ADVANCED Style Guide

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ASCII Codes for non-Latin characters

À ALT+0192 Latin Capital Letter A with Grave
Á ALT+0193 Latin Capital Letter A with Acute
È ALT+0200 Latin Capital Letter E with Grave
É ALT+0201 Latin Capital Letter E with Acute
Ë ALT+0203 Latin Capital Letter E with Diaeresis
Ñ ALT+0209 Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde
Ò ALT+0210 Latin Capital Letter O with Grave
Ó ALT+0211 Latin Capital Letter O with Acute
Ù ALT+0217 Latin Capital Letter U with Grave
Ú ALT+0218 Latin Capital Letter U with Acute
Ü ALT+0220 Latin Capital Letter U with Diaeresis

ß ALT+0223 Latin Small Letter Sharp S

à ALT+0224 Latin Small Letter A with Grave
á ALT+0225 Latin Small Letter A with Acute
ã ALT+0227 Latin small Letter A with Tilde
ç ALT+0231 Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla
è ALT+0232 Latin Small Letter E with Grave
é ALT+0233 Latin Small Letter E with Acute
ê ALT+0234 Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex
í ALT+0237 Latin Small Letter I with Acute
ñ ALT+0241 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde
ò ALT+0242 Latin Small Letter O with Grave
ó ALT+0243 Latin Small Letter O with Acute
ô ALT+0244 Latin Small Letter O with Circumflex
ö ALT+0246 Latin Small Letter O with Diaeresis
ü ALT+0252 Latin Small Letter U with Diaeresis

ł ALT+0142 Latin Small Letter L with Stroke
(currently Search does not convert this character)

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Characters and codes can be found on Windows computers using charmap.exe.
Online ASCII Code chart: https://www.ascii-code.com/
Online virtual keyboard: https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/

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French

Italian

Japanese
This is a list of common terms in Katakana with the English (translation).

アペンド (Append)
ボックス (Box)
キャンペーン OR キャン (Campaign)
コントローラ (Controller)
パック (Pack)
パッケージ (Package)
セレクション (Selection)
シリーズ (Series)
セット (Set)
スペシャル (Special)
トレジャー (Treasure)
バージョン (Version)

初回限定版 - Shokai Genteiban
豪華版 - Goukaban
初回生産版 - Shokai Seisan-ban
初回限定生産版 - Shokai Gentei Seisan-ban
特別版 - Tokubetsu-ban
取扱説明書 - Toriatsukai Setsumeisho

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This is a list of release dates for consoles to help determine which category a game release should go in if it is for multiple consoles.

Acorn BBC Micro A/B - December 1 1981
Acorn Electron - August 25 1983
Acorn BBC Micro B+ - mid-1985
Acorn BBC Master - early 1986

Amstrad CPC - 1984
Amstrad PCW - September 1985

Apple II - June 1977

Atari Video Computer System (VCS) - September 1977
Atari 2600 - Novermber 1982
Atari ST - June 1985
Atari 7800 [US] - May 1986
Atari 7800 [EU] - 1987

Atari 400 - 1979
Atari 800 - 1979
Atari 1200XL - 1983
Atari 600XL - 1983
Atari 800XL - 1983
Atari 65XE - 1985
Atari 130XE - 1985
Atari 800XE - 1985

Commodore VIC-20 [US/EU] 1981
Commodore 64 - August 1982
Commodore 16 - 1984
Commodore Pet - January 1977
Commodore Plus/4 - 1984

Dragon 32 - August 1982

IBM PC - August 1981

Microsoft Xbox [NA] - November 15 2001
Microsoft Xbox 360 [NA] - November 22, 2005
Microsoft Xbox One [NA] - November 22, 2013
Microsoft Xbox Series S/X [NA] - November 10, 2020

MSX - October 21, 1983

NEC PC-8801 [JP] - November 1981

Nintendo 3DS [JP] - February 26, 2011

Sharp X1 [JP] - 1982

Sinclair ZX Spectrum [UK] - April 23 1982
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [ES] - 1985

Sony PlayStation [JP]  - December 3 1994
Sony PlayStation [NA] - September 9 1995
Sony PlayStation [EU] - September 29 1995
Sony PSOne [JP] - July 7 2000
Sony PSOne [NA] September 19 2000
Sony PSOne [EU] September 29 2000

Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] - March 4 2000
Sony PlayStation 2 [NA] - October 26 2000
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] - November 24 2000

Sony PlayStation 4 [JP] - February 22 2014
Sony PlayStation 4 [NA] - November 15 2013

Sony PlayStation 5 [NA] - November 12, 2020

Tandy TRS-80 Model I [NA] - August 3, 1977
Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer [NA] - July 31, 1980

Tangerine Oric-1 - September 1 1982
Tangerine Atmos - February 1 1984
Tangerine Oric Telestrat - 1986

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Translators and Dictionaries
Google Translate
Yandex
Jisho

Online Image Editors
Ezgif
Photopea

Image Hosts
Imgur

Reverse Image Search
Google Lens
TinEye

Google Search

Dorks
site:  restrict to a domain

site:vgcollect.com tokimeki memorial

Boolean
Google Search supports some usage of boolean operators. Using the operators makes the search terms case sensitive. May not work reliably on Google Images.

operators: can be used in combination but there are some limits when building statements.
+, AND, &
-, OR, |
" "
( )

Resident Evil +PS4
Resident Evil -PS4
"バイオハザード"
("Resident Evil" OR Biohazard) PS4
site:vgcollect.com "Z" -dragon

Ebay
Ebay supports the - logic operator, however it only supports using 1 of them in a query.

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This is a non-exhaustive list of other database sites which have valuable information to reference for work toward our site's database.

GameFAQs
MobyGames
Online Games-Datenbank | German language site
Retromags | Magazines
Sega Magazines
Visual Novel Database

GOG Database
SteamDB

Atarimania | Atari
GameTDB | Nintendo
The Legend of NES | NES
NES Cart Database | NES cartridges (box art on entries do not match carts)
The Pirate Pimp | Xbox
PlayStation 3 Center
PlayStation DataCenter | PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Psinh Museum | Japanese PlayStation demos and hibaihin
Sega Retro
UMDatabase | PlayStation Portable UMDs
World of CD-i
Xbox Addict

Crimson Ceremony | Select survival horror franchises and PlayStation demos
Goemon.net | Ganbare Goemon
Mario Museum
Silent Hill Collection