Just opened up a new Poll relating to the concept of a Lite Edition of Delphi: http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com...Delphi-Edition (go vote!)

Quote Originally Posted by SilverWarior View Post
You can always make yourself "custom database" using Typed Files.
Yes that's always an option. Using binary files across platforms does become a pain though. That could be a weakness in cross-plat games. I would say that including something like a text or parsed format like XML for file storage could help solve that issue.

Overall a DB-based game would only make sense to me in the case where you are moving around or accessing a lot of data at any time. Say an MMO or maybe an always running server-side engine?