Missing: Arcade Title - DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou - ddpsdoj

[f8less]

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou (Japan, 2012.4.20) - ddpsdoj

...is missing from the arcade games database.

[aserrallerios]

This game was removed from MAME years ago.

[f8less]

Understood, as was:

Both still remain supported by "the other option".

Am I able to manually type it into the replay file, or will this break things?

[aserrallerios]

MAME will refuse to run those roms, as they're not in its database.

As you said, AFAIK the only option for now is to run them in FBN.

[f8less]

Correct, and understood. Just looking to have an accurate title for the file, not concerned with MAME support.

[rtomasa]

Arcade ROMs cannot be renamed, neither in RePlay nor in any other emulation system, because their filenames must exactly match the emulator’s internal database in order to work.

RePlay’s arcade database is based on http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/ and the game ddpsdoj does not even exist there. While I could add it manually for the next release, this is not maintainable since RePlay’s database updates are automated, and any manual change risks being lost or forgotten in future releases.

The recommended approach is to request the addition of this game to the database. Assuming it was ever functional in MAME, maybe it could be added as non-functional.

[f8less]

Understood and thank you for that information.

Am I able to manually add it to the \opt\replay\replay file, since the existing titles and files names are in clear test, or will this cause an issue with the file?

[rtomasa]

replay is a binary file, you cannot edit the same

[aserrallerios]

Sorry for the misunderstanding @f8less.

One option would be to use/maintain different dat files for FBN alone, but that'd open the door for different databases for each emulator, which I guess it's not something @rtomasa is willing to do.

Maybe it's something "favorites" will support in the future (custom names).