diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38c366234..bd4ed7fae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -147,14 +147,17 @@ All systems must be contained within the <systemList> tag.-->
 		All subdirectories (and non-recursive links) will be included. -->
 		<path>~/roms/snes</path>
 
-		<!-- A list of extensions to search for, delimited by a space. You MUST include the period! It's also case sensitive. -->
+		<!-- A list of extensions to search for, delimited by any of the whitespace characters (", \r\n\t").
+		You MUST include the period at the start of the extension! It's also case sensitive. -->
 		<extension>.smc .sfc .SMC .SFC</extension>
 
 		<!-- The shell command executed when a game is selected. A few special tags are replaced if found in a command, like %ROM%. -->
 		<command>snesemulator %ROM%</command>
 		<!-- This example would run the bash command "snesemulator /home/user/roms/snes/Super\ Mario\ World.sfc". -->
 
-		<!-- The platform to use when scraping. You can see the full list of accepted platforms in src/PlatformIds.cpp. -->
+		<!-- The platform(s) to use when scraping. You can see the full list of accepted platforms in src/PlatformIds.cpp.
+		It's case sensitive, but everything is lowercase. This tag is optional.
+		You can use multiple platforms too, delimited with any of the whitespace characters (", \r\n\t"), eg: "<platform>genesis, megadrive</platform>" -->
 		<platform>snes</platform>
 	</system>
 </systemList>
diff --git a/src/FileData.cpp b/src/FileData.cpp
index 38a2acaf3..bfb508084 100644
--- a/src/FileData.cpp
+++ b/src/FileData.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ FileData::~FileData()
 std::string FileData::getCleanName() const
 {
 	std::string stem = mPath.stem().generic_string();
-	if(mSystem && mSystem->getPlatformId() == PlatformIds::ARCADE || mSystem->getPlatformId() == PlatformIds::NEOGEO)
+	if(mSystem && mSystem->hasPlatformId(PlatformIds::ARCADE) || mSystem->hasPlatformId(PlatformIds::NEOGEO))
 		stem = PlatformIds::getCleanMameName(stem.c_str());
 
 	return removeParenthesis(stem);
diff --git a/src/SystemData.cpp b/src/SystemData.cpp
index 72bcb5917..9cbafb2c6 100644
--- a/src/SystemData.cpp
+++ b/src/SystemData.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ std::vector<SystemData*> SystemData::sSystemVector;
 namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
 SystemData::SystemData(const std::string& name, const std::string& fullName, const std::string& startPath, const std::vector<std::string>& extensions, 
-	const std::string& command, PlatformIds::PlatformId platformId)
+	const std::string& command, const std::vector<PlatformIds::PlatformId>& platformIds)
 {
 	mName = name;
 	mFullName = fullName;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SystemData::SystemData(const std::string& name, const std::string& fullName, con
 
 	mSearchExtensions = extensions;
 	mLaunchCommand = command;
-	mPlatformId = platformId;
+	mPlatformIds = platformIds;
 
 	mRootFolder = new FileData(FOLDER, mStartPath, this);
 	mRootFolder->metadata.set("name", mFullName);
@@ -200,6 +200,23 @@ void SystemData::populateFolder(FileData* folder)
 	}
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> readList(const std::string& str, const char* delims = " \t\r\n,")
+{
+	std::vector<std::string> ret;
+
+	size_t prevOff = str.find_first_not_of(delims, 0);
+	size_t off = str.find_first_of(delims, prevOff);
+	while(off != std::string::npos || prevOff != std::string::npos)
+	{
+		ret.push_back(str.substr(prevOff, off - prevOff));
+
+		prevOff = str.find_first_not_of(delims, off);
+		off = str.find_first_of(delims, prevOff);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 //creates systems from information located in a config file
 bool SystemData::loadConfig()
 {
@@ -244,26 +261,34 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
 		fullname = system.child("fullname").text().get();
 		path = system.child("path").text().get();
 
-		//convert extensions list from a string into a vector of strings
-		const pugi::char_t* extStr = system.child("extension").text().get();
-		std::vector<std::string> extensions;
-		std::vector<char> buff(strlen(extStr) + 1);
-		strcpy(buff.data(), extStr);
-		char* ext = strtok(buff.data(), " ");
-		while(ext != NULL)
-		{
-			extensions.push_back(ext);
-			ext = strtok(NULL, " ");
-		}
+		// convert extensions list from a string into a vector of strings
+		std::vector<std::string> extensions = readList(system.child("extension").text().get());
 
 		cmd = system.child("command").text().get();
 
-		const char* platformIdString = system.child("platform").text().as_string();
-		platformId = PlatformIds::getPlatformId(platformIdString);
+		// platform id list
+		const char* platformList = system.child("platform").text().get();
+		std::vector<std::string> platformStrs = readList(platformList);
+		std::vector<PlatformIds::PlatformId> platformIds;
+		for(auto it = platformStrs.begin(); it != platformStrs.end(); it++)
+		{
+			const char* str = it->c_str();
+			PlatformIds::PlatformId platformId = PlatformIds::getPlatformId(str);
+			
+			if(platformId == PlatformIds::PLATFORM_IGNORE)
+			{
+				// when platform is ignore, do not allow other platforms
+				platformIds.clear();
+				platformIds.push_back(platformId);
+				break;
+			}
 
-		// if there appears to be an actual platform ID supplied but it didn't match the list, warn
-		if(platformIdString != NULL && platformIdString[0] != '\0' && platformId == PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
-			LOG(LogWarning) << "  Unknown platform for system \"" << name << "\" (platform \"" << platformIdString << "\")";
+			// if there appears to be an actual platform ID supplied but it didn't match the list, warn
+			if(str != NULL && str[0] != '\0' && platformId == PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
+				LOG(LogWarning) << "  Unknown platform for system \"" << name << "\" (platform \"" << str << "\" from list \"" << platformList << "\")";
+			else if(platformId != PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
+				platformIds.push_back(platformId);
+		}
 
 		//validate
 		if(name.empty() || path.empty() || extensions.empty() || cmd.empty())
@@ -276,7 +301,7 @@ bool SystemData::loadConfig()
 		boost::filesystem::path genericPath(path);
 		path = genericPath.generic_string();
 
-		SystemData* newSys = new SystemData(name, fullname, path, extensions, cmd, platformId);
+		SystemData* newSys = new SystemData(name, fullname, path, extensions, cmd, platformIds);
 		if(newSys->getRootFolder()->getChildren().size() == 0)
 		{
 			LOG(LogWarning) << "System \"" << name << "\" has no games! Ignoring it.";
@@ -309,7 +334,8 @@ void SystemData::writeExampleConfig(const std::string& path)
 			"		<!-- The path to start searching for ROMs in. '~' will be expanded to $HOME on Linux or %HOMEPATH% on Windows. -->\n"
 			"		<path>~/roms/nes</path>\n"
 			"\n"
-			"		<!-- A list of extensions to search for, delimited by a space. You MUST include the period! It's also case sensitive. -->\n"
+			"		<!-- A list of extensions to search for, delimited by any of the whitespace characters (\", \\r\\n\\t\").\n"
+			"		You MUST include the period at the start of the extension! It's also case sensitive. -->\n"
 			"		<extension>.nes .NES</extension>\n"
 			"\n"
 			"		<!-- The shell command executed when a game is selected. A few special tags are replaced if found in a command:\n"
@@ -318,7 +344,9 @@ void SystemData::writeExampleConfig(const std::string& path)
 			"		%ROM_RAW% is the raw, unescaped path to the ROM. -->\n"
 			"		<command>retroarch -L ~/cores/libretro-fceumm.so %ROM%</command>\n"
 			"\n"
-			"		<!-- The platform to use when scraping. You can see the full list of accepted platforms in src/PlatformIds.cpp. This tag is optional. -->\n"
+			"		<!-- The platform to use when scraping. You can see the full list of accepted platforms in src/PlatformIds.cpp.\n"
+			"		It's case sensitive, but everything is lowercase. This tag is optional.\n"
+			"		You can use multiple platforms too, delimited with any of the whitespace characters (\", \\r\\n\\t\"), eg: \"<platform>genesis, megadrive</platform>\" -->\n"
 			"		<platform>nes</platform>\n"
 			"\n"
 			"	</system>\n"
diff --git a/src/SystemData.h b/src/SystemData.h
index 6b9887ac8..075f8f1ad 100644
--- a/src/SystemData.h
+++ b/src/SystemData.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#ifndef _SYSTEMDATA_H_
-#define _SYSTEMDATA_H_
+#pragma once
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ class SystemData
 {
 public:
 	SystemData(const std::string& name, const std::string& fullName, const std::string& startPath, const std::vector<std::string>& extensions, 
-		const std::string& command, PlatformIds::PlatformId platformId = PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN);
+		const std::string& command, const std::vector<PlatformIds::PlatformId>& platformIds);
 	~SystemData();
 
 	inline FileData* getRootFolder() const { return mRootFolder; };
@@ -21,7 +20,10 @@ public:
 	inline const std::string& getFullName() const { return mFullName; }
 	inline const std::string& getStartPath() const { return mStartPath; }
 	inline const std::vector<std::string>& getExtensions() const { return mSearchExtensions; }
-	inline PlatformIds::PlatformId getPlatformId() const { return mPlatformId; }
+
+	inline const std::vector<PlatformIds::PlatformId>& getPlatformIds() const { return mPlatformIds; }
+	inline bool hasPlatformId(PlatformIds::PlatformId id) { return std::find(mPlatformIds.begin(), mPlatformIds.end(), id) != mPlatformIds.end(); }
+
 	inline const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& getTheme() const { return mTheme; }
 
 	std::string getGamelistPath(bool forWrite) const;
@@ -67,12 +69,10 @@ private:
 	std::string mStartPath;
 	std::vector<std::string> mSearchExtensions;
 	std::string mLaunchCommand;
-	PlatformIds::PlatformId mPlatformId;
+	std::vector<PlatformIds::PlatformId> mPlatformIds;
 	std::shared_ptr<ThemeData> mTheme;
 
 	void populateFolder(FileData* folder);
 
 	FileData* mRootFolder;
 };
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp b/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp
index 6c6c2a58d..7ce471ea1 100644
--- a/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp
+++ b/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ GuiMetaDataEd::GuiMetaDataEd(Window* window, MetaDataList* md, const std::vector
 
 	std::vector< std::shared_ptr<ButtonComponent> > buttons;
 
-	if(scraperParams.system->getPlatformId() != PlatformIds::PLATFORM_IGNORE)
+	if(!scraperParams.system->hasPlatformId(PlatformIds::PLATFORM_IGNORE))
 		buttons.push_back(std::make_shared<ButtonComponent>(mWindow, "SCRAPE", "scrape", std::bind(&GuiMetaDataEd::fetch, this)));
 
 	buttons.push_back(std::make_shared<ButtonComponent>(mWindow, "SAVE", "save", [&] { save(); delete this; }));
diff --git a/src/guis/GuiScraperStart.cpp b/src/guis/GuiScraperStart.cpp
index 188b56785..915a5c707 100644
--- a/src/guis/GuiScraperStart.cpp
+++ b/src/guis/GuiScraperStart.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ GuiScraperStart::GuiScraperStart(Window* window) : GuiComponent(window),
 	mSystems = std::make_shared< OptionListComponent<SystemData*> >(mWindow, "SCRAPE THESE SYSTEMS", true);
 	for(auto it = SystemData::sSystemVector.begin(); it != SystemData::sSystemVector.end(); it++)
 	{
-		if((*it)->getPlatformId() != PlatformIds::PLATFORM_IGNORE)
-			mSystems->add((*it)->getFullName(), *it, (*it)->getPlatformId() != PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN);
+		if(!(*it)->hasPlatformId(PlatformIds::PLATFORM_IGNORE))
+			mSystems->add((*it)->getFullName(), *it, !(*it)->getPlatformIds().empty());
 	}
 	mMenu.addWithLabel("Systems", mSystems);
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void GuiScraperStart::pressedStart()
 	std::vector<SystemData*> sys = mSystems->getSelectedObjects();
 	for(auto it = sys.begin(); it != sys.end(); it++)
 	{
-		if((*it)->getPlatformId() == PlatformIds::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
+		if((*it)->getPlatformIds().empty())
 		{
 			mWindow->pushGui(new GuiMsgBox(mWindow, 
 				strToUpper("Warning: some of your selected systems do not have a platform set. Results may be even more inaccurate than usual!\nContinue anyway?"), 
diff --git a/src/scrapers/GamesDBScraper.cpp b/src/scrapers/GamesDBScraper.cpp
index fa35b1eca..c569595d0 100644
--- a/src/scrapers/GamesDBScraper.cpp
+++ b/src/scrapers/GamesDBScraper.cpp
@@ -70,20 +70,29 @@ void thegamesdb_generate_scraper_requests(const ScraperSearchParams& params, std
 
 	path += "name=" + HttpReq::urlEncode(cleanName);
 
-	if(params.system->getPlatformId() != PLATFORM_UNKNOWN)
+	if(params.system->getPlatformIds().empty())
 	{
-		auto platformIt = gamesdb_platformid_map.find(params.system->getPlatformId());
-		if(platformIt != gamesdb_platformid_map.end())
+		// no platform specified, we're done
+		requests.push(std::unique_ptr<ScraperRequest>(new ScraperHttpRequest(results, path, &thegamesdb_process_httpreq)));
+	}else{
+		// go through the list, we need to split this into multiple requests 
+		// because TheGamesDB API either sucks or I don't know how to use it properly...
+		std::string urlBase = path;
+		auto& platforms = params.system->getPlatformIds();
+		for(auto platformIt = platforms.begin(); platformIt != platforms.end(); platformIt++)
 		{
-			path += "&platform=";
-			path += HttpReq::urlEncode(platformIt->second);
-		}
-		else{
-			LOG(LogWarning) << "TheGamesDB scraper warning - no support for platform " << getPlatformName(params.system->getPlatformId());
+			path = urlBase;
+			auto mapIt = gamesdb_platformid_map.find(*platformIt);
+			if(mapIt != gamesdb_platformid_map.end())
+			{
+				path += "&platform=";
+				path += HttpReq::urlEncode(mapIt->second);
+			}else{
+				LOG(LogWarning) << "TheGamesDB scraper warning - no support for platform " << getPlatformName(*platformIt);
+			}
+			requests.push(std::unique_ptr<ScraperRequest>(new ScraperHttpRequest(results, path, &thegamesdb_process_httpreq)));
 		}
 	}
-
-	requests.push(std::unique_ptr<ScraperRequest>(new ScraperHttpRequest(results, path, &thegamesdb_process_httpreq)));
 }
 
 void thegamesdb_process_httpreq(const std::unique_ptr<HttpReq>& req, std::vector<ScraperSearchResult>& results)