Hello again!
I'm now trying to find game databases that contain info about the games in our database. I am only focusing on our own games for now.
There are a few large databases, such as mobygames, and there are smaller, more specific databases. For example, the mame db contains info about arcade systems, game boy database has info about game boy games and so on.
The practical goal is twofold:
1. To have web links for each pack, that lead to pages with details about the game. Each pack can have several links, as the game can be in several databases or sites.
2. To retrieve info about the game for each pack, and fill our local DB with correct and complete info about each game. As it is right now, I consider some data to be incomplete, in a confusing format, or missing.
So if you guys know some good databases, either general or specific to a system, but with good quality data, please reply and I will add them to this table.
To see the systems that we need info for, visit http://vgm.mdscene.net/packs/systems
Listing:
Site | Search | API | Offline | Info |
---|---|---|---|---|
mobygames | Yes | Large, general DB | ||
giantbomb | Yes | Yes | Large, general DB | |
gbdb | No | No | Seems fan-made but it looks alright | |
mamedb | Yes | Arcade | ||
PCEngine Catalog Project | Yes | Old-school | ||
PC Engine Software Bible | No | PC Engine listings | ||
thegamesdb | Yes | Yes | Large, general DB | |
Arcade History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Big Arcade MAME DB |
Generation-MSX | Yes | Deals with MSX stuff | ||
Hall of Light | Yes | Deals with Amiga games | ||
gamesdbase | Yes | looks like a large DB, contains some rare games | ||
8-bits | Yes | Japanese PC-8801/SR, MSX/2/2+/R,X68000 database | ||
mercenary force | No | No | Many systems | |
X68000 catalog | No | No | Yes | Reduced version of mercenary force's X68000 catalog |
shmup.com | Yes | Deals with Shoot-em-ups for many systems, in french | ||
arcade museum | Yes | arcade games | ||
GameFAQs | Yes | |||
World of Spectrum | Yes | Spectrum games + downloads |