I exported my collection from RFGeneration as a CSV file and the GAMEYE dev was kind enough to turn it into a restore point. So now I have it in both.
A bit of tweaking needed for some orphaned items that didn’t find matches with GAMEYE.
Surprised to see my most expensive remaining items are my Pokémon mini games. And Jaguar stuff.
Everything must go.
I saw a posting on… er somewhere, possibly the gameeye reddit, that Mr/Ms. Gameeye was phasing that option out.
I must admit I was surprised to see it there in the first place. Must be a bit of extra work for the dude/ette as it sounds a tad manual in nature.
They offered it to me, files transferred by email. All very old school.
I think there must be an element of them wanting to see how good the database coverage is.
But I was sure to say thanks!
I’m tagging you because I’ve spent more time with Price Charting and I’m pretty satisfied now tbh.
A lot of what I encountered on the initial import seemed to just be the system taking its time to update properly to show my entire collection and its value. As far as I can tell, it’s there now and it’s right. I’m now starting to catch it up with things that weren’t in the mix at Game Value Now (which btw still isn’t working right and I emailed them like a month ago). One thing I added that is way better than GVN is imports. I have a lot of Super Famicom carts because the prices are much more reasonable for certain (most?) games. It’s very easy to look up and add those import games across all systems.
Probably the best things that came from doing this is they emailed me a summary at the beginning of the month, some of which I’m showing below…
| Item | Date Added |
|---|---|
| Baseball Stars Color (Neo Geo Pocket Color) | February 27, 2022 |
| King of Fighters R-2 (Neo Geo Pocket Color) | February 27, 2022 |
| Sonic The Hedgehog: Pocket Adventure (Neo Geo Pocket Color) | February 27, 2022 |
| Shadow Hearts From the New World (Playstation 2) | February 27, 2022 |
| Prince of Persia (Sega Genesis) | February 27, 2022 |
| Sword of Vermilion (Sega Genesis) | February 27, 2022 |
| Decap Attack (Sega Genesis) | February 27, 2022 |
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Robo Army (JP Neo Geo AES) | $1,319.98 |
| MUSHA (Sega Genesis) | $1,028.78 |
| Castlevania Aria of Sorrow (GameBoy Advance) | $900.00 |
| Viewpoint (Neo Geo AES) | $719.97 |
| The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (Playstation) | $550.00 |
| Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo AES) | $550.00 |
| Pocky & Rocky (Super Nintendo) | $545.60 |
| Console | Total Value |
|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | $8,100.90 |
| Neo Geo AES | $5,909.26 |
| Sega Saturn | $4,846.34 |
| Sega Dreamcast | $4,519.42 |
| Gamecube | $4,214.27 |
| Playstation 2 | $3,115.51 |
| Playstation | $3,042.86 |
This is really handy IMO and a great little feature. I think my collection also caught their eye because I got another email giving me “contributor” privileges there. I can edit stuff, add box art, question pricing on sales others say are “inaccurate”.
Given that Price Charting is the defacto standard these days for price checks, I’m definitely happy to have my collection in a place I can quickly get real-time looks at what things I own are currently worth. It’s not ideal of course as their web site design is pretty bare bones, but the functionality is all there and it’s solid for sure. You can even detail out harder on what your condition is for each item. Since I have three (grown) boys some of my stuff isn’t pristine anymore. I can definitely spend some time noting that on each item if I want to for later sales. Lord knows some of these handheld game boxes are not full… 
Their site works well on mobile, but I find myself doing most of my entry and searching and updating on PC anyway and it really shines there. It also always works, something I can’t say I’ve been happy with at GVN despite really liking the look and setup there.
If anyone else is considering it, I do recommend Price Charting for your catalog. You can link it for people too. I tend to avoid that because as you can see above I … uh… have a lot of videogames. My most expensive ones aren’t that rare tbh, but I have a LOT of stuff that’s complete and it all adds up. Many are in the hundreds these days and I haven’t even cataloged everything. Not close. 
It’s sad there isn’t an equivalent of the My Movies app for games. You pay for the app, but on the other hand if you find stuff that isn’t recognised by the app (you can easily bulk scan barcodes) you can notify them and they will add it. If they can’t find a good high res pic of the cover, they will add it but users can contribute by scanning their own cover.
Contributing is strict and requires correct details, but it helps keep the quality of the library in fantastic quality.
Awesome thanks Dave. I’m definitely going to move to Price Charting since - as you said - it’s the defacto standard for checking prices. I’ll have to block out some time to re-enter my stuff, though, ugh…
You can export from GVN and import. It will need some massaging but it definitely saves time.
Also, Price Charting covers lots of variants really well which definitely helps you get an accurate picture of value. Greatest Hits, first printing, etc are often separate entries.
I switched to Pricecharting a while ago and in general I think it’s great. I wish they’d track Arcade PCBs too but otherwise I don’t have any major complaints. It’s pretty easy to add stuff that is missing too.
It’d be cool if people wanted to post their collections. I always love seeing what people have put together. Here’s mine.
Ah sweet. That makes it much less daunting.
Yeah, check my posts up above. I talked about some of the pitfalls I encountered. You can avoid them!
I’m on Backloggd
Because you bumped this thread I decided to check GameValueNow and the URL http://collection.gamevaluenow.com works but not the main URL http://www.gamevaluenow.com so I think it’s officially been terminated.
That’s a shame as it was definitely the best looking and in some ways best functioning way to see your collection and maintain it regularly IMO. Still using Price Charting here and they even put out a call for comments and suggestions for the site. Obviously the best one would be an overhaul of the interface and its look, but I doubt that’ll happen anytime soon.
I need to get all my stuff onto PriceCharting. Ugh
Do the export from GVN now if it works
Good call. I’ll look into that. It will have to be a snowy/rainy weekend project this winter.
I did it in a couple hours if your export works from GVN. It’s easy enough. I think I posted the potential pitfalls up above.
IGN have released their own app!
since October 2022
It’s very slick, but has no import/export from what I can see.
Great news! Price Charting has an iOS app!
It’s spartan like the web site but it definitely makes it quick and easy to look up prices and check your own collection. Real happy I moved everything there after the demise of Game Value Now.
GAMEYE app also just received a big redesign/update.