DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, Astor Reinhardt said: So is "Individual Black Label Releases" the same as Xbox exclusives? Because I have a list of exclusives...as I'm going for just exclusives on the Xbox. My list isn't great...a lot of it I got from multiple websites and doing a little digging on my own. But if you need an exclusive list...I'd be willing to share mine. It just means one game and not a multi-pack of some kind. Most people would count something like Outlaw Golf / Sea Blade as a black label Xbox release, as well as the pack-ins like Star Wars / Tetris Worlds. This becomes a problem with the GTA games because Grand Theft Auto III and VC exist on Xbox, but only ever came out in the Double Pack and Trilogy box sets. I only like counting a game once, so I don't personally like having the Double Pack and Trilogy in the same list, because then I would feel obligated to lump all the different releases of every other game onto the list. So I count solo games in the individual releases list and box sets and special editions separately. GTA3 and VC did have an individual rental release which is how I justify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGCollectaholic | 111 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Let me know if you want pics on anything. I'm happy to toss some up for anything I have. In the meantime, here's the Driver LE (since I had it handy on my IG). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, VGCollectaholic said: Let me know if you want pics on anything. I'm happy to toss some up for anything I have. Yeah I want pics of everything @Super_Nintender has in his secret archives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGCollectaholic | 111 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, DefaultGen said: Yeah I want pics of everything @Super_Nintender has in his secret archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeewithmrsaturn | 100 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Didn't check the whole thread, but just wanted to make sure you knew about the Madden 09 and Madden 11 breast cancer awareness variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 @DefaultGen I'm really digging what you've started here, and honored and grateful for the shoutout. I started my site because of the serious lack of information and to help promote sharing of knowledge. I know that some people like to hoard all of the good info, but sharing like I have has helped me find a great network of like minded collectors that have helped me more than I could have done on my own, and for the most part I don't mind sharing the hunt because I know how obsessive I am and also that most people are going after regular games and not going to look into variants until they've finished the main stuff (kind of a weird sentence but hey...I do what I do). That works for me since I'll be well ahead of them by that time. Most of my site is built off of my phone (and honestly a huge pain), I then hop on the computer when time allows and attempt to clean up any formatting issues that I can. I still have a lot of stuff I haven't had the chance to upload yet, but now my plan is to upload basic photos for everything and then accompany that with a video that goes into more detail. I'm always open to suggestions because my brain can only handle so much. Once again, thanks for this, I have learned a few more things which is awesome and look forward to seeing what others have to offer. tPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 7:48 AM, Silent Hill said: Has anyone else noticed that the standalone Jet Set Radio Future has an artwork variant? One has a shine/holofoil and another is matte. Good thing these games are so cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 12/17/2019 at 5:51 PM, DefaultGen said: DVD Movie Demo Set Certain DVD movies came with Xbox demos you could play on Xbox Doom (Unrated Widescreen Edition) - (Doom 3) Hulk (Special Edition) - (Hulk) King Arthur - The Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition) - (King Arthur) Robots (Widescreen Edition) - (Robots) Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc) - (Battlefront) Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume One - (Battlefront) Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume Two - (Battlefront II) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Widescreen Edition) - (Battlefront II) The Chronicles of Riddick (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut) - (Chronicles of Riddick) Van Helsing (Widescreen Edition) - (Van Helsing) Didn't know about these until the other day, and it's awesome to find a list for these. Something else to obsess over. At least this is an easy one to knock out, until more are found. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Speaking of HTF, I've made a video of a recent find for probably the rarest OGX title out there. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 6:59 AM, thePiratePimp said: Speaking of HTF, I've made a video of a recent find for probably the rarest OGX title out there. Yeah, yeah, I updated my list with your ultra rare, one of a kind game I can't keep up with every major variants like this, and you guys are posting even minor sticker nonsense I've never seen. Thanks for all your hard work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 17 hours ago, DefaultGen said: minor sticker nonsense 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) I'm looking into Steel Battalion variants, based on the very quick look at things, the green controller seems to have came in a shipping box that says M45-00001. The blue controller seems to have came in a shipping box with a M45-00004 sticker on it The green controller comes in a plain box, the blue controller almost always has 2 circular Xbox Live stickers on it, one on top, and one of the top center of the flap side. There are (at least?) 4 matching serial numbers on Steel Battalion: On the outer shipping box, on the outside of the green box, on the top cardboard layer inside the green box, and on the bottom of the center segment of the controller. Of the few controllers I've seen, the blue serial numbers come after the green ones, which obviously makes sense. I did find one blue controller in a box without XBL stickers but couldn't confirm the serial. It's possible it's incorrectly paired or it's evidence that only some blue controllers had XBL stickers. The rest of the data matches the pattern so far. Serial Buttons XBL Stickers Shipping box no. Notes SB100116090 Green No M45-00001 DefaultGen SB100165937 Green No - DefaultGen SB100457100 Blue - - DefaultGen SB100408690 Blue Yes - ThePiratePimp SB100045260 - No - Dan, sealed - - No M45-00001 Not 100% sure if correctly paired - Blue No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired, only blue I've seen without XBL stickers so far SB100083255 M45-00001 Not 100% sure if correctly paired - Blue Yes - Not 100% sure if correctly paired SB100474107 Blue No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired - Green No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired SB100129090 Green No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired - Green No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired SB100472400 Blue - - - Green No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired SB100144895 Green No - Not 100% sure if correctly paired SB100002782 Green - - AshEvent SB100037777 TBD TBD - Johnny SB100058451 Green No - vgcollectaholic SB100427752 Blue Yes - vgcollectaholic SB100314649 - - M45-00001 (sticker) Sealed (from France) SB100312987 - - M45-00001 (sticker) Sealed ----- I'd like to find out if there was ever a green controller packed with XBL stickers. With this info anyway, you should be able to tell the variant without opening the box, even if it's sealed in the factory shipping box.My guess is the SB1000-1001 is green, 1004 is blue. There appears to be an SB1003, so there must be a cut-off somewhere. Edit: Damn I found a picture of what looks like SB100312987, M45-00001 box, but with a sticker! Unfortunately it's sealed so I'm not sure of the color And this SB100314649, also a factory sealed shipping box, this time from France. A frustrating mystery. Hmmm. Neither the regular or Line of Contact PAL release of the game seems to have these SB serial numbers on the box. At least in the Line of Contact set (blue buttons), the serial number format is also entirely different, so I don't think it's a French thing: Edited June 6, 2020 by DefaultGen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 @DefaultGen Here's mine to add mine to the list, I don't have the shipping container but it's a green button with no xbl stickers on the box. Sn: SB100050660 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Now get brutal | 72 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 @DefaultGen My Steel Battalion controller is the green button version. SN: SB100102765. Sent this information via Instagram as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Just poking at things a bit. This is messing me up. Should "Midway Arcade Treasures 1" count as a unique black label release? What do you Gamecube people do? This currently isn't on my list. I brought it up to someone as a joke, but now it's been bugging me because it really isn't that much different than Stadium Events / World Class Track Meet or Chavez II / Boxing Legends of the Ring or ESPN Whatever / 1Xtreme. It's a re-release with a technically different name. I love separating out box sets and collectors editions and variants into their own lists, but when a game has a unique name I like to count it. Hmmm. It is hard to define a good set of rules that I like for every release on every console. Also I hadn't considered this before, but I guess the contest-winner Psychonauts disc would be a variant. I've of course never seen this and imagine if it was found it was cashed in for the prize. That's some holy-grail level contest stuff right there though, like a Vectorman cartridge that's a $20,000 winner. Edited July 7, 2020 by DefaultGen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoppaLarge | 1 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 On 7/7/2020 at 2:30 PM, DefaultGen said: Just poking at things a bit. This is messing me up. Should "Midway Arcade Treasures 1" count as a unique black label release? What do you Gamecube people do? This currently isn't on my list. I brought it up to someone as a joke, but now it's been bugging me because it really isn't that much different than Stadium Events / World Class Track Meet or Chavez II / Boxing Legends of the Ring or ESPN Whatever / 1Xtreme. It's a re-release with a technically different name. I love separating out box sets and collectors editions and variants into their own lists, but when a game has a unique name I like to count it. Hmmm. It is hard to define a good set of rules that I like for every release on every console. If you count name changes as unique, then I think you would count it. Personally, since this is the same game just with new box art and name, I would say it's a variant. Also, I feel your pain on defining a good set of rules for every release on every console. I think the Atari 2600 has broken me completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I consider it a variant too, love different art. I was going through some of my Xbox stuff and found this copy of dead to rights that I got as a pre-order bonus with breakdown pretty sure from gamestop. I remember preordering specifically for the extra game but when it was all promoed' up I couldn't open it and stashed it away thinking it would be worth something one day.. honestly just think it's a cool part of my collection now haha The back had a hangtab and drilled out barcode as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 8:52 AM, drxandy said: I consider it a variant too, love different art. I was going through some of my Xbox stuff and found this copy of dead to rights that I got as a pre-order bonus with breakdown pretty sure from gamestop. I remember preordering specifically for the extra game but when it was all promoed' up I couldn't open it and stashed it away thinking it would be worth something one day.. honestly just think it's a cool part of my collection now haha The back had a hangtab and drilled out barcode as well. I have this one as well, sticker on the front and burned upc on the back saw another one (maybe this one) listed on ebay not too long ago for a great low price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, thePiratePimp said: I have this one as well, sticker on the front and burned upc on the back saw another one (maybe this one) listed on ebay not too long ago for a great low price. Naw wasn't me, I'm over halfway on the full set so it's the long haul now bahaha. I noticed on my copy it seems like there was a printing error on the Xbox logo top left, missing the shadow? wondering if that's on your copy? and then further speculating they may have decided to throw these misprints out as promo items? Edit: I found the sold eBay one and I am also seeing the same printing error!! Edited July 14, 2020 by drxandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePiratePimp | 35 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 14 hours ago, drxandy said: Naw wasn't me, I'm over halfway on the full set so it's the long haul now bahaha. I noticed on my copy it seems like there was a printing error on the Xbox logo top left, missing the shadow? wondering if that's on your copy? and then further speculating they may have decided to throw these misprints out as promo items? Edit: I found the sold eBay one and I am also seeing the same printing error!! I'm up to around 600 now, but I only buy games from people when I can get them bulk and cheap. Mine matches yours, and when I compare it to other PH titles, all of the green seems darker than the other titles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigly1234 | 110 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Mine also has the darker green x, looks so off lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Ok so I'm going out on the conspiracy theory limb that the plant messed up and did a run that wasn't the proper color and they used them for this promo because they couldn't sell them or something. A misprint run that got a release in a way haha. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Does anyone have a resource for kiosk demo disc contents? I tried searching for quite a while and came up exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 A rare occasion indeed: r/gamecollecting upvotes something interesting. A picture of the AO variant of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas was posted: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghkilla805 | 10 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) Great list! I actually just joined the forum because of it. I recently started collecting for Xbox again and it’s a great guide. Luckily I’m only going for the CE/LE/SE games, black label games, and unique games such as the combo packs/Ph combo packs. Going for the variants and preorder bonus stuff would hurt my brain too much lol Edit: Also, you list Silent Scope Complete in the bundles section, is there any version that actually comes bundled with the game? Ive only seem the gun bundle that says software not included on the box Edited July 29, 2020 by Ghkilla805 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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