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DOS and Windows DATs for DOSBOx-PURE playlists.

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Hi @RobLoach
I come with another request for the playlist.

DOS emulation in RetroArch was precarious, DOSBox core and SVN were very complicated and buggy. I think its existence is to serve as a base for PURE.
DOSBox PURE is innovative, easy to use and .zip compatible, which makes it easy to make playlists. But PURE has something else, it is compatible with Windows 9x, so almost any pre XP game can be run.

Will it be possible to add these DATs to the database to get the names right and start adding the thumbnails?

Redump "IBM PC compatible".
from 1988 there are DOS games on CD, and since 1993 almost all of them were released on CD and many of the old ones were re-released. And Windows 9x games were on CD.

TOSEC has Floppy disc TOSEC/IBM/PC Compatibles and CD TOSEC-ISO/IBM/PC Compatibles/CD

The Good Old Days, is a preservation project (and I think the only one) of floppy disk images of DOS games, similar to Redump.
https://www.goodolddays.net/diskimages/

eXoDOS shares preconfigured files, these packages give problems in PURE, but considering the fame of this one in particular, it will possibly make it compatible. it has an important database, but no dats.
The names of the games are like "Secret of Monkey Island, The (1990).zip", then they will not display correctly and will not support thumbnail download. If there is no other option, I can make an xml/dat, fix the names and upload it here for the database.

Total DOS Collection shares native files, no preconfiguration. It has a giant database, although it is a mess of organization, it would be important to have it. I already saw that there is a DOS database for this project, but it doesn't load for me, when I select DOS it doesn't recognize the names. If I try to load the DAT from libretro or the TDC page, RetroArch closes.

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Review the repository’s existing DOS database entries and DAT conventions first; the issue names no specific files or tests. Compare the proposed Redump, TOSEC, Good Old Days, eXoDOS, and Total DOS Collection sources, then establish a validated source and naming result before adding records and confirming DOSBox PURE playlist names and thumbnails load.

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