Video Game Collection Software - catalog your game collection

Anybody who has a collection of anything knows that the items themselves are only as cherished as the stories attached to them. For me, my video game collection (thanks to my current CLZ Games listing is 1,646 games and 26 hardware pieces) that I’ve been building for over 30 years leisurely has become a time machine, where the games connect me to specific points in my life and what’s been happening in the world around me. Starting with the Atari 2600 and Combat, and through Super Mario Party for the Nintendo Switch that I have preordered, my collection has become personified as an old friend who has been with me through it all, and always waits patiently for me to listen to one of it’s many stories.
Thanks to Alwin for reminding me about something I haven’t considered as a story worth telling, which is how I’ve kept track of this ever growing collection of games. CLZ Games has become the definitive answer in what I’ve been searching for throughout the collecting... a simple visual way to keep track and show off the collection. Previous iterations have been my own feeble attempts through spreadsheets and photos, which never was either easy to understand or beautiful. Other early attempts were using a Palm 505 (my first electronic attempt at a workable database), and my favorite, a sandwich bag containing index cards. And, when I would forget to bring any of these items to a store, I would succumb to plain old memory, which in many cases resulted in trips back to the store to exchange the item that I already had in my collection.
Of course, those were pre smart phone days, and you did what you had available to you. Technology and innovation go hand in hand, and I thank Alwin for his efforts in creating a stellar product at the right time, and the right time for me as a collector. I remember reading that the Guinness world record holder for a video game collection used this product, and well... if it’s good enough for him, it would definitely be great for me. And, regardless of your collection size, it sure is. — John Abulencia (USA) on Game Collector

In 2012 I moved from the U.S. to Oslo, Norway to start a new life with my then girlfriend and now wife. I sold my entire video game collection(including my beloved Virtual Boy :( ) in order to have money for a few months to survive until I found a job; hoping to one day build the collection again.
After working as a personal trainer for quite some time here in Norway I began to realize that many students and young people couldn't afford training with me but they really wanted to. Being a person who likes to barter I one day asked a guy if he had any old game systems to trade since he couldn't afford to train with me. He ended up giving me a N64 with Diddy Kong Racing and Banjo-Tooie and I gave him lessons in proper kettlebell techniques.
I made these trades for a while until I decided to switch careers making these kinds of deals no longer possible. I continued buying and trading for things from used items websites up until about 1 year ago when I seriously pissed off my wife.

I ended up contacting a guy that was selling games from his house(like a regular GameStop or something) for really cheap. He told me he was looking to get out of the business and everything had to go. He told me he had a storage unit filled with things he needed to trash. Seeing an opportunity here I filled up my car with 27 Slim/Phat PS2's, 9 original Xbox's, 3 Xbox 360's, 3 Gamecube's, 4 PS1's, 15 Guitar Hero guitars, 10 or so various handhelds, and boxes and boxes of games and accessories. I think I ended up counting 133 PS2 controllers alone for example. This filled up my wife's Audi A3 to where I couldn't see out the back or the passenger side window as Playstation was my passenger now.
The plan was simple. Get home, unload the car, and get everything to the game room before my wife got back from picking up the kid.

I failed miserably.
She arrived just as I opened the trunk of my car. The look on her face peering from inside her Nissan Leaf told me that I was in for some serious pain. After she yelled at me and asked me "What the hell I was thinking?!" the only thing I could think of was to tell her "Well, I won't buy anything for awhile at least". Obvoiusly not a great answer, but the only answer I could use to help diffuse the situation.
I brought box after box of stuff down into the basement while my wife glared at me from the living room.

Excitedly I sorted everything out and felt like I had hit the jackpot. Took me hours into the night to sort everything and I realized that I would one day need to catalogue all this stuff so I didn't buy games I already had. I ended up trashing a lot of things I deemed unusable or uninteresting to me but still kept a big chunk of what I had picked up from the dealer.

Flash forward about a year and I discovered the CLZ app.
I have around 450 games and over 40 consoles. I really wanted to take my collection to the next step and that's where CLZ stepped in. I've tried other apps but they didn't come close to finding all my PAL games. Well worth the money.
I'm not really that close to turning my game room into the sanctuary that I want it to be, but it's really the journey that counts. — Jarrod Harbrucker (Norway) on Game Collector

I used to carry around a binder with game list print out to see what games I have and which ones I need to buy. I was looking for a software to organize my game collection. I researched around and found the one for the best bang for my buck was Collectorz. Easy to put games in just search the name and find them in their database. It has the systems in their own categories so you don't have to worry about marking the game for which system it is for. Then I was able to puy the app which I could sync up my database to the cloud and whenever I made a change on the computer software it would sync my database on my phone. Makes it so much easier than carrying around a binder and I don't look like some weird collector with a binder. I can just open the app on my phone and look to see what games I have. — Jeff Thorne (USA) on Game Collector

I had a super old version of this app on my pc. I decided to visit the website to see what the company was up to, and was delightfully surprised to see how they've expanded that original PC app to an entire cloud sync account that cannot only be stored online in sync with apps, but you can also store your entire game collection in a file off-line on your computer and keep everything together. This is definitely a fantastic app and set up for anybody who wants to keep their game collection in order. — A Google user on CLZ Games

Love this app as it's easy to keep track of game collection. — Chris Zammit on CLZ Games

It's a good tool to keep track of your video game collection! — Timothy Meyers on CLZ Games

Excellent app for cataloging your video game collection!! — Mikey and Friends on CLZ Games

Helps me keep track of my massive game collection, so if I'm in a store I don't have to worry about if I still have a game or not and accidentally buy another copy, which I have done before. Has all the systems, and all the games, and if you have a game that hasn't been updated in yet, you can add it yourself. Great app! — A Google user on CLZ Games

Excellent, used the PC version a long time ago but couldn't find my log in details so I thought I'd move with the times and get the android app instead, mainly for mobile convenience. Almost all of a 1400 plus game collection is now listed and only a handful had to be manually added. Even had some homebrew games on there. — Pete WK on CLZ Games

I've been using Collectorz software to catalog my game collection for about 6 years now. Each update provides more ways to better find and organize titles, the customer support is great and using the Android app along with the Windows version, I can add out in the wild, sync with the cloud and make edits at home. I will continue to support Collectorz as long as they are around. Don't hesitate - buy now! — Jason Romano on CLZ Games

After years of meticulous, in depth excel sheet-ing, I tried out @collectorz CLZ games app for cataloging my game collection...the barcode input is a life saver. Moving my collection over. Highly recommend!
Quick cataloging + live valuation. #gaming #videogames — Patrick Branigan on CLZ Games

Thank you for designing such an intuitive and fun to use piece of software. I am enjoying cataloging my game collection using it. The PC software has been robust and i was able to catalog my collection in its entirety. — Tom Izzo (USA) on Game Collector

Finally! I perfect and easy way to keep track of my game collection and it actually find all my games in their database. No tedious work. I love it. — Jeremy Padilla on CLZ Games

Awesome app to inventory your game collection. The newly added value calculator is a good tool to appraise the collection and to compare market pricing. — Kenneth Thomas on CLZ Games

Love it for my 800+ game collection! — kyle kolb on CLZ Games

Great app for organising my game collection. — Les Stacey on CLZ Games

Great app for keeping my game collection organized. — David Rose on CLZ Games

Excellent way to track and manage game collections across multiple systems / launchers. It's quick, simple, and visually appealing. After adding the custom tags "Now Playing" and "Loaned Out" and viewing folders by tags, this app fits all my needs. More than worth the steep premium fee (~$13USD) if this is the kind of functionality you're looking for. — Chris Aamot on CLZ Games

It was already a brilliant way to keep track of my game collection; the added features in the latest version make it even better! — Melynir on CLZ Games

Can't say enough great things about all the Collectorz software. Mostly use Games for keeping track of my video game collection, weeding out doubles to sell, etc. Makes knowing what you have & what you paid when and it's current value very simple and effective. Also their support is fantastic having received email replies within 48 hours and the they offer huge savings multiple times per year to extend your updates. Great work Alwin & Collectorz!!!! — Nviso209 on CLZ Games

I use the CLZ apps for my book, movie, and game collections and they are PHENOMENAL. I can't praise them highly enough! It's so easy to just scan the UPC to add to your collection (and you can scan a whole stack without stopping to hit "add" every time), or you can manually create an entry in the rare instance that it isn't in the database already, filling in as many or as few details as you care to.
I love that you can mark when you've completed the game, give it a rating, add a little note/review for yourself, and so many other things. The features are really thorough. You can backup your entries to the cloud for easy transfer if you get a new phone or whatever.
The only downside is that you are limited to 100 items unless you pay to expand to unlimited storage, but I thought it was worth the price to compensate these developers for their great work. — Kelly Gorga on CLZ Games

Great app to organize your game collection on multiple consoles. — keaton phoenix on CLZ Games

I was looking for something to keep up with my game collection and this works perfectly! It even gives me the ability to sync it in the cloud! — Evophoto on CLZ Games

Great way to keep track of your game collection. Not for casual gamers. This is more for serious game collectors. — Salvador Valdez on CLZ Games

I've been looking for an easy way to track my game collection for years and now I can do it on my phone on the cheap. If your unsure do the free trial let's you add a 100 games which is enough for normal people anyway. The latest update has cleaned up the look and made the app work faster and better. Keep up the good work well worth the in app purchase! — familyguykiller on CLZ Games

Great app to manage your game collection! Works fine and smooth. Super! — Usa reizen on CLZ Games

Nice App .... logs game collection very well, and you can add them manually if it's not on the online data base. — Jaymz Ritchey on CLZ Games

Love the app easy way to keep track of my game collection. — Geno Unser on CLZ Games

Great app for organising a game collection and keeping track of what you own across different platforms. I enjoy using it. — Tania Pouli on CLZ Games

Started unpacking, sorting and recording my game collection using @collectorz. It's strangely therapeutic! Complete game room makeover next. — Tom Evans (United Kingdom) on Game Collector