My ongoing passion project 8bitedge

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Hello!

A couple years ago now, I posted here about a small desktop program I wrote to find retro games for below PriceCharting on eBay. It's been a while since I've shared an update on that project and I really feel like I should at this point, so here's where things stand after a year and a half of further building.

I started this project as a spreadsheet to find underpriced retro games on marketplaces like eBay by comparing listings against PriceCharting valuations. That spreadsheet became a desktop app. The desktop app became a full service I put up at https://8bitedge.com.

I poured a lot of time into this project with a couple of renditions of it. The big recent leap has been classification accuracy. I'm now layering image recognition, regex classifiers, and RAG to identify whether a listing is CIB, loose, or sealed — and to nail down the correct console and game title. If you've ever browsed eBay listings where a seller calls something "RARE NINTENDO GAME LOT!!" with zero useful details, or a retro game listing that was just posted gets bought up in 5 minutes, you know why this matters.

Pricing data from PriceCharting is now fully integrated across every game, and the marketplace feeds are live again after switching to an inference provider that doesn't require a second mortgage to use.

AI has honestly been a force multiplier on this project in ways I didn't expect when I started. Not just the ML classification stuff — across the entire development process.

If you're into retro gaming, deal hunting, or just nerding out on how AI can solve niche real-world problems, I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts or ideas.

Thanks!