Canada vs. USA releases?

FiftyQuid · 05/14/2012, 12:57 PM

Hi everyone, I'm a fairly new collector. I had a TG-16 as a teenager and thought it was a fantastic system even though none of my friends had it. I'm in Canada, and I was just curious if Canada saw any TG-16 games released that didn't make it into the USA. Were there any 'special edition' type releases solely for Canada?

Thank you for your time.

Sadler · 05/14/2012, 01:20 PM

I don't think there were any Canada only releases. I think the only difference was that they did sometimes include French manuals in Canadian releases.

DragonmasterDan · 05/14/2012, 01:31 PM

Canadian releases were generally just US issued games, some of them had french manuals added. Other than that, no differences.

NecroPhile · 05/14/2012, 01:39 PM

The boxes were often different as well (frenchy description).

FiftyQuid · 05/14/2012, 01:53 PM

Thanks guys. So as far as HU cards go there were 94 US games released and 94 Canadian. Is this accurate?

Out of the games that were sold, how many retailed without the jewel cases?

DragonmasterDan · 05/14/2012, 02:05 PM

Quote from: FiftyQuid on 05/14/2012, 01:53 PMThanks guys. So as far as HU cards go there were 94 US games released and 94 Canadian. Is this accurate?

Out of the games that were sold, how many retailed without the jewel cases?

Well, when you're saying Canadian, not all 94 HuCards had Canada specific manuals or packaging.

Sadler · 05/14/2012, 02:24 PM

Quote from: FiftyQuid on 05/14/2012, 01:53 PMOut of the games that were sold, how many retailed without the jewel cases?

From Sparky's post:

QuoteALSO for reference, here is the list of the 21 games that did not come with a jewel case, only a cardboard box and plastic insert.....

Air Zonk
Bomberman '93
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Chase HQ
Darkwing Duck
Dead Moon
Advanced Dungeons And Dragons: Order Of The Griffon
Falcon
Ghost Manor
Hit The Ice
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Legend Of Hero Tonma
Magical Chase
Neutopia 2
New Adventure Island
Samurai Ghost
Shockman
Soldier Blade
Somer Assault
Time Cruise
World Sports Competition

FiftyQuid · 05/14/2012, 02:58 PM

Thanks Sadler! I take it the 21 games you listed from Sparky's post still included a manual?

DragonmasterDan · 05/14/2012, 02:59 PM

Quote from: FiftyQuid on 05/14/2012, 02:58 PMThanks Sadler! I take it the 21 games you listed from Sparky's post still included a manual?

They all included English manuals, I'm not sure if french manuals exist for all the TII games.

FiftyQuid · 05/14/2012, 03:06 PM

Thanks everyone. I promise to get through my noob status as quickly as possible.

NecroPhile · 05/14/2012, 03:13 PM

There's 94 US huey games, but there's 96 US HuCARDS total (including syscards).

DragonmasterDan · 05/14/2012, 03:23 PM

As far as French manuals go, I'm not sure which NEC and TTI games had them and which didn't. I would suspect none of the Working Designs or IGS games had them, and I'm not aware of all NEC or TTI published games having them, but some might.

FiftyQuid · 05/14/2012, 03:32 PM

I'm not really interested in the French manuals. For most 'next-gen' consoles I tear off the cellophane and toss the damn thing out. Oddly, I keep the English manual, DLC codes, and adverts that are included on the inside of the game.

My main curiosity was if Canada received a game that the USA didn't. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes we do get things that my friends to the South of us don't.

Thanks again for the info!

DragonmasterDan · 05/14/2012, 03:39 PM

Quote from: FiftyQuid on 05/14/2012, 03:32 PMMy main curiosity was if Canada received a game that the USA didn't. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes we do get things that my friends to the South of us don't.

Besides the Amiga CD32 system, and some Master System games imported from the UK into Canada, I can't think of many console specific examples of this concurring.

SignOfZeta · 05/14/2012, 03:53 PM

There is nothing unique or special about any Canadian release. Some of them have multi-lingual manuals. That's it. The ROMs are identical and while I'm not positive that every US game got a CAN release, I'm sure there weren't any Canadian exclusives.

Quote from: FiftyQuid on 05/14/2012, 03:32 PMI'm not really interested in the French manuals. For most 'next-gen' consoles I tear off the cellophane and toss the damn thing out. Oddly, I keep the English manual, DLC codes, and adverts that are included on the inside of the game.

My main curiosity was if Canada received a game that the USA didn't. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes we do get things that my friends to the South of us don't.

Thanks again for the info!

Arkhan Asylum · 05/15/2012, 09:29 AM

Canada got a special version of China Warrior called Yukon Warrior

you drink milk in a bag and punch mooses in the face.

FiftyQuid · 05/15/2012, 11:36 AM

Quote from: guest on 05/15/2012, 09:29 AMCanada got a special version of China Warrior called Yukon Warrior

you drink milk in a bag and punch mooses in the face.

Ha! Now there's a game I'd play!

OrangeArmy · 05/16/2012, 01:51 PM

I may be mistaken but I'm pretty sure Sinistron (or was it Dead Moon?) was one of the games never officially released in Canada. Many of the later games (1992-1993 releases like Ghost Manor, Soldier Blade and new Adventure Island) may as well not have been released here since so many retailers began dropping support for the system around that time.