Arcade Finder and Hyperspace Arcade Entertainment owner Patrick Scott Patterson wish to welcome The Game Grid arcade of West Valley City, UT to the Arcade Finder list!

Game Grid Arcade features over 2 dozen arcade video game and pinball machines, including classics such as a Warlord cocktail table, Asteroids Deluxe, Crystal Castles, and 1942 and modern machines such as Stern's Shrek and Indiana Jones pinballs and The Fast and the Furious!

Game Grid also has 6 PC LAN setups with several games.

Check out Game Grid Arcade's website at http://gamegridarcade.com/ and be sure to check out their list of machines right here on Arcade Finder.

Yesterday I discussed adding locations, today we will discuss adding games to those locations, and if necessary, adding games to the database.

First of all we'll talk about adding games to a location.

1) Click on "Locations" in the table on the left.

2) Select the location you want to add a game to, for example, Auric's Arcade.

3) Under the description of the loaction you should see two links : "Edit Location" and "Add Game", click on "Add Game".

4) The Location should be pre-selected, in the next drop-down, select the game you wish to add to your location, add in the type (upright, deluxe, etc.), any comments you wish to make about the game (i.e. playability, cupholders, etc.), and the last 3 boxes are for the condition of aspects of the game : Controls, Screen, and Cabinet, based on a 5-point scale.

5) Once you have set these, click on "Save Changes", and there you have it, you've added a game to your location.

Now I know that it's possible that a game you are looking for is not in our database. Yes, we know it's incomplete, that's why we rely on you, the user, to help us complete it, and here's how :

1) In the left toolbar, click on "Games"

2) On the right-hand side, under the "Search" button, click on "Add Game".

3) The only necessary information is the Name of the game, the Manufacturer if it's known, and whether or not the game is Pinball. The rest of the information is entirely optional, but do feel free to enter the Genre of the game, year released, KLOV (Killer List of Videogames) ID, the TG (Twin Galaxies) Link, and a description of the game.

Once you have done this, click on "Save Changes" and return to the top of this list to add the game to your locations.

I'm going to break this down into a couple of categories :

For starters, let's talk about the Add Location functionality. If the arcade you are looking for is not currently in the Location list, click on Add Location (It's right next to the go button, in green letters). Next you want to declare the name of the location. Is it a Chuck E. Cheese in Guadalajara, or a Namco Arcade in some mall in a town called Scrshy?

1)Specify what it is, put the name of the location in the first space.

2)Declare the type of location, i.e. amusement park, arcade, laser tag, etc.

3)Include any general information about the location, for instance, "this arcade includes a bowling alley, a full service bar, and a place to lay your head." Anything you think would be interesting should go here.

4)Does the location have a website, if so include it here.

5)Physical location information, address, phone number.

6)If you have entered in physical location information, click on "Set Geocode", this will get the exact latitude and longitude for this location, to show the difference between your current location, and your destination's exact position.
**Note** If you have not included any physical location information, clicking "Set Geocode" will not do anything, as it has nothing to pull the coordinates from.

7)After you have input all this information, you want to click "Save Changes" to add this location to our database of accessible gamerspots. If you were testing, please click "Delete" to rescind your changes.

That's it for adding a location, the next FAQ will be to add a game to the database.

If there is anything I can help you with, please send me an email :
chaz@mythric.com, I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,
Charles

The first phase of Google Maps integration is now available. Just click the 'Map' link in the left menu to take a look. For those of you that admin certain locations, as you add new ones, click the 'Geocode' link on the edit page to update it's Google Map location. More Google goodies to come...

You may now create accounts to use on Arcade Finder. Look for features such as user based comments on locations, as well as specific games within a location later this week.

More on the way...