It's simple, but it gets the job done. I've given each system its own tab, and each game has the following informational columns:
Own - Do I own it (obviously, yes for all) Played - Have I played it Beaten - Have I beaten it Year Acquired - The year (or approx. year) I got it Year Released - Release year for that system (so FFVI/III on Wii is a 2011 release) Developer - Who developed it Publisher - Who published it My Rating - My own simple rating scale (A-F) only for games I've played enough to justify one
Clicking on any game opens a link to its Wikipedia page in case I'm interested in some more information. The "Totals" tab at the end just lists the combined totals of games per system, my personal ratings, and the release years.
I'm thinking of expanding it by including "Totals" columns for Developers and Publishers, and maybe some other ideas as well. Tell me what you guys think, especially if you have some ideas or improvements. If you like it, feel free to modify it for your own collections - it doesn't take as much time as you think since all the formulas are already in place.
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Amazon order history helped a lot for the last 5-6 years. Aside from that, I just wracked my brain. When I was a kid, every new game used to be special, so it wasn't impossible to remember, but I'm probably mistaken on at least a few.
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From: KamikazePotato | #011 I like this better than Backloggery. Neater, easier to edit, has hyperlinks, and I'm pretty sure you can't rate games on Backloggery.
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From: KamikazePotato | #017 If plain Copy a hyperlink and paste it into Excel, it'll stay. I'm just going down the giant list of games on platforms that Wikipedia has.
Very smart. Wish I woulda thought of that.
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Very nice! Just needs a little bit of cleaning to add the DS in the totals tab, I think. Your handheld collection is quite impressive compared to mine lol
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