💀 Got this email from Amazon KDP today 💀
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Video game historian and preservationist. Author of the GBE+ emulator.
My next book *WILL NOT* be published via Amazon KDP. There's a dozen other little problems I've had with the service previously (namely the print quality).
I am working on a new book too, btw.
Like it's easy to fix, but it's just something I'd wish they'd come to me *much* sooner. Like if I had to have dealt with this a month after release, no biggie. But coming now some 349 days later...
I'm going to deal with this mess later. I have to play some Halo first then go to work (in that order).
Like it's not the end of the world. Just change the title by adding a word or too ("Unofficial Guide" or something).
But seriously, out there for almost a year, and *now* it's a problem? Couldn't you all have flagged that *before* it was published and sold?
And the kicker is that there are still other books on Amazon that have similar titles.
And the Kindle version is still up, just not the physical version of my book.
Nothing is more mysterious than the Agatsuma TV Tuner. Technically a massive GBA cart, but marketed as a DS accessory. Its game code according to the ROM header is "DTV0", which is totally unconventional for GBA software.
It did have a more conventional game code when it was first marketed, "AGB-ZPTV-J", but this is seen nowhere on the packaging or materials of the official product.
Additionally, according to some lists of GBA game codes online, AGB-ZMDP is supposedly a multi-language version of the Nintendo MP3 Player, but it doesn't actually exist afaik.
Doesn't make sense to have a language selection screen or something like that since there's very little text used for the Nintendo MP3 Player. They ended up just showing errors messages on-screen in a few languages.
Recently, I was looking at some of the 4-letter game codes for GBA carts with special hardware and noticed something.
AGB-ZMAJ = Play-Yan
AGB-ZMBJ = Play-Yan Micro
AGB-ZMDE = Nintendo MP3 Player
It looks like Nintendo skipped whatever AGB-ZMCx would have been. Quite possibly a variant of the Play-Yan meant for the US/MX/CA region?
It's not the iQue version of the Play-Yan, since that's just an exact byte-for-byte copy of the first Play-Yan with a translated manual. Very curious.
@endrift Yeah, BoF1 has a really thin story. Generic defeat Dark Lord and kill Deity. Little to no party interaction too.
It's certainly from an era of JRPGs where things were quite rough. I've played a few like that over the years, so maybe I'm a bit used to that? Still enjoyed the overall journey. Been wanting to play BoF1 ever since I saw the GBA version in Nintendo Power, so glad I finally got around to it.
Based on this conversation, I'm actually really excited to try BoF2 soon!
@endrift I wouldn't put too much stock in my taste in games lol. I can tolerate a fair amount of jank when it comes to JRPGs. Thought about jumping into BoF2 right away but haven't decided on what next to play via emulation.
