retro-game-names

Get random names from retro games!

Installation

This package is distributed via npm:

npm install retro-game-names

Usage

import retro from 'retro-game-names'

The Library

retro.all

Return an object of platforms, each with an array of titles

{
  nintendo_entertainment_system_nes:
    name, tgdb_alias, tgdb_id, [{title, tgdb_id}],
  super_nintendo_snes:
    name, tgdb_alias, tgdb_id, [titles]
}

retro.platforms()

Returns an array of platform tags

const consoles = retro.platforms()
// ['3do', 'amiga', 'acorn_electron', ...]

retro.info(platform)

Returns all information for the given platform

const titles = retro.info('nintendo_entertainment_system_nes')
// { tgdb_id: 7,
//   tgdb_alias: 'nintendo-entertainment-system-nes',
//   name: 'Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)',
//   titles: [{title: '10-Yard Fight', tgdb_id: 317}, {title: '1942', tgdb_id: 4178}, ...]

retro.random(options = {})

Returns a random game form the game list.

const randomGame = retro.random()
// {title: 'Battletoads', tgdb_id: 2770, platform: 'nintendo_entertainment_system_nes'}

The platform option can be passed in, which will return a random game from that platform

const randomGames = retro.random({platform: 'super_nintendo_snes'})
// {title: 'The Adventures of Dr. Franken', tgdb_id: 1050, platform: 'super_nintendo_snes'}

Likewise, platforms can be used in place of platform, and will return a random game from a list of platforms

const randomGames = retro.random({platforms: ['super_nintendo_snes', 'sega_cd']})
// {title: 'Armed Dragon Fantasy Villgust - The Vanished Girl', tgdb_id: 23122, platform: 'super_nintendo_snes'}

retro.find(options = {})

The options hash acceps the following:

title (required): The partial/exact title of the game (case sensitive)
platform (optional): The tag of the platform ('super_nintendo_snes', 'sega_cd', etc.)
platforms (optional): An array of platform tags (['super_nintendo_snes', 'sega_cd'], for example)
ignoreCase (optional): If true, the search is case-insensitive.

Note: All games returned in the arrays will have the usual format: {title, tgdb_id}.

Returns an object with multiple {platform, [titles]}

const foundGames = retro.find({title: '-1'})
// { nintendo_entertainment_system_nes: [ 'F-117A Stealth Fighter', 'F-15 Strike Eagle' ],
//  super_nintendo_snes: [ 'GP-1', 'GP-1: Part II', 'Redline F-1 Racer' ] }

Passing a platform in the options returns a single {platform, [titles]}

const foundGames = retro.find({title: '-1', platform: 'super_nintendo_snes'})
// { platform: 'super_nintendo_snes', titles: [ 'GP-1', 'GP-1: Part II', 'Redline F-1 Racer' ] }

Passing platforms returns an object of platforms, with a filtered array of titles

const foundGames = retro.find({title: '-1', platforms: ['super_nintendo_snes', 'sega_cd']})
// { sega_cd: [ 'A/X-101'], super_nintendo_snes" ['GP-1', 'GP-1: Part II', 'Redline F-1 Racer'] }

Other

This library was built by following a workshop for Frontend Masters.

Project Setup

This project assumes you have NodeJS v6 or greater installed. You should also have npm v3 or greater installed as well (this comes packaged with Node 6). You'll also need a recent version of git installed as well.

npm run setup

If you get any failures at this point something is wrong and needs to be fixed. Remember, Google and StackOverflow are your friends.

Scraper

Included is scraper.js, which will scrape platforms/games from TheGamesDB.

scraper = require('./tools/scraper.js')
scraper.missing()

Using missing() is prefered over all(), as it will hit TheGamesDB's API only when needed.

Status

Get more details at codescene.io.