A list of all services from GameSpy is available at http://motd.gamespy.com/software/services/index.aspx. The format of this list is:
MenofWar - 1261573226 1261573226 1261573226
gridrunnerrev - 1261515342 1261515342 1261515342
bfield1942swd - 1261415295 1058232742 1138664242
Italicized items indicate the short names of games. These names can be used at the end of this endpoint: http://motd.gamespy.com/software/services/index.aspx?mode=full&services=gamename.
The contents differ per game, but consist of key/value pairs. A more complete set of pairs is shown here:
[quake3]
fpmt=1051902946
fullname=Quake 3: Arena
copyright=© 1999, id Software. All rights reserved.
maxplayers=64
minplayers=2
lateentry=1
genre=Action
grouprooms=1
nichannel=#gpg!210
newsurl=http://games.gamespy.com/1/
planeturl=http://www.planetquake.com/quake3/?arcade
forumurl=http://forums.planetquake.com/index.asp?topic=230
genreurl=3D Action Planet\http://www.3dactionplanet.com/
helpurl=http://www.planetquake.com/quake3/q3aguide/
chatchannel=#GSP!quake3
pushchannel=#quake3_updates
engine=gcs2
hosttemplate=#EXEPATH# +map q3dm1 +set sv_hostname "#ROOMNAME#"
jointemplate=#EXEPATH# +connect #SERVERIP#:#SERVERPORT# [$SERVERPW$ +set password #SERVERPW#]
gametype=CommandLine
handoff=YlpcauYkV6JU7n
The most interesting pairs are shown in bold. The handoff value is needed for querying the status of a game server.
Resources
- Partial list of games that use the Gamespy cd-key SDK
- http://motd.gamespy.com/software/services/index.aspx