A week ago, MobyGames owner Jeremiah Freyholtz announced that the site was in the process of removing watermarks from all their scans. On May 8, the site posted news that
all watermarks from their cover artwork scans and screenshots had been removed, and their management has declared that images may now be used by anyone, in any way they wish.
So on that note, we will now accept watermark-less cover art scans from MobyGames. But I have a request...
Not many people here know that I worked at MobyGames for a few years, managing approvals for some platforms. I left several years ago to pursue other interests (and yet you see me here futzing around and helping out, go figure.) While both VGCollect and MobyGames share one specific feature - a way for people to track their game collection - VGC is more focused on that, while MobyGames' first and foremost objective is to document all video games ever created, via release info, screenshots, cover artwork, and credits.
So my request is, if you're going to use their images for your VGC submissions, give something back. Help them by submitting missing information such as credits, screenshots (if possible), product codes, game ratings, tech info, etcetera. You don't have to do this - but I'd like that. Come on, they're making your life easier by letting us use their artwork, the least we can do is help them out in return, ya know? Just be sure to follow their rules about things - we're pretty lax about info down here, but they're not. You don't have to do this. But if you can spare the time, help 'em out. Kay? Kay.
Oh and please use cover artwork that matches your item. Don't just grab a random box shot and use that as your art.
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