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?

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.

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

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.