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muldjord / skyscraper

Powerful and versatile game scraper written in c++
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Any plans for output to HyperSpin db format? #99

Closed Shawson closed 4 years ago

Shawson commented 5 years ago

Describe the feature An additional front end output parameter to export to HyperSpin db format

Contact mails and documentation hyperspin list site has lots of example xml's- the format is not dissimilar to the gamelist.xml files that emulationstation uses- i wrote a powershell script converts gamelist.xml files into hyperspin format. Here's a snippet as an example;

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<menu>
    <header>
        <listname>Nintendo Entertainment System</listname>
        <lastlistupdate>03/07/2016</lastlistupdate>
        <listversion>1.3</listversion>
        <exporterversion>HyperList XML Exporter Version 1.3 Copywrite (c) 2009-2011 William Strong</exporterversion>
    </header>
    <game name="10-Yard Fight (USA, Europe)" index="true" image="1">
        <description>10-Yard Fight (USA, Europe)</description>
        <cloneof></cloneof>
        <crc>C38B62CB</crc>
        <manufacturer>Nintendo</manufacturer>
        <year>1985</year>
        <genre>Sports/Football</genre>
        <rating>Other - NR (Not Rated)</rating>
        <enabled>Yes</enabled>
    </game>

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muldjord commented 5 years ago

I'd love to hear if there are others who are interested in this. Skyscraper doesn't support Windows officially so I'm wondering how much of a niche this request is. I'm not opposed to making it happen though. And, as you mention, it doesn't seem to be a huge task to implement as it's already very similar to ES game lists.

One note though, I do feel like it's unfortunate that Hyperspin is seemingly closed source.

Shawson commented 5 years ago

Good point- perhaps this is kind of an edge case!