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Duplicate entries in Sony - Playstation.dat
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Description
I have noticed that some games have duplicate entries in the metadat/redump/Sony - PlayStation.dat.
Example Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Europe) (En,Fr,It) starting on line 73404:
game (
name "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Europe) (En,Fr,It)"
region "Europe"
serial "SLES-01136"
rom ( name "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Europe) (En,Fr,It) (Track 01).bin" size 168753648 crc 465A5AF3 md5 58138E00F9D53129E01AF83E521CD298 sha1 A4197EF3B7297F6186EC9D0DF619587BC70D631C serial "SLES-01136" )
)
game (
name "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Europe) (En,Fr,It)"
region "Europe"
serial "SLES-01136"
rom ( name "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Europe) (En,Fr,It) (Track 01).bin" size 168753648 crc 465A5AF3 md5 58138E00F9D53129E01AF83E521CD298 sha1 A4197EF3B7297F6186EC9D0DF619587BC70D631C serial "SLES-01136" )
)
Does this serve a purpose or is it redundant and can be removed?
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Inspect metadat/redump/Sony - PlayStation.dat around line 73404 and compare the repeated game blocks, then check whether identical entries elsewhere follow the same pattern. Determine whether the duplicates are intentional; done means the file no longer contains unintended duplicate entries and the relevant metadata remains valid.
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