There’s a few certain things that irks me, and it’s consistency.
I don’t know if others share the same thoughts.
Certain consoles like the NES, SNES, and PSP should use their long names:
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Playstation Portable
Or at worse follow the same suit as:
Family Computer / Famicom
So:
Playstation Portable / PSP
Is this something you can consider, or offer the user a choice of choosing the platform display name?
The next one is that I collect some less popular consoles and was wondering when an icon would be added.
Game & Watch
Sufami Turbo
Wonderswan
Wonder swan Color
For the last 2, it can be an easy edit of its logo here:
It is unlikely that we are going to change the names of them in Core.
However:
In “Manage Pick Lists” and then “Platforms” you can modify the names of the platforms you get from us to suit your needs.
Using Manage Pick Lists, make sure to change the existing ones, so that your games will all automatically get the naming convention you like best!
Icons:
As for the icons you would like to have added, those are up for a big refresh indeed, and I’ve added some of yours to that list (and the others were already on there to be added
this topic and my reply for your ZX Spectrum Next was for me to add this platform icon to the list in the future, so you get a cool ZX Spectrum NEXT icon for that platform.
As for adding the NEXT as a platform for users to submit games too, that is a different story, we’re still debating that here to see if it has its place in our Core online database.
For now I advise to just add the games to your own collection with the platform you have created for it, and in a while (when we are going to work on new and update platform icons) it will get its platform icon at least.
Don’t worry about Core/submitting/other users for this one.
Ok, thanks. I didn’t know the usual process for this eventuality. My request was mainly to collaborate with the community and support the dissemination of new platforms. Obviously, I already have my catalog updated outside of the core
For clarity: it is fine to suggest your favorite platform if you would like it have an icon too. I am keeping a list of your posted favorite platforms, so that I can prioritize making icons.
You might be disappointed the first round we’re doing here, as the first round (and I’m still planning on “when”), will be to get the platform icon display to be the same as it is on mobile, and to have the same icons we updated and added the last round on mobile.
After that we will see to adding more of your favorites that you all asked here.
Note: There is no need to report all platform that do not have icons. We already know exactly which ones do / do not have icons. For your information, we have 221 game platforms listed. It is not our ultimate intention/goal to have icons for them all.
