bpitt

Hey, This doesn't seem to work for me in LB. I hit a letter on my keyboard and I see some filtering is performed but the resulting list shows games that have that letter anywhere in their name. Is there a setting or something else I have to do to only show games that start with the letter typed?

My goal is to have a clear understanding of the rules so that I can make sure that my contributions do not break any rules. Also, once I understand the rules, I can make a final decision on whether or not I will consider the LBDB my bible. My OCD is making this complicated as I have the blessing/curse of being a perfectionist. For my further understanding, why does the db allow multiple developers on a single game if they would then be considered different games? If these are in fact different games (according to rules) then, I'm afraid I may be doing more harm than good (which is definitely not my intention). BTW, thank you for understanding. I have been using LB for under 1 year and this is my first time on the forums.

According to the pinned guidelines (See below), I disagree. Furthermore, that's why the db allows you to add multiple developers to a single game. A game should only have 1 entry per platform. Multiple Disc games don't get entries per disc. Still 1 entry. Special Editions only get a unique entry on the Database if the game is significantly different than the already existing entry. I.e. Fallout 3 and Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition would be two separate entries.

Thank you. I would have never found that. Now, I see the 3rd game (Scuba Diver) is in moderation for deletion. I guess someone has been reading my posts and submitting my finds. I wish I knew if that was done to assist me or if someone is scanning the forums for ideas on contributions. lol. Either way, thank you all who responded.

Ok this is getting complicated. It appears that someone has already submitted the changes kurzih suggested. Meanwhile, I have also found a third game which I believe is also the same game as the 2 listed above. https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/41029-scuba-diver. Now this game is also an American title. This gives us: Sea Hunt (1987 USA) https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/28818-sea-hunt Skindiver (1983 GER ) Deleted Scuba Diver (1983 USA) https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/41029-scuba-diver So my question now becomes, with 2 different American releases, which should be the official title in LBDB. Sea Hunt or Scuba Diver?

Thank you for the info. I did not know that the American title was prioritized as the default title name. That bit of info is not listed in Moderator Guidelines and Contributor Rules pinned at the top of this forum. May I ask where you learned that? I would like to see the source to assure I am not missing any other rules as I contribute.

The 2 games in question are Sea Hunt https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/28818-sea-hunt and Skindiver https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/83255-skindiver for Atari 2600.

I have a question about submitting changes. Here is my situation: Game A and game B appear to be the same game from screenshots and research. Game A was released in 1983 Game B was released in 1987 Game B has game A as an alternate name as well as other alternate names I was going to suggest deleting game A as it had less info (alternate names and publishers) but game A was released first (1983) and therefore here is my question: Should game A be the official name of the game as it was released first? If this is the case, I will submit deleting game B and add all alternate names and publishers to game A.