Wikidata:Property proposal/Sega Saturn game ID

Sega Saturn game ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work

   Done: Satakore game ID (P6172) (Talk and documentation)

Description	serial number of a game release on the Sega Saturn
Data type	External identifier
Example 1	Radiant Silvergun (Q3416463) → T-32902G
Example 2	Dragon Force (Q3038744) → MK81382-50
Example 3	Dragon Force (Q3038744) → GS-9028
Example 4	Dragon Force (Q3038744) → T-12703H
Example 5	Dragon Force (Q3038744) → GS-9145
Planned use	Mix’n’match catalogue
Number of IDs in source	1970
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game,,$1,,*.html
See also	Somewhat similar to Nintendo GameID (GameCube/Wii) (P5838) and PlayStation ID (P2606)

Motivation

Games released on the Sega Saturn (Q200912) have a serial number, per region-release.

This is used to identify the game across communities. For example:

• Radiant Silvergun (Q3416463) the Saturn Japanese release (the only one) has the serial T-32902G, which is used on the reference database Satakore, and mentionned in GameFAQs (as "Product ID"), SegaRetro (as "Code"), Gaming-History (as "Model"), Redump.org (as "Serial")
• Dragon Force (Q3038744): the IDs are used in GameFAQs, SegaRetro, Gaming-History

So, I initially wanted an ID for Sega Saturn games, since Guardiana (Q56676562) does not cover them and leaves that to Satakore.com (Q58554589). After some trial and error, I got that the serial ID could be used for a permalink to Satakore (as demonstrated above). However, it sort of turns out that a similar serial exist for Dreamcast MegaDrive, Master-System or GameGear − so maybe the scope of the ID should be extended, but that would somehow defeat my original purpose…

(Quite amazing that I could not find more information online − all in all Nintendo GameID (GameCube/Wii) (P5838) and PlayStation ID (P2606) had fairly good documentation)

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Jean-Fred (talk) 15:21, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support David (talk) 07:46, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Looking at how similar the serial numbers are on software published on other Sega consoles, I'm inclined to think the scope of this request should be expanded to include them all. Are there any cons to this approach? Macrike (talk) 09:50, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

  The main drawback is that there is no URL formatter that I know of that could be used (while Saturn games at least could be linked to the Satakore database.) Jean-Fred (talk) 14:00, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

•  Support Expanded scope for all Sega consoles would be good. Sir Lothar (talk) 13:55, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Notes

@ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, Macrike, Jean-Frédéric, Sir Lothar:  Done: Satakore game ID (P6172). − Pintoch (talk) 11:00, 24 November 2018 (UTC)