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Starting a new page with form

  • From the menu (located next to the search icon), select "Special pages" > "Start of form".
  • Pick the Infobox template from the dropdown menu, and enter the title of the page.
  • (If you type "Abc PSP", the url of the page will be https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Abc PSP)
  • Fill in the following details for the infobox:
    • title
    • image
    • description
    • author
    • lastupdated
    • type (see note below)
    • version
    • download
    • website
    • source (optional)
  • Add the content under the "Free text" section.

Starting a new page without form

  • From the browser address bar, enter the url of the page you want to create (e.g. https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Abc Vita).
  • It will take you to a blank page on which you can edit. Click "Create", copy the Infobox template onto the page and fill in the information.
  • Use the "Preview" option to check for errors, and then add contents to the page.

Template (replace XXX with GB/GBA/DS/3DS/PSP/Vita/Wii/WiiU/Switch/XBOX):

{{Infobox XXX Homebrews
|title      =
|image      =
|description=
|author     =
|lastupdated=
|type       =
|version    =
|license    =
|download   =
|website    =
|source     =
}}

Page example:

{{Infobox GB Homebrews
 |title      =Abc        
 |image      =Abc.png    (from uploaded files)
 |description=Abc        (short descriptions that only show up in the table)
 |author     =Abc        
 |lastupdated=2000/01/01 
 |type       =Math       (see below section for more information)
 |version    =1.00
 |license    =Mixed
 |download   =Link
 |website    =Link
 |source     =Link
 }}
 From here on is page content.
  
 == Screenshots ==
 [[File:Abc.png|link=]]
 
 == External links ==

About type

The type field will sort the page to the corresponding category. The category list can be found at www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Module:Infobox_XXX_Homebrews (replace XXX with GB/GBA/DS/3DS/PSP/Vita/WiiU/Switch/XBOX).

A list of valid type names for the GameBoy section are (inside the [' ']):

   local categories = {
       -- Applications
       ['Math']                 = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Maths applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'},
       ['Music Apps']           = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Music applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'},
       ['Music Disks']          = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Music disks on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'},
       ['Other Apps']           = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Other applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'},
       ['Test Roms']            = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Test roms on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'},
       ['Utilities']            = {'GB homebrew applications', 'Utility applications on GB', 'GB homebrew applications'},
       -- Games
       ['Action']               = {'GB homebrew games', 'Action games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},
       ['Adventure']            = {'GB homebrew games', 'Adventure games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},
       ['Arcade Games']         = {'GB homebrew games', 'Arcade games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},
       ['Board']                = {'GB homebrew games', 'Board games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},		
       ['Card']                 = {'GB homebrew games', 'Card games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Music']                = {'GB homebrew games', 'Music games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Other Games']          = {'GB homebrew games', 'Other games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Platform']             = {'GB homebrew games', 'Platform games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Puzzle']               = {'GB homebrew games', 'Puzzle games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Racing']               = {'GB homebrew games', 'Racing games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Role Playing']         = {'GB homebrew games', 'Role playing games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Shooter']              = {'GB homebrew games', 'Shooter games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Simulation']           = {'GB homebrew games', 'Simulation games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Strategy']             = {'GB homebrew games', 'Strategy games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       ['Trivia']               = {'GB homebrew games', 'Trivia games on GB', 'GB homebrew games'},	
       -- Emulators
       ['Computer']             = {'GB homebrew emulators', 'Computer emulators on GB', 'GB homebrew emulators'},
       ['Console']              = {'GB homebrew emulators', 'Console emulators on GB', 'GB homebrew emulators'},
       ['Other Emulators']      = {'GB homebrew emulators', 'Other emulators on GB', 'GB homebrew emulators'},
       -- PC (PC Utilities for GB)
       ['Development']           = {'GB PC utilities', 'Development utilities for GB', 'PC utilities for GB'},
       ['PC Utilities']          = {'GB PC utilities', 'Other PC utilities for GB', 'PC utilities for GB'},
       -- Demos
       ['Demos']               = {'GB homebrew demos', 'Demo applications on GB', 'GB homebrew demos'},
       ['Game Demos']          = {'GB homebrew demos', 'Demo games on GB', 'GB homebrew demos'},
       ['Samples']             = {'GB homebrew demos', 'Code samples for GB', 'GB homebrew demos'},
       -- ROM Hack
       ['Game Hacks']           = {'all GB Rom Hacks', 'GB game hacks', 'GB rom hacks'},
       ['Translations']         = {'all GB Rom Hacks', 'GB game translations', 'GB rom hacks'},
       ['Hack Utilities']       = {'all GB Rom Hacks', 'GB hack utilities', 'GB rom hacks'},
   }

Notes

The Homebrew Cartridge table was added quite late; to avoid complicating the database we used these Infobox fields for the data:

  • discussion (url for the Purchase info column)
  • portedby (Name of the url for the Purchase info column)
  • contributor (used for Availability, this has been removed from the table)

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