So, in anticipation of the future improvements in Z80 emulation, I've finally converted (after a really long night + morning  ) the latest TOSEC DAT for Spectrum +3 games to MAME's hash file format.
Right now, the entries look like this:
(yeah, maybe I should remove all those redundant "(+3)")
Now all that's left is to add a unique "name" field for the repeated entries, selectively replace some instances of "&" with "and" (except for those in the "description" fields), and I guess trim some of those really long names.
So I was wondering, what's the recommended maximum character length in this field? Among the 1000+ names, there's things like:
ace2theultimateheadtoheadconflict
actionforceiiinternationalheroes
adidaschampionshiptiebreak
daleythompsonsolympicchallenge
Also, there's around 300 entries with names like "Title of the Game, The". Those should have their description converted to "The Title of the Game", right?
EDIT: If somebody can make a script for doing those things automatically, it will come in real handy when adding the 20000+ Spectrum cassettes. 
Edited by ICEknight (02/28/19 12:30 AM)
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