Mobygames user Multimedia Mike has a list of games that aren't on the Mobygames database yet which will be very useful if your looking to add some games to the database.

The list is comprised of US and/or European releases for

• 3DO
• N64
• NES
• Sega Dreamcast
• Sega CD/32X
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega Master System
• Sega Saturn
• SNES
• WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color

And a few games for other platforms

View the lists here

http://multimedia.cx/mobygames/

it ain't hard to find a game to contribute that's not already here: find an MS-DOS shareware CD and swing a dead cat -- you'll find a couple hundred, easy.

It's even easier with the Spectrum. Type (for example) 'TRA' into the www.worldofspectrum.org search engine to find 'Desert Rats', 'Mafia Contract' and 'Stranded' for example - all highly-rated games we haven't got documented.

Investigating old Speccy software through emulation can be complicated for people who didn't experience it the first time around. Even though I'm somehow certified as an approver for the platform, I've had only very mixed success at even reading its data images in emulation, mostly ending in failure 8)

This is true. For the Spectrum I mostly use EmuZWin to run the games, and ZX32 to load the more troublesome files. WorldofSpectrum offers both of those, plus most games (they're fussy about Ultimate/Codemasters/Capcom titles though). The C64 (which is slightly better documented on here, but still missing some genuinely great games) is easier, using VICE to run the games and www.gb64.com for the downloads. The Amiga is a nightmare though...

Any chance you could zip and upload your emulator with all of the settings in place? I wouldn't mind doing a few speccy games either then, I'm just not too fond of spending an entire day getting the emulator to run properly.

I can tell that wrestling with emulators has really slowed down your submission pace here 8)

I should audit the HOTU master list to see what we don't have (tons). I think in certain regards they're our main competition for documentation of MS-DOS-era material, but with a bit of focus we should be able to render them completely redundant in a matter of months, no longer necessarily driving would-be game historians to warez sites. (Optimistically, and graciously on their part, every one of their game entries has a placeholder for a Mobygames link... but piles of these links go nowhere, as we haven't documented the games yet.)

And then there's that Lauppert fellow's site... it just drives me bonkers that motivated individuals have been able to cover so much that our mongol hordes here haven't even approached 8)

I do appreciate the utility in "completing" game lists for classic consoles, which are nominally "closed" and not having any further games developed for them... a finite task with an achievable goal. (Perhaps not so for 8-bit micros 8)

you mean like the genesis and the dreamcast, both of which are getting new games in the near future? :)

"Closed" sometimes means there are a few stragglers late to the end of the party, but few enough for a dedicated individual to capably take in stride all by themself.

Or you just go to "game" category on Aminet and start. See you again in 2018.

Great list, awesome work.

Have we agreed on something concerning contribution collaboration? Are there some "roles" assigned or can I just go ahead and submit anything I want from that list? Wouldn't want to get in someone's way, you know.

I'd handle the Wonderswans and NES, any objections/suggestions?

Is Opipeuter Inconnivus working on the Wonderswans already?

i was about to call dibs on puss n boots for the nes, since i'm watching a boxed copy on ebay, but it doesn't appear to be in missing games list either! :) and yeah i got dibs.

and also, i made a list of tg-16 games that aren't in the database... it's in the other topic...

I should also point out that the list don't include Japanese games for those systems though quite a lot were released in Japan and U.S with a different name there are quite a few Japan only games for those systems.

I am, but I welcome you with open arms. It would be a pleasure to have something to approve.

One warning, there may be a few games on the complete list that are actually duplicates. I have to take a look over it when I get the chance.

PS. thanks for spelling the name right!

I am going very slowly though the NES list and am currently working on Championship Pool (due to other commitments this has almost stoped). I would hate to do a game that someone else is doing so I am hoping for a reserve game in the future.

btw: I think that Bard's tale is "Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale" that is already in the database. I could not find any other games with that name.

btw2: Well done to Multimedia Mike for keeping the list so updated. As soon as the game gets approved the off the list.

I'm trying to add some old ms-dos games every once in a while but mainly these days I stick to new independents. Unfortunately I'm way too anal about making as complete a package as I can (except reviews, because i'm not very good at them).

yes, bard's tale is already in the database. however, i have to object to the title. the cartridge itself only says "bard's tale" and the title screen has "bard's tale" on top of "tales of the unknown". i know that the pc version etc etc lists the title differently, but i don't think the nes one is "tales of the unknown: bard's tale" or whatever. of course i don't have the box so no way to verify that.

I like the lists from Mike as well. It'd be neat if we could all team up one one like Lynx where it seems there's only a handful left.

By the way, if anyone's ever looking for something to add you could always look into the games that are advertised in the banners above, beside or below these boards. I checked about four and none were in here. I'm fairly sure most are not flash games.

i'm going to do my best to get more tg-16 games in there, but since i only add games that i own, and i keep losing ebay auctions (not b/c i don't know how to win them but b/c i'm just not willing to pay as much as the next person).

also, tg-16 games raise a question w/ me: what is the cardboard box that's around the case considered? see, if i added a game, i'd likely use the front cover/manual cover as the front and the back insert from the cd case for the back, since it's very difficult to even obtain a tg-16 game that still has the box that the cd came in. but is this wrong? is the front and back of the box what's considered front and back, and if so, what would the front and back of the cd case be considered?

The box would be: Front/Back Cover, the jewel case would be: Other - Jewel Case Front/Back

Speaking of TG-16, it should also be relatively easy to make a list for missing US games for that system. I found lists here and here, for example.

OK, I've compiled lists of missing US games for TurboGrafx-16 and TurboGrafx-CD from those master lists.

TG-16

• Battle Royale
• Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
• Boxyboy
• Champions Forever Boxing
• China Warrior
• Cratermaze
• Cybercore
• Davis Cup Tennis (might be the same as one of Loriciel's tennis games for computers)
• Deep Blue
• Double Dungeons
• Dragon's Curse
• Drop-Off
• Dungeon Explorer
• Falcon (by Spectrum Holobyte, but probably not a direct conversion of a Falcon computer version)
• Ghost Manor
• Hit The Ice
• King of Casino
• Magical Chase
• Power Golf
• Psychosis
• Silent Debuggers
• Soldier Blade
• Sonic Spike Volleyball
• Takin' It to the Hoop
• Time Cruise
• Timeball
• TV Sports Hockey
• Veigues Tactical Gladiator
• World Class Baseball
• World Court Tennis
• World Sports Competition

TurboGrafx CD

• Addams Family
• Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
• Buster Bros. (the same or similar as Pang maybe?)
• Camp California
• Dungeon Explorer II
• Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest
• Dynastic Hero (apparently a conversion of a Wonder Boy title, with changed characters)
• Exile: Wicked Phenomenon (or do we have this already here?)
• Godzilla
• Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf
• John Madden Duo CD Football (based on the early Maddens for Genesis/SNES, apparently)
• Lords of the Rising Sun (we have this as a computer version, but maybe it needs a new entry; Cinemaware's TG-CD version of It Came From the Desert is vastly different from the computer version)
• Magical Dinosaur Tour
• Monster Lair
• Riot Zone
• Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly-Paradise
• Syd Mead's Terraforming
• Vasteel

um, the tg-16 list you have is almost identical to the one i posted in the "collaborations" thread of which this thread is a companion piece. XD i'm sure glad i went thru the trouble...

Whoops, I didn't remember that. But anyway, I think my list is a bit more accurate, and you didn't have the CDs.

IIn the past when something like this shows up, I enter alternate titles:
"Bard's Tale" - NES Title
"Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown" - NES Title Screen

Indeed, I monitor the new releases list relentlessly and zap games from their respective missing lists as soon as they are finalized in the database.

BTW, I'd like to give a shout-out to beetle120 here and recognize the remarkable quality of his contributions, particularly for games that no one else would ever want to touch. Check out Gold Medal Challenge '92 as well the amount of work he put into -- what most people assume would be -- the dull genres of bowling and fishing games such as Championship Bowling and The Black Bass.

You're a true MobyGames hero, beetle120. :-)

definitely keep an eye on that list, Mike. I'm gonna try my best to get those Game Boy games up to date.

at any rate, i'm adding psychosis today and will add double dungeons once i've won the auction. *keeps fingers crossed* i lost the puss n boots (NES) auction but i'm trying on another one. XD

Oh this is getting silly. I appreciate Mike having a list (I do too) but... A News item really?...

Someday maybe we'll have a "community contribution" way to add games to the database...

Hey, ever hear of a "slow news day"? :-)

I submitted it as a news item so that it would appear on the front page in hopes that more people would see it as Mikes link was buried in the forums and could easily have been missed. The main idea was the more people who know about said list the more people can help. This will not only benefit the site but also make it more easier for people to know what needs adding to the database. All in all id say that it is news worthy as some people had no idea the list existed and now they do which in my mind classes it as "news".

P.S

Whoever approved it thought it was news worthy maybe you should take it up with them if you disagree.