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Collectorz.com Game Collector Changelog

What's new in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.3

Aug 31, 2023
  • Simplified Sort Name editing for all pick list entries:
  • We have simplified the database structure and editing of person pick list items and other pick lists with sort names. In the past you had editable fields like First Name, Last Name and “The”, which worked together to generate a SortName.
  • Now it is much simpler and easier. There is just a Display Name and Sort Name for each of the pick list fields.
  • This change makes it easier to set Sort Names for your entries AND this simple database structure better matches the database structure of CLZ Cloud and CLZ Games, resulting in more accurate data syncing.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.2.4 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • Improved:
  • Adding by Barcode: the last barcode you scanned is now automatically selected in the queue
  • Further improvements for sorting text with numbers in it (especially with – symbols)
  • Faster sorting, resulting in overall performance improvements especially for large databases

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.2.3 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Sorting problems for certain fields
  • Several small Add Screen stability issues

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.2.2 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • When using “Update Value” on a game, it would sometimes grab the wrong value (e.g. loose+box while you asked for loose+manual)
  • Dark Skin: In the Folder panel, we’ve made the barchart color a bit brighter.
  • In the Pre-fill popup you could not select an “empty” item for pick lists.
  • Sorting your list by date wasn’t always working properly.
  • When using “Export to XML” or “Save Database As” the program will check if the file already exists.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.2.1 (Mar 30, 2023)

  • As announced last weekend, here it is, Game Collector version 23.2 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
  • And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.
  • Also new in this version: Improved support for barcodes that were used over multiple series.
  • What is CLZ Scanner?
  • The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Games screen of the Game Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned games to your computer software.
  • CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.1.1 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • Another update for your Game Collector software, that could make using the software quite a bit faster and more responsive!
  • In this update, we are changing the way Youtube trailer videos are shown in the details panel. Instead of an embedded YouTube player (which can be very slow to load), the trailers are displayed as a list of video thumbnails and title. Just click to open the video on the Youtube site.
  • This new setup has the following advantages:
  • Browsing through your games is a lot faster now.
  • No more annoying “hangs” while the Youtube video loads.
  • It resolves the problem of many videos not being “allowed” to be embedded nowadays.
  • Clicking a trailer will now always open it in your default browser!
  • (previously it always opened in Internet Explorer)

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 23.0.1 (Nov 17, 2022)

  • Support for the separate Box Only and Manual Only values
  • Support for the Graded values (“Graded” is now an extra Completeness option)
  • New “View Last Update Report” in the menu

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 22.0.3 (May 30, 2022)

  • Tweaks:
  • Year folders now sort from most recent year to older
  • Transfer Field Data: It is now possible to transfer credits to the Notes field
  • Fixes:
  • Link Screen: Fixed various “Access Violation” errors
  • Edit Screen: File paths for missing cover images weren’t showing
  • Main Screen: filtering on Collection Status “Sold” didn’t show correct filter text in the bottom of the screen
  • Edit Multiple on the “Value: Locked” field wasn’t working
  • Filtering on the “Value: Locked” field wasn’t working
  • Link Games: When using “Find Manually” the platform was ignored
  • Add Games: The link to PriceCharting wasn’t working
  • Add Games: Value wasn’t set when adding games
  • Edit in List: Fields could be cleared when modifying the column fields during editing in list
  • Edit in List: Fixed some problems with editing price/value fields

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 22.0.2 (Mar 22, 2022)

  • Fixed:
  • Add Games: the value wasn’t shown in the result cells (you may need to switch your completeness from CIB to New and back in pre-fill settings 1 time to make them show up!)
  • Sync with CLZ Cloud: Date Added wasn’t syncing
  • Pre-fill: You can now use the field “Original” as a pre-fill field
  • Pick list popups: Add button contained bad text
  • Various “Access Violation” errors fixed in the Link Games screen
  • User Defined Fields: default values weren’t used when adding games
  • Pre-fill: User Defined Fields weren’t remembered between sessions
  • Light Skin: Rating stars weren’t visible

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 22.0.1 (Mar 11, 2022)

  • User-configurable Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields
  • User-configurable Add / Update from Core
  • Support for WebP images
  • New collection status “Sold” and new collection status icons and colors

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.6.1 (Oct 8, 2021)

  • In this update, we are improving the Submit to Core system.
  • We have created a completely new site for processing your submitted entries, which is now fully responsive to your browser size and therefore now fully mobile-compatible.
  • At the same time, we created a new auto-login system, making submitting easier and more seamless.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.5.1 (Sep 28, 2021)

  • Add Screen: By Barcode: Right click to remove a barcode wasn’t working.
  • Field Default fields meant for games could also wrongly be added to hardware entries.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.4.1 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • Version 21.4 is now available for your Game Collector software, with a nice graphical update for your folder panel. The folder panel now show horizontal bars in the background behind the folder entries, representing the “relative size” of the folder, that is, relative to the biggest folder in your collection.
  • This creates a nice subtitle bar chart in the background, making it easier to spot your biggest Platforms, your favorite Genres, etc…
  • So, of course this new feature is OPTIONAL (although enabled by default). You can switch it off using Tools > Options > Customization > “Show bar chart in folder panel”.
  • Fixes:
  • The menu item “CLZ Core > Submit item to CLZ Core” was not enabled when using Card View

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.3.2 (Aug 12, 2021)

  • Fixed:
  • Date fields didn’t always transfer correctly.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.3.1 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • A nice new v21.3 update is available for Comic Collector now, in which we introduce a new super useful database management tool, called Transfer Field Data (new in the Tools menu).
  • In short, this tool lets you copy field values from one field to another, in batch, so for your entire database, or for a selection of comics.
  • Sometimes the question originates from a user’s new insights into how to use the program’s fields in the best way. E.g. some users start using a User Defined Field for Storage Box information, because they somehow missed that there is a special Storage Box field.
  • Also, lately we have seen the question occur more often from users planning to switch to Comic Connect. Since Connect does not have User Defined Fields, they want to move their UDF data to built-in fields, like Storage Box, Owner, Tags and Notes.
  • Sadly, we did not have a solution for this (other than lots of manual labor). But as of today, we will be able to answer the above question better
  • The new Transfer Field Data screen:
  • As you can see, it has a deceptively simple UI (just select the From and To fields). However, the internal workings are very complex, especially regarding the copying of field values between fields of different data types (e.g. how to go from a UDF checkbox field to the built in multi-value Tags field).
  • A preview at the bottom lets you preview the transfer action before Apply-ing it. Also, to be extra safe, the program makes an automatic pre-transfer backup in your Backup folder.
  • Hope you like the new tool. PS. Any feedback about it is very welcome!
  • Fixed:
  • Add Movies: More responsive checkboxes
  • Add Movies: Fixed click area for removing barcode from queue
  • The Sort button in the main screen would sometimes not open the Sort Settings screen
  • Alphabet bar now works better for special characters

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.2.1 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • It is important to have your game entries linked to the corresponding entries in our Core online game database, especially when syncing to the CLZ Cloud and/or the CLZ Games mobile app. Because a correct Core link is what gives you all automatic game details, like cover images, developer, publisher, description, backdrop art, trailer videos, etc..
  • All game entries you added through the Add Games from Core screen, will of course be linked with a Core entry automatically. However, if you added game manually, or if you imported a list of games, some of your entries may arrive “unlinked”. In which case you would need to do the linking afterwards.
  • Previously, linking games with Core was done in an old and clunky screen, based on a very old version of the Add from Core screen. But not anymore! As of today, Game Collector has a completely new Link Games with Core screen.
  • New Link Games with Core screen:
  • The new screen was created from scratch and offers a more visual and easier-to-use linking process, allowing you to quick link many games in one go. Open the new Batch Link screen by choosing Batch Link Games from the new CLZ Core menu.
  • When you open the screen, it automatically shows a list of all your unlinked games. Click Find Matches at the top left to automatically find the best matches in our Core online games database, based on barcode, title and platform.
  • This process will auto-link games based on barcode where possible. For the rest of your unlinked games it determines a “match score”. Use the big green Link button at the bottom right to accept the all “high match scores” and link them all in one go, saving you loads and loads of time and clicks!
  • New CLZ Core menu:
  • For better grouping of all CLZ Core related tools, we’ve added a new top level CLZ Core item in the menu, which now contains the following:
  • Update Game from CLZ Core
  • Update all game values with PriceCharting
  • Batch Link Games
  • Submit Game to CLZ Core
  • Fixed:
  • Add Game: Text on Add button could disappear out of view
  • Main screen: Folder panel now has a minimum height as it could disappear from view after collapsing it

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.1.2 (Mar 4, 2021)

  • Instead of jumping on the next big feature update, we decided to take a couple of weeks to work on various small improvements and fixes. Here’s what’s new and fixed in today’s update:
  • New: Clear your CLZ Cloud right from the Sync screen:
  • No more need to login to the CLZ Cloud site and use “Clear Database” there. It is now possible to clear/reset your CLZ Cloud straight from the Sync screen, using the Clear CLZ Cloud button at the bottom.
  • BTW: please only use this when strictly necessary, in case of problems. Clearing the cloud and re-syncing all items is a heavy operation and causes seriously load on our servers. Thank you!
  • New: Find Duplicates results can now be exported to a TEXT file:
  • By popular demand: you can now export the results of the Find Duplicates screen, either to take with you as a text file, or for printing.
  • New: Use the Statistics screen on a selection:
  • Something that “got lost” when we replaced the old Database Totals screen with the fancy new Statistics screen: being able to see totals for the selected items in the main screen. So… now that feature is back! Just select items in the main screen, using the checkboxes or Select All, then open Tools / Statistics to see totals and charts for just those items.
  • New: Filter area in status bar now highlights when a filter is active:
  • A common question in support: “Why don’t I see all my items anymore”. Always turns out that a filter is active, either in the Quick Filter Panel, the Alphabet Bar or the search box. To make this clearer, the Filter area in the status bar at the bottom now highlights in yellow when a filter is active.
  • Improved right-mouse click context menus, with sub-headers:
  • Through the years, new commands kept being added to the right click context menus, and to be honest, they became a bit messy. So about time we cleaned them up. All main screen context menu’s have now been cleaned up, re-ordered and re-grouped with nice sub-headers.
  • Fixed:
  • Update from Core on multiple albums was not working
  • Add from Core: in some situations album covers were not downloading
  • Import XML: several fixes to importing of credits, musicians and purchase prices
  • Printing, when printing track lists, the Box Set field did not work
  • Card View: mouse wheel scrolling was broken
  • After Select All in list, some action bar button did not show up
  • After editing, the list did not scroll to the edited item anymore
  • Statistics: rare Access Violation while loading the screen
  • Picklist item images are now automatically resolved when folder changes
  • Update File Links: manual mode missing trailing slash by default

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.1.1 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • New Pre-fill screen that pops up when adding games:
  • When adding a game to your database using the Add Games screen, it will now pop-up a new screen called “Pre-fill game details, letting you set various fields right then and there.
  • Fields available in the Pre-fill screen:
  • Completeness (Loose / CIB / New)
  • Box / Manual
  • Location
  • Owner
  • Purchase Date
  • Purchase Store
  • Purchase Price
  • Quantity
  • Tags
  • No more need to edit your added games afterwards!
  • (BTW: of course, using the new Pre-fill screen is optional. If you don’t want to use it, just uncheck the “Show Pre-fill screen” toggle at the bottom. You can always re-enable it through the program’s Options screen.)

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 21.0.1 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • v21.0: Improved game value features:
  • Today we’re bringing you a HUGE update for your Game Connect software, with many improvements to the game value features.
  • The downloading of Loose, CIB and New values from PriceCharting is one of the most popular features of the Game Connect software. So for this big update, we decided to take this feature to the next level, with values for more games, new features and many improvements:
  • Values for over 25,000 extra games and editions
  • We started on this project 3 months ago, manually linking over 25 thousand extra Core game entries to the corresponding PriceCharting entries, including lots of new PAL and JP editions. A huge job, but now ALL games and editions that are listing on PriceCharting.com are linked to entries in our Core game database!
  • Now download values in other currencies
  • Use the Options screen (choose Tools / Options from the menu) to select your preferred currency for the game value and purchase price fields. Choose from USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD, CHF, NOK, SEK or DKK. Then run Update Values again to retrieve games values converted to your selected currency, using the current exchange rate.
  • Faster Update Values tool
  • The Update Values tool (in the menu) previously downloaded values one game at a time, but now it does so in batches of 100 games in one go, making it much, much faster.
  • Edit Game screen, new Value tab
  • All Value related fields (Completeness, Box, Manual, Value, PC ID, Condition, Purchase info, etc…) are now on their own “Value” tab in the Edit Game screen.
  • New on this Value tab:
  • A nice chart showing the PriceCharting values for Loose, CIB and New.
  • Tip: tab the bars in the chart to set your Completeness field.
  • PriceCharting values are now downloaded into the Value field (previously called “Current Value”). This way, you can now manually override (and lock) the value and always keep your Value Totals correct (in the Statistics screen).
  • You can now manually override the PriceCharting ID. Useful for cases where our game entry is linked to the wrong PriceCharting entry and you did find the correct one on the PriceCharting.com site.
  • The Completeness field now has an extra N/A option for digital games. This way you can ensure your digital games are not downloading PriceCharting values.
  • Add Games screen:
  • In the Add Games from Core screen, you can now set a global US/EU preference for getting US (=NTSC) vs EU (=PAL) values and cover images (this replace the old “US default” and “EU default” entries under a game.
  • Search results in the Add Games screen now show Edition, Region and PriceCharting values.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.5.1 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • User Defined Yes/No fields are now available as options for the folder panel.
  • Edit Multiple: Updating date fields wasn’t always working correctly if you only filled in a year.
  • Edit in List: Editing the Collection Status field did not work.
  • Folder panel: “Collection Status” folder option has been moved to “Personal” heading.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.4.1 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • Changing your folder field is now much easier:
  • You can now directly select any folder field for the folder panel, without having to create a preset first. Just instantly pick your desired folder field under the “Folders” heading in the menu of the Folder button.
  • Presets are now called Favorites.
  • You can still create your own Favorite folder options, e.g. for multi-level folder settings (e.g. Platform, then Genre), or just to make a specific 1-field setting easily accessible.
  • Your Favorite folder settings are listed at the top of the menu, under the Favorites heading.
  • New: no more need to manually name your Favorites. Sensible names are created automatically (the selected fields separated by slashes).
  • Columns and Sorting:
  • For Columns and Sorting, “Presets” have been renamed to “Favorites” too.
  • For Sort Favorites: no more need to manually name your Favorites. Sensible names are created automatically (the selected fields separated by slashes).
  • Edit Game: add multiple developers, publishers, etc.. in one go:
  • The Select screen for adding developers, publishers, etc… now includes checkboxes, so that you can multiple in one go. No more need to go back and fort between the Select and Edit screen to add multiple.
  • Fixed:
  • Using “Select All” in your list was very slow. Super fast again now
  • Print screen: “Field ID 221 has no XML tagname” error, when printing the Collection Status field as a column.
  • Removed the annoying “beep” when searching in the Add Games screen.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.3.3 (Jun 30, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • If cover downloads were disabled, the program would still download a cover URL
  • If no rating was set, it would show with rating “0” in the rating column. It now shows “nothing” in the column again.
  • If no rating has been set for a movie, it would show in a “0” folder, and now shows in a “[None]” folder in your folder panel.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.3.2 (Jun 26, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • In some case, new entries added through Add from Core would get images with .tmp extensions, instead of .jpg.
  • Editing pick list items directly from the folder panel did not work anymore.
  • Dragging items between folders did not work anymore.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.3.1 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • Faster image downloads:
  • We were able to make several improvements to the way images are downloaded (covers, backdrops, hardware pictures), making it much faster than before.
  • This change affects all places where images are downloaded from our servers, that is, when Adding Games/Hardware from Core, when Updating from Core and when down-syncing from CLZ Cloud.
  • Faster Update from Core:
  • On large collections the old Update from Core feature was quite slow, as it updated your games one by one, that is, doing separate requests to our server for each and every game.
  • So for this update, we also complete rewrote the Update from Core feature to do the updates in batches of 100 games at a time, making it much much faster! (roughly 4 times as fast).
  • Remember: Update From Core can be used to update your local game entries with possible extra data from our Core online game database. To use this feature, select some games, right click, then choose Update from Core.
  • Fixed:
  • Add Games from Core: when adding by barcode and the barcode is not found, it now automatically pops up the Unrecognized Barcode screen, so that you can 1. add the game anyway and 2. report the missing barcode to our Core.
  • When using My Rating as the folder field, the “0” folder was missing.
  • When using multiple levels of folders in the folder panel, sometimes the displayed counters were wrong.
  • Images View: it is now possible to change thumb size using Ctrl + mouse wheel.
  • The “Completed” field has been added to the folder options.
  • Add Games from Core: when adding by title with a platform filter on, “Not Found” entries that you add anyway will now use the platform you selected for them.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.2.2 (Jun 10, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Images View: Improved spacing between thumbnails
  • Images View: Mouse over on images didn’t show the title of the item
  • Cover Flow: Now uses big sharp images instead of the small thumbnails
  • Find Cover: Could give an Access Violation when finding GIF images

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.2.1 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • Images are now loading a lot faster.
  • Scrolling is faster and smoother.
  • Shelves background is smoother, no more visible tile edges.
  • Shelves now always continue over the full width, even when a row is not full.
  • Two new Shelf Styles are now available: White and Concrete.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.1.1 (Mar 25, 2020)

  • Faster CLZ Cloud syncing:
  • We have made several structural changes to the CLZ Cloud syncing, making it much much faster than before, especially when syncing large amounts of entries up to the CLZ Cloud or down from the CLZ Cloud.
  • To enjoy the faster syncing, you need to use the actual Sync with CLZ Cloud screen. (The Auto-Syncing in the background is also slightly faster now, but if you need to sync many entries up or down, please use the Sync with CLZ Cloud screen.)
  • Improved stability when using Auto-Syncing:
  • At the same time, we have resolved several issues with the Auto-Syncing in the background, problems that could cause Access Violations in some situation. So this 20.1 version should provide a more stable experience too.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.0.3 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • Some statistics weren’t shown correctly on screens with higher DPI settings.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.0.2 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • Solved several different “Access Violation” errors.
  • Statistics: Changed colors of statistics screen for Light Skin.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 20.0.1 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • Quick-search the folder panel:
  • The folder panel panel is a powerful way to browse and filter your collection. Just group by Platform, or Developer, etc… click a folder and the list will give you all games for the selected Platform or Developer.
  • However, if your collection spans thousands of games and a lot of platforms, that “click a folder” part is sometimes easier said than done. It may require lots of scrolling in the folder panel.
  • But not anymore! Version 20 introduces a new search box right above the folder panel, that lets you instantly search/filter the folder panel as you type! Just typing a few letters is often enough to bring the folder you are looking for into view:
  • Sort the folder panel by the counters:
  • By default, the folders in your folder panel are sorted alphabetically. But as of today, there is another option: sort your folder panel by the counter, that is by the number of games contained.
  • Sorting by the counters is a nice way to find the biggest platform in your collection, your most popular developers, etc… Switch between the Alphabetical and By Count sorting using the two sort buttons to the right of the new search box:
  • BTW: another small (but visually very nice) tweak to the folder panel is that the counters are now in a separate column on the right (previously these were listed between parentheses right behind the folder name).
  • Brand-new Statistics screen
  • Next to the above 2 functional improvements, we have also added a brand-new infographic-style Statistics screen. This replaces the old “textual” Database Totals screen. Open the screen from the Tools menu, then “Statistics”.
  • In the new Statistics screen you can find totals for your collection, top 10 lists and cool statistics in the form of pie charts, line charts and bar charts.
  • Totals:
  • total nr of games and platforms
  • total nr of hardware items
  • total purchase value
  • total current value
  • Charts and Lists:
  • Bar chart: games by platform
  • Top 10 list: most valuable games
  • Total PriceCharting value
  • Top 10 list: most recent additions
  • Bar chart: value by platform
  • Line chart: games by release year
  • Bar chart: games by genre
  • Pie chart: Completeness (New/CIB/Loose)
  • Pie chart: Value (New/CIB/Loose)
  • Pie chart: Completed (Yes/No)
  • Please note: the new Statistics screen only shows data for “In Collection” games (so excludes Wish List items) and takes into account the Quantity values!

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.3.1 (Jul 19, 2019)

  • The Game Collector software has allowed you to add your gaming hardware (consoles, controllers, etc…) to your database for quite a while. However, that has always been manual entry. Not surprisingly, one of the top feature requests for our game database solution has been the ability to add hardware automatically by searching an online database.
  • First, we set up a separate database in our Core for gaming hardware, with all the right fields.
  • Then, we created a in-house CMS tool for actually filling that hardware database.
  • At that point, the big project started for our content managers: finding console and accessory information online and manually filling the database with as many consoles, controllers, light guns, etc.. they could find. All with descriptions, box images, device images, backdrop images, sometimes even YouTube promo videos.
  • After many months work, our hardware database now lists 1500 console editions and just over 500 controllers.
  • So it is finally time to release our new “Add Hardware from Core” feature!
  • Add Hardware:
  • Find the new Add Hardware screen by clicking the Add Hardware button on the toolbar.
  • Add Hardware by title:
  • This screen should be familiar to you as it works the same as the Add Games screen. Start typing the title of your hardware item, and pick it from the Search-as-you-type” suggestions.
  • Or refine your search by setting the type of hardware and picking a platform:
  • Add Hardware by barcode:
  • You can also find hardware by scanning barcodes via the “Barcode” tab. Scan a bunch of hardware items and add them!
  • TIP: Use CLZ Barry to quickly scan a bunch of barcodes here!
  • Add Hardware Manually:
  • If you can’t find your hardware item, you can click the “Not found? Add this hardware anyway” entry at the bottom, and add that to your collection.
  • Or just use the old menu Edit > Add Hardware Manually to do so.
  • Find Device and Box Image:
  • Use the “Find Online” buttons in the Edit Hardware screen if you want to find a different device or box image!
  • Hardware in your collection:
  • Hardware has been a part of our Game cataloging software titles for a while. You can edit a hardware entry the same as you can edit a game entry, and you can now add two images (device and box image) to them as well.
  • TIP: To quickly group on hardware, click the folder button and select “Games / Hardware”.
  • New: Sync your own back covers and audience ratings
  • Back Covers:
  • With this big update for Game Collector we have another surprise for you: Syncing Back Covers!
  • We introduced a new checkbox “Custom Image” in the Edit screen for back covers of games. This checkbox will be automatically checked when you replace the Core image, e.g. by using Find Cover Online, by dragging and dropping or by using the Browse button to add a local image.
  • Once this Custom Image box is checked, that cover will automatically sync to and from the CLZ Cloud.
  • Same as with custom front covers, you can automatically check your database for custom images by clicking menu Tools / Maintenance / Auto Mark Custom Images.
  • Also, they will always stay marked as custom, so that even if you clear your cloud and sync everything again, they will re-upload automatically.
  • Audience Ratings:
  • One of the top requested fields to be added to the sync is Audience Ratings… so this field now syncs to and from the CLZ Cloud.
  • What about the mobile apps:
  • We’ll be adding the audience rating and back cover fields to the sync of the CLZ Games apps (Android and iOS) within 3 months. Back covers (editing and syncing) will also be added to all Collectorz.com Movie, Book, Comic and Music products.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.2.2 (May 2, 2019)

  • Changed:
  • Bigger buttons for the find cover screen and options screen
  • Fixed:
  • Filter Screen: Drag/Drop of pre-set filters could give an Access Violation error
  • When running the program on 2 or more screens with different DPI settings, you could get a “List Index out of Bounds” error
  • You can now bypass the “Lock File” warning if it appears on start up
  • Add buttons in the Add Screen are now disabled while data is being downloaded to prevent an Access Violation
  • Duplicate Finder:
  • Updated the standard set of columns (you can also pick your own using the column button top right)
  • After searching for duplicates twice, the screen could show “0 found” even if it found duplicates

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.2.1 (May 2, 2019)

  • New: Find Duplicate Games:
  • Click menu Tools > Maintenance > Find Duplicates to begin.
  • Then select which field to find duplicates on. You can find duplicates based on:
  • Title
  • Title & Platform
  • Barcode
  • Index
  • All Fields

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.12 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • Tweaks to the Add button:
  • All Collection Status values are now available, including “For Sale” and “On Order”!
  • The little popup menu now indicates the selected value with a checkmark.
  • The Add button itself now says “Add to Collection” or “Add to Wishlist”.
  • Fixed:
  • Flashing starting the program (especially visible on very big screens)
  • Selected x from x items in the status bar and the total items at the top now have a bit more space
  • Clicking the add button twice didn’t give an “Already in collection” warning
  • Opening the program in full screen on a secondary screen didn’t work
  • Add Screen: On high DPI screens, search results could take up too much space

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.11 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • More compact toolbar layout, to save screen space
  • No more annoying Add to Collection / Wish List popup in Add Games screen
  • New “Transparent” styles for the Flex template, to show off your backdrops

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.0.8 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • Trial mode improvements:
  • Bigger “+ Add Games” button on the default toolbar.
  • Improved “My CLZ Account” messaging when logging in with a CLZ Account.
  • New hints to Sync with CLZ Cloud after adding some movies.
  • Removed the ugly blue “hint box” that appeared when starting with an empty database.
  • Fixed:
  • Occasional freeze/hang problems after a period of program inactivity.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.0.7 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Automatically syncing cover images could happen too often
  • Edit Screens:
  • While using Next/Previous, the cursor position wasn’t always retained
  • After scanning an image, some of the buttons would sometimes not be enabled

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.0.6 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Right after the release of v19, we started receiving reports from users that their image scanners would not be found when using the 64-bit version. Other users reported that the web-cam scanning would not work anymore. A temporary work-around has been to use the 32-bit version of version 19.
  • In the meantime, our Windows developer Joe has been working hard to get both of these problems resolved and we are happy to report that both have been fixed in today’s version 19.0.5:
  • 64-bit version now uses WIA to connect with image scanners. When acquiring, make sure to select the WIA driver for your scanner, not TWAIN.
  • Scanning barcodes with your webcam scanner is working again.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.0.5 (Jan 18, 2019)

  • Custom Image checkbox wasn’t always checked in certain situations (e.g. unrecognized barcode screen, drag/drop image on the details panel)
  • Images for items that don’t have a cover in Core didn’t upload automatically
  • Images for items that don’t have a cover in your CLZ Cloud didn’t upload automatically
  • Got rid of a couple of access violations in the main, filter and find cover screens
  • Edit Screen: Covers tab: tabs weren’t high enough
  • Fixed a rare “Range Check Error” happening for big databases
  • Import from Other Database:
  • Added 2 progress bars to keep track of the import
  • In rare cases you could get an empty extra collection tab after an import

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.0.3 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • New:
  • Image Viewer popup: The option “Resize picture to window” now resizes the window when browsing through the images of that item.
  • Added new tool to automatically check the checkbox of front covers when they are “custom covers” (found in Tools > Maintenance menu)
  • Fixed:
  • “Search as you type” suggestions on your own collection did not always work.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 19.0.2 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Manage multiple “collections” within one database file
  • Automatic Cloud-syncing of your own “custom” images
  • A new super-adaptive “Flex” template for the Details Panel
  • 64-bit version for 64-bit Windows versions

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.3.3 (Oct 16, 2018)

  • We still had a couple of persistent Access Violation and List Index Out of Bounds errors happening in the Add Games screen. We managed to capture them and the Add Screen should be more stable now.
  • We also fixed a problem with the quick search in the main screen that could throw an error.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.2.3 (Jun 28, 2018)

  • We fixed an issue in two panel mode where, on start-up, the items in your database sometimes wouldn’t show up correctly.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.2.2 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Several Access Violation errors in the main screen.
  • List View: Double clicking on checks would make list unresponsive.
  • Edit Screen: Using Next/Prev would cause strange effects with checkboxes in main screen.
  • Main Screen: The width of the columns wasn’t remembered correctly sometimes.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.2.1 (May 30, 2018)

  • New Selection Checkboxes in the List View, for easy selection of multiple games
  • A new Action Bar with batch actions
  • Also new: Action Bar above Details Panel

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.1.1 (May 23, 2018)

  • New collection status icons:
  • We added new collection status icons to the main screen’s list view and card view to make the screen less clogged up and easier on the eye.
  • Fixed:
  • Edit Game:
  • Index field didn’t have localized or custom caption
  • Clicking next or previous could create a second + button in the User Defined Fields tab
  • Templates:
  • Fixed an issue where the template could become “white” if arrow keys were used on the keyboard.
  • Clicking an image would show a drag/drop menu. The image now opens properly.
  • Quick Search: Fixed normalization for quick searches so words with umlauts/accents etc. are now easier to be found.
  • Fixed a problem with folder paths for users that have their Documents folder rooted to an external drive (program wouldn’t install properly).
  • Link Screen could show “Link Selected” button even if there were no matches.
  • Manage Column presets:
  • Clicking in certain parts of the screen could cause Access Violations.
  • Clicking the Edit menu could break the focus in the screen.
  • Light Skin: Better visibility for selected items in your lists.
  • User Defined Fields: It was possible to create invisible User Defined Fields which would then never show up in the edit screen.
  • Add Screen: Scrollbar position wouldn’t update sometimes.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.0.6 (Jan 18, 2018)

  • Fixed:
  • User Defined Fields: fields with an ampersand (‘&’) in their name weren’t always displayed correctly throughout the program
  • Edit Game: clicking OK while uploading cover would cause a crash. Buttons are disabled now during upload.
  • Clicking OK/Next/Previous in an edit pick list item screen without editing its details would trigger unnecessary cloud changes
  • Using “search” in some file open dialogs for images wouldn’t find .png files
  • Syncing with CLZ Cloud: locally inserted items would update empty fields with Core fields after syncing
  • Main Screen:
  • using CTRL to deselect items would not update the selected counter at the left bottom
  • showing/hiding the quick filter panel would expose the details view when it was closed
  • when the details view image popup was scrolled down, opening it again would scroll down again
  • quick search suggestions: selecting a suggestion would not clear the previous quick search
  • selecting the window’s “restore” option when running full screen could hang the program in some cases
  • refresh of the statistics view could fall back to the currently active folder instead of selected statistics field

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.0.5 (Jan 13, 2018)

  • In this maintenance build, we fixed a long-standing problem: On Windows systems with the DPI or Font Size set to 125% or 150%, many screens had strange font size and layout problems, particularly visible in the Edit Game and Edit Hardware screen, but also affecting other screens.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.0.4 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • Tweaks to the Edit screen:
  • Developer/Publisher lists: right click to directly access that specific Manage List screen.
  • Fixes:
  • Edit Multiple: boolean fields would be reset to “No”.
  • Add from Core: Stopping a running search could cause an Access Violation.
  • Main Screen: Selected filter wasn’t restored on starting the program.
  • Select Column/Sort/Folder fields: adding/removing a field after changing the order of the fields, would reset that order again.
  • Various stability improvements.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.0.3 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Pick Item Screens: when using the quick search the list wasn’t always sorted correctly
  • Reassign Index fields sort fields were stored as “reassignindex” as sort fields preset
  • Manage Presets: removing all presets would cause an Access Violation after closing the screen
  • Edit Game: navigating Links using ALT+N or ALT+P would navigate the games instead
  • Manage Pick List:
  • When using the quick search the list wasn’t always sorted correctly
  • “auto resort” check box didn’t work

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.0.2 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • New:
  • Pick Item Screens: adding a new item will now use the quick search string to pre-fill the name field
  • Fixed:
  • Edit Screen: ALT+N/ALT+P for Next/Previous played a Windows sound
  • Edit Screen: Adding a new item to a list sometimes displayed a popup that was too small
  • Reassign Index Fields: Saving your selected fields wasn’t possible sometimes
  • Export/Print field selection menus were missing “Manage Presets…” caption
  • Clean Templates: Several layout improvements

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 18.0.1 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • NEW: Fully Automatic CLZ Cloud Syncing:
  • The free CLZ Cloud service is at the center of all our cataloging solutions (desktop, mobile and web), the glue that binds them all together. Tens of thousands of users are using the CLZ Cloud syncing every day, to transfer data between their desktop, Connect and mobile software, to update their online collection list, or simply for keeping an online backup of their precious database.
  • Now, it is time to take the CLZ Cloud to the next level, with automatic syncing:
  • Add or edit games in Game Collector and these changes will auto-upload to the CLZ Cloud instantly. Did you make changes using CLZ Games or directly in Game Connect? Just start your software and changes will download automatically.
  • No more need to go to the Sync with CLZ Cloud screen, ever.
  • With “Sync Automatically” switched on…
  • Your online cloud backup is always up-to-date.
  • Your cloud viewer always shows the current state of your collection.
  • All your CLZ tools (desktop, mobile and Connect) will always be in-sync.
  • Automatic Cloud Syncing is an optional feature, switched OFF by default. If you don’t want to auto-sync, or don’t want to sync with the CLZ Cloud at all, just leave it switched OFF.
  • Revamped Edit Game screen:
  • A huge refresh of the Edit Game screen, bringing the look and feel more in line with the recent Add Games from Core screen.
  • Button bar is now at the bottom of the screen
  • With OK button high-lighted in blue, nice Next/Prev arrow buttons, etc…
  • Clearer blue + buttons for checkbox list fields (like Genres)
  • Same blue + buttons for dropdown fields (like Platform and Format)
  • Revamped Edit screen for pick list items
  • Button bar at the bottom with blue OK button, smaller generate buttons, etc..
  • Improved interface for adding Publishers and Developers:
  • The new interface helps you make better use of your existing publisher and developer pick lists:
  • Drag the icon in the first column to change the order.
  • Click the “x” in the last column to remove entries.
  • Right-click to Modify the name and sort name of a company in the list.
  • To add a Developer to the list:
  • 1. click the “+ Add Developer” button, or hit Insert on your keyboard
  • 2. A new screen appears, showing your existing creator pick list.
  • 3. Type a few letters in the search box to find the creator you want to add, e.g. enter “id” to find id Software.
  • 5. Hit the down arrow on your keyboard a few times to select the actor from the search results
  • 6. Hit Enter to return to the Edit Game screen with the developer added to list.
  • ONLY when the developer is not in your pick list yet, there’s 3 extra steps:
  • 4a: click the New Developer button top right
  • 4b. enter/paste the display name
  • 4c. click OK
  • Simplified: Edit Multiple Games screen:
  • Now use checkboxes to explicitly indicate which field(s) you want set. Safer and clearer, no more unexpected changes.
  • To clear a field, just click the checkbox and leave the box empty. The box will highlight in red to indicate the CLEAR action. No more hidden F8 keys.
  • Simplified screens for selecting Column, Sort and Folder fields:
  • The ability to select your own Columns for the List View is an important customization feature of our Game Collector software. The same holds for selecting the sort order and the folder fields for the folder panel.
  • However, the “field selection” screens for doing these customizations have always been an area of confusion. So for v18 we decided to re-imagine both the field selection screens and the system for creating/managing your own presets.
  • Simplified Field Selection screen:
  • Available fields are now grouped, like the tabs in the Edit Game screen.
  • Easily find the field you want with the search box top left.
  • Use checkboxes on the left to select fields.
  • Use the “x” button on the right to remove fields.
  • Drag and drop fields on the right side to change the order.
  • Rename the field set at the top right.
  • Simplified system for managing your field presets:
  • Just click the Columns or Sort Order button to EDIT the current preset.
  • Click the little arrow to the right of the Columns or Sort Order button to open the preset menu and switch to a different preset.
  • Choose Manage Presets from the preset menu to edit your presets and create new ones.
  • NEW: “Clean” template for the details panel, in Light and Dark styles:
  • A complete refresh, based on the recent Connect/Cloud details page updates. Clean, clear and modern, with some fresh layout ideas - cleaner look, in both Light and Dark styles.
  • No more Standard edition - Pro-only features now available for everyone:
  • Since last week, we stopped selling the Standard edition of Game Collector. From now on, the Pro edition is the only edition we sell, and will just be called “Game Collector” now.
  • Our gift to all users on the Standard edition who have a valid Update Plan: Starting with v18, you now get access to all Pro-only features:
  • Batch editing with the Edit Multiple feature:
  • Save time by editing multiple items in batch, e.g. to fill in a field value for many items in one go.
  • Customizable pre-sets for sorting, columns and folders:
  • Create your own pre-set field combination for sorting and columns. Define your own folder options, even multi-level folder combinations.
  • User Defined Fields:
  • Create your own fields (text, number, pick list, checkbox or date) and rename pre-defined fields.
  • Export features:
  • Export your database to a CSV or XML file.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.2.6 (Sep 15, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Add Games from CLZ Core: Access Violation when adding several games by barcode

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.2.5 (Sep 14, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Add Games from CLZ Core:
  • (un)checking an item in a selection would not (un)check all those items

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.2.4 (Aug 24, 2017)

  • New:
  • Add Games from CLZ Core: the 4 “Add by” tabs now have icons
  • Fixed:
  • Edit Game/Hardware: Screenshot & Links: adding “image files” as local links would add them as “screen shot” instead.
  • Main Screen: Quick filter panel option “keep active” wasn’t applied directly after restarting software.
  • Edit Game: Links tab: When editing a local link, the “previous” button didn’t work.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.2.3 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Add Games from CLZ Core: program could crash when updating platform list.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.2.2 (Jul 20, 2017)

  • Add GAmes from Core: Search Results list is now loading/refreshing faster, especially for long lists.
  • New option for CLZ Barry: Auto-Connect. When enabled, the built-in Buddy for Barry automatically connects to the server when you start the program or open the Add screen.
  • The Expire Date of your Update Plan is now always visible in the lower right bottom of the main screen.
  • Image open dialogs could crash the program when used a lot and browsing through thousands of images

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.2.1 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • Big changes today! The Add Games Automatically screen has been completely re-designed, to make it both easier-to-use and easier-on-the-eye (and it’s now called “Add Games from CLZ Core”):

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.1.1 (Apr 11, 2017)

  • New “Completeness” field - Loose vs CIB vs New:
  • Two extra checkbox fields “Manual” and “Box”. To further specify the “Loose” status. You know, for those cartridges with just a manual, no box. Or in a box, but with the manual missing.
  • Added: a new “Completeness” field, to indicate how complete your copy of a game is.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.0.3 (Mar 16, 2017)

  • We’ve expanded the quick search box to now also allow “search-as-you-type” with suggestions for pick list fields. In the quick search box top right of your screen you should see a “dropdown” button. Use this to select which field you wish to perform a search on. If “search-as-you-type” is available for that field, it will instantly work once you start typing in the box.
  • We also fixed some issues with the program in this version:
  • Images Popup:
  • “size window to picture” showed image slightly smaller
  • tiff images were not showing

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.0.2 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • New:
  • Images popup now also supports "Size Picture to Window without stretching" option
  • Quick search: suggestions now also are shown when searching on "Title" field
  • Fixed:
  • Main Screen:
  • Quick Search: applying a filter could cause unexpected behaviour
  • Images Popup:
  • the status bar wasn't always showing the right image path when opening | .bmp images were not showing
  • only screen shots were showing from the local images
  • CueCat scanner wasn't working properly any more

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 17.0.1 (Feb 15, 2017)

  • Quick Search: Search-As-You-Type suggestions - Instantly find and select a particular game in your local database:
  • In the Quick Search box, just start typing the first few letters of the title you are looking for.
  • While typing, a drop-down list will appear, showing the first five matching games.
  • (for most games, it only takes 2 or 3 letters before it shows up.)
  • Once you see the one you were looking for, use the up/down keys to select it, then hit Enter.
  • The game will now be selected in your list, with the details showing in the Details Panel.
  • Quick Search: Search Field selector - Narrow down your searches to a particular field, e.g. search in Title only, or Description only:
  • Click the new arrow button to the left of the Quick Search box.
  • A list of search fields will appear.
  • Now pick the field you want to search in.
  • Use the Quick Search box as you normally would to search in this field only.
  • New Multi-Image-Viewer pop-up - Easily browse all images attached to a game:
  • In the game details panel, click an image to open it in the new Multi-Image-Viewer popup.
  • Click the thumbnails on the left (or just use up/down keys) to browse through all images attached to the game:
  • front cover, back cover, backdrop and all other image files.
  • No more need to close the popup and click to re-open for the next image.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.5.3 (Jan 4, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Crashes during Check for Update proces

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.5.2 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Manage Pick Lists: removing pick list items didn't mark their corresponding games as modified
  • Main Screen: accelerator keys in main menu (like "ALT+F" for files menu) didn't work
  • Edit Game:
  • On User Defined Fields tab, "_[Add pick list item]_" didn't work for comboboxes
  • ◦Changing the role for a credit would mark all games dirty where that person appeared instead of just the edited game

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.5.1 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Credits grid: problems adding credits when multiple persons exists with the same display name.
  • Export to HTML could throw a "Reference to undeclared entity: 'nbsp'" error with some settings.
  • Easily add games that come up as "Unrecognized Barcode":
  • In Add Games Automatically, when a barcode is not recognized, a new "Unrecognized Barcode" screen will appear.
  • In this screen:
  • Just find your game by platform and title (Search-As-You-Type is also active here!)
  • Use the integrated Find Cover tool to select the cover image.
  • Then click Add Game.
  • This will:
  • Instantly add the barcode to OUR Core online game database, connected to the game you selected.
  • Add the game to YOUR database with full game details, your barcode and image AND linked to the new Core entry.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.4.2 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • New:
  • Quick search now also supports Regular Expressions. Enter "matches:" followed by regular expression in the quick search box.
  • Free Trial now has an information panel to show the user how to get started.
  • Trial Popup has been simplified to make it easier to pick one of the options.
  • The Trial Popup sometimes showed when it shouldn't for existing users.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.4.1 (Oct 10, 2016)

  • New:
  • "Search-As-You-Type" suggestions when adding games by title. If you are adding most of your games "By Title", then this will be a huge time-saver. Important: this is an *extra* tool, that makes it easier and faster to add popular games. Just hit Enter or choose "Show all results for ".." to see the full search results.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.9 (Oct 3, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Export to XML is now capable of exporting large databases without "Out of Memory" errors, as it now writes the XML directly to hard disk. This is a bit slower though.
  • Sync with Cloud: Original field was cleared when syncing down from the cloud
  • Add/Modify Filter: "Contains" filters were always case insensitive even when "case sensitive" was checked
  • Edit Multiple Games: F8 didn't clear price values

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.8 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Program could throw a "Handle is invalid" error after multiple edits

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.7 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Main Screen:
  • The folder tree was wrapping the values in the list
  • A double hint was showing for the thumbnail slider to resize thumbnails in Images View
  • When working offline, closing the program could cause Access Violations
  • User Defined Fields: values of check box lists were not loaded correctly in some cases

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.6 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Cloud Syncing: Now does up to 5 retries when a sync action fails because of a temporary connection problem.
  • Edit Game: Improved "search as you type" behaviour of search boxes for adding credits.
  • Dark Skin: active window now has a light grey border, making it stand out more when windows overlap.
  • Fixed:
  • Screen started to "flicker" after leaving the program inactive for a few minutes.
  • Add Automatically: adding a checked result would sometimes uncheck a result from another search in the queue.
  • Main Screen / Two Panel Mode: selection status text would sometimes show an invalid text when no games were showing in the list.
  • Edit Multiple: F8 to clear didn't work for memo fields like Description and Notes.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.5 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • Fixed - Edit Game:
  • Changing collection status sometimes would uncheck a radiobutton but not check the selected one
  • Previous/Next/Ok could mess up data when the edit screen was still loading

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.4 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Export to HTML: access violation could occur in some cases when using a custom index template
  • Edit Screen: Checkbox List hints would sometimes not disappear
  • Main Screen: changing font size could make some screen elements disappear

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.3 (Jul 6, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Date Fields: Year field's position now also depends on system's shortdate setting
  • Fixed - Edit Game:
  • Date fields didn't clear their Month and Day values using next/previous when they weren't filled in for the next/previous item
  • Delete key didn't work in Month and Day fields to clear their values. Backspace did work normally.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.2 (Jul 6, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Date fields now have dropdowns for Month and Day. Order of Month and Day dropdown depends on system's shortdate setting now
  • Fixed:
  • Edit Multiple: F8 in date fields didn't clear them
  • Main Screen:
  • horizontal scrollbar was sometimes showing in folder tree when it shouldn't
  • Cards View: scrolling using the mouse wheel wasn't working properly
  • layout wasn't always restored properly when quick filter panel was showing
  • Quick Filter Panel: collection status filter wasn't showing in filter description at bottom of the screen

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.3.1 (Jun 25, 2016)

  • NEW: Choose between Light, Dark or System skins:
  • Yes, We're getting rid of the gray
  • Game Collector now comes with a skin system, which affects the look of all screens in the program
  • main screen, edit screens, add auto-screen, sync screen etc.. even the settings screens
  • We have designed two different skins for you to choose from: Light and Dark
  • The third option "System" is basically the old pre-v16.3 look
  • Light: A clean look, white backgrounds, dark fonts. Very readable, easy on the eye
  • Dark: A cool looking, modern design, with dark backgrounds, light fonts
  • System: Keep things as it was, with the program following your Windows theme
  • The program now defaults to the Dark Skin. You can change to a different Skin using the Skin option in the View menu.
  • NEW: Quick Filter panel in main screen:
  • The Alphabet Bar, launched about a year ago, is still one of the most popular tools, as it helps you to instantly list just the games for which the Title starts with a particular letter. So we expanded on that idea.
  • Today's update introduces the Quick Filter panel, a new panel on the left side of the main screen, that lets you easily "zoom in" to a sub-set of your collection.
  • Open the Quick Filter panel using the new button on the toolbar (2nd toolbar row, leftmost button)
  • Quick Filters are available for the following fields:
  • Collection Status (All / Collection / Wish List)
  • (this replaces the tabs at the bottom left)
  • Game vs Hardware
  • Completed: Yes vs No
  • My Rating
  • Publication Year

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.2.2 (Jun 25, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Main Screen:
  • Cards View: selection wasn't always restored properly
  • Scrolling the Details View with the mouse wheel would scroll the list when the scroll bar reached the top
  • Quick search:
  • pasting text into quick search box didn't show the clear button
  • Escape button will now clear quick search
  • Sync with Cloud: cancelling sync didn't always work

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.2.1 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • New view for the main screen - Card View:
  • Next to List View, Images View and Cover Flow, we have added a Card View, a multi-column view with little info cards for each game, showing the main game details and a small cover thumbnail.
  • Fixed:
  • Add Automatically: right click menu didn't popup when there were no results showing
  • Templates: Online https links didn't open

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.1.3 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Loading of backup.xml is now more robust

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.1.2 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Improved Webcam functionality for Webcam Barcode scanning:
  • Sometimes starting the webcam feature would hang the program
  • Some webcams didn't show any video
  • A JPEG error could be thrown for some webcams
  • Add Automatically: when you didn't want to move a game from your wish list into your collection, it wasn't possible.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.1.1 (Dec 4, 2015)

  • Find Image Online tool now uses Bing Image Search:
  • The Find Image Online tool previously used Google Images to find images. However, it turns out that on December 1, Google terminated the free Google Image Search API that we were using, causing our Find Image Online functionality to stop working.
  • Microsoft offers a paid Bing Image Search API and this one has no limits. We immediately went to work and updated all our Windows and Mac programs to use Bing Images for the Find Image Online tool instead.
  • Fixed:
  • Freezes at start up for some users, caused by the webcam detection.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.0.3 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Access Violation when starting the program after a fresh installation.
  • Access Violation when closing the program.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.0.2 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Delete Orphan Images tools didn't account for images linked in the Links / Local Files tab.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 16.0.1 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Webcam barcode scanning:
  • Scan barcodes with your webcam
  • Just use the live camera view to point your webcam at a barcode and let our software detect the barcode that is in view.
  • Use the webcam scanner to add games by barcode
  • Pop-up the scan window and scan game barcodes, either using Direct Search or scanning into the Queue.
  • Or use it in the main screen to find games by barcode
  • Scan a game barcode while in the main screen, to quickly search your local database by barcode.
  • Works best with auto-focus or manual-focus webcams
  • Fixed focus cameras will not work well (or at all).
  • Delete Orphaned Images:
  • This tool scans your configured Images Folders to find all images that are not linked to your current database file.
  • Browse the list of found orphaned images in List or Images View. Check thoroughly to make sure these can all be deleted.
  • Finally, use the red "Delete Selected Images" button, and all "checked" images will be removed from your computer.
  • Enhanced database Backup and Restore system:
  • The software now keeps multiple time-stamped database backups, saved to your Backups folder as "backup of [yourdatabasename] - [timestamp].gmc".
  • Use the new "Number of Days" setting in Tools / Options / Backup to select how many days of backups you want to keep. Older files are automatically pruned.
  • Use the Tools / Maintenance / Restore Database submenu to easily restore a backup.
  • Restored backups are copied back to your Data folder as "[yourdatabasename RESTORED.gmc".
  • New QuickSilver template, new QuickSilver Shelves for Images View

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.4.3 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Cloud Syncing: Hitting OK after editing pick list items without changing data could cause unnecessary cloud uploads.
  • Printing: Items per Page setting wasn't saved when saving a paged list template.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.4.2 (Sep 24, 2015)

  • Now uses YouTube HTML5 player for movie trailers:
  • Adobe's v19 update for the Flash player (earlier this week) broke the way our software played movie trailers.
  • So to end these problems once and for all, we switched to using the YouTube HTML5 player.
  • This fixes the movie trailer problems many users have reported since the Flash v19 release.
  • Fixed:
  • On some Windows system with non-English locale settings, the User Defined values didn't load.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.4.1 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • Re-designed Field Selection screens for Sorting, Columns and Folders:
  • Clearer layout: Available Fields on the left, Selected Fields on the right.
  • Easier selection of fields: just drag from left to right to select, from right to left to remove.
  • Or use keyboard short-cuts: While in Available Fields list: hit Spacebar to move the selected field to the right / While in Selected Fields list: hit Del to remove the selected field.
  • Manage your Field Presets using the dropdown list and buttons top right
  • Further improvements to the thumbnail quality in Images View:
  • On some Windows systems the thumbnails were looking "pixelated", especially noticeable around text. We have now further improved the scaling routines to make your cover thumbnails look much smoother (this time there is no need to regenerate the thumbnails)

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.3.5 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • New settings in Tools / Options to control the sorting:
  • Some users just like to sort persons by their Firstnames. Others like to sort titles *including* "The" and "A".

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.3.4 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Further improvements to the Alphabet Bar:
  • Hide the Alphabet Bar using the Settings button on the far right of the bar. (show it again using the command in the View menu)
  • Fixed:
  • Image Scanning: the selected scanner in the Options screen wasn't always used correctly as the one used for scanning.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.3.3 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Alphabet Bar now also filters folder panel:
  • Clicking a letter in the Alphabet Bar now also filters the folder panel,
  • so that it only shows folders that actually contain games.
  • Improved Thumbnail Generator creates sharper cover image thumbnails:
  • Our image resizing routines have been improved to create sharper thumbnail images for covers.
  • All generated cover thumbnails need to be re-generated to see the effect!
  • When you start this new version for the first time, it will automatically ask if you want to re-generate them.
  • Or skip this, and do it manually later, using Tools / Maintenance / Re-Generate Thumbnails.
  • Fixed:
  • Alphabet Bar: Letters like '≈' were not always showing up under '#'
  • Image View: now shows the movie title/year when moving mouse over a thumbnail

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.3.2 (Jul 22, 2015)

  • Updated - Alphabet Bar:
  • Alphabet Bar now uses full width of Main Screen
  • Alphabet Bar menu item now toggles between "Show Alphabet Bar" and "Hide Alphabet Bar"

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.3.1 (Jul 22, 2015)

  • New - Alphabet Bar in main screen:
  • An A to Z alphabet bar is now available at the top of your main screen.
  • Click a letter to quickly filter your movie list by the first letter of the Title.
  • The letter buttons are automatically greyed out if there are no game titles starting with that letter.
  • The bar automatically stretches to fit the width of your screen. Wider screen -> bigger buttons.
  • Hide/Show the Alphabet Bar using the new option in the View menu.
  • Fixed:
  • Connection error popup when starting the program while no internet connection is available.
  • Sync button was sometimes showing Sync Status as "in sync" while it wasn't.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.1.2 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • Tweaks to CLZ Cloud Syncing screen and toolbar buttons:
  • CLZ Cloud Syncing screen
  • Login info and CLZ Cloud viewer link now prominently displayed at the top.
  • Optional "Do you want to view your CLZ Cloud now?" message after syncing.
  • CLZ Cloud toolbar in main screen
  • Sync button now shows Sync Status (red exclamation mark indicating "not in sync").
  • New View my CLZ Cloud button (existing users: place on toolbar using View / Toolbar / Customize).
  • More stable CLZ Barry connections:
  • The built-in CLZ Barry support has been changed to always keep your Barry connection "alive".
  • No more spontaneous disconnects. Requires CLZ Barry 2.0 (free update for iOS and Android).
  • Fixed:
  • Sync 2.0: accounts with non standard characters in password would return "Invalid Login".

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.1.1 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Easier and smarter Update File Links screen:
  • The Update File Links screen (Tools / Maintenance menu) has been turned into a step-by-step system that makes it easier
  • to update the file paths for cover images, pick list item images and other images.
  • The "Automatic" method is now smarter in automatically fixing file paths
  • when multiple items link to the same image file (a common situation for pick list items).
  • The "Manual" method is now more flexible, letting you replace any part of the file path with something else.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.0.5 (May 27, 2015)

  • Submit to Core now automatically resizes cover images that are too large:
  • No more failed image uploads because of the 500kb limit. The Submit feature now automatically resizes images to within 750x750 pixels when uploading to Core.
  • Fixed:
  • For some users, minimizing then restoring the program could result in changed main screen panel sizes.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.0.4 (May 27, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • CLZ Cloud Syncing 2.0
  • Just adding a new credit could result in unnecessary cloud uploads.
  • Syncing up new games could sometimes result unnecessary changes being synced down.
  • Rare "Unknown error getting chunk" messages after syncing last item.
  • Uploading custom cover images didn't work. No error, but cover just didn't appear in cloud.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.0.3 (May 4, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • CLZ Cloud Syncing 2.0
  • Several rare problems with the syncing of cover images.
  • After every sync, the "program default" pick list values (e.g. for Genres, Formats etc..) kept being re-added.
  • Tools / Options / Folder settings: Folder selection screen didn't show mapped network drives.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.0.2 (May 2, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Export to CLZ Games: updating collection on device would throw an "Class TCheckbox not found" error.
  • Restoring the program after minimizing it when it was stuck to the side of your desktop didn't work properly.
  • Manage Pick Lists: deleting several items at once could give an "index out of bounds".
  • Main Screen: two panel layouts were missing from the menu "View->Screen Layout".
  • Lookup grids: after adding an item, the search sometimes didn't filter correctly.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 15.0.1 (Apr 30, 2015)

  • New CLZ Cloud Syncing v2.0:
  • Easier: One "Synchronize" button that syncs up and/or down as needed.
  • No more need to choose the sync direction (Up or Down). Just click the single Synchronize button and the system will automatically upload your local changes and download your cloud-side changes.
  • Faster: Sync your additions, changes and removals within a few seconds.
  • The software now keeps track of your adds, edits and removes, so when synchronizing with the CLZ Cloud, it already knows which items need to be up- or downloaded, making the actual sync very fast. ( the initial full sync may be slightly slower though, but you only need to do that once )
  • More scalable: Transfer very large databases without problems.
  • The syncing process is now a series of tiny data uploads and downloads, as opposed to a single huge upload/download. This ensures that databases of any size can be synced.
  • More reliable: Solves many problems of the old syncing system.
  • No more "invalid XML" when uploading large collections, no more changes that keep recurring every sync. No more starting from scratch in case of connection problems, just continue where you left off.
  • New "Carbon" template for the details panels:
  • 4 different styles: Carbon Dark, Carbon Light, Plain Dark and Plain Light.
  • Fully adaptive to the width of the details panel, to always make best use of the available space.
  • New Carbon Shelves style for the Images View:
  • A new carbon look shelves style to match the Carbon template.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.9.5 (Jan 27, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Manage Pick Lists: deleting several items at once could give an "index out of bounds".
  • Main Screen: two panel layouts were missing from the menu "View->Screen Layout".

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.9.4 (Jan 14, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Edit Game: When using Find Cover screen, the edited values from the screen where not used.
  • Tools / Maintenance "Reset to Defaults" didn't reset the widths and heights of panels within a layout.
  • Win+Tab didn't always show the program in Aero Flip3D on Windows Vista/Windows 7.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.9.3 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • Manage Pick Lists: Delete "in use" items anyway:
  • It is now possible to delete pick list items that are still in use (#Used > 0),
  • without having to hunt down all places where the value is used.
  • Just choose Remove on an item, answer Yes to the "Delete anyway?" question,
  • and the program will automatically clear this value in all fields where it was in use.
  • Find Image screen now supports images on HTTPS:
  • The Find Image screen now supports the downloading of images from HTTPS sites.
  • Nowadays, more and more sites use HTTPS, which was causing more and more "Image could not be loaded" errors. These are now supported correctly. (Note that you can still get this error for sites that do not allow direct image downloads.)

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.9.2 (Dec 27, 2014)

  • Adaptive layout of Edit Game screen:
  • The layouts of all tabs in the Edit Game screen are now adapting to fit the size of the screen.
  • Edit boxes and drop down list get wider when you make your Edit screen wider.
  • Checkbox list and multi-value grids get higher (and wider) when increasing the size of your Edit screen.
  • New List Selector panel in Tools / Manage Pick Lists screen:
  • Tools / Edit Lists is now called Manage Picks Lists.
  • New list selection panel on the left replaces drop down menu.
  • New "Favorites" area for your most commonly used lists (defaults to Platforms, Genres, Publishers and Developers)
  • Drag and drop to and from Favorites area to create your own Favorites list.
  • Even more tweaks for the new Person editing tables in Edit Game:
  • New Edit icons in the 2nd column of the person tables, to go directly to the Edit Person screen.
  • Fixed: annoying behaviour when editing text in the search box (cursor jumping to the end).
  • Fixed: the Add button not enabling when pasting something in using the right mouse button Paste menu.
  • Fixed: Column widths were not remembered properly in some cases.
  • More consistent Core / Cloud terminology:
  • "Update Games Automatically" is now called "Update from Core".
  • "Link Games" is now called "Link with Core".
  • "Unlink Games" is now called "Unlink from Core".
  • "Upload Cover for Selected Game" is now called "Upload Cover to CLZ Cloud".

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.9.1 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • Edit Game: easily manage First, Last & Sort Names for Credits:
  • Now manage the First & Last Names (and thus Sort Names) for Credits straight from the Edit Game screen.
  • The Credits list now takes the full width of your Edit Game screen, with columns for Display Name, First Name, Last Name, Sort Name and Role.
  • Directly edit Display, First & Last Names in that list, and immediately see the Sort Names update with your changes.
  • New: you can now change the Role of a credit entry after adding it to the list.
  • New: Change the order by dragging the "drag" icon in the 1st column.
  • Right click entries to generate First/Last Names from Display Name or vice versa.
  • Remove entries using the "trash can" icons on each row (in the last column).
  • Use the big Manage List on the top right, to directly access the full pick list
  • in the Tools / Edit List screen, with the current person selected.
  • Edit Game: easier adding of new credits using new person search box:
  • Adding of new credits to a game is now done using a new search box above the list.
  • Just type a few letters and the drop down list will instantly show all persons that contain the entered search text.
  • Select a person from the search results, then click Add to add it to the table below (or just hit Enter).

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.8.4 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • Tools / Edit Lists: after editing an item, the Quick Search did not immediately use the updated data.
  • Find Image: When trying to use an image that could not be loaded, it would save an empty image.
  • Templates: User Defined date values did not display in the chosen Windows Date Format.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.8.3 (Oct 15, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • Syncing to CLZ Cloud could result in error "No argument for format '%snn%s'".
  • Add Automatically / Direct Search mode: "Add Anyway" would always add "to collection" regardless of "Add To Collection/Wish List" setting.
  • Main Screen: Drag & drop between UDF folders didn't properly change the values.
  • User Defined Fields: Values containing multiple consecutive spaces were not saved correctly.
  • Edit Game: Drag/drop of cover images from Chrome didn't work.
  • The Edit screens for Developer and Publisher didn't allow editing the URL anymore.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.8.2 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • UDF: Unicode characters weren't handled properly in field names and their values.
  • UDF: Crashes when editing UDF's using Edit Multiple.
  • Find Image screen: checking/unchecking keywords could sometimes "glue" keywords together or add extra spaces.
  • Tools / Edit List: the selection wasn't always restored properly after performing an action.
  • More detailed error reporting for:
  • CLZ Account login problems (previously just showed "Trial Expired" screen).
  • CLZ Cloud syncing problems (previously just said "Invalid XML").
  • Windows write permission problems (previously just said "A call to an OS function failed").

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.8.1 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Improved Find Image screen:
  • More logical layout, with search box top left.
  • Better looking thumbnail and preview area.
  • New setting "Auto search when screen opens (Yes/No)" in Tools Options, that lets you disable the automatic searching each time you open the screen.
  • New: Stop searches and preview actions that take too long.
  • Quick Search feature now searches more fields:
  • Index
  • Location
  • Format
  • Genre
  • Owner
  • URLs of all links
  • Various changes and additions:
  • Small tweak to the Cobalt Preview template (Add Auto screen) to show a larger cover image.
  • Choose/Modify Filter command in Search / Set Filter menu is now at the top (useful if you have a looonnnggg list of saved filters).

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.7.2 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • New: set default values for your User Defined Fields (UDF):
  • The Manage User Defined Fields screen now has an extra column for setting the field's Default Value.
  • Whenever you add a new item to your collection, the UDF fields will automatically be pre-filled with those values.
  • Fixed:
  • Tools / Edit Lists
  • When using the Quick Search box, the list was not staying sorted according to the Auto re-sort checkbox.
  • Using the Delete key would always remove the item, even while in "Editing" mode.
  • Edit Game / UDF tab: Scrolling checkbox lists or combobox entries didn't work using the mouse wheel.
  • Access Violations after switching databases (related to using UDF date fields).
  • Import UDF from XML: the year of a date would not be imported when it wasn't already in the year list.
  • Templates: links with "https" didn't work.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.7.1 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • Improved Edit Lists screen (Tools menu -> Edit Lists):
  • New: Quick Search:
  • Quickly find the list items you want using the new Quick Search box on the top right.
  • The list instantly filters as you type, no need to hit the Enter key.
  • New: Edit directly in the list screen:
  • Edit item names and other properties directly in the item list screen, no need to open the Edit screen.
  • Use the Edit in List button to switch to "Edit Mode".
  • While in Edit Mode, just click a value in the item list to edit it.
  • Blue columns are editable, greyed out columns are not
  • (for read-only fields like ID and automatically generated values like Sort Name).
  • Exit Edit Mode by clicking the same button again and the screen will refresh to reflect your changes.
  • Fixed:
  • Column freezing: with the "Collectorz Skin" switched OFF, frozen columns showed a bright yellow header.
  • Main Screen
  • When using Ctrl-click in the main list to de-select an item, it deselected all other selected items instead.
  • After an Edit Multiple action, the list jumped to the top (both in List View and Images View).
  • Edit Multiple: user defined whole numbers were reset to 0.
  • Import from other collection could crash when the User Defined Fields contained a Checkbox List.
  • Edit in List: Last Modified date wasn't updated after an edit.
  • Link Games: platform wasn't used when searching for games.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.6.1 (Jul 10, 2014)

  • New: Freeze columns in the main screen list:
  • Frozen columns stay in place when you scroll the list horizontally. This is especially useful if you use many columns in your list and want to keep the main identifying fields always in view, e.g. platform and title.
  • Right click a column header and select "Freeze" to freeze/lock a column (it will be automatically moved to the left).
  • Right click a frozen column and select "Unfreeze" to unfreeze/unlock a column.
  • Drag columns into the frozen area to freeze them, drag out of the frozen area to unfreeze.
  • Fixes for User Defined Fields system:
  • Decimal number fields didn't allow negative numbers.
  • Edit Lists: years in date fields weren't included in used counter in Year list.
  • Other fixes:
  • In 3 panel view, after editing a game, the tree would always scroll to the top.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.5.3 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • Sync with CLZ Cloud: Games that should be ignored to link were causing mismatches
  • Edit Game
  • changing some person names into other persons didn't work
  • when the "user defined" tab was showing a scroll bar it would disappear using "next/previous"
  • Edit Lists: when user defined pick lists are defined the list menu was always showing "User Defined" instead of the custom title
  • Main Screen: when user defined pick lists are defined the stats field menu was always showing "User Defined" instead of the custom title

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.5.2 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • Sometimes text on buttons had cut off letters
  • Image View: hovering over a cover didn't display the game title any more
  • Main Screen: several short cuts like ctrl+c and ctrl+a didn't work in quick search box
  • User Defined Fields
  • Templates: when a url was assigned to a user defined lookup item value, it wasn't clickable in the templates

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.5.1 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • New: Unlimited User Defined Fields (PRO edition only!):
  • Use the new Manage User Defined Field screen (Tools menu) to create your own data fields, of any type, in any order and as many as you want.
  • Choose from the following field types
  • Text
  • Pick List
  • Number (whole)
  • Number (decimals)
  • Checkbox (yes/no)
  • Date
  • Checkbox List
  • All fields you define will appear on their own tab in the Edit Game screen.
  • User Defined fields work like any other field. You can
  • Add them as Columns to your main screen lists.
  • Use them as Sort field.
  • Select Pick List and Multi-Value fields as the Folder field.
  • Search them using the Quick Search feature.
  • Filter on them using the Filter feature.
  • View their data under their own header in the Details Panel template.
  • Define your own "Header" name, which is used as the tab name in the Edit Game screen and as the header in the template.
  • Any existing User Defined fields from the old version will automatically be converted into the new version (only fields that actually contain data).

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.4.1 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • Publisher and Developer fields now allow multiple values:
  • In the Edit Game screen, both the Publisher and Developer fields are now multi-value lists, letting you add multiple publishers and developers for your game entries.
  • Of course, the Cobalt and Metro templates now fully support multiple developer and publisher values.
  • New Cobalt Compact template for Preview panel of Add Games Automatically screen:
  • The new Cobalt Compact template has been especially designed for the task at hand: selecting the correct game and edition from the search results.
  • Clearly showing the identifying game information at the top (Title, Platform and Year).
  • An "edition block" at the right, with the barcode and edition name.
  • Now includes a BIG cover image. Toggle between Front and Back Cover with the "flip" icon that appears when hovering over the cover image.
  • Responsive design makes the template usable and good looking, whatever the width of your Preview panel is.
  • Available in both Light and Dark styles.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.3.5 (Mar 6, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • Various "Out of Memory" and "Access Violation" errors.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.3.4 (Feb 24, 2014)

  • Fixed:
  • Several Access Violations in the main screen.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.3.2 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Improved:
  • Update File Links screen: Missing files list can now be sorted by clicking the column headers.
  • Fixed:
  • When using two level folders, the item counts next to the folders were not always correct.
  • In Read Only mode the entire toolbar was hidden.
  • Database Totals: Number of Completed games was always zero.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.3.1 (Jan 13, 2014)

  • New: Edit directly in the main screen game list:
  • Easily make quick changes to your game entries, right in the main screen list. No need to open the Edit Game screen.
  • Use the Edit in List button (top right) to switch to "Edit Mode".
  • While in Edit Mode, just click a value in the game list to edit it.
  • Blue columns are editable, greyed out columns are not (for read-only fields like ID).
  • Directly edit text fields (like Title), choose from a dropdown for picklist fields (like Publisher, Developer), use a checklist for multi-value fields (like Genre) or pick a date from a calendar for date fields.
  • Exit Edit Mode by clicking the same button again and the screen will refresh to reflect your changes (for instance, games may move to a different folder when changing Developer, Genre, Publisher, etc...)
  • Re-Designed Options screen (menu Tools / Options):
  • Navigate between groups of settings using a two-level tree panel on the left
  • (instead of tabs at the top), which allows for a better categorization of settings.
  • All settings have been re-categorized and renamed to make them clearer and easier to find.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.2.1 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • New: Game Pricing (current values) from PriceCharting.com:
  • Automatically download current price data when adding games using the Add Games Automatically screen.
  • Download pricing data for the existing games in your database using Update Games Automatically.
  • View Total and Average pricing data in the Tools / Database Totals.
  • Downloaded pricing data is for "Loose" copies.
  • Click the PriceCharting logo or value in the Details or Edit Game to visit the PriceCharting.com site for "Complete" and "New" prices and to view charts of historical price data for your games.
  • Fixed:
  • IE11 only : Dragging and dropping an image on details panel would open Photo Viewer.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.1.2 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Fixed:
  • Add Auto: games already in collection didn't appear in blue.
  • Cancelling Import from XML screen would throw an Access Violation.
  • In 2-panel mode the option "After Edit" option "Keep Current Folder Selected" wasn't working
  • Last added game wasn't always selected after Add Automatically.
  • Clearing the cover wouldn't automatically regenerate the thumbnail.
  • Filtering: Filtering on empty date values wasn't working correctly.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.1.1 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • New setting in Tools / Options, to control the main screen's "After Edit" behaviour:
  • Choose from
  • Let Selection "Follow" the Edited Game: This will keep the edited game selected, even if the edit caused the game to move to a different folder (default behaviour).
  • Keep Current Folder Selected. If this is selected, the selection will always stay in the same folder that you were in before the Edit action.
  • Improved batch-editing of "checkbox list" fields (Genre, Devices, Multiplayer Support and Exras):
  • Now use Edit Multiple to *add* a value to all selected games. Just check the value's checkbox, leaving other checkboxes as "Leave as is".
  • Also, remove values from multiple games, without touching other values. This is done by unchecking a value, leaving all others in "Leave as is" state.
  • Integrated support for our CLZ Barry wireless barcode scanner app:
  • When using CLZ Barry with Game Collector, you don't need the "Buddy for Barry" software anymore. In other words, Buddy is now integrated into Game Collector.
  • Connect with CLZ Barry right from Game Collector's main toolbar and from the Add Games Automatically screen ("By Barcode" tab).
  • New: Import from XML
  • This feature imports the XML format that is created by the Export to XML feature.
  • Export your data to an XML file.
  • Perform large or advanced modifications using 3rd party tools.
  • Import your data back into Game Collector with the new Import from XML feature.
  • WARNING: only use this feature if you know what you're doing. When in doubt,
  • create a NEW empty Game Collector database first and import into that one.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector Cobalt.0.2 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • New:
  • Export to Text: new Encoding setting to choose between Unicode and UTF-8 format.
  • Fixed:
  • "Index out of bounds" error sometimes occurred when switching from Cover Flow to Images View.
  • "Index out of bounds" error sometimes occurred when selecting or unselecting in Images View.
  • Export to List Pro didn't work any more (it exported to Unicode instead of the required UTF-8).
  • Templates: HTML lists in plot and notes fields would add extra line-break to end of the list.
  • Add Automatically: submitting a missing barcode with the "Missing Barcode" popup would result in a "Range Check Error" in the search queue matches column.
  • Vee Five Templates: Backdrop template wasn't showing the backdrop any more.
  • Cobalt and Metro templates: Publisher and Developer links weren't working.
  • Printing: printing listst didn't take font size into account for the list values..

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 5.2 Build 1 (Aug 2, 2013)

  • Game Collector now comes with FREE CLZ Cloud storage for all users (previously only for PRO edition users, previously called "Connect Sync & Share"):
  • Log in to http://my.clz.com with your CLZ Account (previously called Connect account) to activate your free CLZ Cloud storage subscription for video game data.
  • Upload your collection data to the CLZ Cloud to: share it with friends and family / sync your data between devices (e.g. to iPhone and iPad) through the CLZ Cloud / have a backup of your data
  • Game Collector now syncs custom images up to and down from the CLZ Cloud / Connect: Downsync now downloads your custom cover images from the CLZ Cloud / Use the "Upload Image" option in the CLZ Cloud menu or right-click menu to force the upload of your own custom cover images.
  • Hardware items and more field are now synced up to and down from the CLZ Cloud:
  • Hardware items are now also supported in Connect and CLZ Games for iOS, so these are now uploaded to and downloaded from the CLZ Cloud.
  • New fields that are now syncing: Quantity, Storage Device & Storage Slot, Hardware Type (for hardware items), Serial Number (for hardware items)

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 5.1 Build 1 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • New:
  • Compatibility with the upcoming CLZ Games 2.0 for iOS.
  • Edit Game:
  • Despite clicking "Clear CLZ ID", the CLZ ID wasn't cleared when no other edits were made.
  • After updating the Collection Status box was messed up.
  • Edition label wasn't showing the custom name from the "Edit Field Names" screen.
  • Fixed:
  • Update File Links: "Game" column was showing wrong data for local files.
  • Templates: HTML in System Requirements field was not showing correctly in templates.
  • Options: Folder option for list item images on Image tab was missing.

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 5.0 Build 1 (Jul 10, 2012)

  • Automatic Game Backdrops and Game Trailer Videos:
  • Automatic Game Backdrops (background images for the details panel)
  • New field Backdrop on Edit Game / Images.
  • Automatic delivery of game backdrop images for most popular games, when Adding/Updating games through the Add/Update Auto screen.
  • Use the Find Backdrop screen to find more backdrops online.
  • Game Trailers
  • Automatically download YouTube links for game trailers.
  • Play embedded YouTube game trailers inside the Details Panel.
  • Use Update Games Automatically to get backdrops and trailers for the existing game entries in your database, all in one go.
  • Improved Add Games Automatically screen:
  • The two main Add methods (by Title / by Barcode) are now split over 2 separate tab-pages, resulting in a cleaner and simpler layout.
  • Platform Favorites: list just the Platforms you own in the Platform dropdown box. Use the Search Settings screen to indicate your favorites.
  • New: Cover Flow view:
  • The Cover Flow is a 3rd viewing option in the main screen, next to List and Images.
  • Browse through your games by cover image, in a cool looking 3D image browser.
  • New: Customizable images for all pick list items:
  • Set your own image for any list item, e.g. for Platforms, Formats, Developers
  • Set a 16x16 image that will appear in the tree and list on main screen.
  • Set a larger template image for use in Details View templates.
  • Game Collector now comes with over 40 Platform icons and images, that are automatically used in the tree, list and Details Panel templates, including new icons for PS Vita and Wii-U.
  • Improved Edit Game screen:
  • Better layout:
  • Clearer separation of game data, edition-specific data and personal data
  • The main personal fields (status, index, quantity, rating) are now in a "sticky" panel at the bottom, which is available on all tabs.
  • New calendar tool for easier entry of date fields, plus an easy button to set a date field to today's date.
  • Hardware support: new fields and folder options:
  • New field: Serial Number, list the serial numbers of your consoles / accessories
  • New field: Hardware Type, indicate a category for your accessories, e.g. "Console", "Controller", "Cable" etc...
  • The Games / Hardware field (indicating the item type) is now available as a folder field for the tree panel, allowing you to separate your games and hardware items in their own folders.
  • More stats in Database Totals screen:
  • The Database Totals screen now includes more stats, separating totals for games and hardware.
  • Improved Update File Links screen:
  • Update/repair your file links (e.g. cover images, backdrops, etc..) with the redesigned Update File Links screen (in Tools / Maintenance)
  • Simplified user interface, just use either the Automatic or the Manual button to indicate the new file locations, then click Update to "make it so".
  • The "Automatic" system is now more intelligent in dealing with non-unique filenames. It now also uses the containing folder names for matching.
  • New "Manual" method for just replacing the old base folder with a new one.
  • New "File Type" filter.
  • Re-Designed Loan Manager:
  • Complete re-design of the Loan Manager screen.
  • Two panel design with separate Outstanding Loans and Loan History panels.
  • The new Loan Manager is now the central place to return *and* loan games. Use the switch at the top to switch between separate Loan and Return modes.
  • Over-due games are clearly indicated at the top and in red.
  • Improved barcode scanner support
  • Scanners can now be used to return and loan games.
  • Batch scanning support (e.g. with the OPN-2001, Flic or CLZ Barry).
  • Automatic overdue notifications when starting Game Collector.
  • New V5 templates for Details View and Add Auto Preview:
  • Platforms and Languages are now shown with images
  • V5 template is available in 8 styles: Blue, Black, White and Red, all with Gemma or Logo background.
  • Main screen:
  • The Games/Hardware field (indicating the item type) is now available as a folder field for the tree panel, allowing you to separate your games and hardware items in their own folders.
  • After editing an item, the list's scroll position is now restored exactly to where it was before the edit action.
  • New startup "splash" screen featuring Gemma

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 4.0 Build 3 (Aug 10, 2011)

  • Added:
  • List icons and Details View logo's for Nintendo 3DS and PC Engine
  • Fixed:
  • Rapid mouse clicks (esp. right clicks) could hang the main screen.
  • Statistics: For some bar charts (e.g. on Year) the labels got cut off
  • Field defaults: Storage Device default value wasn't used
  • Templates:
  • "PC" logo was showing in Classic and V3 Templates when platform was "PC Engine"
  • Loan Dates were not displayed correctly in Details, Print and Export

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 4.0 Build 2 (Dec 30, 2010)

  • Improved: Stats in main screen:
  • "Pie Chart" and "Bar Chart" tabs are now integrated into one "Statistics" tab.
  • New: Lock button to lock tab to "Details" (for users who don't like the stats).
  • Statistics screen is now fully integrated in main screen, including all view settings (field selection, pie/bar, sorting, color style, 3D, print).
  • New: Lock button to lock field and pie/bar to your favorite settings.
  • "old" Tools / Statistics screen is replaced by Tools / Database Totals.
  • Pie Charts: Several changes to avoid overlapping labels
  • Cosmetic: one line labels, longer label "legs", smaller margins, etc..
  • Grouping: Pie parts smaller than 3% are now added to the "Other" pie part
  • Export to CLZ Games mobile apps:
  • Better error handling for exporting over Wi-Fi
  • Included direct FAQ links for each specific problem that may occur
  • Sync with Connect:
  • New: "Update Details" button that pops up a report of the reasons why entries are listed as Updates. This should help to resolve problems with entries that keep popping up as Updates.
  • Fixed:
  • Add Games Automatically: Download link in preview wasn't working in Dutch
  • Main Screen: Help button missing from Stats panel
  • Field defaults: Format default value wasn't saved correctly
  • Several templates issues have been fixed

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 4.0 Build 1 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • New - Add Hardware/Accessories:
  • Now finally use Game Collector to catalog your gaming hardware and peripherals
  • Add your game consoles, handhelds, controllers, guitars, drum kits, microphones, light guns, balance boards, camera's, etc
  • Use the Find Hardware Image tool to find images using Google Images and add them to your database with one click
  • List your gaming kit together with your games, e.g. in Platform folders
  • New - Support for Box Sets:
  • New Box Set field in Edit Game screen, to indicate the game belongs to a boxed set or collection
  • Show your games grouped by Box Set in the main screen
  • Box Set item with fields for Front cover, Back Cover, Release Date, Barcode, Purchase Date, Price, Store, Condition, Current Value and Notes
  • All Box Set fields are now shown in a special Box Set bar at the top of the Details View (in all details view templates)
  • new Box Set List button on toolbar for direct access to the Box Set List screen
  • New - Find Cover Image screen:
  • Find missing cover images online and add them to your database with just a few clicks. The screen shows results from Google Images, based on title, barcode and format.
  • Built-in Crop tool to remove unwanted borders
  • Get to the Find Cover Image screen:
  • by clicking the new "No Cover" placeholder image in Details View
  • right from Preview in the Add Games Automatically screen, when no cover is found in the Collectorz.com online game database
  • from the right-click menu on any game entry in the main screen
  • from the Images tab in the Edit Game screen
  • New - Collection Statistics integrated in main screen:
  • When no game is selected, the Details View panel now shows collection statistics based on the current Folder field (e.g. by Genre, or by Format)
  • Switch between Bar Chart or Pie Chart (or game Details)
  • Navigate to a folder (e.g. Genre = "Rock") by clicking on a bar or pie part
  • Improved Wish List functionality:
  • Quickly check your Wish List using tabs at the bottom of the main screen:
  • All / Collection / Wish List
  • Add games to your Wish List right from the Add Games Automatically screen
  • Right click a game to "Move to Wish List" / "Move to Collection"
  • Edit Game: clearer separation of Collection Status values into "Collection" and "Wish List" groups
  • Updated terminology for the Collection Status values
  • Revamped icons for all Collection Status values
  • Improved My Rating functionality:
  • My Rating now uses a 10-star rating
  • Redesigned rating stars
  • Click My Rating stars in Details View to modify rating in small pop up
  • Group games into My Rating folders on main screen
  • Improved Images View in main screen:
  • Removal of titles under images results in cleaner layout (titles are still shown on mouse-over)
  • Reduced spacing between image thumbs
  • New placeholder image for games without cover images
  • New placeholder image for games with a missing thumbnail image
  • New toolbar icons:
  • Revamped toolbar icons, to make the add/edit game icons stand out more from the new Add Hardware button. And to match the new Game Collector color (red!)
  • New: "Vee Four" templates - Improved layout:
  • Larger covers in left and right corners
  • New look for My Rating stars (click to change rating)
  • 4 cool looking styles (Blue, Black, Green and Game-Red)
  • New "Vee Four Compact" Template for Preview Panel in Add Automatically screen
  • The Details View panel is now rendered using an embedded Internet Explorer control

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.5 Build 1 (Oct 20, 2010)

  • Improved: Export to CLZ Games
  • Now supports CLZ Games HD app for iPad (app coming soon)
  • Now supports CLZ Games app for Android
  • New: Export to File option, for transferring data to the mobile app over USB.
  • (Currently only supported in the iPad and Android apps. Of course, the
  • upcoming update for the CLZ Games iPhone app will support it too).
  • New:
  • The Details View panel is now rendered using an embedded Internet
  • Explorer control.
  • Fixed:
  • Printing: Some settings weren't stored when saving a template

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.4 Build 2 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Add Games Automatically:
  • New pop-up for failed barcode searches, requesting the Platform and full Title information for our online database. Help us recognize more barcodes.
  • Search Settings: new "Include Links" setting to select which web-links you want included in your game entries (select from five Amazon sites)
  • Fixed:
  • Export to iPhone: problems detecting your device, after updating Bonjour
  • Add Games Automatically: games already in collection weren't always highlighted properly

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.4 Build 1 (Dec 15, 2009)

  • New: Synchronize with Game Collector Connect:
  • What is Game Collector Connect? See http://connect.collectorz.com/games
  • Use the new Connect / Synchronize menu to upload your collection to
  • Game Collector Connect and host your collection on Collectorz.com servers
  • Then share your collection with friends, by just giving them a web-link
  • Browse your online collection from any online mobile device,
  • including iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, Nokia phones, PDAs, etc..
  • Manage your collection (add or edit games) using just a web-browser, from any Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
  • Download changes you made online back to your local Game Collector database.
  • Sign up for a trial account here: http://connect.collectorz.com/register
  • Fixed:
  • Add Games Automatically: Search Results panel said "No results" during search Now says "Searching".

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.3 Build 1 (Nov 12, 2009)

  • Export to Clz Games for iPhone / iPod Touch:
  • Support for Clz Games 1.1
  • New "Update" option, for exporting updates only (as opposed to exporting the entire database every time)
  • New "Intended Changes" screen for viewing and selecting updates.
  • Extra exported data:
  • Edition
  • Notes
  • Fixed: in some cases updates of cover images didn't get exported.
  • Fixed:
  • Edit Game:
  • Text font was wrong size
  • Prices could be updated to wrong value when using next or previous
  • Maintenance: Update File Links was only updating file paths of cover images
  • Printing: loaner email and address values weren't printed

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.2 Build 1 (Jun 10, 2009)

  • Export to iPhone / iPod Touch
  • Browse your music collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new Clz Games app
  • Available in Apple AppStore for $9.99 (search the AppStore for "clz games")
  • Use File | Export to iPhone / iPod Touch to transfer your data to the Clz Games app (Requires Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or iPod Touch, connecting to the same local network (LAN) that your Windows computer is in.)
  • Fixed:
  • Main Screen:
  • when scanning a barcode of a game already in your collection instead of searching for it the Add Automatically screen was shown
  • resizing the font was messing up column size of List
  • Various problems when using the CueCat in "Search Now" mode
  • Templates: Personal templates weren't restored correctly causing the application to show no template at all
  • Languages:
  • Added updated German language support, thanks Klaus Elsbernd!

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 3.1 Build 1 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • Improved Add Games Automatically screen:
  • New Hide / Show Search Queue button to switch between "Search Now" and "Add to Queue" mode
  • Search by barcode: after searching, the (single) search result is now
  • automatically selected, checked and shown in the Preview Panel,
  • so you only have to hit Add Selected to add the game to your database.
  • Queue Mode: While searching by barcode, the last completed queue entry now automatically gets selected and updated with the found game title
  • You can now double-click a queue entry to perform a "Search Selected"
  • New Cover and Region columns in Search Results
  • Use the Add Selected button to add the selected result, without checking its checkbox
  • Use the Add Checked button to add the "checked" results
  • (this button automatically replaces the Add Selected button as soon as you check a box)
  • New "Add Anyway" button to add a game anyway when no results are found,
  • automatically using the Barcode or Platform/Title you already entered for the search.
  • The "Already in collection" message is now is a "Add it Anyway? Yes/No" popup
  • Lots of other cosmetic improvements
  • Improved Collectorz.com Online Game Database:
  • Better results for Platform / Title searches
  • Automatic Amazon Lookups for Barcode Searches: when our system doesn't
  • recognize your barcode, it now automatically asks Amazon.
  • Bigger cover images, up to 600 pixelz high!
  • Fonts:
  • Game Collector screens look much better, because they now use the
  • Windows system font (Segui on Vista, Tahoma on XP)
  • Don't like it? Then use Tools/ Options / Screen Font to choose your own
  • font for all screens.
  • Want larger fonts for your lists? Just use Ctrl-PLUS and Ctrl-MINUS to
  • increase/decrease the main screen font size (or View / Font Size).
  • Printing:
  • New Print screen with improved layout, making it more logical
  • and easier to use, especially when printing simple lists
  • Improved support for barcode scanners
  • Added support for the Opticon OPN-2001 laser scanner
  • Improved support for the Microvision Flic laser scanner
  • Improved support for the CueCat scanner
  • Fixed:
  • Filter screen and presets were not available in read-only mode
  • Vista 64: Using the Images tab caused 'List Index out of bounds' error and Access Violations
  • Vista 64: Details View templates did not show CSS background images

New in Collectorz.com Game Collector 2.2.4 (Jun 26, 2006)

  • Automatic version update failed if another Collectorz.com application also updated automatically recently
  • Error message "Not a valid integer" when sorting text fields with very large numbers (e.g. barcodes)