libretro/libretro-dat-pull

Name: libretro-dat-pull

Owner: libretro

Description: Creates dat files for libretrodb

Created: 2015-01-28 20:41:18.0

Updated: 2017-02-26 17:47:18.0

Pushed: 2015-09-17 22:28:36.0

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Size: 10444

Language: Shell

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libretro-dat-pull

This is/was just a little script to do a POC create of libretodb dat files (they are used to create the actual database) I will add new features to fit the conditions

Ok this is a first test version: Here is an example how to use this. We'll try to generate https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database/blob/master/dat/Sony%20-%20PlayStation.dat First we have to analyze the database Just select a console and you will get the first game for it from the db First we select a system

[thomas@HackBox libretro-dat-pull]$ python2 analyze.py openvgdb.sqlite
1 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
2 Arcade
3 Atari 2600
4 Atari 5200
5 Atari 7800
6 Atari Lynx
7 Atari Jaguar
8 Atari Jaguar CD
9 Bandai WonderSwan
10 Bandai WonderSwan Color
11 Coleco ColecoVision
12 GCE Vectrex
13 Intellivision
14 NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
15 NEC PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD
16 NEC PC-FX
17 NEC SuperGrafx
18 Nintendo Famicom Disk System
19 Nintendo Game Boy
20 Nintendo Game Boy Advance
21 Nintendo Game Boy Color
22 Nintendo GameCube
23 Nintendo 64
24 Nintendo DS
25 Nintendo Entertainment System
26 Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System
27 Nintendo Virtual Boy
28 Nintendo Wii
29 Sega 32X
30 Sega Game Gear
31 Sega Master System
32 Sega CD/Mega-CD
33 Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
34 Sega Saturn
35 Sega SG-1000
36 SNK Neo Geo Pocket
37 SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color
38 Sony PlayStation
39 Sony PlayStation Portable
40 Magnavox Odyssey2

As an example I choose Playstation 1 (38)

[thomas@HackBox libretro-dat-pull]$ python2 analyze.py openvgdb.sqlite 38
Fields you get:
releaseCoverCart -> None
releaseDeveloper -> Soft Machine
romExtensionlessFileName -> ...Iru! (Japan)
romDumpSource -> Redump
romFileName -> ...Iru! (Japan).cue
romID -> 63271
releaseID -> 125238
releaseReferenceImageURL -> http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/572597-iru/images/box-10859
TEMPromRegion -> Japan
romHashMD5 -> 877BA8B62470C85149A9BA32B012D069
regionID -> 13
releasePublisher -> None
romSize -> 200
regionLocalizedID -> 13
releaseTitleName -> ...Iru!
romHeader -> None
TEMPsystemName -> Sony PlayStation
romLanguage -> Japanese
systemID -> 38
releaseDescription -> ...Iru! is an Adventure game, developed by Soft Machine and published by Takara,which was released in Japan in 1998.
releaseDate -> Mar 26, 1998
releaseCoverFront -> http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/3/5/1/307351_front.jpg
romHashSHA1 -> B9FA0177FC63600EF97A341C1554DB0C4F493591
TEMPsystemShortName -> PSX
releaseReferenceURL -> http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/572597-iru
romSerial -> SLPS-00965
romHashCRC -> 7D7F6E2E
releaseCoverBack -> http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/3/5/1/307351_back.jpg
TEMPregionLocalizedName -> Japan
releaseGenre -> Adventure,General
releaseCoverDisc -> None

We can see that the serial entry is saved under “romSerial”. The image is saved under “romFileName” and for the description and name we can use “romExtensionlessFileName”

Now we just have to tell the script to generate the dat file (this will take around a minute) For this example the command would be

mas@HackBox libretro-dat-pull]$ ./generate-dat.py 38 '{"game":{"rom":{"serial":"romSerial","image":"romFileName"},"name":"romExtensionlessFileName","description":"romExtensionlessFileName"}}' ps

You can even add multiple dictionaries the syntax is

on2 generate-libretrodat.py sqlite id string1 string2 system_dat_prefix