slapping down some cash while on a trip to the UK then good luck with one. You might find the odd NES game in a non chain* shop (all 5 of them that still exist) or pawn shop with a dedicated game section (have been to a few) but most of it is online, in retro fayres/events or exceptional luck in car boot sales/charity shops/similar -- I go to loads of such places and seldom find anything for the PS1 (and that is usually sports games. PS2 on up is about all you find these days), never mind the older consoles. Outside of online and retro events (and even those are tricky) then I have not see anything resembling a decent NES selection for sale in decades at this point, much less one where you need to keep a list of available games and values thereof in your head.
If you are thinking about anything resembling collector grade then allow me to start laughing now -- battered label loose things with one of the black plastic slip wallets is all you can really expect here.
*to be fair CEX might have a £30 copy of Super Mario or something. Assuming it is not a repro anyway.
As for other sites. nesdev is more about developing on the NES so probably less about UK game history (they have a lot of people that know an awful lot about the NES and its various accessories and related trivia). There are not many UK centric NES sites like you might find for the C64, BBC micro or Amiga or something. Also I will refer back to the how hazy history actually is around that point -- if we don't know the North American release date of Super Mario then chances of finding the release date (which might have been more when different shops stuck it on shelves than a region wide release) for the UK release of Defender of the Crown or Shadowgate or something is probably going to take PHD levels of research per game or per game company (and given most pubs did not cross over from the US or Japan to do their business at this point and farmed it out..).
I read that. My reply was with that in mind. I however could not fathom a reason why you would need to know the chronological release dates of NES games in the UK prior to a visit to the UK.I sayed, because it's neccesary before visting UK!
https://www.nesworld.com/files/ukraritylist.txt The NES Release list is A to Z, not 1987 to 1995. I want the chronological version of the NES Release list in the UK, please!
Hello fellow NES Information Collector.
How is it going with your research ?
Do you have any News for us ?
Thank you.
Well i done now!
Well i done now!
Great to hear that news from you.
And is it maybe possible that we also have to know a little about your research please ?
Do you have a Homepage or something else for us where we can look over your great research work ?
That would be very kind from you,if you are sharing your Stuff with this great Community.
Thank you.