Yea, so this doesn’t exist, but should it?
Think about:
- TheMovieDB style identifiers with box art
- Auto-generated and/or community created and upvoted DVD labels, case inserts, or USB/SSD stickers you can print yourself (no reason physical media has to be “round”)
- Automated scripts for generating local media savers/installers from GOG and Steam
This doesn’t seem like a very difficult thing to create for the niche community of people that want physical copies.
I mean, that’s basically what Limited Run Games do.
Didn’t they go out of business? I mean…they will NOW! Make a PS6 physical disc all you want, but if Sony never releases a PS6 with a disc drive, what good is it?
Erm, there are a few of them that do the box art/moviedb style thing, they just dont host the game files.
Will edit with links in a bit.
Our own friendly neighborhood Perfect Dark did a write-up on a project called Kazeta a while back that seemed pretty cool.
That is a cool idea. Thanks im gonna do some research now.
While different, that’s pretty neat.
You ain’t got started yet?
Any which way you look at it, it’s gonna entangle with legal battles with the developers…
Why would a legal battle ensue? I don’t believe OP is suggesting profiting off any of these IPs, just providing a database.
I don’t see how, TheMovieDB has been doing it for years.
Not if it’s a self hosted project for your personal use.
What does ‘self hosted’ even mean?
I glitched the Internet Archive, and have terabytes of stuff stored there. Accessible worldwide.
However, I cannot share links here, understandably against community rules.
