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Title: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: tkuper05 on April 26, 2006, 06:23:27 pm

I am using mamewah 1.61 and I would like to know how to get my roms to be displayed without the extra stuff on the end of them like the (U) or (E).  I know these tell you it's a U.S rom or a European rom etc.  Mame doesn't do this but my other emulators such as SNES and Sega Genesis does.  Do I need a dat file or a xml list?  I am more interested in a clean looking list than an informative one.

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: gonzo90017 on April 26, 2006, 08:58:17 pm

The only way I know is by using Rename4u. http://www.kellysoftware.com/software/Rename4u.asp You just point it to your roms folder and tell it to remove (U) then again but now (E). Then use artwork renamer to match all your screenshots with your roms.

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: jcrouse on April 26, 2006, 11:04:08 pm

If you create a custom list in MameWAH it "strips" off all the "junk" by default in the game list.

John

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: tkuper05 on April 26, 2006, 11:34:30 pm

Can I do this in 1.61 jcrouse?

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: Brad on April 27, 2006, 12:29:02 am

Yes

Brad

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: Teknique on April 27, 2006, 06:29:20 am

Atomic FE uses a file called METADATA.  This file lets you rename the displayed name in the game list  to anything you want.  This can be accessed through the built in config program.  I don't know how MameWah gets the information for its displayed lists, but if it just looks in a a text based file (i.e.  "1941 (J) (rev1.5)= 1941"), you might be able to transfer a custom game config. list that you have created in AtomicFe to MameWah.

Tek

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: AlexC on April 27, 2006, 11:45:43 am

I had a similar questions a while back and the answer that JoyMonkey gave me solved my problem, here's the topic link :

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50694.0

Hope this helps...

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: tkuper05 on April 27, 2006, 02:57:52 pm

I took jcrouse's advice and made a filtered list in mamewah.  It took out all the junk, it's nifty.

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: jcrouse on April 27, 2006, 03:02:22 pm

Quote from: tkuper05 on April 27, 2006, 02:57:52 pm

I took jcrouse's advice and made a filtered list in mamewah.  It took out all the junk, it's nifty.

FWIW, IMHO is is NEVER a good idea to rename your roms. It makes management impossible.

John

Title: Re: Rom names - How do you clean them up?
Post by: tkuper05 on April 27, 2006, 06:31:07 pm

Oh, you meant "it is never a good......".

I was confused there for a second.  I can see how that may cause problems.