Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
And given how clearly labeled the package was, that it made it all the way to the Atlanta, GA recovery center ... where undeliverable mail goes up for public auction on govdeals.com ... I really feel that more effort could have been made.
My package was sitting in Atlanta, GA for well over a month with my address clearly visible right on the box. Had this case not been escalated to the media, it likely would have gone up for auction in a bin with other electronics sometime in March.
Out of curiosity, is byuu also preserving US/JP games or just EU ones?
I have already purchased all 725 SNES games sold in the USA. This set me back well over $10,000. After preserving this set, I sold it and used the proceeds, plus an additional $10,000 of my own money, to purchase all 1450 games sold in Japan.
Jeez, it even had his address visibly still on the package they found.
It's like WTF why did he have to go through all that and get the media involved just to get it delivered to him.
Jeez, it even had his address visibly still on the package they found.
There's a good reason USPS is in such dire financial situations. It is 2017 and they still cannot even provide a real tracking system and their employees frequently "lose" mail. I've personally had packages opened and items stolen by USPS.
Awesome news.
Already done:
Good news!Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
Jeez, it even had his address visibly still on the package they found.
It's like WTF why did he have to go through all that and get the media involved just to get it delivered to him.
Well he's effin' dedicated.
Scanning carts at 300 dpi might seem a bit over kill now
Beavis and Butthead SNSP ABUP EUR
Bugs Bunny Rabbid Rampage SNSP R7 NOE
Black Hawk SNSP 6Z NOE
Battletoads Double Dragon SNSP UL UKV
Battletoads Battle Maniac SNSP NX NOE
Brawl Brothers Rival Turf 2 SNSP RE NOE
Busts Loose SNSP TA NOE
Boocerman SNSP AB4P EUR
Super B.c.k.i.d SNSP ZH EUR
Blues Brothers (the) SNSP B6 NOE
Kidclown in Crazy Chase SNSP ZI NOE
Crash Dummies SNSP C7 NOE
Captain Commando SNSP QM EUR
Cliffhanger SNSP 6C NOE
Cuthroad Island SNSP AC8P EUR
Castlevania IV (Super) SNSP AD NOE
Castlevania Vampire Kiss SNSP ADZP EUR
Ardy Lightfood SNSP A9 EUR
Alfred Chicken SNSP 8A NOE
Aaahh Real Monsters SNSP ANNP EUR
Animaniacs SNSP ANCP EUR
Aero-Acro-Bat SNSP XB NOE
Asterix SNSP XE NOE
Asterix & Obelix SNSP AXOP FAH
Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (the) SNSP AH ESP
Addams Family (the) SNSP AF NOE
Addams Family Values SNSP VY NOE
Alien 3 SNSP A3 EUR
Another World SNSP TW NOE
Bubsy SNSP YN NOE
Bubsy II SNSP ABBP EUR
Batman Returns SNSP BJ NOE
Batman Forever SNSP A3BP EUR
Adventures of Batman + Robin (the) SNSP ABTP EUR
Dracula SNSP 5D ESP
Eek! The Cat SNSP E7 UKV
Earthworm Jim SNSP AEJP EUR
Earthworm Jim 2 SNSP A2EP EUR
Frantic Flea SNSP AF8P EUR
Flintstones (the) SNSP AFNP UKV
First Samurai SNSP FK NOE
Firemen (the) SNSP AFMP EUR
Flintstones (the) The Treasur of Sierra Mudrock SNSP 9F NOE
Flashback SNSP 5F NOE
Fievel goes West SNSP 9W NOE
GODS SNSP GZ SCN
Hurricanes SNSP AHUP EUR
Hook SNSP HO NOE
Incredible Hulk (the) SNSP 8U UKV
Headphone Jack SNSP AJYP EUR
Harleys Humongous Adventure SNSP HV NOE
Congo's Caper SNSP J2 NOE
Cool Spot SNSP C8 NOE
Captain Amerika and the Avengers SNSP 6A NOE
Chuck Rock SNSP CK NOE
Claymates SNSP Y5 FRG
Le Cobaye SNSP LW FAH
Dragons Lair SNSP DI NOE
Dragon the Bruce Lee Story SNSP 4N EUR
Double Dragon (Super) SNSP WD NOE
Dark Water SNSP 8P NOE
Demolition Man SNSP AC6P EUR
Daffy Duck the Marvin Missions SNSP YF NOE
Daze before Christmas SNSP ADCP NOE
Demon's Crest SNSP 3Z EUR
Dino City SNSP DW NOE
Dr Franken SNSP 6F UKV
Dennis SNSP 4D NOE
Legend SNSP 6L UKV
Last Action Hero SNSP L5 NOE
Lucky Luke SNSP ALYP NOE
Leathal Weapon SNSP L3 UKV
Magic Boy SNSP YG NOE
Adventures of Mighty Max (the) SNSP AMOP EUR
Young Merlin SNSP Y6 ESP
Marko's Magic Football SNSP AMRP EUR
Mr. Nutz SNSP N8 NOE
Mr. Do! SNSP AUNP EUR
Mega Man 7 SNSP A7RP EUR
Mega Man X SNSP RX UKV
Mega Man X/2 SNSP ARXP EUR
Mega Man X/3 SNSP AR3P EUR
Michael Jordan Chaos in the Winy City SNSP AWCP NOE
Ninja Warriors - The Next Generation SNSP NI EUR
Hagane SNSP AHGP EUR
Izzy's Quest for the Olypimpics Rings SNSP AIZP EUR
Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures SNSP AIJP EUR
Incantation SNSP AIYP EUR
James Bond JR SNSP JJ NOE
Jelly Boy SNSP AJBP UKV
Judge Dredd SNSP AJDP EUR
Jurassic Park SNSP J8 UKV
Jurassic Park 2 - The Chaos Continues SNSP A2JP EUR
Joe + Mac Caveman Ninja SNSP JT NOE
James Pond (Super) SNSP J5 ESP
Operation Starfi5H SNSP AOSP EUR
James Pond's Crazy Sports SNSP JX UKV
Home Alone SNSP HA NOE
Home Alone 2 Lost in New York SNSP HN NOE
Knights of the Round SNSP LO NOE
Next time use UPS or Fedex, glad they were found and recovered
In fairness, the initial working theory was that the box was stolen. That it turns out there was an honest mistake in routing is very much a less serious infraction. Now, should their sorting machines handle boxes more carefully? Probably. But it doesn't appear there was any malicious intent.
There's a good reason USPS is in such dire financial situations. It is 2017 and they still cannot even provide a real tracking system and their employees frequently "lose" mail. I've personally had packages opened and items stolen by USPS.
Glad to see he was able to find his shipment. Shame he had to bring it to the media for proper customer service.
Well, Austrian and German mail has so far not lost a single package/letter for me in almost 40 years. And that was a few hundred.To everyone bashing USPS, yeah, there are some shitty employees. Believe me. But do you realize they handle millions of packages daily? And employee 800,000 people? There are going to be some assholes that don't give a shit. But theft is rare, despite all the claims I'm seeing in this thread.
Glad you got your games back Byuu. I told you there was still hope!
I'm glad it all worked out in the end. But seeing that list of games, they're nowhere near worth €10,000. There are rare ones and many PAL games are expensive, but you can get most of these for €10 to €30.
Fair enough. I'm really glad it turned up, though and I applaud your efforts in SNES game preservation.I said it was $5,000 to $10,000 (I know, a few times I got lazy and just said the latter, but I've repeatedly said the range as well.) And given one single game alone can go for up to $1,000, I don't think my estimate was so far off. Although I will say, all the stickers over the artwork on these probably hurts their value a lot.
But regardless, it's silly to argue semantics over the price involved here. The package was found, donors have been contacted for refunds. All is well
I have a question about the preservation, is it only of pictures of the cartridges? I tried Google but all that comes up is the lost shipment links. Does anyone have a link for more info on these preservation process?
I mean that I am scanning in the boxes, cartridges, and PCBs at lossless 600dpi. Where possible, I scan manuals as well. But these are far more difficult. Although I can't afford to host this content (it weighs in at hundreds of gigabytes), I do share them with snescentral.com, where Evan provides the scans to the public.
Further, I dump each and every game cartridge, generate a SHA256 hash of the game, map out the full address space of the cartridge, and finally document it in my database. This database ships with my emulator, and is available to the general public, and is used to provide perfect emulation of games.
At no point do I distribute ROM images. The hash is all that is necessary for others to confirm they have legitimate, bit-perfect copies of games. This is all perfectly legal.
600 DPI. And lossless
Why not 1200dpi+?
I scan most things at 1200dpi minimum when I'm doing photo restoration for people.
File size/time consuming? Although I wouldn't think it would be that bad due to the small size of things.
Nah my company sends tens of thousands of packages and FedEx and UPS aren't that much better. Like, they lose a bit less but in the scheme of things we don't trust any of them. Packages just go fucking missingNext time use UPS or Fedex, glad they were found and recovered
Thanks for the link.
byuu since you posted your example of cart and label restoration i've been incredibly curious in the process of doing that, is there a chance that you'll ever make a video of you restoring a cart sometime in the future?
Why not 1200dpi+?
Byuu,did you or the sender also include your phone numbers on the box?
byuu, you are a gentleman and a scholar. Love you bro!
Man, that was a great job with the Wing Commander cartridge.