![]() ![]() Finally, because I don't have EVERY ROM installed, I do a lookup and generate a list of ROMS I marked, then I build out the XML using a series of vlookup functions, basically constructing the XML lines, game by game, only it's essentially automatic. It starts with a copy of the compatibility list for MAME2003 linked in the wiki here, then I added sheets that list the other metadata columns like path, image, description, and so on. ![]() I was about to ask for advice on those! As for actually generating the XML, I built mine in a google sheet with a series of formulas. I have been using my own manually generated gamelist for a while, but I need to add some other meta data like descriptions and genre. The timing for your project happened to match my own research. Then once that is complete I can generate a.78 dat that can be used to match update snaps in the future. After renaming there were ~93 unaccounted for, so I am going to have to figure out what those 93 correspond to in the full.170 set. I pulled a.170 snaps set and created a txt list and used that as my reference to copy out the snaps based on filenames but without renaming them there were ~800 unaccounted for. In case you're curious- rename dat: Rename tool: In theory you can use clrmamepro to fix up your snaps too but I think you need a dat specific to.78 which is too old to have a posted reference on the site, so here I am manually generating it. I found a dat that shows what files have been renamed and in what version as well as a tool that is kinda like clrmamepro where it renames the files to an older version that you define based on the information from the rename dat. Mame changes filenames and versions quite frequently it would seem. ![]() Originally I was thinking great I'll just match the filename with the snap pack. Also as essentially everyone has the same mame2003 reference set, it should work for everyone and when complete the gamelist and images should just be able to be dumped into the same romfolder and it should work. With mamedb being down I've been trying to devise a clever way to generate a complete gamelist with all metadata and I think ive just about figured out the sources I'd need. ![]() List of all MAME games - The Video Games Museum. Double click any game in either list-view to launch the game in Mame. Mame Game List Generator 3,5/5 1056reviews ![]()
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