SCAN · VERIFY · SHELVE

Your collection is a map.
We chart it.

Photograph a cartridge, disc or case. Cartograph confirms the console, region and edition, grades the condition, and gives you a dated, sourced value estimate — then shelves it in a collection that actually feels like yours.

Try a sample scan Browse the demo shelf

Prelaunch concept · Built for collectors, flea-market hunters and game stores · All data on this page is labeled sample data

THE COLLECTION

A shelf you can feel.

Every scan lands here as a physical-feeling spine — console plastic, label wear and all. Select a cartridge or case to open its drawer: edition, condition and its latest estimate. Demo collection · sample data.

INTERACTIVE DEMO

Run a sample scan.

This is the real product flow, front-end only: pick a sample photo, watch the match, confirm the edition, grade the condition, get a dated estimate, shelve it. All results below are illustrative sample data — the production catalog and pricing feeds are dependencies in progress.

  1. 1Photo
  2. 2Match
  3. 3Edition
  4. 4Condition
  5. 5Estimate
Choose a sample photo to scan

THE FLOW

Photo to shelf in four moves.

  1. 01

    Photograph

    One shot of the cover, cartridge or disc. Label typography, shell mold and region marks do the talking.

  2. 02

    Confirm the edition

    Console, region, print run. You verify the match — a first-print isn't a reprint, and Cartograph knows the difference.

  3. 03

    Grade it

    Loose, complete-in-box or sealed, plus a condition grade. Guided prompts keep your grading consistent across the whole shelf.

  4. 04

    See the estimate

    A dated, sourced value estimate for your exact edition and condition — then it's on your shelf, in your wanted list, or flagged as a duplicate.

A dark walnut collector's shelf packed with rows of retro game cartridges and jewel cases in warm lamplight
The archive is the point. Cartograph renders your real collection — not a spreadsheet.

LAUNCH CATALOG

Deep, not wide.

The pilot ships a small console set done properly — verified editions, not a shallow million-SKU import. Coverage below is the plan for the pilot catalog, a dependency we're actively building.

PILOT

  • NEScarts · NTSC-U/PAL/JPN
  • SNES / Super Famicomcarts
  • Nintendo 64carts
  • Game Boy / GBC / GBAcarts
  • Genesis / Mega Drivecarts
  • PlayStation 1jewel cases · black label/GH

NEXT

  • GameCube / PS2 / Xboxdisc era
  • Dreamcast / Saturndisc era
  • Master System / TG-168/16-bit gap fill
  • Regional variantsdeeper edition trees

LATER · SCOPED SEPARATELY

  • Buying / selling / tradingmarketplace lane
  • Physical mystery dropscollection-aware — inventory, fulfillment, returns & margins in the later-lanes plan

THE PILOT PLAN

The plan: onboard collectors in batches.

Planned for after the app ships: a free accuracy-validation pilot — real shelves, including a store & flea-market lane for collectors who photograph hundreds of items a month. This site is the concept; the iOS app is scoped, not yet built.

  • Planned free pilot — pricing is still a hypothesis we'll test with testers
  • Planned founding-collector features: bulk desk-scan mode, CSV import, wanted-list alerts
  • Signup isn't open yet — there's no waitlist backend here, and we won't fake one
Read the pilot plan Explore the iOS scope

The planned pilot protocol

  1. Scan 20+ items across at least two consoles
  2. Flag every wrong match or missing edition
  3. Grade 5 items twice — we measure grading consistency
  4. Tell us what your shelf is actually worth knowing

Pilot scope described here is the plan, not a shipped feature list.

Questions collectors ask

Is the app live?

Not yet — Cartograph is a concept-stage company. What exists today is this landing page, the iOS MVP scope and the go-to-market plan. The scan and shelf here are an honest front-end demo with labeled sample data — no live app, AI matching or real pricing is claimed.

Where do value estimates come from?

The MVP plan is dated, sourced estimates built from sold-listing data via catalog/pricing partners — treated as a dependency, never scraped or invented. Every estimate carries a date and source.

Do I keep my data?

Your collection is yours: export to CSV any time. Sample collections on this page contain no real user data.

Can it tell a reprint from a first print?

That's the core problem we're built for — edition confirmation is a required step before anything hits your shelf.

Will you buy or sell games?

Planned later lanes — buy/sell/trade and collection-aware mystery drops — are scoped separately (inventory, fulfillment, returns, margins) in the later-lanes plan, and are not part of the pilot scope.