Retrodex — Retro Game Collection App for iOS & Android
Every cartridge has a story.
Browse and Catalog 12,000+ games across 24 classic consoles.
Beautiful box art walls, gameplay videos, cheat codes, market prices, and more.
For serious collectors and retro gaming enthusiasts.
Available on iOS & Android.
iPhone & iPad|Android Phone & Tablet
// the museum
A wall of retro art
// features
Everything a collector needs
Whether you own 10 games or 10,000, Retrodex is your ultimate companion for browsing, cataloging, and discovering retro games.
Game Encyclopedia
Deep entries for every game: original box art, screenshots, release dates, ratings, developer & publisher info, story, trivia, and console specs. Like Wikipedia for retro gaming.
Collection Tracking
Mark games as Owned, Wanted, Played, or Completed. Rate favorites, add personal notes, and track purchase history with prices and condition.
Market Prices
Pricing for Loose, Complete-in-Box, and Sealed Copies. Track your collection's total value and see what each game is worth.
Gameplay Videos
Watch gameplay footage, retro TV commercials, and browse in-game screenshots directly in the app. Privacy-friendly video streaming.
Cheat Codes
Game Genie codes and passwords for thousands of games. Every secret at your fingertips.
RetroAchievements
Connect your RetroAchievements account and track achievement progress, unlock badges, and see community ratings for every game.
Swipe to Catalog
Tinder-style card swiping. Pick a console and sort through every game with directional swipes: Own, Want, Played, or Skip.
Discover & Explore
Hidden gems, top rated picks, random game finder, and personalized recommendations based on your collection and taste.
100% Offline
Game ID, UPC scanning, the full 12,000-game catalog, prices, cheats — all on-device. Works in basements, on planes, at the flea market. No account, no login.
// 100% offline
No internet. No problem.
Every feature works without a connection — game identification, UPC scanning, the full 12,000-game catalog, market prices, cheats. Bundled. Local. Yours.
AI cartridge ID
The 500,000-image recognition model lives on your device. Point your camera at any game and get a match in under a second — no server, no upload.
UPC barcode scan
Scan the barcode on any boxed game. Match against the entire catalog locally — no internet roundtrip, no waiting for a network response.
Full 12,000-game catalog
Every game, box art, screenshot, summary, developer, and release date — bundled with the app. Browse the museum on a plane with airplane mode on.
Cheats, prices, achievements
Game Genie codes, market prices, RetroAchievement lists — all bundled. Your basement, your closet, the basement of a flea market — full data, always.
// works at
Flea market basement
no bars on your phone? still works
Storage unit
concrete walls, no WiFi, still works
Plane / subway
airplane mode? still works
Yard sale at dawn
no signal, no problem
// browse
A museum of retro games
Scroll through stunning poster-wall grids of original box art across 24 consoles. Pinch to zoom, toggle grid sizes, switch between platforms with a tap. Filter by genre, year, rarity, and more.
NES'85Famicom'83Famicom Disk System'86SNES'90Super Famicom'90N64'96GameCube'01Game Boy'89GBC'98GBA'01Virtual Boy'95Game & Watch'80
Genesis'8832X'94Saturn'94Game Gear'90Dreamcast'98
// game details
Deep dive into
every game
Rich detail pages with 40+ data points per game. Parallax box art headers, gameplay videos, TV commercials, in-game screenshots, Wikipedia summaries, and market prices.
Gameplay Videos, TV Commercials & Print Ads
Watch original gameplay footage, retro commercials, and vintage magazine ads
Market Prices by Condition
Live loose, CIB, and sealed pricing — see what your collection is actually worth at today's market value
Cheat Codes, Game Genie & GameShark
Game Genie, GameShark, and password databases for every supported console
Game Trivia
Curated facts and behind-the-scenes lore — development stories, hidden references, and cultural impact
Time to Beat
Main story, completionist, and 100% playthrough estimates from the community
Related Games
Discover sequels, prequels, ports, remasters, and games in the same series
Game Manuals
Browse original instruction booklets — page-by-page scans of the manuals you grew up with
RetroAchievements
Track your achievement progress and community ratings
Rarity Scores
Rarity based on real secondary market data — not just number of copies created.
Every Region Covered
PAL, NTSC, and NTSC-J release dates with country flags — track any variation
Purchase Tracking
Log when and where you bought each game, price paid, and condition
// rarity index
Every game
scored 1–10 for rarity
Not just how many copies were made — how hard it actually is to find. Our Market Rarity Index uses real secondary market prices to measure acquisition difficulty across all 20 platforms.
What it measures
The rarity score reflects how difficult a game is to acquire on the secondary market — not just production numbers, but real supply and demand.
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Common but expensive — Chrono Trigger had a large print run, but massive demand keeps prices high
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Rare but cheap — obscure sports titles had tiny runs, but nobody wants them
How it works
1
Collect market prices
We gather loose cartridge prices for every game on each platform from active secondary market listings.
2
Rank within platform
Each game is ranked by price percentile against all other games on the same console — so a rare NES game is compared only to other NES games.
3
Assign rarity tier
The percentile maps to a 1–10 tier using boundaries anchored to the statistical distribution of real market data.
The rarity tiers
A pyramid distribution — most games are common, only 2% reach the top.
50% of games fall in tiers 1–4 (common territory). Only 12% reach tier 8 or above. The boundaries are anchored to the statistical distribution of real market prices across 12,000+ games.
Example: SNES
Madden NFL '94R1
NBA JamR3
Chrono TriggerR9
Aero FightersR10
Why use price?
Secondary market prices naturally encode both supply and demand. When a game is hard to find and many collectors want it, the price goes up. By ranking within each platform, we get fair cross-platform comparison that auto-adjusts to each console's market.
// see it in action
Watch the experience
Browse the catalog. Sort, filter, and highlight the games you own or want to play.
Swipe through games in swipe mode — a fun new way to browse your collection or discover new titles
Search all games across all platforms. Dive into detailed game pages with release info, rarity scores, market prices, and more.
// identify
Point and Know.
Trained on 500,000+ images of cartridges, labels, and boxes across every supported console. Just point your camera at any game and get an instant match with full details — no typing, no searching.
Runs entirely on-device — no internet, no upload, no roundtrip
Instant Recognition
AI-powered visual matching identifies games in under a second
99% Match Confidence
See exactly how confident the match is before adding to your collection
Price & Rarity
Instantly see current market value and how rare the game is
Collection Aware
Immediately shows if you already own it — no duplicate buys at the flea market
// swipe mode
Have some time to kill? Swipe your way through every game
Pick a console and start swiping. Like a dating app for retro games -- quickly sort through entire libraries one card at a time. Choose from over 12,000 games across all consoles.
// my collection
Track every cartridge
Your collection, organized your way. Mark any game as owned, wanted, or played — even before it's in your collection. Build a wishlist, track what you've beaten, and see your progress across every console.
●Collection value tracking with estimated worth per platform
●Stats by genre, decade, developer, and publisher
●Sign in to sync your collection across devices — even between iOS and Android
●iCloud backup to keep your data safe
// hardware
Track your hardware
Games are only half the story. Catalog every console variant, controller, and accessory in your setup — from the original launch models to rare regional editions and licensed peripherals.
●Every console variant — launch models, redesigns, regional editions, and special bundles
●Original and licensed controllers, including arcade sticks and oddball peripherals
●Accessories — memory cards, link cables, light guns, dance pads, and more
●Manufacturer, model number, release year, and full hardware specs for every item
// import
Bring your existing collection
No need to start over. No need to switch if you love another app. Why not both? Import your collection from PriceCharting, Gameye, or any CSV file. We auto-detect the format and match up the games.
PriceCharting
Export your collection as CSV from PriceCharting and import directly. Ownership, condition, purchase prices, and dates all come through.
- ✓Ownership status
- ✓Condition (loose, CIB, sealed)
- ✓Purchase price
- ✓Purchase date
Gameye
Export from Gameye and bring your full catalog over. We map statuses, conditions, and pricing data automatically.
- ✓Ownership status
- ✓Condition
- ✓Pricing data
- ✓Timestamps
Any CSV
Have your collection in a spreadsheet? Export it as CSV with game names and platforms and we'll match them against our catalog.
- ✓Game name
- ✓Platform
- ✓Status
- ✓Ratings & notes
Four steps to import
1
Export your collection as a CSV file from your current app
2
Open Retrodex and tap Import in Settings
3
Select your file — we auto-detect the format
4
Preview matches, fix any mismatches, and apply
Smart matching handles platform aliases automatically — "Mega Drive" maps to Genesis, "Super Famicom" to SNES, and 70+ more. Anything we can't auto-match, you can resolve manually before importing.
// discover
Find your next
hidden gem
Personalized recommendations based on your collection. Featured games, top-rated picks, genre shelves, and a random game picker for when you don't know what to play next.
Featured Game Spotlight
A curated hero card highlighting rare and notable games
Smart Recommendations
Based on genres, developers, and games in your collection
Random Game Picker
"What should I play?" with animated reveals and haptics
Search with Box Art Mosaic
Full-text search backed by a stunning wall of box art covers
// tablets
Even better on
the big screen
Optimized for iPad and Android tablets with spacious grid layouts that show more box art at once. The ultimate browsing experience for your collection.
iPad - Game Detail with TV Commercials
Android Tablet - Browse View
// platforms
24 consoles, one app
From the 8-bit era to the sixth generation. Every console that defined a generation, from NES to PS2 and beyond.
Inside the machines that defined an era
Every console has its own detail page with history, technical specs, and sales data. See the CPU, memory, graphics chip, and display resolution that powered each generation.
●Console history and manufacturer info
●Technical specs — CPU, RAM, graphics, sound, display
●Lifetime unit sales and release year
Start your collection today
Browse the entire catalog, track your collection, and discover hidden gems across 24 classic consoles.
Available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.