Quadko wrote:Signed up for mobygames, awaiting my email, will be fun to hopefully help out.
Great! I have the same username there as here
As for helping out, there are lots of undocumented DOS games (as well as other old computer platforms like the Amiga, but I have little knowledge of those so I can't really judge), so any additions in this field are more than welcome.
A good start before submitting a game would be to check out the
MobyGames Standards. Some of the contribution sections have their own help pages too.
The
Most Wanted! section is for games which lack critical data or assets like screenshots.
Finding the exact release date for a game such as
Strike II might be tough, but you don't need to give the exact MM/DD/YY date if you don't know it, just the year would suffice, or year plus month (which should be easier to track down if there are reviews of the game in some magazines). If you later find more detail on the release you can submit a correction and the release date will be updated accordingly.
One more thing to note is that MobyGames doesn't use BBCode tags in forums and needs HTML tags in game descriptions and other text. You don't have to use the paragraph tags (<p></p>) though, just leave blank paragraphs between the actual ones.
There's also a handy system of <moby></moby> tags to specifically link to the site's database entires. So for example a link to a game in the database would be
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<moby game="Game Title">Game Title</moby>
For the developer
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<moby developer="Name">Name</moby>
etc.
Note though that if there are several games that share the same title in the database (for whatever reason), using the <moby> tag might result in a link to the quick search page instead of the exact game you want to link to. In such cases you just need to use a regular hyperlink instead.
Finally, it's a very good idea to indicate all possible sources for your submission in the Comments section. Submissions with sources have a higher priority with approvers than those that lack source indications. You can even upload proof images to a image hosting service of your liking and leave links to them in the comments.