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I recently posted the a new dump for Terry Pratchett's Discworld (Id: 79814).

I purchased this game in the United States.  I have the original box, manual, etc. for the game.  I submitted the game as USA, but it was put in the database as Region: Europe. 

Isn't the region supposed to be where the game was sold, or is there some other criteria for region I am not aware of?

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Hello,

the ringcode is definitely European. Also, there's a real USA release out there with an ESRB rating on the cover:   https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Xo0AAOSw … -l1600.jpg

I removed from your submission the barcode because I thought you assumed it to be the USA release and took the barcode from this list: http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=PC_USA_selection but if you actually own the box and the disc was inside, that's a different story and it could be that the first USA release of the game was actually a European disc with USA packaging. Either that, or someone got a European disc and put it inside a USA box.

I can't find any USA big box pictures anywhere to confirm which disc originally came with the USA big box.

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Jackal wrote:

Hello,

the ringcode is definitely European. Also, there's a real USA release out there with an ESRB rating on the cover:   https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Xo0AAOSw … -l1600.jpg

I removed the barcode because I thought you assumed it to be the USA release and took the barcode from this list: http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=PC_USA_selection but if you actually own the box and the disc was inside, that's a gamechanger and it could be that the first USA release of the game was actually a European disc with USA packaging. Either that, or someone got a European disc and put it inside a USA box.

I can't find any USA big box pictures anywhere to confirm which disc originally came with the USA big box.

I'll take photos of the box and contents and upload them

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Digitoxin wrote:

I'll take photos of the box and contents and upload them

Thanks. It seems like the box says "Made in the UK": https://elisoftware.org/w/index.php/Dis … da_Release so that explains why the disc is European. Is the barcode a sticker perhaps?

Digitoxin wrote:

Isn't the region supposed to be where the game was sold, or is there some other criteria for region I am not aware of?

That's usually the case yes, but there are some exceptions and this seems to be one of them. It can happen sometimes that a publisher takes a release from a particular region and exports it to another region with a barcode sticker.
The "true" (manufactured in) USA release that I pictured then might have been printed at a later date.

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Jackal wrote:
Digitoxin wrote:

I'll take photos of the box and contents and upload them

Thanks. It seems like the box says "Made in the UK": https://elisoftware.org/w/index.php/Dis … da_Release so that explains why the disc is European. Is the barcode a sticker perhaps?

Digitoxin wrote:

Isn't the region supposed to be where the game was sold, or is there some other criteria for region I am not aware of?

That's usually the case yes, but there are some exceptions and this seems to be one of them. It can happen sometimes that a publisher takes a release from a particular region and exports it to another region with a barcode sticker.
The "true" (manufactured in) USA release that I pictured then might have been printed at a later date.

The box photos in the link you posted is the exact same release I have, with the same stickers on the box.   The barcode is the same as well, but it is a sticker on the box and not printed on the box itself.   I purchased the game at either an EB Games or Gamestop around 20 years ago.