Videogame Database Sites Thread.

[SweetShark]

I decided to create this thread to have one place in Escapist for someone is looking for a specific videogame which he can't find easily and need a lot of search or just for someone to have fun searching through these sites and discover new games he didn't knew.

I will try to organise these sites in many different categories. For example if a site have only Indie videogames, it would be listed in a "Indie Videogames Category Only".

With your help I would like to make this Thread a good place for the first solution when you want to have a Massive Source of Videogames new and old.

With that said, I will try any time I can to list sites you posted and my own sites I know.
*Click the Spoiler Tag to see the Databases of the Thread*

Spoiler: Database Part 1

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.INDEX: [Press Ctrl + F. Then type the Database you want to see]


Abandonware Videogames Database [#Abandonware_Videogames_Database]
Adventure Videogames Database [#Adventure_Videogames_Database]
Amiga Videogames Database [#Amiga_Videogames_Database]
Arcade Videogames Database [#Arcade_Videogames_Database]
Atari Videogames Database [#Atari_Videogames_Database]
Co-Op Videogames Database [#Co-Op_Videogames_Database]
Doujin Videogames Database [#Doujin_Videogames_Database]
Fighting Videogames Database [#Fighting_Videogames_Database]
Flash/Browser Videogames Database [#Flash/Browser_Videogames_Database]
Free Videogames Database [#Free_Videogames_Database]
Free Videogame Download Clients [#Free_Videogame_Download_Clients]
Handheld Videogames Database [#Handheld_Videogames_Database]
Indie Videogames Database [#Indie_Videogames_Database]
Interactive/Text Videogames Database [#Interactive/Text_Videogames_Database]
MMO Videogames Database [#MMO_Videogames_Database]

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.Abandonware Videogames Database:
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Abandonia [link]http://www.abandonia.com/[/link]
Best Old Games [link]http://www.bestoldgames.net/eng/[/link]
COS Abandonware [link]http://www.cdosabandonware.com/[/link]
Free Oldies [link]http://www.freeoldies.com/index.php[/link]
Home of the Underdogs [link]http://homeoftheunderdogs.net/[/link]
My Abandonware [link]http://www.myabandonware.com/[/link]
The Joystick [link]http://the-joystick.co.uk/[/link]
XTC Abandonware [link]http://www.xtcabandonware.com/[/link]

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.Adventure Videogames Database:
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Adventure Game Studio [link]http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/[/link]
Adventure Gamers [link]http://www.adventuregamers.com/[/link]

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.Amiga Videogames Database:
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Exotica http://www.exotica.org.uk/
Hall of Light [link]http://hol.abime.net/[/link]
Lemon Amiga [link]http://www.lemonamiga.com/[/link]

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.Arcade Videogames Database:
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Arcade Flyer Archive http://www.arcadeflyerarchive.com/
Arcade History [link]http://www.arcade-history.com/[/link]
CoinOp [link]http://www.coinop.org/[/link]
International Arcade Museum [link]http://www.arcade-museum.com/[/link]
System 16 http://www.system16.com/
The Arcade Flyer Archive [link]http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/[/link]

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.Atari Videogames Database:
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Atari.Org http://www.atari.org/

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.Co-Op Videogames Database:
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Co-Optimus [link]http://www.co-optimus.com/[/link]

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.Doujin Videogames Database:
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DLsite English http://www.dlsite.com/eng/fsr/=/wor..._type_category/game/from/left_pain.work_type/
DLsite Japanese http://www.dlsite.com/soft/

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.Fighting Videogames Database:
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Fenixware: Fight-A-Base http://fenixware.net/fab/
Fighters Generation http://www.fightersgeneration.com/

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.Flash/Browser Videogames Database:
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2Games [link]http://www.2games.com/[/link]
Armor Games [link]http://armorgames.com/[/link]
GameKB [link]http://www.gamekb.com/[/link]
Kongregate [link]http://www.kongregate.com/[/link]
Max Games [link]http://www.maxgames.com/[/link]
MiniClips [link]http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/[/link]
MiniJuegos [link]http://www.minijuegos.com/[/link]
Mochigames [link]http://www.mochigames.com/[/link]
NewGrounds [link]http://www.newgrounds.com/[/link]
Nitrome http://www.nitrome.com/
Silverstore Games http://www.silverstoregames.com/

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.Free Videogames Database:
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Computer Emuzone http://computeremuzone.com/?l=en
Games For Gamers [link]http://www.g4g.it/[/link]
Free Games Archive http://www.freegamearchive.com/
Free PC Gamers http://www.freepcgamers.com/
Gnomes Lair http://www.gnomeslair.com/
Nethry.cz http://www.free-online-web-games.com/eng/
The Daily Click http://www.create-games.com/
The Free Bundles http://www.thefreebundle.com/
YoYo Games http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/

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.Free Videogame Download Clients:
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Tiggit.net http://tiggit.net/
Game Downloader http://dev-fire-gd.sourceforge.net/
Glorious TrainWrecks [link] http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/ [/link]

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.Handheld Videogames Database:
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Android Zoom http://www.androidzoom.com/
Android Room http://www.androidgamesroom.com/
iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/ios-games/id6014?mt=8
Pocket Gamer http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/
Slide to Play http://www.slidetoplay.com/
Touch Arcade http://toucharcade.com/

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.Indie Videogames Database:
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8bit Horse http://8bithorse.blogspot.gr/
Indie Bundle http://www.indiebundle.org/
Indie DB [link]http://www.indiedb.com/[/link]
Indie Games the Weblog http://indiegames.com/index.html
Indie Kings http://www.indiekings.com/
Indie Static http://indiestatik.com/
Freeware Remakes [link]http://freeware.remakes.org/[/link]
Game Jolt [link]http://gamejolt.com/[/link]
Pixel Prospector http://www.pixelprospector.com/
Reloaded http://www.reloaded.org/
TIGdb [link]http://db.tigsource.com/[/link]
The IndieGame Magazine http://www.indiegamemag.com/

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.Interactive/Text Videogames Database:
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IFDB [link]http://ifdb.tads.org/[/link]
textadventures [link]http://www.textadventures.co.uk/[/link]

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.MMO Videogames Database:
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Browser Gmaz [link]http://browsergamez.com/[/link]
Dot MMO Game [link]http://www.dotmmo.com/[/link]
MMOhut [link]http://mmohuts.com/[/link]
MMO Game Site [link]http://mmogamesite.com/[/link]
MMO Site [link]http://www.mmosite.com/[/link]
MMoGames [link]http://www.mmogames.com/[/link]
OCN Games [link]http://www.ocn.ne.jp/game/[/link]
OnRPG [link] http://www.onrpg.com/[/link]
Play BBG [link] http://playbbg.com/[/link]

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Spoiler: Database Part 2

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.INDEX: [Press Ctrl + F. Then type the Database you want to see]

Mods for Videogames Database [#Mods_for_Videogames_Database]
Online Distribution Services for Videogames Database [#Online_Distribution_Services_for_Videogames_Database]
Pay-What-You-Want Videogames Database [#Pay-What-You-Want_Videogames_Database]
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 Videogames Database [#PC_Engine/TurboGrafx-16_Videogames_Database]
Playstation Videogames Database [#Playstation_Videogames_Database]
Retro Videogames Database [#Retro_Videogames_Database]
RPG Maker Videogames Database [#RPG_Maker_Videogames_Database]
SHMUP Videogames Database [#SHMUP_Videogames_Database]
Supported/Unsupported Videogames Database [#Supported/Unsupported_Videogames_Database]
Unique Videogames Database [#Unique_Videogames_Database]
Videogames Database [#Videogames_Database]
Visual Novels Videogames Database [#Visual_Novels_Videogames_Database]
Xbox Videogames Database [#Xbox_Videogames_Database]
ZX Spectrum Videogames Database [#ZX_Spectrum_Videogames Database]

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.Mods for Videogames Database:
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Mod DB http://www.moddb.com/
Nexus Mods http://nexusmods.com/

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.Online Distribution Services for Videogames Database:
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Beam Dog http://www.beamdog.com/
Desura http://www.desura.com/
GameFly [link]http://www.gamefly.com/[/link]
GameOlith http://www.gameolith.com/
Gamers Gate [link]http://www.gamersgate.com/[/link]
Get Games http://getgamesgo.com/
Good Old Games [link]http://www.gog.com/[/link]
Greenman Gaming http://www.greenmangaming.com/
IndieCity http://store.indiecity.com/
Indievania http://indievania.com/
Origin [link]http://store.origin.com/[/link]
Steam [link]http://store.steampowered.com/[/link]
The Adventure Shop http://eu-adventureshop.gamesplanet.com/
The Gala Store http://store.indiegala.com/index.php/

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.Pay-What-You-Want Videogames Database:
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B Indie Budle http://www.indiebundle.org/
Built a Bundle [Groupees] http://groupees.com
Bundle In A Box http://bundle-in-a-box.com/
Bundle Stars http://www.bundlestars.com/
Buy Game, not Socks http://www.buygamesnotsocks.com/
GameDev Bundle https://gamedevbundle.com/
Greenlight Bundle http://www.thegreenlightbundle.com/
Indie All-Stars Bundle http://www.indie-allstars.com/
Indie Bundles http://indiebundles.com/
Indie Buskers http://www.indiebuskers.net/
Indie Face Kick http://bitg.gamingallthetime.com/producthome.php
Indie Fort Bundle http://www.gamersgate.com/indiefort-bundle
Indie Gala http://www.indiegala.com/
Indie Game Bundles http://www.indiegamebundles.com/
Indie Royale http://www.indieroyale.com/
IndieGameStand https://indiegamestand.com/
IUP Bundle http://iupbundle.org/
Little Big Bunch http://www.littlebigbunch.com/
Summer Batch http://www.summerbatch.co.uk/
The Indie Bundle http://theindiebundle.com/
The Humble Bundle http://www.humblebundle.com/

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.PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 Videogames Database:
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The PC Engine Software Bible http://www.pcengine.co.uk

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.Playstation Videogames Database:
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Playstation DataCenter http://ks353422.kimsufi.com/databasepsx/sitenews.html
PS3 Trophies [link]http://www.ps3trophies.org/[/link]

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.Retro Videogames Database:
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Old Games News [link]http://www.freeoldies.com/index.php[/link]
Racket Boy [link]http://www.racketboy.com/[/link]
Retro Base http://www.retrobase.net/
Retro Collect [link]http://www.retrocollect.com/[/link]
RF Generation [link]http://www.rfgeneration.com/[/link]

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.RPG Maker Videogames Database:
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rmn [link]http://rpgmaker.net/games/[/link]

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.SHMUP Videogames Database:
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shmup http://www.shmup.com/
SHMUPS! [link]http://www.shmups.com/[/link]

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.Supported/Unsupported Videogames Database:
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Gambitious http://gambitious.com/
IndieGogo http://www.indiegogo.com/projects?filter_category=Gaming
Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/video games?ref=sidebar
Steam Greenlight http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/

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.Unique Videogames Database:
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Adventure Time Game Making Frenzy http://www.adventuretimegamejam.com/
Bog Leech http://www.bogleech.com/games.html
Did You Know Gaming http://didyouknowgaming.com/
Gaming Sancuary http://www.gamingsanctuary.com/
Hardcore Gaming 101 [link]http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/[/link]
IGCD http://www.igcd.net/?width=1024
Let's Play Archives http://lparchive.org/
Ludum Dare http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/
SOS Gamers http://www.sosgamers.com/
Speed Demos Archive http://speeddemosarchive.com/
The Game Art HG http://www.game-art-hq.com/
Unseen64 http://www.unseen64.net/
Video Game Girls DB http://www.videogamegirlsdb.com/

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.Videogames Database:
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4Gamers http://www.4gamer.net/
Casual Gameplay http://jayisgames.com/
GameFAQs [link]http://www.gamefaqs.com/[/link]
GameSpot http://www.gamespot.com/
GameZebo http://www.gamezebo.com/
GiantBomb [link]http://www.giantbomb.com/[/link]
IGN http://uk.ign.com/
Inside http://www.inside-games.jp/
MobyGames http://www.mobygames.com/
The Games DB http://thegamesdb.net/
UVL http://www.uvlist.net/
Wazap! http://jp.wazap.com/

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.Visual Novels Videogames Database:
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The Visual Novel Database [link]http://vndb.org/[/link]

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.Xbox Videogames Database:
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XBLA and XBLIG Ratings [link]http://www.xblaratings.com/[/link]
Xbox 360 Archievements [link]http://www.xbox360achievements.org/[/link]
Xbox Game Store [link]http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/[/link]
Xbox Indies [link]http://www.xboxindies.com/[/link]

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.ZX Spectrum Videogames Database
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World of Spectrum [link]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/[/link]

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Spoiler: Credits

DoPo
piinyouri
WalrusPowers
Andy Shandy
Tallim
Owyn_Merrilin
nikki191
Jamash
Deltron0
FizzyIzze
an annoyed writer [real name]

 

[SweetShark]

A quick update.
I put really good Databases for Indie Videogames.

http://db.tigsource.com/
http://www.indiedb.com/

EDIT:
Because the site Indie DB is only for PC games, I will seperate them these two first sites I posted.

 

[piinyouri]

Well there's always co-optimus for when you're searching for something to play with a couch buddy.
http://www.co-optimus.com/

 

[SweetShark]

Well there's always co-optimus for when you're searching for something to play with a couch buddy.
http://www.co-optimus.com/

I didn't knew this kind of site exist.
Very interesting, I will put it in a Co-op Category

Also I will update some other sites as well.

 

[DoPo]

Well, I don't know how much it counts, but GameFAQs. It has walkthoughs and strategy guides for free for, well, almost all games. Also a huge database of games and information about them.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/

 

[SweetShark]

Well, I don't know how much it counts, but GameFAQs. It has walkthoughs and strategy guides for free for, well, almost all games. Also a huge database of games and information about them.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/

Indeed, this site count A LOT!!!!
Really good source for a lot of lost "diamonds".

Update now.

 

[WalrusPowers]

There's the AGS games database at http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/Games.aspx Which is both indie and adventure-game-only (except for a few clunky low-res platformers.

 

[SweetShark]

There's the AGS games database at http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/Games.aspx Which is both indie and adventure-game-only (except for a few clunky low-res platformers.

Mmmmmm..nice site, but I must make a decision:
Should I put this site in "Indie" or "Adventure" Category?

My opinion is to put it in Adventure category. What do you think guys?

 

[Andy Shandy]

Xbox360Achievements.org [http://www.xbox360achievements.org/], as it's nature as an achievements site, has pretty much every Xbox 360 game there. This does include XBLA games and Japanese specific games as well. It also has PC games which have achievements and Windows Phone 7 games.

Its sister site for the PS3, PS3Trophies.org [http://www.ps3trophies.org] doesn't have PC or Windows Phone for obvious reasons but XBLA is changed to PSN and it has a section for PS Vita games as well.

 

[SweetShark]

Xbox360Achievements.org [http://www.xbox360achievements.org/], as it's nature as an achievements site, has pretty much every Xbox 360 game there. This does include XBLA games and Japanese specific games as well. It also has PC games which have achievements and Windows Phone 7 games.

Its sister site for the PS3, PS3Trophies.org [http://www.ps3trophies.org] doesn't have PC or Windows Phone for obvious reasons but XBLA is changed to PSN and it has a section for PS Vita games as well.

Even if these sites aren't exacly very informative about the games they are listing, I will put them in the list.
Thank you for your contribution

 

[SweetShark]

I decided to put the site "Adventure Game Studios" in the Adventure list.

 

[SweetShark]

I update my first post with a "MMO" Category.
Hope to find more soon.

 

[DoPo]

I decided to put the site "Adventure Game Studios" in the Adventure list.

Why not both? After all, it's about, well, both.

Just to pad this comment a bit

http://ifdb.tads.org/

Archive for Interactive Fiction games. And they are all free. Dunno if it makes sense to have it in your collection.

EDIT: also, since you have ModDB up there, here's another site in the same line
http://www.patches-scrolls.de/

 

[SweetShark]

I decided to put the site "Adventure Game Studios" in the Adventure list.

Why not both? After all, it's about, well, both.

Just to pad this comment a bit

http://ifdb.tads.org/

Archive for Interactive Fiction games. And they are all free. Dunno if it makes sense to have it in your collection.

Very simple put, I don't want to have many times the same site in many categories.
I want to have a site to a specific category that it is notable for only a specific thing.
Being this site only for Adventure games, I think putting it in Adventure Category make more sense [I think].

Now, about the new site you showed me.
I must search a little the games it have to make a decision.
Maybe I will create another new category for this game only

EDIT:

I checked a little this site, and I noticed not all the games it have are free to play [like for example Beyond Zork or Planetfall].
So I have two options:
Either put it in the Adventure Category, or either create a Text/Interactive Adventure just for this site.

EDIT2:

Wait a minute. This site have also Choose your own Adventure books?

EDIT3:

Sorry, but the other site you posted, have patches for games.
Am I missing something?

 

[Tallim]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

Deals primarily in retro or obscure stuff. The articles are really in depth and a fantastic read for anyone interested in such things.

 

[SweetShark]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

Deals primarily in retro or obscure stuff. The articles are really in depth and a fantastic read for anyone interested in such things.

I really, REALLY GREAT SITE!!!
I know this site very well and it put a lot of infos in specific games we know or not.
The problem is were to list this?
It is a lot of things for sure, but it is also something unique I must say.
Maybe I will create a "Unique Videogame Database" Categoty for this one.

 

[Tallim]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

Deals primarily in retro or obscure stuff. The articles are really in depth and a fantastic read for anyone interested in such things.

I really, REALLY GREAT SITE!!!
I know this site very well and it put a lot of infos in specific games we know or not.
The problem is were to list this?
It is a lot of things for sure, but it is also something unique I must say.
Maybe I will create a "Unique Videogame Database" Categoty for this one.

It's not a typical database no, not sure where it should go but it is a very good site. Surprised I've never heard anyone mention it on The Escapist particularly.


On a related note

http://www.shmups.com/

Which is a very specific database of pure shoot em ups.

 

[SweetShark]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

Deals primarily in retro or obscure stuff. The articles are really in depth and a fantastic read for anyone interested in such things.

I really, REALLY GREAT SITE!!!
I know this site very well and it put a lot of infos in specific games we know or not.
The problem is were to list this?
It is a lot of things for sure, but it is also something unique I must say.
Maybe I will create a "Unique Videogame Database" Categoty for this one.

It's not a typical database no, not sure where it should go but it is a very good site. Surprised I've never heard anyone mention it on The Escapist particularly.


On a related note

http://www.shmups.com/

Which is a very specific database of pure shoot em ups.

Yeah, I should put the new one you posted in a SHMUP Category.

 

[SweetShark]

Just a quick update:

I put the sites Hardcore Gaming 101 and rmn.
Rmn is a site for a games created ONLY with the program RPG Maker. Very interesting :3
And Hardcore Gaming 101 is a special site which everyone must check it out.

 

[DoPo]

Sorry, but the other site you posted, have patches for games.
Am I missing something?

It has mods for some games, but yeah, mostly patches. I didn't phrase it correctly, what I meant when I mentioned ModDB was that it was for sort of other general game-related downloads that aren't information. Probably should have said that. Also, I'm not really sure if it's that useful, since nowadays you can find patches all over the place, and DD delivers them straight at your door. Well, metaphorically speaking.