Release date status for browser games ported from Adobe Flash to HTML5

[coral berry]

I am currently working on a big project to update and complete a big ex-Adobe-Flash developer's catalogue of games on IGDB. As a result of the death of Adobe Flash Player on 31/12/2020, some of their games have been ported to HTML5, and I am aware of the dates of these ports, which I would like to add to the database.

My question is what release date status would a port from Flash to HTML5 count as on IGDB? I was thinking maybe "Digital Compatibility Release", but as you see in the screenshot, nothing is mentioned of browser games.

[coral berry]

Without revealing which game this is for, if the Flash release date is the full release, would the HTML5 release date count as also the full release, a digital compatibility release, or something else?

[azure ocean]

So, i don't think DCR would fit for things like this and, by our standards, we always go with earliest release date on a platform

so unless of course there are noticeable changes between the Flash and HTML5 versions, i would just follow that

[coral berry]

Ok so keeping that in mind, is it worth it to add the HTML5 release date on the same platform, but keeping the status blank?

[azure ocean]

i wouldn't add the HTML5 release date at all

[coral berry]

Understood, thanks for your help

[azure ocean]

np

again, as i said, if there are noticeable differences between the Flash and HTML5 versions or they were released outside of the web browser, maybe they will be tracked as a separate page

[coral berry]

as far as I'm aware there aren't any differences

for this specific game at least

I'll have to do a lot of research for the other games in my project I mentioned at the top