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MobyGames is a website which catalogs video games, both past and present. Its goal is defined as the following by the website's FAQ: "To meticulously catalog all relevant information about electronic games (computer, console, and arcade) on a game-by-game basis, and then offer up that information through flexible queries and 'data mining'. In layman's terms, it's a huge game database." As of November 2015, the catalog includes 180 gaming platforms (arcade games, consoles, computers, social networking devices such as Facebook and handheld devices including mobile phones - some of them grouped as a family as in the case of Atari 8-bit) and over 100,000 games,〔Ports for different platforms count towards this number. Without ports/conversions, compilation and special edition entries the number of unique titles is over 40,000. ()〕〔(MobyGames database stats ). Retrieved from MobyGames 2013-09-02.〕 spanning over 40 years. ==Overview== MobyGames' database contains information on video and computer games, video game developers and publishers and categorizes them by year, manufacturer, platform and genres. Content to MobyGames is added on a voluntary basis. The ideas are similar to a wiki, though not identical. Anonymous contributions are not allowed, each item is tracked to a user account (account registration is free) for auditing purposes. Furthermore, some information submitted to MobyGames is individually verified by users with Approver access before it goes into the database. The most commonly used sources are game packaging and manual or the game itself (title/credit screens), but also publishers' announcements, interviews with developers etc. MobyGames also maintains a comprehensive list of developers, such as programmers, game designers and artists. This list is garnered from the credit information for games in their database. Some developer profiles have biographical information (similarly to how IMDb tracks credits for various film actors and crew). Each entry can include: * a brief description characterizing the gameplay and setting * alternative titles (in various languages) * pertaining genres, themes, franchises * credit information * release information (across different countries and releases — including budget-price reissues) with product codes * cover art scans * screenshots (rules for contributing these are strict, they may not be borrowed from other websites) * review excerpts (printed or online) and rating scores (aggregated into a MobyRank) * technical specifications (medium, system requirements) for each platform * tips & tricks (not necessarily cheat codes, but also hints, Easter eggs, walkthroughs) * advertising blurbs from the publisher * content ratings (ESRB, PEGI, CERO, DEJUS etc.) * links to official or fan websites * non-indexed information (such as awards) may be entered as trivia Such database entry can be either a game, an add-on for a game (expansion pack, data disk, DLC), a compilation of games, or a special edition. Game titles can form a ''group'', to indicate they're a part of a series, or that they share similar setting (e.g.: the First World War), theme (e.g.: sea pirates) or feature (e.g.: female protagonist). MobyGames allows its registered users to rate their favorite games (by perceived gameplay value, audio-visual and presentation quality, educational value, etc.), the scores are aggregated into a MobyScore. The top rated games are then featured in a series of lists sorted by genre, system, year, etc. There is also a list for "The 25 Greatest Games of All Time".〔(25 Greatest Games of All Time" list ) from MobyGames〕 Users can also write own ''reviews'' for any game entry (they may be later re-edited by the author if necessary). The site also features an integrated forum - apart from sections on general subjects and community related matters, each listed game can have its own subforum. Uses with own account may create own "have list" and "want list" of games, which may be optionally made public - this can generate another list of games available for trade with other users. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MobyGames」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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