Databases
Here we have a list of online game databases, with info, screenshots, cheats and other stuff related to each game they list. These are useful for getting info on packs that are being submitted (though you may want to try corroborating from many sources), and for including external links in the pack info.
| Site | Games | Search | API | Offline | Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Databases | ||||||
| VGMdb | Yes | Yes | Large, soundtrack-oriented games database | |||
| The Cutting Room Floor | Yes | Info on unused content in games; excellent source of release dates, publishers/devs, and hidden sound tests/songs | ||||
| Video Game Music Preservation Foundation | 1466 | Yes | Seeks to be the Wikipedia of video game music. Please note that their guide to VGM logging is severely outdated despite recent page edits, and you should use R(er)ipping for the Out-of-Element Contributor instead. | |||
| Internet Movie Database | Yes | Despite the name, also contains info on games and their music authors/soundtracks/OSTs, including uncredited music sources... assuming these are accurate | ||||
| mobygames | Yes | Large, general DB | ||||
| giantbomb | Yes | Yes | Large, general DB | |||
| GameFAQs | Yes | |||||
| thegamesdb | Yes | Yes | Large, general DB | |||
| gamesdbase | Yes | looks like a large DB, contains some rare games | ||||
| Video Game Den | Competent-looking game reviews for a handful of systems | |||||
| GameBase | No | No | Yes | Collections of Games+Music+Screenshots+Extras, and an Access database for each system. Data seems ripped from other places for some of the GameBases. See GameBase. | ||
| allgame (archived) | An old database that got closed down. archive.org kept some of it though. | |||||
| refuge tokyo (previously mercenary force) | No | Yes | Many systems | |||
| RF Generation | Yes | No | Many systems | |||
| visual novel database | Yes | Visual novels. | ||||
| Computer Emu Zone | Spanish (but also english and other languages), various systems (Spectrum, CPC, C64, MSX/MSX2, PCW, Atari ST etc.) | |||||
| Arcade | ||||||
| mamedb | Yes | Arcade | ||||
| Arcade History | Yes | Yes | Big Arcade MAME DB | |||
| arcade museum | Yes | arcade games | ||||
| Sega consoles | ||||||
| SMS Power | Yes | Wiki format, info about lots of SMS games | ||||
| Guardiana | Yes | Most, if not all Sega home consoles | ||||
| Sega Retro | Yes | Wiki format, info about lots of Sega games | ||||
| ZX Spectrum | ||||||
| World of Spectrum | 24000 | Yes | Spectrum games + downloads | |||
| Nintendo | ||||||
| NintendoNerds | Yes | Database with Nintendo games, including NES and SNES | ||||
| NesCartDB | 2411 | Yes | Yes | Database with Nintendo cartridge info, with technical details | ||
| superfamicom | Yes | SNES and NES databases | ||||
| famicom world game list | Yes | Famicom listing | ||||
| gbdb | No | No | GameBoy; Seems fan-made but it looks alright | |||
| TurboGrafx 16 / PC Engine | ||||||
| PCEngine Catalog Project | 954 | Yes | Old-school | |||
| PC Engine Software Bible | No | PC Engine listings | ||||
| PCE Daisakusen | 884 | Yes | PC Engine database | |||
| MSX | ||||||
| Generation-MSX | 4773 | Yes | MSX games | |||
| msx zone | No | MSX games and other resources | ||||
| MSX Game World | Yes | MSX games with roms | ||||
| Other | ||||||
| Hall of Light | 5631 | Yes | Yes | Amiga games | ||
| 8-bits PC-8801/SR | 1127 | Yes | 8-bits - Japanese database | |||
| 8-bits MSX | 285 | |||||
| 8-bits MSX 2/2+/R | 62 | |||||
| 8-bits X68000 | 672 | |||||
| shmup.com | 1356 | Yes | Deals with Shoot-em-ups for many systems, in french | |||
| Vectrex Museum VGDB | 191 | Vectrex games | ||||
| The Internet Pinball Machine Database | 5937 | Yes | No | No | Pinball machines, also features music rips | |