Timeline of release years/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Timeline of release years.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

{{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
}}

{{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''
}}

Other parameters

first - Beginning year of the timeline. (Optional, unless before 1940.)
last - End year of the timeline, Magic word is available. For example: {{CURRENTYEAR}} (this year), {{#time:Y|-1 year}} (last year).
1980_color (etc.)