This update to Game Connect brings a noteworthy enhancement to your barcode scanning feature. With a complete redesign of the “Unrecognized Barcode” screen, you can now easily add games to your collection even if a barcode is not recognized by the Add Games screen.
Note that this Unrecognized Barcode screen not only makes your life easier, but also strengthens the CLZ Core!

The improved “Unrecognized Barcode” screen

When you scan a barcode that in not found in our CLZ Core online game database (yet), you can click on the “Unrecognized barcode” entry in the queue, and you will be presented with the “Unrecognized Barcode” screen. This screens serves two purposes:

  1. It helps you add the game to your database anyway
  2. And… it instantly adds the barcode to Core!

So in the past weeks, Connect developer Joe has completed work on the re-design (from scratch) of the “Unrecognized Barcode” screens, to:

  • make it clearer and easier to use
  • let you select the correct cover image from a Google Images search!

It is super easy, just find the game in our Core by Title, pick a cover and Confirm then entry.

About adding games by barcode

Here’s a bit of background about game barcodes and adding games to your app by scanning their barcodes:

Every regional release of a game has a different barcode. The barcode on the US edition is different from the AU edition, or the UK edition. Even within Europe, most local releases (Netherlands, Germany, France, etc…) have their own version of the game, with its own barcode. On top of that, the barcode differs for regular editions, Limited Editions, Collector’s Editions, etc…
That regularly amounts to a LOT of barcodes for each game. As an example, we have over 100 different barcodes listed for Horizon Zero Dawn on the PS4.

It is a huge task for our in-house content managers to manage all these game editions and make sure our Core online game database delivers the exact cover image for each edition. But still, our stats show that our users are getting a 99% success rate on their barcode searches.

That is a great score of course (and better than any of our competitors), but still.. that missing 1% does mean that some users will, once in a while, scan a barcode that is not found in our Core (yet).

Now that is where the “Unrecognized Barcode” screen comes into play.


Recent changes

v9.4: New app icon to fit our new company name and logo Oct 11, 2024 v9.3: Several improvements and fixes Sep 27, 2024 v9.2.2 New “search for…” suggestions when adding games by title Aug 07, 2024 v9.1: CLZ Games is now free to use up to 100 games May 31, 2024 v9.0.5 Game values are back in the Add Games screen Apr 17, 2024 v9.0: Improved Add by Title screen, Collection tabs, Check Value screen and more! Mar 12, 2024 v8.4: Easier access to Manage Pick Lists tool Oct 25, 2023 v8.3: Pre-fill screen: Orange highlights and a Clear button Oct 16, 2023 v8.2.1: New in-app getting started tips Sep 13, 2023 v8.1: New Sync button on main screen Sep 06, 2023 v8.0: Use multiple folder levels May 17, 2023 Youtuber Mystic shows how he is using CLZ Games Apr 19, 2023 v7.5: More value data from PriceCharting (Graded, Box only, Manual only) Jul 25, 2022 v7.4 New “Card View” May 12, 2022 v7.3: Back Cover images! Mar 29, 2022 v7.2: Progress Bars and Cancel buttons! Mar 16, 2022 v7.1: Improved Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields! Feb 04, 2022 v7.0: New features and lots of improvements Dec 02, 2021 v6.6.2: Main screen lists now fully support system font sizes Sep 28, 2021 v6.6 Submit to Core / New Select Mode and action menu Sep 27, 2021 v6.6 Submit to Core / New Select Mode and action menu Sep 27, 2021 v6.5: Duplicate / Clear Cloud / Shake to Shuffle / Web-links Sep 08, 2021 v6.5: Duplicate / Clear Cloud / Shake to Shuffle / Web-links Sep 08, 2021 v6.4 New look for game list, cover view & game details Jul 02, 2021 v6.4 New look for game list, cover view & game details Jul 02, 2021

Archive