Can we please add a feature to import existing Hyperspin XMLs

I also request this.  Database control is crucial.

Lately all the bug request have been about MAME rom filtering settings and missing games after importing roms.

Having control over databases would fix all that.

Without importing a user created database, how can MAME be updated on a monthly basis?

For that matter, how can MAME Software List systems be added?

There's no way the shortnames of all MAME roms can be identified with the scaping tool.

I'm not just talking about arcade games.  MAME is the largest and most consistently updated emulator covering hundreds of systems.  None of which can be matched to any media with the current scraping tool.

I could only see that working if we could maintain our own databases and could scrape media based off the database game "description" info and not "rom name" info.

Maybe HyperHQ could use MAME Software List Hash files to identify match roms to media?  Still that would be so much work to set up. The easiest solution is to give us access to creating or using existing xml databases.

There's no way to automate this and please everyone.  So make it the users responsibility to maintain.