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.
You ain’t got started yet?
Any which way you look at it, it’s gonna entangle with legal battles with the developers…
I don’t see how, TheMovieDB has been doing it for years.
Why would a legal battle ensue? I don’t believe OP is suggesting profiting off any of these IPs, just providing a database.
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.