Template:Timeline of release years/doc

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Redirects

{{Release timeline}}
{{Video game timeline}}

This template uses Lua:

Module:Timeline of release years (sandbox)

The timeline of release years template displays a timeline of release years.

Usage

{{Timeline of release years
| title =
| subtitle =
| align =
| compressempty =
| rangeN =
| rangeN_color =
| first =
| <year1> =
| <year1>_color =
| <year2> =
| <year2>_color =
...
| <yearN-1>a =
| <yearN-1>b =
...
| <yearN-1>j =
| <yearN> =
| TBA =
| TBAb =
| TBAc =
| last =
}}

Parameters

|title=: Optional title for the table. Defaults to "Release timeline"
|subtitle=: Optional subtitle.
|align=: Optional value of "left" floats the table left.
|compressempty=: Compresses series of empty rows with any value to the year range of those empty rows. Use only where there are multiple long stretches of time where no title is released.
|rangeN=: Identifies a range for range coloring. Takes two years, separated by any non-digit characters. Up to 10 ranges are supported.
|rangeN_color=: Identifies two colors for a range where the second color is optional. The colors must be separated by any whitespace character(s). When one color is given, all years in the range will take that color. Where two colors are given, the first color will be assigned to years with a title and the second color will be assigned to years without. The default colors for a range are █ #0BDA51 for years with a title and █ #228B22 for years without.
|first=: Optional beginning of the timeline (unless before 1940).
|<yearN><letter>=: The year of release. For example, |1997=''[[Angels Fall First]]'' will render a row with the year and album title. Letters can be used to add multiple titles for a single year e.g. |1988a=[[Ninja Gaiden (arcade game)|''Ninja Gaiden'' (arcade)]] and |1988b=[[Ninja Gaiden (Nintendo Entertainment System)|''Ninja Gaiden'' (NES)]] will display a row with the year and both titles.
|<yearN>_color=: Color for a specific year.
|TBA=: An announced but unreleased title. Can take letters like |<year>=.
|last=: Optional end of the timeline. magic word can be used to set an automatic end year. For example: {{CURRENTYEAR}} (this year), {{#time:Y|-1 year}} (last year).
|<yearN><letter>_to=: Specifies an end year for a given item, which will cause it to appear as a range, such as 1943-1945.
|<yearN>_to_<yearEnd>_color=: Specifies a color for a given item that matches the specified range. Only works in conjunction with <yearN><letter>_to, such that an item with the year range 1943-1945 will appear as this color.

Examples

{{Timeline of release years
| title = Studio album releases timeline
| 1997 = ''[[Angels Fall First]]''
| 1998 = ''[[Oceanborn]]''
| 2000 = ''[[Wishmaster (album)|Wishmaster]]''
| 2002 = ''[[Century Child]]''
| 2004 = ''[[Once (Nightwish album)|Once]]''
| 2007 = ''[[Dark Passion Play]]''
| 2011 = ''[[Imaginaerum]]''
| 2015 = ''[[Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album)|Endless Forms Most Beautiful]]'' 
| TBA = Upcoming album
}}

Studio album releases timeline
1999
1997	Angels Fall First
1998	Oceanborn
2000	Wishmaster
2001
2002	Century Child
2003
2004	Once
2005
2006
2007	Dark Passion Play
2008
2009
2010
2011	Imaginaerum
2012
2013
2014
2015	Endless Forms Most Beautiful
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
TBA	Upcoming album

{{Timeline of release years
| subtitle = Original series in green<br />Modern series in yellow

| range1 = 1988 – 1995
| range1_color = #0BDA51 #228B22
| range2 = 1996 – 2003
| range2_color = Black
| range3 = 2004 –
| range3_color = Gold Goldenrod

| 1988a = [[Ninja Gaiden (arcade game)|''Ninja Gaiden'' (arcade)]]
| 1988b = [[Ninja Gaiden (Nintendo Entertainment System)|''Ninja Gaiden'' (NES)]]
| 1990 = ''[[Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos]]''
| 1991a = ''[[Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom]]''
| 1991b = [[Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear video game)|''Ninja Gaiden'' (Game Gear)]]
| 1991c = ''[[Ninja Gaiden Shadow]]'' 
| 1992 = [[Ninja Gaiden (Master System video game)|''Ninja Gaiden'' (Master System)]]
| 1995 = ''Ninja Gaiden Trilogy''
| 2004 = ''[[Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game)|Ninja Gaiden]]''
| 2005 = ''[[Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game)#Ninja Gaiden Black|Ninja Gaiden Black]]''
| 2007 = ''[[Ninja Gaiden Sigma]]''
| 2008a = ''[[Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword]]''
| 2008b = ''[[Ninja Gaiden II]]''
| 2009 = ''[[Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2]]''
| 2012a = ''[[Ninja Gaiden 3]]''
| 2012b = ''[[Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge]]''
| 2014 = ''[[Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z]]''
}}

Release timeline
Original series in green
Modern series in yellow
1989
1988	Ninja Gaiden (arcade)
1988	Ninja Gaiden (NES)
1990	Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
1991	Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
	Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)
	Ninja Gaiden Shadow
1992	Ninja Gaiden (Master System)
1993
1994
1995	Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	Ninja Gaiden
2005	Ninja Gaiden Black
2006
2007	Ninja Gaiden Sigma
2008	Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
2008	Ninja Gaiden II
2009	Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
2010
2011
2012	Ninja Gaiden 3
2012	Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
2013
2014	Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

{{Timeline of release years
| title = 
| subtitle = ''Microsoft'' omitted from the titles
| compressempty = yes
| 1982 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0|Flight Simulator 1.0]]''
| 1984 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0|Flight Simulator 2.0]]''
| 1986 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator (1986 video game)|Flight Simulator]]'' (for Macintosh)
| 1988 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0|Flight Simulator 3.0]]''
| 1989 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0|Flight Simulator 4.0]]''
| 1993 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0|Flight Simulator 5.0]]''
| 1995 = ''[[History of Microsoft Flight Simulator#Flight Simulator 5.1|Flight Simulator 5.1]]''
| 1996 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator '95|Flight Simulator for Windows 95]]''
| 1997 = ''[[Flight Simulator 98]]''
| 1999 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000|Flight Simulator 2000]]''
| 2001 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002|Flight Simulator 2002]]''
| 2003 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight|Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight]]''
| 2006 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator X|Flight Simulator X]]''
<!-- 2012 Microsoft Flight is a separate product, please do not include it in the timeline -->
| 2014 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator X#Steam Edition|Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition]]''
| 2020 = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)|Flight Simulator]]''
}}

Release timeline
*Microsoft* omitted from the titles
1983
1982	Flight Simulator 1.0
1984	Flight Simulator 2.0
1985
1986	Flight Simulator (for Macintosh)
1987
1988	Flight Simulator 3.0
1989	Flight Simulator 4.0
1990–1992
1993	Flight Simulator 5.0
1994
1995	Flight Simulator 5.1
1996	Flight Simulator for Windows 95
1997	Flight Simulator 98
1998
1999	Flight Simulator 2000
2000
2001	Flight Simulator 2002
2002
2003	Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
2004–2005
2006	Flight Simulator X
2007–2013
2014	Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
2015–2019
2020	Flight Simulator