Discover NEW Movies & Games w/ SM Arcade

By now you’ve all gotten the idea that you can discover new media by joining other people’s arcade servers. Well, now there’s a whole new way to discover new media without even playing multiplayer. Today’s video showcases 2 all-new features to hit SM Arcade in the past few days. First is the DISCOVER BUTTON which […]

Official TheMovieDB.org API

I have obtained an official API key for SM Arcade to legitimately plugin to TheMovieDB.org’s movie database without having to scrape their actual website. I just finished implementing the new API. The result is faster, more accurate search results for you, the user. I have also obtained an official API key for TheTVDb.com and will […]

Custom Search Providers

I’ve already blogged about the ability to explicitly list download locations for games and movies placed in your arcade. Today’s developments takes it a step further and simplifies the task of finding a place to download/purchase games and movies that DO NOT have an explicit download location. Search Providers are useful because they will help […]

Private beta server goes LIVE once again

Private multiplayer beta testing is LIVE once again, and the VRCADE SERVER has resumed hosting nightly sessions on one of the 4 maps in rotation. If you are interested in taking part in the private beta tests, just send me an email at contact@smsithlord.com.

Built-in web scraper for game info

NEW DEMONSTRATION VIDEO AVAILABLE: Today I was able to work in a fully functioning web-scraper that can grab descriptions and artwork images for a massive amount of games on a wide variety of platforms by scraping the AllGame.com website.  You can modify your search string as necessary and you are free to choose the best […]

Multiple Download Locations

When a player in your server tries to launch a game that they don’t have, they are given the option to download it if the item has a URL listed for it.   Yesterday I added in the ability for items to list multiple download URLs.  Now you can give more download options to the people […]