Wikidata:Property proposal/RetroCollect games ID

‎RetroCollect games ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work

Done: ‎RetroCollect games ID (P14050) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier of a video game release in the RetroCollect database
Represents	RetroCollect (Q95995244)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	video game (Q7889)
Example 1	.38 Ambush Alley (Q137569617)→1449platform (P400)Action Maxplace of publication (P291)USA
Example 2	007 Racing (Q576673)→6147place of publication (P291)EU, 007 Racing (Q576673)→20509place of publication (P291)USA
Example 3	James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (Q392778)→2660platform (P400)Nintendo GameCube (Q182172)place of publication (P291)EU James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (Q392778)→18506platform (P400)Nintendo GameCube (Q182172)place of publication (P291)USA James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (Q392778)→8304platform (P400)PlayStation 2 (Q10680)place of publication (P291)EU James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (Q392778)→21943platform (P400)PlayStation 2 (Q10680)place of publication (P291)USA James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (Q392778)→5038platform (P400)Xbox (Q132020)place of publication (P291)EU James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (Q392778)→24081platform (P400)Xbox (Q132020)place of publication (P291)USA
Allowed values	\d+
Source	https://www.retrocollect.com/search
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [az] • [bn] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fa] • [fr] • [he] • [hi] • [it] • [ja] • [ka] • [kn] • [ko] • [ml] • [mr] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ro] • [ru] • [sv] • [te] • [tr] • [ur] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://www.retrocollect.com/releases/$1
Applicable "stated in"-value	RetroCollect (Q95995244)
Single-value constraint	no
Distinct-values constraint	yes
Wikidata project	WikiProject Video games (Q8485882)

Motivation

RetroCollect (Q95995244) is a database primarily meant to keep track of their game collections − the parent organization was a founding member of the European Federation of Video Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (Q84349935). They index 30921 releases − their data model is at the region × platform level, ie the local release (although not quite − it does not seem to account for re-editions, eg in Platinum budget range?), and should so always be qualified with platform (P400) and place of publication (P291). Interestingly, the database knows this maps to 15590 games, ie deduplicated across platforms and regions (while keeping distinct games separate (eg the handheld vs console versions) ; alas there is no ID for that concept, so we’ll work with releases. Jean-Fred (talk) 12:17, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notified participants of WikiProject Video games --Jean-Fred (talk) 12:17, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support but I get the impression that, for the moment, the Japanese versions are not being taken into account. --- ʂɤɲ ✉ 13:21, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Matthias M. (talk) 15:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jean-Frédéric, WikiSyn, Matthias M. Done: ‎RetroCollect games ID (P14050) and Happy New Year! Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 13:00, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]