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This is an attempt to assemble a complete list of [[Oni]]'s physical releases, a process made difficult by the fact that there were some questionably-official distributions of the game outside of the United States (typically these releases did not translate the game but only some of the packaging, leaving the game itself in English). Also, it's hard to tell which regions received Mac and Windows releases and which only received Windows releases. Thus, this page is a perpetual work in progress. | This is an attempt to assemble a complete list of [[Oni]]'s physical releases, a process made difficult by the fact that there were some questionably-official distributions of the game outside of the United States (typically these releases did not translate the game but only some of the packaging, leaving the game itself in English). Also, it's hard to tell which regions received Mac and Windows releases and which only received Windows releases. Thus, this page is a perpetual work in progress. | ||
So far we have | So far we have 34 releases documented below. We do not attempt to list game bundles which included Oni; these bundles likely did not contain modified versions of Oni but merely whatever version was already distributed in that region. If a distributor is not clearly named on the package, the name of the publisher is used in the Distributor column. Note that a ''localization'' (documented at [[Localizations]]) is different from a ''release''. A single localization of Oni, e.g. Italian, might have been distributed in several releases. | ||
P.S.: A fun fact about the official localized releases is that the localizers often received more than just the set of files intended for the final game and included everything unknowingly, which is documented [[European Mac releases|HERE]]. | P.S.: A fun fact about the official localized releases is that the localizers often received more than just the set of files intended for the final game and included everything unknowingly, which is documented [[European Mac releases|HERE]]. | ||
== | ==Official releases== | ||
;Localization (L10n) legend | ;Localization (L10n) legend | ||
:Full: The game's dialogue was re-dubbed into the target language and the materials outside the game (packaging, manual) were translated as well. | :Full: The game's dialogue was re-dubbed into the target language and the materials outside the game (packaging, manual) were translated as well. | ||
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:Keep: A keep case is the tall plastic case universally used for PS2 games. | :Keep: A keep case is the tall plastic case universally used for PS2 games. | ||
:Jewel: This means that the game was sold (to our knowledge) without a box, merely in a standard CD jewel case. | :Jewel: This means that the game was sold (to our knowledge) without a box, merely in a standard CD jewel case. | ||
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" | ||
!width="100px"|Platform | !width="100px"|Platform | ||
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|Windows | |Windows | ||
|Chinese | |{{FontSize|80|Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)}} | ||
|China | |China | ||
|S&U | |S&U | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|Chinese | |{{FontSize|80|Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)}} | ||
|China | |China | ||
|S&U | |S&U | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|Chinese | |{{FontSize|80|Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)}} | ||
|China | |China | ||
|S&U | |S&U | ||
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|Windows | |Windows | ||
|English, French, German | |{{FontSize|80|Chinese (Simplified) (S&U), English (game)}} | ||
|China | |||
|S&U | |||
|Century Thor (Zhima Kaimen re-release) | |||
|Large | |||
|[[:Image:Windows (CN) Zhima Kaimen release - front.jpg|front]], [[:Image:Windows (CN) Zhima Kaimen release - back.jpg|back]], [[:Image:Windows (CN) Zhima Kaimen release - disc.jpg|disc]] | |||
|- | |||
|Windows | |||
|{{FontSize|80|Chinese (Traditional) (B&M), English, French, German (game)}} | |||
|Taiwan | |Taiwan | ||
| | |B&M | ||
|King's International Multimedia | |King's International Multimedia | ||
|Large | |Large | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|English, French, German | |{{FontSize|80|Chinese (Traditional) (B&M), English, French, German (game)}} | ||
|Taiwan | |Taiwan | ||
|Full | |Full | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|English, French, German | |{{FontSize|87|English, French, German}} | ||
|Europe | |Europe | ||
|Full | |Full | ||
|TakeAdvantage | |TakeAdvantage | ||
| | |Large | ||
|[[:Image:Windows (EN-FR-DE) TakeAdvantage release - front.jpg|front]], [[:Image:Windows (EN-FR-DE) CD-ROM.jpg|disc]], [[:Category:Manual (English (UK), Windows)|manual]] | |[[:Image:Windows (EN-FR-DE) TakeAdvantage release - front.jpg|front]], [[:Image:Windows (EN-FR-DE) CD-ROM.jpg|disc]], [[:Category:Manual (English (UK), Windows)|manual]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|English, Italian, Spanish | |{{FontSize|87|English, Italian, Spanish}} | ||
|Europe | |Europe | ||
|Full | |Full | ||
|TakeAdvantage | |TakeAdvantage | ||
| | |Large | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|English, Italian, Spanish | |{{FontSize|87|English, Italian, Spanish}} | ||
|Scandinavia | |Scandinavia | ||
|Full | |Full | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|Slovak | |{{FontSize|80|Slovak (B&M), English, French, German (game)}} | ||
|Slovakia | |Slovakia | ||
|B&M | |B&M | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Windows | |Windows | ||
|Portuguese | |Portuguese (Brazilian) | ||
|Brazil | |Brazil | ||
|B&M | |B&M | ||
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==Illegitimate releases== | ==Illegitimate releases== | ||
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|align=center|Looks official, right? | |align=center|Looks official, right? | ||
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Oni may not be a famous title, but there is always money to be made on bootleg releases, and today these can be offered secondhand for significant amounts of money. The asking price for the fake copy on the right: $299.00. This Chinese-language | Oni may not be a famous title, but there is always money to be made on bootleg releases, and today these can be offered secondhand for significant amounts of money as if they are historically important collectibles. The asking price for the fake copy on the right: '''''$299.00'''''. This listing for a Chinese-language version of Oni is a physical copy of the game that you can really buy, and it may contain a disc with the data from the legitimate Century Thor release, but the box is entirely fabricated by an unauthorized third party. It ''seems'' legitimate, doesn't it? There's no shortage of logos on it, and what looks like some sort of authentication watermark, so it ''must'' be legitimate… wait, is that [[:Image:Ian McConville - Cracked (color 1280x1024).jpg|a piece of fan art]] on the back? One thing is for sure: this box is not a collector's item any more than a copy of the Mona Lisa which someone has run off their inkjet printer. | ||
[[Category:Oni history]] | [[Category:Oni history]] | ||