ReyVGM
Game Endings Master
Currently, if you want to look at a review score any old magazine gave to an old game, there's no place on the Internet to quickly find that info.
You'd have to search through old magazine scans, and even if you know the month and year the game came out, there's still no guarantee you'll find the score easily or quickly. Some magazines scored games months before its release date, some scored them much later. And some didn't score them at all (like how EGM never reviewed Super Mario World 2 Yoshi Island).
So, I decided to self-flagellate my mind and started a google spreadsheet where I'm manually writing down every single score given to every single game (right now I'm up to issue 30 of Nintendo Power). However, I know I will never be able to finish this project on my own, so this is where the community comes in. I would appreciate it if people contributed to the spreadsheet and added scores from other magazines (EGM, Game Pro, etc.).
To contribute:
Hopefully someone will take a liking to this project and help me complete it faster.
You'd have to search through old magazine scans, and even if you know the month and year the game came out, there's still no guarantee you'll find the score easily or quickly. Some magazines scored games months before its release date, some scored them much later. And some didn't score them at all (like how EGM never reviewed Super Mario World 2 Yoshi Island).
So, I decided to self-flagellate my mind and started a google spreadsheet where I'm manually writing down every single score given to every single game (right now I'm up to issue 30 of Nintendo Power). However, I know I will never be able to finish this project on my own, so this is where the community comes in. I would appreciate it if people contributed to the spreadsheet and added scores from other magazines (EGM, Game Pro, etc.).
To contribute:
- The spreadsheet in question: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16lWeOg-XCfFbV4qCI12MisDjI_yVP-wRvJS-jPWI7uA
- Just google, for example, "EGM magazine archive", and you'll probably find an archive.org collection featuring scans of that magazine. Then, look for the review scores section and add them to the google spreadsheet.
- To add the info, just right click and comment on the proper field with the score and issue number and I'll add the info. I'm doing it this way to prevent vandalism, but if someone contributes consistently, I can grant that person editing powers too.
- If a game or console isn't featured, just leave a comment anywhere and I'll add the info.
- I'm going to take care of all the Nintendo Power NES, SNES and GB scores. But if someone wants to jump ahead and add all the Nintendo 64 Nintendo Power scores, let me know and I'll add the list.
- Right now I'm only focusing on officially licensed North American releases, but if someone from Europe or Japan wants to add scores from Euro/Japanese magazines, I'm fine with that, however, please don't do so if you only plan to submit a few entries.
- I will not add scores if the issue number isn't listed.
Hopefully someone will take a liking to this project and help me complete it faster.