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Sega CD: "Snatcher (Europe)" listed as "Snatcher (USA)" in playlists
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Description
Snatcher (Europe) is not listed correctly in the Sega CD playlist: It appears as Snatcher (USA).
I've updated databases using the online updater.
I find Snatcher in two databases:
- libretro-database/metadat/redump/Sega - Mega CD - Sega CD.dat
- libretro-database/rdb/Sega - Mega CD - Sega CD.rdb
There's two entries in each: 1 for the European release and 1 for the USA release.
If I scan both the USA and Europe releases, they show up as 2 USA entries in playlists.
Checksum verifying Snatcher (Europe), the hashes for Track 01.bin match the rdb and dat entries for Snatcher (Europe) as they should.
Could it be due to the pair having very similar Serials? When I delete or alter the serial(s) in the rdb they don't get picked up on scans.
USA = T-95035Europe = T-95035-05
p.s. playlist file information lists the .cue file instead of track 01.bin?.
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Start with the two named files, libretro-database/metadat/redump/Sega - Mega CD - Sega CD.dat and libretro-database/rdb/Sega - Mega CD - Sega CD.rdb, and compare the Europe and USA Snatcher entries, including their serials and hashes. Reproduce scanning both releases and inspect the generated playlist metadata. Done means the European release is identified and displayed as Europe without breaking USA matching, with the playlist filename behavior clarified.
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