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[GH-ISSUE #205] [FEATURE] launchbox db support #100

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opened 2026-02-17 17:06:08 -05:00 by yindo · 3 comments
yindo commented 2026-02-17 17:06:08 -05:00
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Originally created by @binarygeek119 on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Drop-OSS/drop/issues/205

launchbox db support

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/

Originally created by @binarygeek119 on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Drop-OSS/drop/issues/205 launchbox db support https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/
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yindo commented 2026-02-17 17:06:08 -05:00
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@DecDuck commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025):

Can't find the API, can you link it directly? Do you have to be logged in?

@DecDuck commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025): Can't find the API, can you link it directly? Do you have to be logged in?
yindo commented 2026-02-17 17:06:08 -05:00
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@binarygeek119 commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025):

There seems to be no API for scraping the LaunchBox.

LaunchBox seems to just download a zipped metadata with xml files it then parses.

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/Metadata.zip

It then uses the internal id to get images

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<Name>20th Century Video Almanac</Name>

<ReleaseYear>1993</ReleaseYear>

<Overview>In The Best of Our Century, we've taken multimedia to dizzying new heights and you control the ride! Relive the most earthshaking events of the 20th century. Touch down on the moon with the Apollo astronauts. Relive Woodstock. Attend President Kennedy's inauguration. Take a front row seat for the incredible 1916 World Series. This multimedia reference work uses one of the world's largest archives of historical video to produce a visual encyclopedia of the century, with audio, photos, and text. The 20th Century Video Almanac provides a broad look at the events that shaped our world.</Overview>

<MaxPlayers>1</MaxPlayers>

<Cooperative>false</Cooperative>

<VideoURL>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFT6jqjFq0</VideoURL>

<DatabaseID>17687</DatabaseID>

<CommunityRating>2.75</CommunityRating>

<Platform>3DO Interactive Multiplayer</Platform>

<ESRB>Not Rated</ESRB>

<CommunityRatingCount>20</CommunityRatingCount>

<Genres> Education</Genres>

<Developer>The Software Toolworks</Developer>

<Publisher>The Software Toolworks</Publisher>

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https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/17130

So unless some agreement is reached with a real API I agree it does not seem right to use this source both from the perspective of to much workaround coding and maybe they dont want to share...

Originally posted by @RolfVeinoeSorensen in #132

@binarygeek119 commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025): > There seems to be no API for scraping the LaunchBox. > > LaunchBox seems to just download a zipped metadata with xml files it then parses. > > https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/Metadata.zip > > It then uses the internal id to get images > > ` <Game> > > <Name>20th Century Video Almanac</Name> > > <ReleaseYear>1993</ReleaseYear> > > <Overview>In The Best of Our Century, we've taken multimedia to dizzying new heights and you control the ride! Relive the most earthshaking events of the 20th century. Touch down on the moon with the Apollo astronauts. Relive Woodstock. Attend President Kennedy's inauguration. Take a front row seat for the incredible 1916 World Series. This multimedia reference work uses one of the world's largest archives of historical video to produce a visual encyclopedia of the century, with audio, photos, and text. The 20th Century Video Almanac provides a broad look at the events that shaped our world.</Overview> > > <MaxPlayers>1</MaxPlayers> > > <Cooperative>false</Cooperative> > > <VideoURL>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFT6jqjFq0</VideoURL> > > <DatabaseID>17687</DatabaseID> > > <CommunityRating>2.75</CommunityRating> > > <Platform>3DO Interactive Multiplayer</Platform> > > <ESRB>Not Rated</ESRB> > > <CommunityRatingCount>20</CommunityRatingCount> > > <Genres> Education</Genres> > > <Developer>The Software Toolworks</Developer> > > <Publisher>The Software Toolworks</Publisher> > > </Game>` > > https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/17130 > > So unless some agreement is reached with a real API I agree it does not seem right to use this source both from the perspective of to much workaround coding and maybe they dont want to share... _Originally posted by @RolfVeinoeSorensen in [#132](https://github.com/muldjord/skyscraper/issues/132#issuecomment-474824962)_
yindo commented 2026-02-17 17:06:08 -05:00
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@DecDuck commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025):

That's horrifying.

Will look into it, doesn't seem like there will be any truly major challenges, other than parsing a half gigabyte XML file.

@DecDuck commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2025): That's horrifying. Will look into it, doesn't seem like there will be any truly major challenges, other than parsing a half gigabyte XML file.
yindo changed title from [FEATURE] launchbox db support to [GH-ISSUE #205] [FEATURE] launchbox db support 2026-06-05 14:21:26 -04:00
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