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?
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.
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.
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.
