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Merge the Manually Updates dats

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Description

Make it easier to maintain the manually managed DATs. Merge the genre, franchise, esrb, enhancement_hw, elspa, developer, bbfc, analog, magazine, maxusers, origin, publisher, releasemonth, releaseyear, rumble and serial folders.

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Research direction

Inspect the manually managed DAT folders named in the issue, starting with genre, franchise, esrb, enhancement_hw, elspa, developer, bbfc, analog, magazine, maxusers, origin, publisher, releasemonth, releaseyear, rumble, and serial. Determine how they can be merged while keeping their existing data organized; done means those folders are merged as requested and the repository remains consistent.

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Assessment

Domain
data
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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