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ArqadeWhat are some comprehensive game database websites, like IMDB is for movies?
[+16] [7] Nathan Chase
[2010-07-18 13:15:29]
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Looking for websites that contain a broad depth of detailed information/imagery for classic/vintage, arcade, handheld, PC, console, and mobile games.

(3) I went ahead and edited your title a bit. Ask for what you want, not what is the best. 'The best' differs from person to person. - Arda Xi
@Arda, good edit, but this still probably isn't objective enough to stay open. - Lord Torgamus
Seems like it to me, it's pretty well described what OP is looking for. - Arda Xi
Gotcha. Thanks for the edit clarification. - Nathan Chase
I know it's off-topic, but in a somewhat similar vein BoardGameGeek is the IMDB of board and card games. - Wikwocket
[+24] [2010-07-18 13:19:44] Oak

MobyGames [1] is a site that attempts to catalog all video games, and it does a pretty decent job at this, including very old games. They also catalog mobile games, including J2ME, iPhone, Android, etc..

From their FAQ:

MobyGames is the working name of an extremely ambitious project: To meticulously catalog all relevant information about electronic games (computer, console, and arcade) on a game-by-game basis, and then offer up that information through flexible queries and "data mining". In layman's terms, it's a huge game database.

In addition, MobyGames both provides its own reviews for some games, as well as aggregating and linking to reviews from other websites.

[1] http://www.mobygames.com/home

This site is also used as a source by one of the DOSBox front-ends, whose name has slipped my mind. - Arda Xi
(1) D-Fend Reloaded is the name of the frontend. - Zizzencs
(1) No, that's not it. I was referring to DosBox Game Launcher, or DBGL. But I suppose that one uses it too then. - Arda Xi
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[+9] [2010-07-18 14:23:19] Nathan Chase

I found GiantBomb [1], which looks to be a pretty good resource. Any others?

[1] http://www.giantbomb.com/

+1. AFAIK they have a publically available API too. - Nippysaurus
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[+9] [2010-07-18 20:38:54] DisgruntledGoat

GameFAQs [1] is fairly comprehensive. It has things like credits information, images and various help guides.

I don't think it has much in the way of mobile games and standalone arcade/handheld games but it has info for all console games, even pretty obscure ones.

[1] http://www.gamefaqs.com/

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[+5] [2010-07-18 22:25:43] Martín Marconcini

Don’t forget the venerable Game Spot [1]. It’s the ArsTechnica of the Games (or used to be).

[1] http://gamespot.com

(4) I am biased against that site because they fired one of their staff for writing a fair review, even though the company was being paid by a developer studio to bias the review in their favor. - Nippysaurus
(3) I might add that the person who was fired is the same person who started the site "giantbomb". - Nippysaurus
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[+1] [2011-01-06 14:40:19] community_owned

For Linux There is Linux Game Databses [1]

[1] http://lgdb.org

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[+1] [2011-06-25 19:20:11] Fabiano PS

For Indie games, this seems to be the best: http://www.indiedb.com


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[+1] [2010-07-18 14:49:58] Daenyth

For linux, there's the Linux Game Tome [1]

[1] http://happypenguin.org

Bad link, the correct link is happypenguin.org - deft_code
Sorry, typo. Fixed - Daenyth
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