unexpectedpanda / retool

Retool: a better filter tool for Redump and No-Intro DAT files.

Retool

Important

Retool is no longer maintained. Read the thread for more information on what this means.

Tip

This is the source repository for Retool. For downloads, installation instructions, and documentation, see the website.

Retool is a filter utility for Redump and No-Intro DAT files. By customizing the DAT files before you load them into a ROM manager, you can more effectively trim, consolidate, and deduplicate your ROM sets.

Retool offers the following features:

• Superior One Game, One ROM (1G1R) functionality compared to other tools.

• Priority-based region and language filtering.

• Exclusions of unwanted titles like demos, applications, and more.

• Custom regular expression filters for including or excluding titles.

• Local filenames for titles, such as シャイニング●フォースⅡ 『古の封印』 instead of Shining Force II - Inishie no Fuuin.

• CLI and GUI versions.

You add your DAT files to Retool, and it creates new DAT files with all your preferences, leaving the originals intact. You can then load the new DAT files in a ROM manager like RomVault, CLRMamePro, or IGIR to do your file management — you just don't need to use their 1G1R modes, as Retool has already done the work for you.

Retool is supported on Windows 10+, Ubuntu 20+, and macOS 10+. Non-compiled versions require Python 3.10 or higher.

Contribute to Retool

If you've found something Retool has missed, like a clone or a local name for a title, you can contribute to Retool's clone lists at their dedicated repository.

retool's Issues

Microsoft MSX - 2 Roms - Not what these should be classified as but they are not games [Applications]

Not what these should be classified as but they are NOT games, potentially the "Applications" category?

• Basic Lessons 1 (Japan)
• Basic Lessons 2 (Japan)

Minor typo?

Alternatively, your system might be configured to run the py file directly:
python retool.py -i <input dat/folder>

maybe you wanted to type
retool.py -i <input dat/folder>

Distribution roms

Distribution roms should be filtered that can be found in No-Intro's Nintendo DS and GBA -datfiles.
Basically everything that has "distribution" in the title. My filtered DS set contained 21 of these and GBA had 4.

Nintendo - Nintendo DS (Decrypted) (20210410-081407) (Retool 2021-04-11 14-51-46) (2,262) (-aABcCdemMv).txt
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (20210410-081751) (Retool 2021-04-11 14-51-28) (1,161) (-aABcCdemMv).txt

These aren't really necessary for anyone except perfectionist Pokemon players.

Retool doesn't seem to have a proper automatic exclusion-setting for these.
If this kind of setting would be added in the future I suggest Add-ons, Expansions or something like that. There might be other roms in other databases that'd meet this same criteria.

Missing Parent/Clone relationships on Nintendo GameCube

Dat

Nintendo - GameCube - Datfile

Issue

Disney Sports - Football (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) is a clone of Disney Sports - Soccer (USA)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/561317-disney-sports-soccer

Tak & Le Pouvoir de Juju (France) is a clone of Tak and the Power of Juju (Europe) and not Nickelodeon Tak - The Great Juju Challenge (Europe) (En,De) as it is on your clone list.
https://www.gametdb.com/Wii/GJUF78

NEC - PC Engine - TurboGrafx 16 - 1 game (4 roms) has an unusual Parent/Clone relationship???

R-Type (USA)
R-Type I (Japan)
R-Type II (Japan)
R-Type II (Japan) (v1.1)

https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo-grafx/r-type

The Japanese PC Engine-version of R-Type was released as two separate games, R-Type I and R-Type II, with the former containing the first four stages and the latter the remaining four. This was presumably done because the whole game would not fit on one HuCard. The second of these cards has nothing do to with the real sequel R-Type II which was never released for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx in any way. For the US TurboGrafx release they managed to fit the whole game on one HuCard so there it was simply called R-Type.

The game was later re-released (again only in Japan) as a PC Engine CD game called R-Type Complete CD which contained all of the stages, a new intro movie and improved music.

Missing Parent/Clone relationships on Sony PlayStation Portable

Dat

Sony - PlayStation Portable - Datfile (2193) (2021-03-26 19-58-07) [Redump]

Issue

Crimson Gem Saga (USA)
Astonishia Story 2 (Korea)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1823

Smart Bomb (USA)
Baku-No (Asia)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/6

WTF - Work Time Fun (USA)
Beit Hell 2000 (Japan)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/694

Harvest Moon - Boy & Girl (USA)
Bokujou Monogatari - Harvest Moon - Boy & Girl (Japan)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1114

Buzz! Quiz World (Europe) (En,Pl)
Buzz! Concurso Universal (Europe) (Es,Pt)
https://www.cdiscount.com/Product/Zoom/0711719152750/0.html
https://xtremmedia.com/gestor/files/images/A004339_0_2.jpeg

Buzz! Das grosse Laenderquiz (Europe) (De,It)
Buzz! Polskie Lamiglowki ~ Buzz! Mozak Hrvatske (Europe) (Pl,Hr)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz!:_Brain_of_the_World

Pursuit Force (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Chase Cop - Pursuit Force (Korea)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/324

DJ Max Portable - Black Square (Japan)
DJ Max Emotional Sense P - Black Square (Korea) (En,Ja,Ko)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1686

Dragoneer's Aria (Europe)
Dragoneer's Aria - Ryu ga Nemuru Made (Asia) (En,Ja)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1137

Formula One 06 (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Pt,Fi)
F1 06 Portable (Asia)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/845

Off Road (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Ford Racing - Off Road (USA)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1545

SBK-07 - Superbike World Championship (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda SBK - Superbike World Championship (USA)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1436

Key of Heaven (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Kingdom of Paradise (USA)
Tenchi no Mon (Asia) (v1.00)
Tenchi no Mon (Asia) (v1.01)
Tenchi no Mon (Japan)
Tenchi no Mon (Korea)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/197

LittleBigPlanet (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl,Pt,Sv,No,Da,Fi,Pl,Ru)
Little Big Planet (Asia) (En,Zh,Ko)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/2030

LocoRoco (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl,Pt,Sv,No,Da,Fi,Ru)
LocoRoco (Japan) (Toku Toku Pack)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1023

Lumines - Puzzle Fusion (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Lumines (Japan)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/120

Disgaea - Afternoon of Darkness (Europe)
Makai Senki Disgaea Portable - Tsuushin Taisen Hajimemashita. (Japan)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1297

FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 (Europe)
Mondiali FIFA 2006 (Italy)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/548

Mawaskes Puzzle (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl)
Puzzle Guzzle (USA)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1894

White Knight Chronicles - Origins (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Shirokishi Monogatari Episode Portable - Dogma Wars (Japan)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/2633

Silent Hill Origins (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
Silent Hill Zero (Japan)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1259

Super Pocket Tennis (Europe)
Simple 2500 Series Portable!! Vol. 2 - The Tennis (Japan, Asia)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1048

Simpson, Les - Le Jeu (France)
Simpsons Game, The (Europe)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/1249

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It)
World Tour Soccer - Winning Eleven 9 (USA)
https://renascene.com/psp/info/umd/289

Missing Parent/Clone relationships on Sega Dreamcast

Dat

Sega - Dreamcast - Datfile

Issue

F1 World Grand Prix (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es) is a clone of F1 World Grand Prix for Dreamcast (Japan)

Missing Parent/Clone relationships on Sony PlayStation

First of all, thanks for your wonderful tool!

Dat

Sony - PlayStation - Datfile

Issue

F1 World Grand Prix - Saison 2000 (France) is a clone of F1 World Grand Prix (Europe)
https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/F/SLES-03346.html

Junior Sports Fussball (Germany) is a clone of Junior Sports Football (Europe)
https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/J/SLES-03579.html

Roger Lemerre - La Selection des Champions (France) is a clone of LMA Manager 2001 (Europe)
https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/L/SLES-02975.html

Telefoot Manager (France) is a clone of Premier Manager Ninety Nine (Europe)
https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/P/SLES-01544.html

Rayman Junior - Level 1 (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) is a clone of Rayman Brain Games (USA)
https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/R/SLUS-01265.html

A clone what went unnoticed

Hi! In the Game Boy Advance:

Mega Man Battle Network 5 - Team Proto Man (USA) (Virtual Console).zip

should be replaced with:

Mega Man Battle Network 5 - Team Protoman (USA).zip

rtool-gui.exe crashes on region sort

if you try to sort the regions list by pressing the up or down arrow, and do not have any regions selected, the program crashes.

Windows 10
retool-gui.exe 0.06

Game slips through

The NES game "Fan Kong Jing Ying (Asia) (Unl)" is all in Chinese but it passes the English filter.

PS1 more Missing Parent/Clone relationships

I audited my 1g1r set in launchbox and found a few more missing parent/clone relationships for PS1

Final Fantasy Origins (USA) is Final Fantasy Origins - Final Fantasy (Europe)
Freestyle Boardin' '99 (USA) is Zap! Snowboarding Trix '98 (Japan)
Jackie Chan Stuntmaster (USA) is Jackie Chan Stuntmaster (Europe) (Recalled)
NASCAR Racing (USA) is NASCAR Racing - Season 96 (Japan)
Pipe Dreams 3D (USA) is World Greatest Hits Series Vol. 2 - Pipe Dreams 3D (Japan)
Pro Pinball - Big Race USA (USA) is World Greatest Hits Series Vol. 1 - Pro Pinball - Big Race USA (Japan)
Street Sk8er 2 (USA) is Street Boarders 2 (Japan)
Street Racer (USA) is Street Racer Extra (Japan)
TNN Motorsports HardCore TR (USA) is C3 Racing - Car Constructors Championship (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Rev 1)
Tyco R-C - Assault with a Battery (USA) is World Greatest Hits Series Vol. 5 - Tyco R-C - Assault with a Battery (Japan)

Missing Parent/Clone relationships on NEC TurboGrafx CD

Going through the TG CD I found these few issues.

Gate of Thunder (Japan) (FACT, FADT) is included in Gate of Thunder + Bonk's Adventure + Bonk's Revenge (USA)
I understand that the 3 in 1 is clearly a different game and not per se a clone, but in the end one does get the game twice. Here's the moby link: https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbografx-cd/gate-of-thunder-bonks-adventure-bonks-revenge

Makai Eiyuuden - Shape Shifter (Japan) is Shape Shifter (USA): https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbografx-cd/shape-shifter

and lastly
TerraForming (Japan) is Syd Mead's Terraforrming (USA): https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbografx-cd/syd-meads-terraforming

If you rather I send you this data differently, please let me know and I will do so.

Excluding "Demos and Samples" doesn't exclude numbered samples

I saw this on the SNES dat.

Rockman X2 (Japan) (Sample 1)
Rockman X2 (Japan) (Sample 2)

Pop 'n Twinbee (Japan) also has 2 samples.
both samples are included in the dat.

In this case these games are also available in other region. Megaman X2 (don't know region) and Pop 'n Twinbee (USA, Europe)

First time trying. Found one Inconsistency on the PSX clonelist

After run the latest psx.dat from redump.org with your tool (using -g switch), I saw that one game on the list was repeated.

1Xtreme (USA), ESPN Street Games (Japan) and ESPN Extreme Games (USA) are the same game.

Looking on the Playstation json I found the inconsistency

"ESPN Street Games" is referenced as a clone to "1Xtreme" but "ESPN Street Games" is referenced as a clone to "ESPN Extreme Games" too

1Xtreme is an updated version to ESPN Extreme Games after they lost the licensing to use ESPN logo/name/etc.

Thanks for this great tool :)

"Trials" should be added to Demo-filter

"Trials" should be added to Demo and samples-filter.

In No-Intro's GBA Multiboot -datfile there's four trial versions of games:
Made in Wario - Trial Version (Japan)
WarioWare, Inc. - Trial ver. 1 (World)
WarioWare, Inc. - Trial ver. 4 (World)
WarioWare, Inc. - Trial version (USA)

Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (Multiboot) (20210321-122109) (Retool 2021-04-12 10-31-58) (34) (-aABcCdemMv).txt

"Trailers" should be added to the Video-filter

"Trailers" should be added to the Video-filter.

Found two roms in No-Intro's Nintendo DS datfile after filtering:
Legend of Zelda, The - Twilight Princess - Preview Trailer (USA) (Promo)
Legend of Zelda, The - Twilight Princess - Movie Trailer Vol. 1 (USA) (Kiosk) (E3 2005) [b].7z

Nintendo - Nintendo DS (Decrypted) (20210410-081407) (Retool 2021-04-11 14-51-46) (2,262) (-aABcCdemMv).txt

102 Dalmatians - Dreamcast

Your script is keeping both US and UK (non-EU) version of 102 Dalmatians instead of remove the UK version.

Btw, is there a better way to inform you about the duplicates or should I open a new issue everytime I found a new duplicate?

Oh, and I just create a list of 1g1r for Wii. How can I share this with you?

Missing Disc 2

Dat

Nintendo - GameCube - NKit GCZ

Issue

With region selection

1. France
2. Europe
3. World
4. Unknown

And language filter: English + French

Input DAT has:

• 2 Games in 1 - Bob L'eponge - Le Film + Tak 2 - Le Sceptre des Reves (France) (Disc 1) (Bob L'eponge - Le Film)
• 2 Games in 1 - Bob L'eponge - Le Film + Tak 2 - Le Sceptre des Reves (France) (Disc 2) (Tak 2 - Le Sceptre des Reves)

Output DAT only has Disc 1

Video-filter doesn't remove GBA Video -titles

Video-filter doesn't seem to remove GBA Video -titles.

Used (-aABcCdemMv) on latest No-Intro and resulted with this;
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (20210326-211504) (Retool 2021-04-02 16-16-33) (1,161) (-aABcCdemMv).txt

Basically every title that starts with "Game Boy Advance Video".
Dunno if there are any others.

VersIon: GUI v0.88.

GBA Parent/Clone mixed with compilations issues

I feel like most of this will be a bug, but perhaps there are also some issues in the clone list. On GBA many of the compilations are in the dat, despite

1. Games being available outside of the compilation
2. Having a compilation in "English"

I generated a dat with (-bcdfrs)
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (1,696) (20201229-143743) [1G1R] (-bcdfrs) (Retool 2021-01-09 11-04-33).txt

For example.
2 Games in 1 - Monsters, Inc. + Finding Nemo (USA) is excluded from the dat because both of those games are available as single titles.
However all other games listed as clones are in the dat, probably because the "english" was excluded.

    "2 Games in 1 - Monsters, Inc. + Finding Nemo": [
        ["2 Games in 1 - Die Monster AG + Findet Nemo", 1],
        ["2 Games in 1 - Monsters & Co. + Alla Ricerca di Nemo", 1],
        ["2 Games in 1 - Monsters en Co. + Finding Nemo", 1],
        ["2 Games in 1 - Monstres & Cie + Le Monde de Nemo", 1],
        ["2 Games in 1 - Monstruos, S.A. + Buscando a Nemo", 1]
    ],

2 Games in 1 - Finding Nemo - The Continuing Adventures + The Incredibles (USA) is not listed in the compilation sections. Also the single title is "Incredibles, The (USA)" if that could also cause issues.

2 Games in 1 - Golden Nugget Casino + Texas Hold 'em Poker (USA) is not listed in the compilation sections either, but is found in the renames section. Result is that the compilation and the single titles are in the dat.

In the end I think the real bug is that clones are not excluded if the compilation is excluded, and they should. The other examples are probably just clone list edits. Finding the issues, however, is difficult because of the noise created by that first bug.

I'm happy to do a pass on all the compilations that still show up after the bug is fixed.

Other filters like rating or players or publisher or kids

This request goes beyond the information in the DAT files and I am not sure if it is the focus of this project.
Nevertheless I would consider the functionality as very useful.

On several GamesDB pages additional information like: ... with tools like Skraper you can create a gamelist.xml from it and work with it in the finished rom set.
It would be nice to have the possibility to access the information (online or from a gamelist.xml) in the ReTool , to have more filters for DAT files.

Missing Playstation clone

BallBlazer Champions (Europe) > BallBlazer Champions (USA)

Games with Sega CD 32X and Mega-CD 32X -tags

Sega CD 32X -tag is prioritized even when setting Europe higher priority:

When using the latest Redump Sega CD & Mega CD datfile with region priorities so that European release is preferred before US, it seems that filtering doesn't quite work as it should be with CD 32X -games

As an example, game Corpse Killer:
The resulting dat will have "Corpse Killer (USA) (Sega CD 32X)"
even though there's an European release available in the same dat, "Corpse Killer (Europe) (Mega-CD 32X)"

Here's my settings:

Crash when filtering No-Intros Nintendo - Family Computer Disk System dat

Describe the bug
To reproduce
When trying to filter the latest No-Intro datfile for Nintendo FDS the software crashes.
Exact dat version: Nintendo - Family Computer Disk System (#371 ~ 2021-01-11 13:28:54 ~ P/C: #371)

Expected behavior
Not crashing.

Operating system

• Windows 10 (older versions not supported)
• Ubuntu
• Other (please specify)

Retool edition

• retool-gui.exe
• retool.py
• retool-gui.py

Retool version
Retool GUI: 0.05
Retool CLI: 0.86

Are you using custom global or system filters? If so, list them below

Global excludes:
Applications
Audio
BIOS
Compilations
Coverdiscs
Demos and samples
Educational
Multimedia
Video

Every "Mode" unticked in "Modes".

What other settings are you using?
All regions enabled, only moved Finland, Scandinavia, Europe and UK to top before US.

Missing PSX clone

StarSweep (Europe)

is propably a clone of:

Star Sweep (USA)

Exclude filter for (Virtual Console)

Please add an exclude filter for "Virtual Console"
maybe also "Switch Online"

3DO Blood Angels (Japan) isn't linked to Space Hulk - Vengeance of the Blood Angels (USA)

When generating the 3DO list with "Use suggested region order for English Speakers" will return both Blood Angels and Space Hulk in the generated dat

Here's the Redump page for Blood Angels: http://redump.org/disc/61605/ It does list the alternate name as Space Hulk

Wii ?

Hello ! Is there any chance to get retool working for wii redump ?
Thanks for your work, it's very helpful

MAME

Could you add support for MAME?

Missing Parent/Clone relationships on Nintendo Gamecube

Here's a few I found going through the listings recently.

These might be part of #20 with the compilation Issues.
2 Games in 1 - Bob L'eponge - Le Film + Tak 2 - Le Sceptre des Reves (France) (Disc 1) (Bob L'eponge - Le Film)
2 Games in 1 - Nickelodeon SpongeBob Schwammkopf - Der Film + Nickelodeon SpongeBob Schwammkopf - Schlacht um Bikini Bottom (Germany) (Disc 1)
2 Games in 1 - Nickelodeon SpongeBob Schwammkopf - Der Film + Nickelodeon SpongeBob Schwammkopf - Schlacht um Bikini Bottom (Germany) (Disc 2)"

Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 - Nettou! Magne Tag Battle! (Japan) is Beyblade VForce - Super Tournament Battle (USA)
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Beyblade:_Super_Tournament_Battle

Bokujou Monogatari - Shiawase no Uta (Japan) (Rev 1) is Harvest Moon - Magical Melody (USA)
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Harvest_Moon:_Magical_Melody

Jikkyou World Soccer 2002 (Japan) is International Super Soccer 2002
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jikky%C5%8D_World_Soccer_2002

Viewtiful Joe Revival (Japan) is a rerelease of Viewtiful Joe (USA

Zoids vs. II (Japan) (Rev 1) is Zoids: Battle Legends (US)
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_Zoids_video_games

Not bad for such a big list :P

Fix Retool GUI font scaling for 4k resolutions

Please fix the font or scaling in retool for 4K resolutions.

Feature Request: Manual Exclusions

I thought it would be a good idea to be able to add a text file (or dat file) of specific games to exclude.

I go through the retool generated dats for CD systems in order to cull games when they're not the "best version of." This is very visible in the early CD era when DOS, 3DO, TG CD, Sega CD, PSX, Sega Saturn might all have the same game. When this happens I try and only keep a game on one system so as to not duplicate it.

If it would be possible to feed this "exclusions" list I generate back on the next run - when dats are updated - that would be super helpful.

Could just be a text file with the exact name and region could work. The only moment that wouldn't is when they change the name of the games, but that doesn't happen too often.

Filter Problem "(notgame)" - ZZZ

ReTool keeps some files , but should filter them out before.
Maybe a filter is missing for exclusion?

./Aging Cartridge (World).zip ZZZ(notgame):Aging Cartridge [WOR] ./e-Reader (USA).zip ZZZ(notgame):E-reader [US] ./Game Boy Advance Video - Codename - Kids Next Door - Volume 1 (USA, Europe).zip ZZZ(notgame):Game Boy Advance Video - Codename - Kids Next Door [EU,US] ./Game Boy Advance Video - Shark Tale (USA) (Rev 6).zip ZZZ(notgame):Game Boy Advance Video - Shark Tale [US] ./Game Boy Advance Video - Shrek (USA) (Rev 6).zip ZZZ(notgame):Game Boy Advance Video - Shrek [US] ./Game Boy Advance Video - Shrek 2 (USA) (Rev 6).zip ZZZ(notgame):Game Boy Advance Video - Shrek 2 [US] ./Nintendo MP3 Player (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).zip ZZZ(notgame):Nintendo Mp3 Player [EU]

older ROM is favored

When processing Game Boy ROMs, using the default regions order and English language,

Donkey Kong (Japan, USA) (SGB Enhanced)

is favored over:

Donkey Kong (World) (Rev 1) (SGB Enhanced)

Elite Beat Agents - Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

Dat

No-Intro - Nintendo - Nintendo DS

Issue

"Elite Beat Agents" and "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" are similar games, the former being the occidental version of the latter, but they have different songs, and so should be considered different games.

NEC - PC Engine - TurboGrafx 16 - 1 Rom is not a game [Applications]

• Ten no Koe Bank (Japan)

The Ten no Koe Bank is a device released by Hudson Soft to allow CD-ROM² games to save data.
https://necretro.org/Ten_no_Koe_Bank

NES clone list

Something strange happens after the latest clone list update for the NES.
Setting regions as default and language to English (only English), I get the following as "missing":

Adan y Eva (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Bloque Magico, El (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Booky Man (Brazil) (CCE) (Unl)
Booky Man (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
BugTris (Korea) (Unl)
Corre Benny (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Creatom (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Crime Busters (Brazil) (Unl)
Destructor, El (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Gluk the Thunder Warrior (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Gran Aventura Submarina, La (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Janggun-ui Adeul (Korea) (Unl)
Koko Adventure (Korea) (Unl)
Magic Kid Googoo (Korea) (Unl)
Metal Force (Korea) (Unl)
Monstruo de los Globos, El (Spain) (Rev 1) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Policeman (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
Skate Boy (Spain) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
War in the Gulf ~ Guerra del Golfo, La (Brazil, Spain) (CCE, Gluk Video) (Unl)

And the following as "unneeded":

Adam & Eve (Asia) (En) (Mega Soft) (Unl).zip
Go! Benny! (Asia) (En) (Unl).zip
Magic Block (Asia) (En) (Mega Soft) (Unl).zip

DS Missing Clone/Parent Relationships

Only one I found here, and by happenstance.

Vie D'Emma, La - Infermière de Choc (France) is Vita di Emma - Professione Infermiera (Italy)

I'm guessing this by the name. I wasn't able to find anything about the game.

Binaries Slowing Down Git Clone

Mind removing the binaries under /dist (and placing it under .gitignore) or enabling LFS? Make for a rather long git clone.

https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/removing-sensitive-data-from-a-repository

Thanks for reading! This project is really helpful and appreciated.

EDIT: Misunderstood project goals.

PS1 missing parent/clone relationships

"JetMoto (Japan)" is "Jet Moto (USA)"

"Jet Moto '98 (Japan)" is "Jet Moto 2 (USA)

A few errors and suggestions on multiple No-Intro DAT

I'm using latest No-Intro DAT for 8-16 and handheld systems. All is ticked in "Exclusions". All is unticked in "Modes"

[screenshot archived]

I still have few (Beta) games in GBA, N64 and Genesis
I have many (Virtual Console) games left. For example, for NES, "Donkey Kong - Original Edition (USA) (Virtual Console)" shouldn't take place of "Donkey Kong (World) (Rev 1)" with my settings.

Do you think it would be possible to add option in "Exclusions" for (Add-on) (Manual) (SDK Build) and (Enhancement Build) which are not playable roms ?

Thanks for your software, this is very promising !

Better guides for noobs

Hi,
So obviously I'm a complete noob at this but the wiki could use some more verbose instructions.

First, when downloading the .dat file. Which one should I go for? The Standard DAT with default settings or some of the other options? It's never spelled out. I tried the with the standard one and my set and it seems to work.

Second, and this is where I get stuck. Actually making the 1G1R set. I have never used any of the dat managers and tried both clrmamepro and RomVault. Tried reading up on both of them but neither is the pinnacle of user-friendliness or I'm just dumb but could you make a short guide on how to make the set with whatever dat manager you think is the easiest.
Thanks!

ColecoVision - 3 Roms that are not games [Applications]

• ColecoVision Monitor Test (USA, Europe)
• Final Test Cartridge (USA)
• Super Controller Tester (USA)

Include specific games from an otherwise excluded region

Hi,

In order to save space, I use your great tool to make 1G1R sets, only including a few regions. For example, I don't include Asian regions (Japan, Taiwan, Asia, ...). But there are a handful of games from these regions I'd like to include.

For example, I like the "Ouendan" games from Japan, which are playable even when you don't read japanese. So I tried to include them with custom filters. The thing is, apparently, once the region is filtered out, you can't include games with the custom filters (I tried with global and system filters).

My solution so far is to include the "Japan" region in my region selections, and add "(Japan)" in my global exclude filter, with "Ouendan" in the include filter. This works but is not perfect. For example, this doesn't filter out games with region (Japan, Asia).

Is there a better way to achieve what I'm trying to do?

Best regards

inconsistency in the PS2 json

First , Congratulations on your excellent work!

seems there is an inconsistency in the PS2 json DB.

Arc: Twilight of the Spirits (EU),
Arc the Lad: Seirei no Koukon (JP),
Ark the Lad: Jeongryeongui Hwanghon (KO),
Arc the Lad: Seirei no Tasogare,
Arc the Lad: Jing Ling Zhi Huang Hun (AS)

it should be grouped together.

exclude filter for [BIOS]

Please add an exclude filter for "[BIOS]"

Saturn name matching

Dat

The dat name where the issue is.
Sega - Saturn - Datfile (2329) (2021-01-27 01-30-37)

Issue

Where possible, include URLs to a reputable source as proof, as it helps speed up verification.

Almost 300 + renames but a good chunk of them are completely mismatched

• Missed or incorrect title (Europe) > Original title (USA) | https://www.wikipedia.org

wrong name: Z:\ReDump Raw\Area 51 (Japan).zip [wrong: Z:\ReDump Raw\Area 51 (Japan)] [right: Gungriffon (USA)]
wrong name: Z:\ReDump Raw\Alien Trilogy (Europe) (En,Fr,Es,It) (7S).zip [wrong: Z:\ReDump Raw\Alien Trilogy (Europe) (En,Fr,Es,It) (7S)] [right: Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands (USA)]

missing </datafile> at end of file

Running the latest windows retool-gui.exe with Sega - Mega Drive - Genesis dat (downloaded today) after downloading the updated clonelists.

set regions to USA,World,Canada,Europe

language English

Exclusions:
Applications
Bad Dumps
Coverdiscs
Demos and samples
Pirate
Preproduction
Promotional
Unlicensed
Video

Crashes right at the end, but appears to finish, other than not ending the dat file properly.

was missing, but once I manually added that, the file ran fine in clrmamepro and romcenter. It had 785 entries.

I installed the latest from Git and ran retool-gui.py which also produced 785 entries and created the dat properly.

Running Windows 10

Some 3DO titles missing clone links

Here are a few more I found today.

NFL Madden Football (Japan) is John Madden Football (USA). http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/nfl-madden-football/
Outer World (Japan) is Another World (Europe) and Out of This World (USA). http://redump.org/disc/39845/
Shanghai - Banri no Choujou - The Great Wall (Japan) (Rev 1) is Shanghai Triple Threat (USA): http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/triple-threat/
T&E VR Golf - Devil's Course (Japan) is Wicked 18 (USA): http://redump.org/discs/quicksearch/devil's-course/
Virtual Quest - Pharaoh no Fuuin (Japan) is Seal of the Pharaoh (USA); http://redump.org/disc/36316/

Also, both VR Stalker (Europe) (Improved Version) and VR Stalker (USA) are added to the dat which indicates to me they aren't linked together either.