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Template:MobyGames displays an external link to a MobyGames page for a video game.

Please only add it in instances where it provides additional or strongly-supporting information to the article.

Usage

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One parameter:

{{MobyGames | ID }}
{{MobyGames | id= ID }}

Two parameters:

{{MobyGames | ID | NAME }}
{{MobyGames | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Template data

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:MobyGames in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for MobyGames

This template displays an external link to a MobyGames page for a video game.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
ID1 id

ID string used in the URL.

Stringrequired
Name2 name

Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the current page name (without disambiguation) and is displayed in italics.

Stringoptional

Examples

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One parameter

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When a name is not specified, the template uses the current page name (without disambiguation) and displays it in italics.

The following examples link to a page for the first Heroes of Might and Magic game:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/heroes-of-might-and-magic

Usage:

{{MobyGames | /heroes-of-might-and-magic }}
{{MobyGames | id= /heroes-of-might-and-magic }}

Results:

MobyGames/doc at MobyGames
MobyGames/doc at MobyGames

Two parameters

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When a name is specified, the template will not italicize it, so include any wikimarkup as needed.

The following examples link to a page for the Heroes of Might and Magic series:

https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series

Usage:

{{MobyGames | -group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series | ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series }}
{{MobyGames | id= -group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series | name= ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series }}

Results:

Heroes of Might and Magic series at MobyGames
Heroes of Might and Magic series at MobyGames

See also

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