# Cartridge photographs and catalog

Source: [Game Boy hardware database](https://gbhwdb.gekkio.fi/), curated October 25, 2026.
Photographs and source data are credited individually in [catalog.json](./catalog.json): `contributor`, `source`, `original`, photographed `edition`, and `hashSources`.

Photos and derived catalog data are distributed under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes: bounded selection, EXIF orientation, resizing, WebP conversion, and normalized label crops recorded per entry. Contributions by their named photographers; database maintained by Gekkio. No endorsement is implied. Game artwork and trademarks belong to their respective owners; this photo license is not a separate license to those underlying marks or artwork.

Matching SHA256 identifies ROM bytes, not a unique physical cartridge edition. Automatic artwork is a representative photograph from the matching ROM entry. Source editions remain labeled. Manual choices are cosmetic and never count as an ownership match. Entries without verified hashes are available only as manual label choices. This catalog contains no game ROMs.

To extend: review scripts/cartridge-sources.json and run scripts/import-cartridge-art.py with a cached photo directory. Check each crop visually and retain provenance before publishing. Do not clone the upstream large-file photo repository or crawl it in visitors' browsers.