/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2137796
on my everdrives.

Working on it

>>2137796
On backloggery.com
It has some pretty nice features. Took forever to catalog all my games though.

>>2137803
Shut up, poorfag.

>>2137796
Sooner or later you'll reach a point where you have to, especially if you buy a lot of games in bulk.

>>2137803
Poor fag detected. This is a collectors thread.
Leave.

>>2137867
Why do you buy PAL games?

Yes I used an app to catalog my snes until I finished all NTSC games. I am currently using the same app for gb, and gbc. The app is snes collector.

>>2137851
Beat me to it...and with a Richy Rich pic.
>tips fedora

>>2137869
Because I live in Europe?

>>2137809
Please god use tabs for each system, it makes organizing it so much easier.

I have a template I use with the following:
Name, Owned (and how owned, CD/Cart/digital), Played? (as in I've popped it in and gave it a solid try), Beaten?, Beaten on Stream (in an effort to beat my entire library I'm trying to stream it as an incentive to go through everything), my priority level on the game (low/med/high), Cost(hidden), Condition(hidden, cart only, complete, document damages), Where I got it(hidden), then my thoughts prior to playing, initial thoughts (after 2-3 hours) and final thoughts upon completion.

I also document stuff I'm actively looking for as a wanted list, and stuff I'm trying to move in my for sale/trade section.

Google drive spreadsheet is where I do it because unlike a site like >>2137847 I can track whatever parameters I see fit.

Although I do use howlongtobeat to track my clear times, but I also do that in the games I've played on stream tab.

>>2137901
Stream name anon? If you don't mind.

>>2137796
I think I gave up after the first one or two hundred titles.

>>2137903
I don't like to advertise, but its in the BST thread on the spreadsheet I linked, look for the Genesis Boxes and PS1 games that are there. Mostly just going through PS1 currently.

>>2137901
Alright will do just finished PS games I will be keeping backward compatible games together though

>>2137993
Picture

>>2138004
>bootsale
>50p

Britbong pls.

>>2138005

>>2138004
>>2138007
fuck you my coffee is all over my monitor.

yes, that stupid shit made me laugh as i was drinking coffee.
yes, i was drinking coffee at 4:34pm

>>2137868
>>2137851
i sold my collection and got everdrives.

so technically, i have all the games that i just sold, and all the money i got from selling them.

who's the poorfag now? poorfag.

I created a tool which automatically downloads no-intro/redump DATS files and scans my ROM collection. Then it automatically organizes it in my library structure format.

>>2137847
This.

>>2138004
RMS please go

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>/g/

>>2137796
No.
I don't.

>>2138056
Alright thanks

>>2138007
>filename
uwahahahahahaha

>Try to catalog game collection on Gamefaqs
>They're missing a few
>Try to get as much information on one of them as I can
>Submit the data I have
>Rejected

Years can pass and Gamefaqs will always be shit.

>>2138307
>actually contributing to gamefaqs

>>2138028
Oh, look out! Daddy Warbucks in the house!

Look, do us all a favor and go back to standing in line for your bowl of soup and hunk of bread. Collectors are talking shop here.

>>2138307
>submit actual cheat to game that has none online
>rejected

who the fuck are the autistic faggots in charge of approving this stuff

>>2138307
>Not using Backloggery to keep track of your collection as well as what games you've beat and need to beat
Ya don goofed.

>>2138895
Gamefags is pretty fucked. They're in a MySpace zone, waiting for something better to come along and utterly dominate them.

>>2137868
Protip: the people who have money are the ones that dont spend it.

>>2140928
A dump of all the retro-related FAQS on their site (before the inevitable sale/collapse) would greatly please me.

On-topic: I use Sisimizi Game Catalog, and then I convert the database to XML format for my XBMC frontend.

>>2141194

>>2141194
I don't think Gamefaqs is going anywhere man.

Its owned by Gamespot isn't it? It should be fine.

>>2141139
Yea because you never have to spend money, to make it.
>get lost hood wink

>>2141139
No they're usually the people who have good jobs, and don't spend frivalously. Not like those guys in the hood
>>2141208
Who own 3 pairs of Jordans but can't make rent.

>>2137876
I'm sorry.

>>2137847
Mah nigga

>>2141780
>I'm sorry.

It's okay. I get free health care and gigabit internet, and I can still just import Japanese games.

>>2144295
>free health care

It's not free kid. You pay taxes.

>>2146335
Paying more in taxes anually > >100k bills when you or someone in your family gets cancer.

>>2137796
Making a spreadsheet is definitely a great way to easily reorganize. If you're sorting alphabetically, its really easy to just look at the sheet, grab the next game and put it in the next spots.

Really beats sitting there repeating your ABC's to yourself.

>>2137796
by system

i dont need to do anything else because thats handled by my bootloader

It's organized by name, but that's about it. I wouldn't even know where to start, it's too overwhelming. It's gotten out of control. There's no duplicates, except for the MAME roms.

I'm not a real collector, I like to keep my collections small and manageable having my favorite 10-15 games for each system so I can just look on a shelf I guess.

>>2146375
Sure. It's not free though.

>>2150365
Make a text file in the rom directory with this in it: "dir /s /b > games.txt" (no quotes), then rename it to whateveryouwant.bat and run. It'll produce a "games.txt" file with all games listed with full paths (like "gaems\SNES\suoper maryo.smc"). Then open that in Excel and do "text to columns", seperated by slashes.

WA LA, a games list sorted by system.

Check this if you want to print out more than just the paths: http://ss64.com/nt/dir.html

>>2150679
>WA LA

>>2150365
>classic windows theme

my nigga

>>2137796
In my drawer.

I open it and look at them.

I use 'my game collection' app on android.
It just went through a big update and it's pretty nice.

>>2150365
>Roms
>Contains Playstation, Xbox, and other systems

>Cataloging roms and isos in the first place instead of physical games

I started using gamefags, it works fine. I just avoid the forums, It lets me track which version I have of each game too so it's actually pretty decent, I can also make a text file from their lists easy enough. My collection isn't as crazy as some peoples on here but here it is. I also like how I can see how many other people own the game too on gamefags.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/users/BoltThrower40K/games/owned

>>2152029
Oh yeah I'm not even done adding everything I just have to put my NES and famicom games on there too.

>>2152029
I didn't realize you could do this on gamefaqs.
I haven't been there in ages.

This is pretty awesome.

Anybody else use the VGT app to keep track?

>using excel

>>2152084
>slamming the gold-standard spreadsheet program
>being an uncalcitrant shithead

>>2150726
He is still on Windows XP, so it's not like he has a choice.

>>2152091
>gold standard
>not using open office
>implying gold standard
>can't into product activation

>>2152059
yeah, it's like the only feature I use on the site but it's worth signing up just to do that imo. I just finished adding everything I have. it made me realize I have a damn lot of sega genesis games which is pretty cool considering I never owned one as a child.

>>2152029
>>2152467
>No apparent easy way to tell what you've completed (or other details)
>Grid view
>Have to open links to new pages

I'm sorry anon, but this just seems like an awful way to categorize things. The only thing I like is the pictures of the games, but that's something incredibly low on my desired features for categorizing. Why use GameFaqs when there's Excel or the Backloggery?

>>2152735
Excel in Excel, excel in life.

>>2152735
Actually there is, an option for how much you have completed. And there is a way to view the list text only thats why I said it was easy to export, when I view it on my end it's a lot more comprehensive. The information on my "profile" that you actually see is pretty limited. Hell man there is even a notes section. It's far less work than excel. You can even give each game it's own rating and put in personal notes. I like having to click on each game to view stuff as it keeps your actual list less clutered.

I have a big Excel file with all the games I have in, order of preference, and all the games I want with separate list of the top five games I really want for each system. It also has an approximate ebay price range for each game when sold complete. The list of games I own also have color coded fonts telling me if I've finished them, tried them, or haven't even played them.

I stopped updating it though, it just became a complete pain in the ass to keep prices up to date and there's not much point now that Video Game Price Charting has started differentiating between loose and complete. I'd rather spend time playing games then listing the games I haven't played.

>>2152098
That all sounds like a 'you' problem, not an Excel problem.

But yeah, it's pretty much the google of spreadsheet software and you are being a shithead.

>>2154021
huh? no it's a microsoft office problem. I'm not even that guy but I know exactly what he's talking about. Microsoft product activation is such a bitch and it makes you redo it sometimes because of a reformat or something. It's a fucking pain in the ass and I actually avoid using word because of how long it fucking takes to boot up now because it has to rub dinks with the microshit server.

>>2152029
Why do I get a 404 when I substitute my username? Is there a privacy setting that I haven't found?

>>2155240
Followup: I found this, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

>>2155240
>>2155257
Never mind; works now.