Keeping track of your collection

I've used rfgeneration's lists for a lot of my stuff. It makes it pretty easy to organize things.

 

I just keep all my stuff on one side of the room, and I put myself on the other.

 

Yeah, I really like RF Generation. It's very easy to use and works great!

 

You can easily maintain your data in Excel and search / categorize it via Access.

I just use straight-up Excel. I don't have enough stuff to make a DB worth my while.

 

I've been using rfgeneration for years, definitely recommend it. If you're just looking to catalog retail games (and instructions/boxes) and systems, there isn't a better system out there.

Many people love their excel sheets, but I like the fact that I can access the tool from any comp when I'm not at home. Makes it easy to reference my collection before making a purchase.

 

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Is there any program or site to catalog with support for our own pictures of every game disc/cart, box and manual?

 

I don't use anything else than my brain. No list of what i own. Well,yes,some lists: the missing titles on a system for making the fullset. Like "i need that,that,and that title to end my factory sealed PCE fullset"..i work oppositely to many other collectors ^^

 

i keep all my games, dvds, cds in those big aluminium cd cases. got a 2000 disc case for dvds and a 1000 disc case for games and cds.

each disc is numbered and i made a mysql database which i query with a php page to find where a disc is

 

@Adol

I just have to quote my prior posting in this thread.

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Actually I wouldn't need an Excel list for my games as I know exactly what I own and in what condition the item is, but I want to know whatever I paid for the item w/shipping so I have some kind of statistics about the cost of my "passion". ^^
Gifts are declared as 0 EUR (even the games I got when I was well under 10yrs old are listed like that) and I've listed most of my Xbox games for 60 Euro each. It's the only way to estimate the price of a collection in my opinion, not that crappy IGN value shit that calculates 20$ for any loose NES cart.

 

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I just try collectorz.com and the program is quite advanced. You can add the game from their database or you can add them manualy or both add basic informations from their database and then personalize them. It can keep track of loan, missing, wanted etc. You can add scans, informations, and all sorts of field about anything.

 

Just remember to submit missing games and scans to their master database so I don't have to. ;-)

collectorz.com is nice, and I'm halfway into converting my homegrown database to their system. The downside is that their central database has very little in the form of older games. It's also a bit awkward to keep track of doublets.

 

I know I'm digging up an old topic here, but I use the free online checklists available at RF Generation. The site is ad-free and user supported (much like ASSEMbler). If there something is missing from the database, there is a form submission tool to add new titles (pending staff approval). Entries are checked by staff for accuracy and consistency (and stolen scans), but are generally approved within a day. In addition, ALL SUBMISSIONS are credited to whomever added the info.

Its completely free so I highly recommend trying it out.* If you already have a good solution, it is also a good to have redundancy and to show off what you've got.


*I should mention I'm currently on staff at RFGen, so this is indeed a shameless plug. We do not advertise, and most users join by word-of-mouth.

 

as you can see in our profile (and sig too I think), we use a website to keep track of our collection
I coded it so it'll suits our every need
it used PHP and a MySQL database
if people want one, you can always contact me ^^

 

I use TextEdit but only have a collection list for things I'd like to collect in the future (I don't have a big collection to keep track of).

 

I've been playing around a bit with RF Generation, and so far I have to say I like it. I do wish I could get it to return more than 40 results per page, though. Would make it easier when starting new lists.

 

i have found rf generation to be completely incomplete on most systems -- especially on the hardware portion.

www.digitpress.com -- click the rarity guide then click the easy printable lists section. choose your console, choose us released games, choose your options below, generate!

if youre looking for NES specific and REALLY REALLY indepth, check out
http://www.nationalgamedepot.zoomshare.com/1.html

 

If you're a Mac user you can use "Game Hunter". It's a free app that let's you catalogue your game and hardware collection and it's interface looks a lot like iTunes, including the cool "coverflow" option.

Just fill in the fields and add your own covers, make lists, keep track of their location, export to PDF, backup to a network, etc... For the more recent platforms it has a handy auto-complete function which fills in the fields for you by connection to several databases. It's really great.

 

I use a mix of pcedaisakusen.net and collectorz for my PCE collection.