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I've run into a couple issues when searching and importing games
mobygames. Wanted to see if there are any options I'm missing or a
better method to follow.<br>
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1. When searching for a game, is there any way to include the
platform as part of the query?<br>
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This generally isn't a big issue other than slowing down the process
as you have to wait for the initial results to come back and then
select the correct platform for every multi-platform title (or games
named with similar titles).<br>
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However, with games from early consoles using generic titles, it's
definitely problematic. Searching for 'Basketball' for Atari 2600,
eg., returns 30 results, and none of them are the correct version.
Heck, none of them are even for the 2600. I ran into a number of
games like that where I had to resort to manual entry because I
couldn't find the game through searching, even through it was in the
mobygames database.<br>
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2. Are there any options for the cover image that gets imported?
Ie., any way to specify the size or the cover type (box, cartridge,
etc.)?<br>
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At least with mobygames, it always pulls in the tiny thumbnail
image. It also seems to be inconsistent about which image it
selects, usually going with a box cover but sometimes using the
cartridge instead. I thought this was initially due to missing box
art for the target platform, but in a couple cases (and forgive me,
I don't remember which now) mobygames did have the front box cover
for the 2600 version of a game, but tellico still pulled in the
cartridge instead.<br>
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These are not major problems with Tellico, of course, but it's
requiring that I manually touch every game to import the
correct/larger art and, for the generic titles, manually enter all
of the game details. Just trying to minimize the amount of manual
entry necessary.<br>
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Jared Breland
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