Dripfree Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I usually have a pretty good memory about my collection. it's only happened a couple of times but I have bought a couple games only to get home to find out I already had it. So I took a few pics of my collection on my phone so I could look at the pics when I'm out to determine what I already have. I then decided it would be a good idea to actually inventory my collection. I checked the app store to see if there was any good inventory apps. None of them seemed quite right for my purposes. I was curious if anyone else had looked into this and found a good solution? The perfect app would be able to break your inventory down into sub categories. When you get down to the specific Item you could list different characteristics of the item, like weather of not I have the manual, or case, ext. This type of software seems like a no brainer to my and I was kinda surprised I couldn't find anything like that. Was I just missing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) I built a database and some code to output it in HTML pages that I then pushed to a freebie website. Not really collecting now so haven't messed with it for a while. An app would be better. :-) At a quick glance into the Android world, the play store has at least a couple: "NES Hunter", "Video Game Tracker" so I'd say there's a good chance that you'll find one. Edited February 12, 2014 by BigO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 There's this site: http://www.rfgeneration.com/ I've tried registering my own homebrew there and it's been hit or miss. Not sure how intuitive the collection tracking aspect is. UPDATE: Found another site http://vgcollect.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) A spreadsheet, same as last time. It'll store/sort/group whatever information you bother to input. There's at least one on every platform... big ones are MS Excel, LibreCalc, and Google Docs/Drive. Google's web-based app is useful if you want to be able to pull up your collection on your phone. Edited February 12, 2014 by Rex Dart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 There's this site: http://www.rfgeneration.com/ That's what I use and I'm quite happy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hm... Was thinking about coding something like this and dropping it on the new Atari Times... Would be able to access it from your phone too. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I love NES Collector for iPhone. Am very seriously considering the SNES version too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hm... Was thinking about coding something like this and dropping it on the new Atari Times... Would be able to access it from your phone too. Any thoughts? I'd love to see that. Would it be Atari-only (pulling from some known games list), or would it be expandable to include other systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I'd love to see that. Would it be Atari-only (pulling from some known games list), or would it be expandable to include other systems? I'd want to make it a one-stop-shop, so I'd make it for all systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripfree Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 I would love to see an app like that. I don't even think it would have to be gaming specific. Just software that let's you define your own catagories and sub catatagories. Lots of people collect different things you could sell this app to Gi Joe and hot wheels guys to. You might be able to actually make some decent money with a good app like this. That's kinda why I thought it would already exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 A friend has been using VGCollect as well. Has some features like cataloging different hardware, not just carts and you can show your collection publically like this: http://vgcollect.com/TheKid4Ever/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 A spreadsheet, same as last time. It'll store/sort/group whatever information you bother to input. There's at least one on every platform... big ones are MS Excel, LibreCalc, and Google Docs/Drive. Google's web-based app is useful if you want to be able to pull up your collection on your phone. Me too. I don't understand why everybody asks for a specifically coded ap for their collection (of anything) when a spreadsheet is an excellent general-purpose tool that can be configured to look the same, is very easy to create and use, and is available on any device and in the cloud... besides the fact that you can tweak it in the future any time you want, as needed. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, easy to import/export, free or already right there on your desktop, and if you really want some super duper fancy complicated function, you can write a macro... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I have a Google Sheets spreadsheet that I can call up anytime from Google Drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisballer Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Like others have said rfgeneration.com is very good. Easy to bring up and sort on smart phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 SkyDrive or Google Drive spreadsheet. Access it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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