Mikerochip Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Can the system list naming inconsistency be sorted? I've only recently started using Launchbox, and it just looks really weird. Some systems are called their [Company] [US System Name], and some are just called [System Name]. eg Wonderswan, where, if it was named consistently, it should be called Bandai Wonderswan, and probably the same with the NES, Nintendo made the Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as the Super NES. The NES obviously is up for some debate, is it the 'Nintendo Entertainment System' made by Nintendo, or is it the 'Entertainment System' made by Nintendo. But the SNES isn't really: Nintendo made the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Shouldn't the Super NES be titled the Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System? And Acorn made the BBC Micro, not BBC. And NEC made both the PC Engine, SuperGrafx, and the Turbo Grafx, but only 2x of them in the system list are prefixed by NEC. Microsoft made both Windows and DOS, along with the Xbox, but DOS is just MS-DOS where Windows is just windows, but it's the XBox is the Microsoft XBox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 You can name your platforms however you want to, you aren't forced into any naming convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikerochip Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Of course! And that's what I am doing! That doesn't change the fact that they're hugely inconsistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I don't really get the nes , snes, and ms-dos problem. The nes IS the Nintendo entertainment system. The snes IS the Super Nintendo entertainment system. Yeah they are made by Nintendo, but those are their names, that's what's on the box. The MS in ms-dos stands for MicroSoft if I'm not mistaken. That's why they added the MS to it, since before it was just DOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Kant Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 What he want to say is microsoft windows microsoft MS Dos and so on... or Windows Playstation Dreamcast Womderswan Launchbox wants to have a accurate and Good Games DB but there are still too many inconsistencies and failures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Kant Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 6 hours ago, DOS76 said: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare Then it will be a real funny games db in the future... doesn’t matter of the name it was given the game is still awesome and I like Auto Theft Grand so much ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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