NostalgiaDB vs RaiderZ Game Database

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.

RaiderZ Game Database is a free web database covering equipment, creatures, maps and quests from RaiderZ. Item records provide stats, enchantments, recipes, materials, drops and vendors. Creature and NPC entries include loot, crafting services and spawn locations; maps describe areas, points of interest, encounters and connected inhabitants. Quest records list objectives, requirements, related characters and rewards. The Trade Market reads active in-game offers directly from the game, and the Skill Calculator supports up to 44 points, with options to save private or public builds. The official full client is a Windows package, version 100.90, delivered as a 4.7 GB ZIP. A parallel experimental 64-bit DirectX 11 client connects to the same live server. Support is available through Discord for live help and email for account or private matters. The listed platforms are web and Windows, and the service is free to play. Users must be at least 18 years old to create an account and use it.