TheGamesDb.net

I only scan for filenames within a folder, so I have a procedure to simplify that filename to get the game's name, you can check the method in the git 'Utils.cs' script but basically it removes region/quality indicators (like (U), (E), (J), [!], [ b ]) then it removes serial numbers (like '1234 - Ga...

per-IP polling sounds good, <provided the limit isn't low>, but I'm afraid the archive dump isn't really an option for me. In your signature you mention interest in the applications that use the API, so here's the link to mine, I just started it so it might be a couple of days until it's done but I ...

I'm afraid the public key limit is a bit too restrictive for my use, many API requests are necessary, one for every game that I need to download the image from (ByGameName to find it's id) and another one to find the images urls (which simultaneously requests every ID to not use up the request limit...

I'm building a simple project that downloads cover art for many games, this project is for personal use (and for some of my friends too), but it'll be open sourced too.