Cataloging your collection?

[wiggy]

i dont keep a list of what i have, which has led to me buying games twice so maybe i should?
i do however have a list of games i want, as i do most of my game shopping online its fairly easy to check it before buying anything...

Obviously I do to, as evidenced by my earlier post, but it's almost NEVER anything that costs more than 5 bucks.  I can live with that.  In fact, the 21 year old twins across the street just got into retro gaming this past year, so they almost always end up with my doubles

[AO007]

I keep notepad files for every game library. It's also easy to keep track of what I have because, quite frankly, I try to keep my libraries reasonably sized so as to prevent such an issue. I only keep games I know I like and enjoy, and don't buy games just for the sake of "collecting" with very very few exceptions, and even in those exceptions I do utilize them.

[Superchop]

I've tried the collectorz app on my iphone, the movie one I liked but the video game one kept crashing on me after scanning in a single game.  Probably because of certain jailbroken capabilities but none the less I sorta gave up on it.

I'm using the Game Vault one now and it's not too bad, but not one that I really like.

I looked into NintendoAge, and I actually enjoyed going through that site.  Seeing the various covers and manual scans really brightened up my day since I was able to look at the manuals of some of my old NES games.

backloggery I'll have to check out tomorrow.  Just pulled out my old pc games out of the attic and I didn't realize how many pc games I really had...even though i've only played a couple lol

Excel and Access are probably still gonna be my main software of choice, especially Access once I remember how to fiddle around it more.  The pen and paper route though, wouldn't work with my OCD lol, I'd have to rewrite every page over again if a new game was added and it wasn't listed alphabetically.

[AO007]

Backloggery seems a bit convoluted, honestly. :/

At least with notepad files, you don't need an internet connection.

[shenske]

www.backloggery.com

It's a great site for keeping track of your collection, your wishlist, and what games you still need to beat/progress in.  It's free and I love it

I use this too. I can access it from my phone's web too  
It can be very difficult to keep track of everything if you don't have some sort of system.

[JDavis]

http://puregaming.org/

Each app is $4 each. But in my opinion it's totally worth it. They're working on an Atari 2600 collecting app and then a Gameboy/Gameboy Color collecting app. I know because they told me.

Before you think nothing of it watch a video on it or something.

www.backloggery.com

It's a great site for keeping track of your collection, your wishlist, and what games you still need to beat/progress in.  It's free and I love it

These. I'm going to give Game Vault a try, too, though. At least for the systems there's not a PureGaming app for.

I don't have an iPhone, just an iPod touch, so it's nice to have at least a partial list of my collection when there's no wifi around. The priceguides on the PureGaming apps don't hurt, either

[tiktektak]

I've been using Game Collectorz for a long time now and couldn't live without it. i only do manual adding though no barcode scanning as I don't trust it. I want my info to be accurate.

[Maben]

Backloggery seems a bit convoluted, honestly. :/

At least with notepad files, you don't need an internet connection.

It's not really that convoluted once you use it.  You can use all the minor little settings or do what I do and just use it to keep track of my collection/wishlist and games I've beaten.  Virtually every setting on the website is optional.

And Shenske I think your signature is what turned me on to the site in the first place

[AO007]

With notepad I can remove/add games, and it's really easy, takes like a few seconds. It also helps that I keep my game libraries at a reasonable number to prevent the issue of forgetting what I own. I own 370 games between 10ish systems, and I can pretty much tell 99% of what I own, maybe even 100%.

[lotusoftheleaf]

I actually use the My Games feature on GameFAQs to keep track of which games I have. Under the Notes section I list what I still need to own the complete game, which for me is the box/case and manual for the most part. In addition, I also keep all this information in the form a TextEdit document since my internet connection can be unreliable.

I also use Backloggery, but that's mostly to keep track of which games I haven't beaten and to pick out a new game to play with that Fortune Cookie option. I love that thing.