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Unofficial GBA Charts - May 2002
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Welcome to the 2nd edition of the "Unofficial" GBA Charts, A failry packed month for relases but sadly
very few that catches the eye or even holds the attention span for longer than five minutes.
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Points Scheme
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+3 = world first, usa/eur playable (usa/eur playable applies to RPGs or totally unplayable jap games)
+2 = territory dupe (any release where previous was playable even if in jap)
+1 = trainer, tool, patch
+0 = redump, patch to fix own mistake
-1 = broken, exact dupe (repacked/patched/hacked roms count as exact dupes)
+1 = bonus for game of the month
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Notes: WEB site releases are counted as Independent no mater who repacks them, Any scene group who 
then repacks these roms will get a duped rom EVEN if they were first to repack (The web site was first
to release the rom).
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iNDEPENDENT
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date       title                                        type  pts notes
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06/05/2002 Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!              JAP    +3 world first
07/05/2002 Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World    EUR    +0 redump
07/05/2002 Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo                    JAP    +3 world first
07/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Power Version     JAP    +3 world first
08/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Speed Version     JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Kaeru B Back                                 JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Animal Mania                                 JAP    -1 bad dump/overdump
09/05/2002 Doraemon Board Game                          JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Formation Soccer 2002                        JAP    +3 world first/overdump
09/05/2002 Gekitou Card Battler Go                      JAP    -1 bad dump
09/05/2002 Kami No Kijutsu Illusion Of The Evil Eyes    JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 5                        JAP    -1 bad dump
09/05/2002 WTA Tennis Tour (redump)                     JAP    -1 bad dump
10/05/2002 Jackie Chan Adventure (redump)               JAP    -1 bad dump
13/05/2002 Dragon Ball Z : Goku "dongle fix"            USA    -1 fake patch created by Jurai
15/05/2002 Blender Bros (redump)                        USA    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (redump)   USA    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (redump)           USA    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Lunar Legends (redump)                       JAP    +0 redump
15/05/2002 K-1 Pocket Grand Prix (redump)               JAP    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Sheep                                        JAP    +3 world first/overdump
15/05/2002 The Game Of Life                             JAP    +3 world first/overdump
15/05/2002 Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 5                        JAP    +3 good dump/overdump
20/05/2002 Youkaidou                                    JAP    +3 world first
25/05/2002 Golden Sun                                   ITA    +2 territory dupe
26/05/2002 GT Championship                              EUR    +2 territory dupe
30/05/2002 Tottoko Ham Tarou 3                          JAP    +3 world first
31/05/2002 Spiderman The Movie                          FRE    +2 territory dupe
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   05/2002 Independent                                        +39
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somebody:  very prolific month from independent dumpers, most originating from web sites though nothing
           amazing jumps out from the list other than the original japanese version of Sheep and the
           tilt hardware dependent Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!
           
bb3:       bad dumps, overdumps, fake patches, territory dupes and a few original titles but nothing 
           really amazing.
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16/05/2002 Davis Cup                                    EUR    +3 world first
16/05/2002 Total Soccer Manager                         EUR    +3 world first
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   05/2002 Menace                                              +6
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somebody:  Menace return with 2 euro sport titles, not much else really could be said

bb3:       2 new sports titles that are far from best of thier kind from Menace but other wise nice to
           see the return of the group to GBA scene.
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02/05/2002 Dinotopia The Timestone Pirates              USA    +3 world first/intro
10/05/2002 Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis            USA    +4 usa playable/intro/game of month
10/05/2002 Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf                    USA    +3 world first/intro
13/05/2002 Dragon Ball Z : The Legacy Of Goku           USA    +3 world first/intro
17/05/2002 Downforce                                    EUR    +3 world first/intro
28/05/2002 Sheep                                        USA    +2 teritory dupe/intro
29/05/2002 Dragon Ball Z The Collectible Card Game      USA    +3 world first/intro
29/05/2002 Roland Garros 2002 Next Generation Tennis    EUR    +3 world first
30/05/2002 Spirit Stallion Of The Cimarron              USA    +3 world first/intro
30/05/2002 Star Wars Episode II Attack Of The Clones    USA    +3 world first/intro
31/05/2002 Bomberman Max 2 Blue                         USA    +3 usa playable/intro
31/05/2002 Bomberman Max 2 Red                          USA    +3 usa playable/intro
31/05/2002 Earthworm Jim 2 USA                          USA    +3 world first
31/05/2002 Frogger Advance The Great Quest              USA    +3 world first/intro
31/05/2002 Punch King                                   USA    +3 world first/intro
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   05/2002 Mode7                                              +45
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somebody:  After an intial slow start to the month Mode7 agin dominate with a flood of new USA titles
           at the end of month, Game of month had to go to Tactis Ogre really just coz it was most
           anticipated title this month.
           
bb3:       Mode7 yet again come through with the most USA titles this month, 90% of which are total
           rubbish but at leas most were the anticipated games of the month. Hopefully the next few
           months will see more exciting releases and once the new titles shown at E3 wont take too
           long to show up.
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date       title                                        type  pts notes
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21/04/2002 Spiderman The Movie USA +6 Trainer           IPS/U  +1 trainer
04/05/2002 Dinotopia The Timestone Pirates +6 Trainer   IPS/U  +1 trainer
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   05/2002 Quartex                                             +2
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somebody:  Slow month

bb3:       Yawn lack of trainers this month from any groups
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31/04/2002 Eigo Kubunhen 26 Units                       JAP    -1 dupe
31/04/2002 Sweet Cookie Pie                             JAP    -1 dupe
07/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Power Version     JAP    -1 dupe
08/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Speed Version     JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Kaeru B Back                                 JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Animal Mania                                 JAP    -1 dupe/overdump
09/05/2002 Doraemon Board Game                          JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Formation Soccer 2002                        JAP    -1 dupe/overdump
09/05/2002 Gekitou Card Battler Go                      JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Kami No Kijutsu Illusion Of The Evil Eyes    JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 5                        JAP    -1 dupe
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   05/2002 Rapid Fire                                         -11
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somebody:  more repacks thanks to rapid fuckups, does anyone out there think these are a real dumping
           group?
           
bb3:       Rapid Fire repack more www releases though its sad to see they repacked real independent
           dumps (Sweet Cookie Pie). Pity they didn't check for overdumps before they repacked =]
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09/05/2002 All Star Baseball 2003                       USA    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Desert Strike Advance                        USA    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Nascar Heat 2002                             USA    +3 world first
15/05/2002 Spy Hunter                                   USA    +3 world first
23/05/2002 Backyard Baseball                            USA    +3 world first
31/05/2002 Hey Arnold The Movie                         USA    +3 world first
31/05/2002 Muppet Pinball Mayhem                        USA    +3 world first/overdump
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   05/2002 Venom                                              +21
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somebody:  A better month from Venom who seem now to be doing USA titles now and not EURO ones but some
           good stuff here.
           
bb3:       Remakes, Licences, Ports, yawn more crap into the GBA scene but at least Venom seem to be 
           doing a good job of dumping and have been a plesent surprise in the GBA scene of late
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Charts For May
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 # group          pts
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 1 Mode7           45
 2 Independent     39
 3 Venom           21
 4 Menace           6
 5 Quartex          2
 6 Rapid Fire     -11
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Total Charts
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 # group          old new ttl
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 1 Mode7           18  45  63
 2 Independent     13  39  52
 3 Venom            4  21  25
 4 Eurasia         16   0  16
 5 Cezar           11   0  11
 6 Menace           0   6   6
 7 Rocket           5   0   5
 = Quartex          3   2   5
 9 Lightforce       0   0   0
10 Rapid Fire       0 -11 -11
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Somebody:  Mode7 retain #1 slot though closely chased by Independent dupers, Venom jump frog Eurasia
           into 3rd place, surprisingly no Eurasia dumps all month and harldy any trainers. We can only
           see where the GBA scene takes us in next few months.

bb3:       Month 2 of the charts and Mode7 already have a commanding lead in the charts. Ind seem to be
           chasing hard and its nice to see the veriety of japanese carts dumped that the other groups
           have missed over last few months.
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date       title                                        type  pts notes
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21/04/2002 Spiderman The Movie USA +6 Trainer           IPS/U  +1 trainer
31/04/2002 Eigo Kubunhen 26 Units                       JAP    -1 dupe
31/04/2002 Sweet Cookie Pie                             JAP    -1 dupe
02/05/2002 Dinotopia The Timestone Pirates              USA    +3 world first/intro
04/05/2002 Dinotopia The Timestone Pirates +6 Trainer   IPS/U  +1 trainer
06/05/2002 Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!              JAP    +3 world first
07/05/2002 Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World    EUR    +0 redump
07/05/2002 Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo                    JAP    +3 world first
07/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Power Version     JAP    +3 world first
07/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Power Version     JAP    -1 dupe
08/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Speed Version     JAP    +3 world first
08/05/2002 Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2 - Speed Version     JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Kaeru B Back                                 JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Kaeru B Back                                 JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Animal Mania                                 JAP    -1 bad dump/overdump
09/05/2002 Doraemon Board Game                          JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Formation Soccer 2002                        JAP    +3 world first/overdump
09/05/2002 Gekitou Card Battler Go                      JAP    -1 bad dump
09/05/2002 Kami No Kijutsu Illusion Of The Evil Eyes    JAP    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 5                        JAP    -1 bad dump
09/05/2002 Animal Mania                                 JAP    -1 dupe/overdump
09/05/2002 Doraemon Board Game                          JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Formation Soccer 2002                        JAP    -1 dupe/overdump
09/05/2002 Gekitou Card Battler Go                      JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Kami No Kijutsu Illusion Of The Evil Eyes    JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 5                        JAP    -1 dupe
09/05/2002 All Star Baseball 2003                       USA    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Desert Strike Advance                        USA    +3 world first
09/05/2002 Nascar Heat 2002                             USA    +3 world first
09/05/2002 WTA Tennis Tour (redump)                     JAP    -1 bad dump
10/05/2002 Jackie Chan Adventure (redump)               JAP    -1 bad dump
10/05/2002 Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis            USA    +4 usa playable/intro/game of month
10/05/2002 Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf                    USA    +3 world first/intro
13/05/2002 Dragon Ball Z : The Legacy Of Goku           USA    +3 world first/intro
13/05/2002 Dragon Ball Z : Goku "dongle fix"            USA    -1 fake patch
15/05/2002 Blender Bros (redump)                        USA    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (redump)   USA    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (redump)           USA    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Lunar Legends (redump)                       JAP    +0 redump
15/05/2002 K-1 Pocket Grand Prix (redump)               JAP    +0 redump
15/05/2002 Sheep                                        JAP    +3 world first/overdump
15/05/2002 The Game Of Life                             JAP    +3 world first/overdump
15/05/2002 Kawa No Nushi Tsuri 5                        JAP    +3 good dump/overdump
15/05/2002 Spy Hunter                                   USA    +3 world first
16/05/2002 Davis Cup                                    EUR    +3 world first
16/05/2002 Total Soccer Manager                         EUR    +3 world first
17/05/2002 Downforce                                    EUR    +3 world first/intro
20/05/2002 Youkaidou                                    JAP    +3 world first
23/05/2002 Backyard Baseball                            USA    +3 world first
25/05/2002 Golden Sun                                   ITA    +2 territory dupe
26/05/2002 GT Championship                              EUR    +2 territory dupe
28/05/2002 Sheep                                        USA    +2 teritory dupe/intro
29/05/2002 Dragon Ball Z The Collectible Card Game      USA    +3 world first/intro
29/05/2002 Roland Garros 2002 Next Generation Tennis    EUR    +3 world first
30/05/2002 Tottoko Ham Tarou 3                          JAP    +3 world first
30/05/2002 Spirit Stallion Of The Cimarron              USA    +3 world first/intro
30/05/2002 Star Wars Episode II Attack Of The Clones    USA    +3 world first/intro
31/05/2002 Bomberman Max 2 Blue                         USA    +3 usa playable/intro
31/05/2002 Bomberman Max 2 Red                          USA    +3 usa playable/intro
31/05/2002 Earthworm Jim 2 USA                          USA    +3 world first
31/05/2002 Frogger Advance The Great Quest              USA    +3 world first/intro
31/05/2002 Hey Arnold The Movie                         USA    +3 world first
31/05/2002 Muppet Pinball Mayhem                        USA    +3 world first/overdump
31/05/2002 Punch King                                   USA    +3 world first/intro
31/05/2002 Spiderman The Movie                          FRE    +2 territory dupe
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   05/2002 Total Points                                      +102
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