Arcade PCBs?

[DefaultGen]

Any chance of these being added to the database?  I might purchase a few soon and I wouldn't mind having RFG track them in my collection   After all, we have standalone handhelds, V.Smile games, and Ohio Art Etch-A-Sketch Animator 2000 in the DB!

I could add everything on KLOV to the database if you'd add an arcade section, i'm on spring break and have too much time to kill!

[Tan]

Any chance of these being added to the database?  I might purchase a few soon and I wouldn't mind having RFG track them in my collection   After all, we have standalone handhelds, V.Smile games, and Ohio Art Etch-A-Sketch Animator 2000 in the DB!

I could add everything on KLOV to the database if you'd add an arcade section, i'm on spring break and have too much time to kill!

There has been talk of adding an arcade section in the past. It's quite a lot of work for our coders to build, will require extensive research and discussion and a lot of time. Not saying it will never happen, but that it will take a lot of time to do it right the first time. We wouldn't want to just slap together something to get rolling and have to constantly change the scripts, gamepages etc because we didn't plan this out. No different than the downloadable games database in that respect.

Adding the info to the gamepages is the easy part, building new databases, making sure we satisfy everyone, make it permanent, new search pages, new scripts for submissions, new guidelines and new collection tools are the hard parts.

I'm sure one of the webmasters will reply to this and clarify or better answer your question, but as a staffer, this has been my observations on the arcade database discussions of the past.

[douglie007]

so for the arcade part why not just add them as stand alone games, theres not a lot you have to change then ?

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I have 3 arcade machines id like to add to the db

[NES_Rules]

I hadn't realized we've been using the same reasoning for not having an arcade section for 4 years now, but in short, everything Tan said then, is still true.
Arcades are a very special part of gaming history and they deserve to be done correctly. Like we did with hardware, they need their own DB, not just thrown in with software as a new console listing. Different information categories, different image titles, etc. would all need to be done. And we just don't have the time/resources to get that all done right now.

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Do any of you know anyone at arcade-history.com

[Tynstar]

Not I

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Im a member on arcade-history.com and its a very good site with lots of info on arcade machines and various other coin operated machines dating from old to new.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I'll throw in my lot.

I would be greatly interested in tracking quite a few things here at RFGeneration, like Strategy Guides and Arcade PCBs, but we just don't have the resources to dedicate towards it. We've had volunteers in the past who've offered, but there's just not enough development capacity right now to address new databases, let alone the current problems that we have.

We also have a ton of holes in our current databases, which tend to only get filled if an active member takes an interest in getting the information filled in or needs to add it to the database for their collection. Perhaps after this year, after I get a few MAJOR site rewrites done, we can revisit this, but for now it's definitely a no.

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ok   as you say theres holes in the database which need filling,is there anything i can help with

[Shadow Kisuragi]

ok   as you say theres holes in the database which need filling,is there anything i can help with

European anything. If we can get a UPC and region information, great...if we can get a box scan, even better!

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Ive added the game "MAX" for nintendo gameboy to the database and i dont have a box or manual,i have found a game scan and a box scan in german that im adding now after i post this

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Ive added the game "MAX" for nintendo gameboy to the database and i dont have a box or manual,i have found a game scan and a box scan in german that im adding now after i post this

It needs to be yours, not someone else's scans. The Image Submission Policy can be found here:
http://www.rfgeneration.c....php?action=policies;id=4

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Would i still be able to use them if i have their permission

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Would i still be able to use them if i have their permission

...that's a good question, actually. Legally, yes, but they would have to agree that the image would become property of the site, and would not be removed if requested. We try to stray away from using images that are not from your own personal collection as a result.