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Xerxes
Joined 25 November 2014
→Source #5: GameFAQs
(→GameID adding guide: i'm satisfied with the number of examples now. this is pretty close to being "done".) |
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==== Source #5: [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] ==== | ==== Source #5: [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] ==== | ||
I'm not going to lie. GameFAQs, on the whole, is a terrible place to get IDs. But as I do recommend looking into release data for games while you do this, you'll usually go to GameFAQs anyways as their release information is extremely good. The rule of thumb here is, never trust their Gamecube or Wii IDs. The first three characters are all you can get from them; not only do they omit the publisher code again, they also just fill in the region code by the region of release, NOT what the ID actually is. So do NOT blindly trust the region codes from GameFAQs; instead check their uploaded covers instead. In contrast to this though, their WiiWare and Virtual Console IDs are generally pretty good and trustworthy, so if you use GameFAQs for anything, use it for those kinds of IDs and nothing else. | I'm not going to lie. GameFAQs, on the whole, is a terrible place to get IDs. But as I do recommend looking into release data for games while you do this, you'll usually go to GameFAQs anyways as their release information is extremely good. The rule of thumb here is, never trust their retail Gamecube or Wii IDs. The first three characters are all you can get from them; not only do they omit the publisher code again, they also just fill in the region code by the region of release, NOT what the ID actually is. So do NOT blindly trust the region codes from GameFAQs; instead check their uploaded covers instead. In contrast to this though, their WiiWare and Virtual Console IDs are generally pretty good and trustworthy, so if you use GameFAQs for anything, use it for those kinds of IDs and nothing else. | ||
=== Example workflow === | === Example workflow === | ||