Go Go, mighty Syndicate!

Thing is, with the Wishlist, one can't easily see all the games that have been mentioned, only the top 10. Top 100 would be nice, at least.

Well if the list grows too much, I might be forced to split it into pages, but for now, you can see the entire game list in it (and I think I'll keep it that way since I don't want to code a search form for the moment) :)

You should add a "order by" in your sql query - as the list grows, you'll be getting lots of duplicates simply because people don't see that they game they suggest is already on the list. Asking them to search will only help in the minority of cases - people generally don't do as they're told (yet they retain the "right to complain").

Linking each game to a wikipedia entry might help you with removing double entries, btw - just check the wiki url entered against what you've already got in your db.

Yes, there is an official wishlist, but it's too messed up to be of much use IMO. If you could fix the problem of multiple entries (most games even have multiple titles themselves), it'd be a better alternative than the official one. Utilizing the work already done by wikipedia this is feasible.

The list is already ordered by name (right after the order by votes clause). And I already check if the page exists on wikipedia when a link is added. Yet you're right it could help avoiding duplicates...

On the other hand I've though of some auto-completion to do that.

My bad then; it didn't look ordered (except by votes) when I looked at it the first time.

I didn't mean checking if the page exists (although that should be done too, obviously), but if you already have a game linking to that page - chances are it's the same game.

If possible, it'd be nice to have the published year, publisher and/or current IP holder, as well as genre for each entry. However, I doubt it's possible to automatically extract that information from the wiki pages (a well written regex might do it for 90% of titles, perhaps), but you could also write a simple edit page for a few trusted volountairs.

It's possible, I've modified the sql query to add the name ordering after having posted the link to the page this evening... There's a post about that in the first page of this thread.

Aah okay. I understand. That's clever. But all things considered, I've seen some games which are part of a common license on the same unique Wikipedia page, so in that particular case, having a check on the Wikipedia page would be problematic. Anyway, there already is a check on the database to see if some game has already been submitted, when you add one ; but the spelling has to be exactly the same.
The check on existing games remains, to me, the best available method to avoid duplicates. Yet, it would have to check on words, to ensure that "Witcher" matches "The witcher" as instance (and in that case, the form would ask if the user still wants to add the game).

If this list is really and widely used, I might get into that... We'll see.

Nice little alternative to use while the official wishlist is busted, although I messed up my first few entries on the list with the wikipedia thing, good to see them fixed now :P

I'm likin' this; we should try to keep this near the front page, so people see this and reply.
I added several, including "Humongous Entertainment games". (So you can punch me for that.) Considering that Atari now owns Humongous, though, it doens't seem too far a stretch to have them on here, although more like bundles (Pajama Sam 1 -3 for 6 bucks? Awww Yeeaaahhhh...)

EDIT: 25 game limit add? :( Could we ask you for more? :P

Added Missionforce Cyberstorm and threw some votes in for System Shock, Blood Omen, Shadow of the Horned Rat, Syndicate, Full Throttle and a few others.

That's all arranged by now, dude.

Thanks, and agreed.

Ahaaaah! It was YOU! You filthy vile creature! :D
Nah I had to remove it, it is not a game, and so... If you want two hundreds games to be added to the list, grab some friends and go add them :P

Well, for some IPs maybe. I've made a blacklist, I can make a white one for those who are trusted. I'll think about that. So, for now, it's no, but maybe later.

Ugh! I must be getting close to that by now :/

The official wishlist just needs some tweaks, mainly a system to maintain the list clean and proper, as I already said in another thread allow the community to help maintain it and add more browsing options like sorting by votes, name and maybe add game profile page for each entry.

Done, excepted for the IP holder, since I don't want people to get DDoSed for some dumb reason. That page is public ;)

I see you've added year and genre to the list now, but they are displaying with opposite content. As in blade runners year is Action and genre is 1997 :P