Change Log

Updates to data types, platforms, specs, attributes. For new site features, changes, bug fixes, see the news archive.

December 2nd, 2023

• New platform added: Atari VCS (console/pc hybrid - listed as a console system)

August 27th, 2023

• New rating system added: CCC (Chile)

August 13th, 2023

• New platform added: ABC 80, a Swedish microcomputer form the late 70s and early 80s.

August 8th, 2023

• New platform added: Intel 8086 / 8088, to complement our already existing 8008 and 8080 platforms.

August 3rd, 2023

• PICO has been added as a new virtual reality platform.

August 2nd, 2023

• Oculus Quest platform has been renamed Quest. It covers all versions of the Oculus/Meta Quest VR platform.
• "Feature phone" has been added as a new platform. It is meant as a catch-all platform for mobile games that run on a custom OS usually tailored for a specific phone and not a widely supported one such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone, J2ME, BREW or Symbian.

June 11th, 2023

• New platform added: KaiOS - A featurephone OS built on FirefoxOS

February 9th, 2023

• New Driver/API added: DirectDraw. (bugfix)

January 3rd, 2023

• Cuba has been added as a new release country.

December 16th, 2022

• New platform added: Meritum - A Polish computer inspired but not compatible with the TRS-80

December 10th, 2022

• New platform added: Triton - a late 70s 8080-based computer kit marketed in Britain

December 9th, 2022

• New platform added: Research Machines 380Z - a late 70s Z80-based computer marketed in Britain

November 24th, 2022

• New platform added: Pandora

October 10th, 2022

• New age rating: IMDA (Singapore).

October 3rd, 2022

• New platform added: Matsushita/Panasonic JR - a series of 8-bit computers from the early and mid 1980s

September 2nd, 2022

• New platform added: Casio Programmable Calculators - a catchall platform for ALL programmable calculators by Casio, starting from the Casio FX-502P series released in 1978.

June 10th, 2022

• New PS5 tech spec: Game Help supported

June 1st, 2022

• New platform added: AirConsole (Streaming)

May 6th, 2022

• New platform added: Playdate

March 25th, 2022

• Idle has been added as a new basic genre.

March 22nd, 2022

• Gambling elements has been added as a new subgenre in the Gameplay category.
• Casino / Gambling has been promoted from a Gameplay subgenre to a Basic genre. It is now called Gambling with a new description. Because of that, quite a few titles will need a genre revision.

February 11th, 2022

• The genre Bird's-eye view has been renamed Diagonal-down.

February 10th, 2022

• Added CADPA rating system. Applicable for Windows games released in 2020 or after.

January 28th, 2022

• New platform added: G-cluster (Streaming)

December 5th, 2021

• Nes PS5 tech spec: Performance / Fidelity mode switch

November 18th, 2021

• Added SMECCV rating (latest game rating in the country of Mexico).

September 19th, 2021

• New release info category added: Publishing Label

September 8th, 2021

• New platform added: Cybervision (1978 console sold exclusively at Montgomery Ward department stores)

July 5th, 2021

• New platform added: OOParts (Streaming)

July 4th, 2021

• New platform added: Champion 2711 (1978 console by Unisonic)
• New platform added: Versatile (series of personal computers)

May 28th, 2021

• New platform added: Luna (Streaming)

May 16th, 2021

• Added new platform: Bandai Super Vision 8000 (a.k.a. TV Jack Micro Computer System)

May 6th, 2021

• Added new platform: Interact Model One

April 23rd, 2021

• New tech spec added for PS5 under Number of Online Players: 50 Players

April 18th, 2021

• Two new product codes types added: Android Package ID (Android) and App Store / iTunes Product ID (iPhone/iPad/Macintosh/tvOS)

April 8th, 2021

• New platform added: PlayStation Now (Streaming)

April 5th, 2021

• New platform added: Xbox Cloud Gaming (Streaming)

February 10th, 2021

• New credits classifications page added and linked in the wizard (https://www.mobygames.com/info/credits_classification) - thanks Mtik333!

February 1st, 2021

• New platform added: Gloud (Streaming)

January 26th, 2021

• New platform added: Plex Arcade (Streaming)

December 24th, 2020

• New platform added: Blacknut (Streaming)

November 11th, 2020

• New platform added: PlayStation 5

November 9th, 2020

• New platform added: Xbox Series X

October 29th, 2020

• New tech spec added for PS4/PS5 under Miscellaneous Attributes: PS Plus required for online play

October 28th, 2020

• New genre added under DLC group: Edition Upgrade

October 27th, 2020

• New SNES, Genesis, DOS and Windows Input Device tech spec: Batter Up
• New SNES and Genesis Input Device tech spec: TeeV Golf

September 29th, 2020

• New PS4 tech spec: PS5 Upgrade Available

September 25th, 2020

• PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X added to System List

September 19th, 2020

• Made the UAE's NMC rating system selectable for the Nintendo Switch platform.
• Added Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar as selectable countries.

July 28th, 2020

• Stretched to Full Screen and Fit-to-Screen (in ratio) merged into "Stretch-to-Fit" single option.

July 19th, 2020

• New platform added: Sure Shot HD

July 2nd, 2020

• New platform added: Antstream

June 25th, 2020

• New tech spec: iOS 10.3.4 added for iPad and iPhone

June 19th, 2020

• New platform added: Danger OS

June 10th, 2020

• New platform added: Evercade

May 31st, 2020

• New Sound Capabilities tech spec: DTS-HD

May 29th, 2020

• Full-screen Options Supported tech spec group added for Windows platform.
  -- available options are resolution switch, stretched to full screen, fit-to-screen (in ratio)

May 28th, 2020

• New Arcade Systems added: Atari System 1, Atari System 2, Atari G1, Atari (Other), and Capcom (Other)

May 15th, 2020

• New Miscellaneous Attributes tech spec: WiiConnect24 compatible

April 24th, 2020

• New iPadOS versions added: 13.1.1, 13.1.2, 13.1.3, 13.2, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, 13.3, 13.3.1, 13.4, 13.4.1
• New Android OS added: Android 10 (Queen Cake)
• New iOS versions added: 13.1, 13.1.1, 13.1.2, 13.1.3, 13.2, 13.2.1, 13.2.2, 13.2.3, 13.3, 13.3.1, 13.4, 13.4.1

April 13th, 2020

• Joystick tech spec added under Input Devices Required and Supported.
  Joystick (Analog / Digital / Rotary) moved to Controller Types Supported.
  Specific joysticks moved to new "Joystick Types Supported" group.

March 27th, 2020

• Fix Nintendo.com scraper (thanks to Ms. Tea) (bugfix)

March 2nd, 2020

• New DLC genre added: Upgrade (Skill / Boost)

February 26th, 2020

• New platform added: Stadia
• New platform added: OnLive

February 23rd, 2020

• Separate 'thanks' credits from other credits when counting developers.

February 20th, 2020

• Display the number of unique developers (plus entities) on credits listings.

February 17th, 2020

• API: fixed a bug that could rarely prevent platform information from being returned (bugfix)

February 3rd, 2020

• New arcade system added: Taito F2 System

January 28th, 2020

• New platform added: ZX Spectrum Next

January 14th, 2020

• New setting genre added: Japan (Modern/Futuristic)

January 12th, 2020

• New vehicular theme added: Snowmobile

January 10th, 2020

• New DLC genre added: Audio.

January 2nd, 2020

• New tech spec category added: "Oculus.com" (for Android/Windows/Oculus Go/Oculus Quest)
• New tech spec category added: "Number of Motion Controllers Supported" (added for PS3/PS4/PC/MAC)

January 1st, 2020

• Virtual Reality Comfort Rating (VRCR) now available for Android (Gear VR), Windows (Oculus Rift), Oculus Go & Oculus Quest: Comfortable, Moderate, Intense and Unrated

November 8th, 2019

• New platform added: Neo Geo X

October 30th, 2019

• Nintendo Switch Lite added to the System List

October 23rd, 2019

• New tech spec added: Parental Control (currently added only for PS4 platform)

October 19th, 2019

• New Minimum OS Class Required tech specs for iOS: iOS 12.4.

October 17th, 2019

• New platform added: Signetics 2650

October 8th, 2019

• New Drivers/API Supported tech spec: Vulkan
• New 3D Graphics Card / Accelerator tech spec: NVIDIA (GeForce 20 series)
• Drivers/APIs Supported tech spec now available to Windows Apps, Tizen, and Nintendo Switch to make way for Vulkan.

September 26th, 2019

• New Minimum OS Class Required tech specs for tvOS/iOS: tvOS 13.0 and iOS 13.0.

September 25th, 2019

• New platform added: Compal 80

September 22nd, 2019

• New Steam attributes added: Level-Editor, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV.

September 4th, 2019

• Added product codes for "Hint/Guide Book" and "Reference Card/Guide" docs included with the game (DOS/WIN only).

August 28th, 2019

• New platform added: Zilog Z8000

August 24th, 2019

• new platform added: Motorola 68k

August 16th, 2019

• New platform added: Sony SMC-777
• New platform added: Hitachi S1

August 15th, 2019

• Added CD-DA to DOS/WIN platform (should be used instead of CD-ROM where applicable).