Lemon Amiga vs NostalgiaDB

Lemon Amiga is a free website about the classic Amiga computer, combining a searchable games library with a fan community. Searches can check title keywords, alternative names, and spelling variants, while advanced filters cover release year, media, genre, hardware, language, ratings, and player information. Game pages may contain reviews, ratings, comments, scans, documents, cheats, videos, and external links. Registered members can vote, review, comment, and use the forum; a user-vote Top 100 list has model, genre, and year filters. The site may provide public-domain, freeware, shareware, or otherwise authorised downloads, but commercial Amiga games cannot legally be distributed there. Its FAQ explains WHDLoad installation for floppy-based games and demos and notes compatibility with WinUAE. The catalogue does not aim to include every game. Lemon Amiga is web-based, has no paywalls or intrusive ads, and accepts donations.

NostalgiaDB is a free metadata database for retro game releases spanning 1977–2005. Its archive covers titles, platforms, release dates, ratings, cover art, and descriptions across 45 gaming platforms. Natural-language search helps locate games, while a GraphQL API provides access to releases, ROMs, systems, reviews, and media; API queries require a key and are limited to six levels of depth. Free SQLite database archives can be downloaded with a free registered account, and their presigned URLs remain valid for 15 minutes. Registered members can use the browser-based Play portal to run their own locally stored ROM files in a client-side emulator sandbox. Play requires a Chromium-based browser such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Opera. The portal says game files are read from the user’s device and are not uploaded or transmitted to Nostalgia Lab servers. Centralized sign-in supports Google, Microsoft, and Discord. Nostalgia Lab describes the platform as a non-profit preservation project funded by voluntary donations and serving researchers, historians, developers, and enthusiasts. It says it does not sell user data, serve targeted ads, or store payment information.