Just finished my new Android App

You can retrieve info about your desired game using your device's camera to take a picture of the case.

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.erichlotto.gamesearch

Feedback welcome :)

Wow, that's awesome. You should make it work with pictures of the spines on game cases!

@jeff: I think the number of false-positives would reach the stars hahaha

Link should be working now.

Pretty slick...it even worked when I took a picture of a picture of a picture of a game case with the garbage camera on a Galaxy S3 Mini. (GT-i8190 International version, 4.1.2)

So how does this work? Are you actually matching the uploaded image with images on the site? I'm sure there's a lot of interesting things going on behind the scenes!

@lordandrew:

It's actually a mix of APIs.
I don't match the images on this site, that would take way too long and consume an infinite amount of bandwidth. I use google image search, treat the result and then make a search on GiantBomb with the result I got.

This sounds awesome! Does it work on game disks or cartridges? Can I take say, take a picture of a NES game I find at a pawnshop? I may need to get a cell phone just for this app.

@therealmoot: Yeah, It'll probably work. But the game's cover is more guranteed ;)

Edit: worked fine with Superman (N64 cartridge), Battletoads (NES cartridge) and Tony Hawk pro skater 4 (PC CD)

Somebody pinch me, Jeff used the word "awesome" when referencing something on Android.

Updated UI for the details activity:

Pretty slick way of handling it without having to get neck deep in image processing / computer vision code.