Game Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Game Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Adding and Editing Games How to search your Collection Adding Games Automatically Adding Games Manually Barcode Scanning Importing from text Adding Hardware Managing your wish list Field Defaults Editing Multiple Games Editing Games List Items and more Find Cover Image Update File Links Adding a box set Managing Loans Customizing Game Collector Sorting your Collection Custom Field Names Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Activating Connect Sync & Share Synchronize with Connect Linking your games for Connect CLZ Games for iPhone/iPod CLZ Games for Android CLZ Games HD for iPad Printing a Simple List Using the Filter screen Updating Game Collector The Statistics Screen Print screen Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Import From Text Data Submission Guidelines Validating Game Collector
Managing your wish list
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Collection Status: On Wish List
The On Wish List Collection Status is a great way to keep an overview of games and/or hardware that are on your Wish List. You have probably noticed the cool new tabs in the Main View called: All, Collection and Wish List.
Figure 1: All, Collection and Wish List - Game Collector 4
When clicked the All Tab shows all games in your collection, the Collection Tab shows all Games that are labeled In Collection and the Wish List Tab shows you all games in your collection that are labeled On Wish List.
Edit Collection Status
You can edit the Collection Status of your game from the Edit > Edit Game... menu. In the Edit Game Screen (on the main tab), you will find the Collection Status on the right. Tick the On Wish List radio button to label your game: On Wish List.
Figure 2: Edit Collection Status to: On Wish List - Game Collector 4
Adding Games to your Wish List
Adding games to your Wish List is easy and fun. It's just like adding games you already own to your collection.
Open up the Add Automatically screen by clicking the Add Games automatically icon:
Figure 3: Add Game Automatically Button
In the Add Games Automatically Screen, search for games by Barcode or by Title search.
Tip: use the Queue Search to add multiple games at once. Alternatively you can use the results from the New Releases and Most Popular queues.
Figure 4: Add Game To Wish List - Game Collector 4
Check the Add To: Wish List button and click Add Checked. The game Inception is now added to your collection and labeled as On Wish List.
In the main view, you can recognize the items on your wish list by the little notes icon:
Figure 5: Wish List Icon - Game Collector 4
Move to Collection - Move to Wish List
Having a Wish List is nice, of course. But little beats being able to change the Collection Status of those items from On Wish List to In Collection. And so it is.
To change the Collection Status from one (or more) games from On Wish List to In Collection (or vice versa), just select the game(s) and choose: Move to Collection from the right-click menu.
Figure 6: Move To Collection - Game Collector 4