Question for those who alphabetize their media...

[Emperor Megas]

Hi guys, I have a(nother) question about how you alphabetize your media. Gaming media in particular, but feel free to include other media as well if you want.

What I'm wondering is when there's a title that has a creative or trademark credit before the name, do you file it under the credit, or the name?

For example, would you file Disney's Aladdin for SEGA Genesis under 'D' or 'A'? Also, do you do it one way for some games and not others? Like all games with "Disney's" before the title grouped together in the 'D' section, but games with "Tom Clancy" in the title are filed under the names of whatever the games and series they are.

I've asked about alphabetizing media before, but I don't remember if this was asked, and I was lazy and didn't use the search feature to check, so excuse me if this is repetitive.

I tend to alphabetize starting with the trademark, but I often reconsider if I should do it based on the actual game titles.

[o.pwuaioc]

I do a mix of things, depending on what's easiest for me. I like to keep sets together, so things get moved around. For example, I have both Castle and World of Illusion under M for Mickey Mouse, and Lightening Force is definitely placed right after Thunder Force III. Disney stuff as a whole isn't sequential, so Disney's Aladdin goes under Aladdin. If they're related but not sequential, I go by title, so Super Mario 64 is under S, and Mario Kart 64 is under M.

[Aussie2B]

Just do it however works for you and you can remember.

I just go off of the first letter, period. If a title starts with "The", it's under "T". If it starts with the developer's/licensor's/whatever's name, it's under the first letter of that. Yeah, it feels a little awkward for some, but I don't feel like having to remember any exceptions. For Japanese games, I alphabetize according to the Roman alphabet, either according to what it's supposed to be if it uses foreign words (so, for example, Phantasy Star would be under "P" not "F", even though a direct transliteration of the katakana would be "Fantashii Sutaa") or the first letter of the romanization of native Japanese titles.

[The Adventurer]

Zoda's Revenge: Startropics 2, and Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link are the MOST annoying sequels

[Tanooki]

I go by title. The only time I suppose I'd go by trademark if it was legitimately part of the actual title of the game that throws itself up on the screen. Aladdin on the SNES isn't that, it's on the sticker (top/face) and title screen 'Disney's Aladdin' so I have it under D.

[The 1 2 P]

I go by title. The Splinter Cell games are in the "S's", not the "T's" for Tom Clancy. I do offer leniency for games in a main series that aren't all a part of a sub series. For instance the original Xbox has a ton of Star Wars games. While they are all listed under the "S's", the order in which they are in depends on which one's I bought first. But direct sequels like Knights Of The Old Republic 1 and 2 are stacked right next to each other.

[celerystalker]

I don't use any hard and fast rule. I alphebetize by what the game is commonly called among my friends, as they're the ones it's there to help locate games.