Excel pretty much exclusively. When I can't be arsed to organise it all I just print out the current lot and add the newest additions on the bottom in pen, then do a mass update at a later time.
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Excel pretty much exclusively. When I can't be arsed to organise it all I just print out the current lot and add the newest additions on the bottom in pen, then do a mass update at a later time.
I use GameCollector...why am I alone? It's a good program...
whats the point of keeping track? i got over 300 maybe 400 games, some of u have collections that go farrrrr beyond mine, what advantages do u get from inputting your games? do u get a grade or something?
The link to my collection list is in my sig. If I hadn't put it on my own freewebs site, I'd probably use RFGeneration. Stay away from IGN, it's a joke.
I keep track of them all in the ol' memory banks... all 576 titles across 19 different systems. I have no problems going to the store and picking out titles that I don't already own. But, if you just randomly asked me to name off all of -- for example -- the SNES games that I have, I wouldn't be able to tell you more than half of them, but I could tell you that I have 60 of them!!
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Notepad is the only way to go as far as I'm concerned. Not only do I have loads of obscure US releases, but I also have games from Japan, Korea, Europe, Australia, Canada, etc. I basically go under the assumption that no web site nor program will have EVERYTHING I own and allow me to list things in the way I wish.
Many years ago, though, when I first started collecting, I used to hand write a list of everything. Just try to beat that in hardcore-ness. When I got new games, I'd list a few on the bottom, but once I had several piled up, I'd rewrite the whole thing to place the new stuff under their respective systems. Obviously, this method stopped being very feasible once I hit around 100 games.
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Excel is the best way I have found.
IGN and Excel, but I have a lot of updating to do.
I use IGN.
I been meaning to write something to do it in php, but then I have to take the time to makje sure everything is added.
Does RFGeneration or any other collection tracking service offer something like an "import your IGN" list or import your spreadsheet? I don't have a ton of stuff in my collection but it would still be a pain to switch. This would make it a lot easier.
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Poorly, that's how.
Update: I also keep a list on Gametz, just because. I have my trades and want list there, figured may as well do the collection. I mostly use it as a check list against my notepad file. If the numbers are off I go down the lists to figure out what's missing. Keeps me accurate.
I use RFGeneration because it's easily accessible in most places and I mostly update while I'm at work, but I'm thinking about taking my collection and creating an excel version because of the recent problems with RFGeneration I don't want to go to check what I have and realize that the site has shut down.
EDIT: I have actually started to list things on Word/Excel becasue Im on the tipping point of not being able to remember all my titles
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I only juse Excel, for the simple reason that its the easyest way to list enything.
If you find out you nead to change enything, it only takes a moment to make the changes.
Excel and IGN =)
and Gamespot(without doubles, without notes...) =/
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