Evan G

Proposal for standards on how to document video games for bibliographic purposes
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October 4, 2019





1|It would be my preference to store dates in yyyy/mm/dd format, as that will be the easiest way to sort things.
20|Magazine/newspaper articles
16|game name/ hardware name|systems|magazine title|article type (i.e. review, preview, cheats, strategy guide, etc.)|summary|author(s)|publication  date|volume number|page number(s)|# of screenshots
20|Website
16|game name / hardware name|systems|website title|article type (i.e. review, preview, cheats, strategy guide, etc.)|summary|author(s)|publication date|date accessed|website link|Internet Archive link|# of screenshots
1|Websites should be backed up offline if there are things that are important, as nothing is permanent on the Internet.
20|Review scores
1|This is going to be a difficult one, because every publication had different standards for reporting review scores, and many magazines also changed the format of scoring over time. Each magazine is going to need a special format.
1|Common to all scores will be the following:
16|game name|system|magazine title|publication date
1|Magazine specific information:
21|EGM Format #1
16|Reviewer #1 name|Reviewer #1 score (out of 10)|Reviewer #2 name|Reviewer #2 score (out of 10)|Reviewer #3 name|Reviewer #3 score (out of 10)|Reviewer #4 name|Reviewer #4 score (out of 10)
21|Nintendo Power format #1 (introduced March-April 1989)
16|Graphics & Sound (out of 5)|Challenge (out of 5)|Play control (out of 5)|Theme and fun (out of 5)