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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: robertybob on November 09, 2016, 04:28:19 AM

Title: [Feature Request] Alternatives to thegamesdb.net
Post by: robertybob on November 09, 2016, 04:28:19 AM

Hi all,

I've found thegamesdb.net to be even slower than usual lately, I guess their servers are under constantly heavy load. There are now a couple of good alternatives which I think would be great to incorporate into Attract Mode when scraping game info.

Mobygames are alpha testing their api http://www.mobygames.com/forums/dga,2/dgb,4/dgm,231400/ (http://www.mobygames.com/forums/dga,2/dgb,4/dgm,231400/)

Screenscraper.fr , although a French website, has an equally good selection of console games and even includes wheel art (!). This has been successfully integrated into Sselph's scraper, which is highly regarded within the RetroPie comminity.

Title: Re: [Feature Request] Alternatives to thegamesdb.net
Post by: robertybob on January 13, 2017, 05:28:45 AM

*bump*

Title: Re: [Feature Request] Alternatives to thegamesdb.net
Post by: xbs on January 13, 2017, 06:02:58 AM

Having alternatives to thegamesdb.net would be really great.