Collecting App
I could only find an outdated older thread on this, so please forgive me if this is redundant.
Does anybody use an app for collecting? I am looking for an NES iPhone app, and the only one I'm finding is "Retro Collector – NES edition". It looks good, but I don't know if anyone has any experience with it.
I normally track my collection on a Google spreadsheet, as I like to be able to show it to others via email and make updates from multiple devices.
Please let me know if anyone uses anything they think is great.
Thanks!
Does anybody use an app for collecting? I am looking for an NES iPhone app, and the only one I'm finding is "Retro Collector – NES edition". It looks good, but I don't know if anyone has any experience with it.
I normally track my collection on a Google spreadsheet, as I like to be able to show it to others via email and make updates from multiple devices.
Please let me know if anyone uses anything they think is great.
Thanks!
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Believe it currently offers these platforms., and I think he offers discounted bundles:
Game and Watch
NES
SNES
N64
GC
GB/GBC
VB
GBA
DS
PS1
PS2
XBOX
Master System
Genesis
Saturn
Dreamcast
Game Gear
Atari 2600
TG16
I use the puregaming.org suite. They are very handy, though I usually have to configure them to weed out PAL and unreleased stuff.
I use that app and making a list of all 677 NTSC licensed carts pissed me off. And it doesn't stay "applied" every time I want to see how many I got left I have to go trough the options to turn the filter back on.
I use the puregaming.org suite. They are very handy, though I usually have to configure them to weed out PAL and unreleased stuff. Though he has thankful starting adding in PAL filters. Their price guides are usually in the ballpark, but the rarity scores are worthless
I use a couple of these too but more out of convenience and the fact that most folks in a Facebook NES group I'm part of do. The main way that I keep track of everything is manually via a Mac only app called GamePedia. After using its internal search tools to pull up all the details about any game I pick up and add it to my database, I export it to their mobile app, PocketPedia. I think the broad strokes of the PureGaming.org stuff is correct, it's just a little fiddly on some of the finer points of what games in the same category or at touching edges of sequential categories are rarer than one another. To me, it's definitely close enough to be a good guide for folks who aren't intimately in the know regarding rarity so that they can prioritize what to pick up when they see it.
I use the puregaming.org suite. They are very handy, though I usually have to configure them to weed out PAL and unreleased stuff.
I use that app and making a list of all 677 NTSC licensed carts pissed me off. And it doesn't stay "applied" every time I want to see how many I got left I have to go trough the options to turn the filter back on.
What I did, instead, was go through and mark everything that wasn't what I was collecting (so basically anything non-US) as its own filter and set it to be hidden. Much easier than creating an "only show me this" list, IMO. If you then go through and flag anything you don't already have as "wanted," you'll be able to see what you don't have as part of your wanted list--you just need to remember to yank that flag when you pick something up.
I use the puregaming.org suite. They are very handy, though I usually have to configure them to weed out PAL and unreleased stuff.
I use that app and making a list of all 677 NTSC licensed carts pissed me off. And it doesn't stay "applied" every time I want to see how many I got left I have to go trough the options to turn the filter back on.
What I did, instead, was go through and mark everything that wasn't what I was collecting (so basically anything non-US) as its own filter and set it to be hidden. Much easier than creating an "only show me this" list, IMO. If you then go through and flag anything you don't already have as "wanted," you'll be able to see what you don't have as part of your wanted list--you just need to remember to yank that flag when you pick something up.
*kicks self in head*
ya I'm not real savy with the apps and such.
That would have been much easier.
Dont really need need a wanted list. It's any ntsc I don't have.
I use the puregaming.org suite. They are very handy, though I usually have to configure them to weed out PAL and unreleased stuff. Though he has thankfully starting adding in PAL filters. Their price guides are usually in the ballpark, but the rarity scores are worthless
Believe it currently offers these platforms., and I think he offers discounted bundles:
Game and Watch
NES
SNES
N64
GC
GB/GBC
VB
GBA
DS
PS1
PS2
XBOX
Master System
Genesis
Saturn
Dreamcast
Game Gear
Atari 2600
TG16
ok, so it does look like that site is the app I mentioned: http://puregaming.org/Retro_Collector_Suite/NES Collector
Honestly most apps with built in game lists I find lacking. If I have to fiddle with deleting games that don't exist or are from the wrong region or add tons of missing games, I'd rather deal with something I can 100% customize myself to begin with.
I would use the PureGaming apps if sorting games into different folders/lists was easier. Unless they've updated it, sorting out licensed, unlicensed, different regions, prototypes, homebrew, non-games like Game Genie that in includes, variants like Metroid yellow label, etc. is a huge pain. I like the snazzy interface and graphs and all but when it gets down to the minutia of what games are displayed I just can't work with it.
Honestly most apps with built in game lists I find lacking. If I have to fiddle with deleting games that don't exist or are from the wrong region or add tons of missing games, I'd rather deal with something I can 100% customize myself to begin with.
I agree completely with your points regarding the PureGaming.org apps' difficulty with/inability to sort games, variants left out, etc., but as you said later, I think that's an issue with virtually every "lump sum" collector app out there. My GamePedia solution gets past that, but as most folks own Windows PCs versus a Mac, it's hardly ideal for everyone. Basically, your best bet is to build your own list/database in an app that will allow you to do so; that way you get full control over what is and isn't in the app. As the primary use of most collector's apps is for glancing at quickly to determine if you have or need something, most any app should do after you get the list/database issues sorted out ahead of time.
I would use the PureGaming apps if sorting games into different folders/lists was easier. Unless they've updated it, sorting out licensed, unlicensed, different regions, prototypes, homebrew, non-games like Game Genie that in includes, variants like Metroid yellow label, etc. is a huge pain. I like the snazzy interface and graphs and all but when it gets down to the minutia of what games are displayed I just can't work with it.
Honestly most apps with built in game lists I find lacking. If I have to fiddle with deleting games that don't exist or are from the wrong region or add tons of missing games, I'd rather deal with something I can 100% customize myself to begin with.
Doesn't solve all of the problems, but I've noticed most of the apps recently were updated to have built in lists for PAL or elsewhere that you can easily put on the exclude list to not have them show up.
I use the puregaming.org suite. They are very handy, though I usually have to configure them to weed out PAL and unreleased stuff. Though he has thankful starting adding in PAL filters. Their price guides are usually in the ballpark, but the rarity scores are worthless
I use a couple of these too but more out of convenience and the fact that most folks in a Facebook NES group I'm part of do. The main way that I keep track of everything is manually via a Mac only app called GamePedia. After using its internal search tools to pull up all the details about any game I pick up and add it to my database, I export it to their mobile app, PocketPedia. I think the broad strokes of the PureGaming.org stuff is correct, it's just a little fiddly on some of the finer points of what games in the same category or at touching edges of sequential categories are rarer than one another. To me, it's definitely close enough to be a good guide for folks who aren't intimately in the know regarding rarity so that they can prioritize what to pick up when they see it.
Yes, I use it mostly to keep a high level list of what I don't have, and to get a quick idea if something I run across in the wild is uncommon-ish or rare
My detailed collection tracking happens in a spreadsheet I maintain.
If a game you have isn't on there, you can add it to the database yourself. I like the layout and the way you can organize your list to see only items of a certain system.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=162921
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=158426
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=155177
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rvdsoft.vgcollectiontracker&hl=en
Cloud backup to dropbox, export to excel file, etc...