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New Platform: Zeebo

šŸ“‹ Summary

Add Zeebo as a platform within LaunchBox and the LaunchBox Games Database.


ā— Problem

Zeebo was a digital-only home console released in Brazil and Mexico in 2009, based on Qualcomm BREW technology.

Currently:

  • Users may need to manually create or standardize the platform in LaunchBox

  • Zeebo titles may be difficult to organize consistently

  • Metadata and media management is less organized without a dedicated Games Database platform

  • Digital-only games are harder to preserve and document because the original store is no longer available

As Zeebo emulation and preservation efforts improve, more users may want to catalog these titles properly.


šŸ’” Proposal

Add Zeebo as an official platform in LaunchBox and the Games Database.

This would allow:

  • Dedicated platform metadata

  • Platform-specific media

  • Consistent organization across user collections

  • Easier contribution and moderation of Zeebo titles

  • Better preservation of a digital-only console library

Where appropriate, any existing Zeebo-related entries could be reviewed and assigned to the standardized platform.


šŸ“¦ Benefits

  • Improves support for preserved digital-only console libraries

  • Provides a proper scrape target for Zeebo games

  • Helps document a historically unusual Brazilian/Mexican console

  • Makes metadata and media contribution easier

  • Supports growing interest from emulator and preservation communities


āš ļø Considerations

  • Platform naming should be standardized as Zeebo

  • Any existing partial platform support should be reviewed for consistency

  • Platform icons, clear logos, and metadata would need to be added or verified

  • Because the platform was digital-only, available media may vary by title

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Aug 23

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    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team