stickynips
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I'm in the process of designing and coding a ROM verification tool + Emulator launcher. I'm coming to the community for ideas of what you'd like to see in a program such as this and what ROM sets to include. My initial ideas include:
Those are just the basics that I'd like to get in the first release. Some more advanced features for later releases:
What features do you like in the frontends you currently use and what do you wish they had? I already have a working proof of concept using the No-Intro sets. Some others I'm planning to include are Cowering's GoodSets and MAME. What others sets do you want to see? Furthermore, I'm planning on making the design modular so that I can easily add more ROM sets and DAT formats in the future. I'm thinking of using a sort of plug-in style, so that users can pick and choose what sets to include and download any new ROM set plug-ins without downloading an entirely new release.
- Check online for any updates in ROM sets and download any available DAT files.
- Scan and verify files in a local directory against a given DAT.
- Build a list of available ROMs with as much information as possible.
- Make this list searchable and sortable based on any available criteria (name, platform, region, flags etc.)
- Allow user to provide third-party emulators and configure command line launch options
- Launch valid ROMs from the interface using provided emulators
- Create a "favorites" list so users can quickly launch their favorite games
Those are just the basics that I'd like to get in the first release. Some more advanced features for later releases:
- Collect data from popular game websites to include in search (developer, publisher, year, genre, rating)
- Launch ROMs from within rar, zip, 7z archives
- Whatever you can think of...
What features do you like in the frontends you currently use and what do you wish they had? I already have a working proof of concept using the No-Intro sets. Some others I'm planning to include are Cowering's GoodSets and MAME. What others sets do you want to see? Furthermore, I'm planning on making the design modular so that I can easily add more ROM sets and DAT formats in the future. I'm thinking of using a sort of plug-in style, so that users can pick and choose what sets to include and download any new ROM set plug-ins without downloading an entirely new release.