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'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' 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 ==
One parameter:
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | ''ID'' }}</code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= ''ID'' }}</code>

Two parameters:
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | ''ID'' | ''NAME'' }}</code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= ''ID'' | name= ''NAME'' }}</code>

== Template data ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
        "description": "This template displays an external link to a MobyGames page for a video game.",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "ID",
			"aliases": [ "id" ],
			"description": "ID string used in the URL.",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Name",
			"aliases": [ "name" ],
			"description": "Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the current page name (without disambiguation) and is displayed in italics.",
			"type": "string",
                        "required": false
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

== Examples ==

=== One parameter ===
When a name is not specified, the template uses the current page name (without [[Help:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]) and displays it in [[italics]].

The following examples link to a page for the first ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest|Heroes of Might and Magic]]'' game:
: <code><nowiki>https://</nowiki>www.mobygames.com/game{{hilite|/heroes-of-might-and-magic}}</code>

Usage:
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki> | /heroes-of-might-and-magic }}</nowiki></code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki> | id= /heroes-of-might-and-magic }}</nowiki></code>
Results:
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | /heroes-of-might-and-magic }}
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= /heroes-of-might-and-magic }}

=== Two parameters ===
When a name is specified, the template will not [[italics|italicize]] it, so include any [[wikimarkup]] as needed.

The following examples link to a page for the ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]'' series:
: <code><nowiki>https://</nowiki>www.mobygames.com/game{{hilite|-group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series}}</code>

Usage:
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki> | -group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series | ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series }}</nowiki></code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki> | id= -group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series | name= ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series }}</nowiki></code>
Results:
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | -group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series | ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series }}
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= -group/heroes-of-might-and-magic-series | name= ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series }}

== See also ==
* {{tl|MobyGames developer}} for linking to ''developer profiles'' at the MobyGames website
* {{tl|MobyGames company}} for linking to ''company profiles'' at the MobyGames website
* There have been discussions on whether or not a link to MobyGames is suitable for inclusion in an article ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive 79#Moby Games ext. links removal]] [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive 76#MobyGames paid Wikipedia?]] [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines/Archive 2#Moving MobyGames to "Inappropriate" since it almost always is?]]), though these discussions are in no way definitive.

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