humantree / combine-multidisc-dat

Combine Multidisc DAT

Usage

To use simply install the Node.js dependencies and then run the script, passing it a DAT file.

npm install
npm start psx.dat

Purpose

Finds all games that are listed with multiple discs separately and combines them into a single game. For example, if your DAT file contains the following:

<game name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 1)">
  <category>Games</category>
  <description>Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 1)</description>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 1).cue" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 1).bin" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
</game>
<game name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 2)">
  <category>Games</category>
  <description>Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 2)</description>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 2).cue" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 2).bin" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
</game>
<game name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 3)">
  <category>Games</category>
  <description>Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 3)</description>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 3).cue" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 3).bin" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
</game>

After running the script the new DAT file will contain the following instead:

<game name="Final Fantasy VII (USA)">
  <category>Games</category>
  <description>Final Fantasy VII (USA)</description>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 1).cue" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 1).bin" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 2).cue" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 2).bin" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 3).cue" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
  <rom name="Final Fantasy VII (USA) (Disc 3).bin" size="..." crc="..." md5="..." sha1="..."/>
</game>

The updated DAT file will be output next to the original with -combined at the end of the filename.

Notes

Has currently only been tested with the Redump PlayStation DAT file, but should work with any DAT file that follows the same format.