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 <code><pre>
 {{infobox game
-|region            = PAL
-|serial            = SCES 50006
-|CRC               = 04F9D87F
 |image             = Drakan_-_The_Ancients'_Gates.png
-|releasedate       = July 5, 2002
 |caption           =
-|status            = 2
-|linuxstatus       =
-|macstatus         =
-<!-- Use only once per game -->
 |developer         = Surreal Software
-|genre             = Action-adventure
+|genre             = Action-adventure, RPG
+|gameinfo          =
+|wikipedia         = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakan:_The_Ancients%27_Gates
+|reviewlinks       = http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/drakantheancientsgates/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review
+|reviewscore       = 7.7/10
+<!-- NTSC-U props -->
+|NTSCU             = 1
+|serialsNTSCU      = SCES 50006
+|CRCsNTSCU         = 04F9D87F,ABC12345
+|releasedateNTSCU  = July 5, 2002
+|statusNTSCU       = 2
+|linuxstatusNTSCU  =
+|macstatusNTSCU    =
+<!-- PAL props -->
 ...
 </pre></code>
 It's easy to edit such pages as you only have to add the needed values after '''=''' sign. But when you're starting a new page it's completely empty so you will need to copy the infobox from any existing page and correct all the values there. Most of the values may be omitted or even erased from the infobox but the latter is not recommended as it may confuse the new users when they won't be able to find the needed variable.<br />
-* '''status''' value is numeral, please do not set it to something like 'playable', it won't work. Use '2' to show that the game is playable, 1 -- goes ingame, 0 -- is broken.<br />
+* Values like Serials,CRCs,release dates, statuses are distinguished by '''region''' type. Find your region (be it PAL, NTSC-U or NTSC-J) and change the value accordingly. So, for instance, if you want to set the game as playable on Windows and your region is NTSC-U, please assign '2' to 'statusNTSCU' variable.
+* '''status''' values are numeral, please do not set it to something like 'playable', it won't work. Use '2' to show that the game is playable, 1 -- goes ingame, 0 -- is broken.
 * '''genre''' value can be any text but please be advised to stick to the current defined game categories (Action,Adventure,Arcade,Compilation,Casual,Fighting,Horror,MMO,Minigames,Shooter,Sports,Racing,Remake,RPG,RTS are currently defined, please propose more [[Talk:Help! How to contribute guide|here]]). You can use any combination of these words to set up the game category. For example, setting genre to "Action-Adventure,PRG" automatically stores this game under Action,Adventure and PRG categories simultaneously. And if the genre is "Extreme Sports" the game will be categorized as [[:Category:Sports|"Sports"]]. You can also add some categories by hands if that is not enough in your case.
 * You can set as many genres as you like delimiting them by commas (ex. "Action,Adventure,Fighting,Minigames"). This will put the game in all those categories simultaneously.