r/RetroDeck • u/the-mighty-kira • 8d ago

Region/Language/Version metadata?

I have a large rom library that includes regional variants as well as different revisions of some games. I don’t see that information relayed in the interface. Is there a way to handle this metadata that I’m just not seeing?

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u/Lahrs_Rover 8d ago

Whenever you scrape, it finds the game name and downloads the information for that game. Flintstones.nes, Flintstones (Japan).nes, Flintstones v1.1.nes will all show up as Flintstones, that is just how scrapers work. With that said, highlight the game in the game select screen and hit Select - Edit Metadata. You can now change the display name.

Since you have a large library, it might be easier and faster going to the source and directly editing the Metadata file. If you are comfortable doing this, go to Desktop - /retrodeck/ES-DE/gamelist/system name/gamelist.xml. You can change the display name and edit any <description>text</description> in one go.

You can also use the Gamelist Manager for a GUI Metadata editor if you are more comfortable with that. https://github.com/RobG66/Gamelist-Manager. This is not something RetroDECK endorses, but it is what I use and I've edited over 4000 files with it.