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    As for untranslated games that are still playable for English speakers, I would highly advise to take a look at the official HyperSpin databases, as they already went through the whole library and identified those. Of course, it’s very subjective how much fumbling within Japanese menus you are willing to bear so it’s definitely not the be-all and end-all list but it’s a good starting and reference point. They also include Japanese versions of games also released in the west that were heavily altered here. For example, the game “Ranma 1-2 - Chounai Gekitou Hen” was released in the US as “Street Combat” but the whole Ranma ½ license characters were replaced with generic ones in this version. A somewhat controversial thing they did is that they also include board games like Mahjong in their databases. Their reason given is that it’s the same thing as with games like chess, if you know the rules of the game then you can play it, no matter what the game language is. So, it’s up to you if you want to follow that logic or simply remove them. To make it a little bit easier for you I just went through the HS Super Famicom database and removed all fan-translations as well as all the other 63 games that were already mentioned here. The HS database was last updated in 2017 so there will be some duplicate games in there that got fan-translations since then (I already tried to identify and remove those as well, but I only went by the Japanese game titles, so some games that had their titles changed to English might have slipped through the cracks). So here they are, 272 additional Super Famicom games that were deemed playable for non-Japanese speakers by the HyperSpin database maintainers: Aliens vs. Predator (Japan) Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (Japan) Appleseed - Prometheus no Shintaku (Japan) Araiguma Rascal (Japan) Arcus Spirits (Japan) Aryol (Japan) Asameshimae Nyanko (Japan) Bakukyuu Renpatsu!! Super B-Daman (Japan) Bakutou Dochers - Bumps-jima wa Oosawagi (Japan) Battle Cross (Japan) Battle Jockey (Japan) Battle Racers (Japan) Battle Tycoon - Flash Hiders SFX (Japan) Battle Zeque Den (Japan) Bike Daisuki! Hashiriya Tamashii (Japan) Bishin Densetsu Zoku (Japan) Block Kuzushi (Japan) CB Chara Wars - Ushinawareta Gag (Japan) Captain Tsubasa IV - Pro no Rival-tachi (Japan) Captain Tsubasa J - The Way to World Youth (Japan) Captain Tsubasa V - Hasha no Shougou Campione (Japan) Chibi Maruko-chan - Mezase! Minami no Island!! (Japan) Chinhai (Japan) Coron Land (Japan) Cosmo Police Galivan II - Arrow of Justice (Japan) Crayon Shin-chan 2 - Daimaou no Gyakushuu (Japan) Date Kimiko no Virtual Tennis (Japan) Deae Tonosama - Appare Ichiban (Japan) Dear Boys (Japan) Death Brade (Japan) Dharma Doujou (Japan) Dolucky no A.League Soccer (Japan) Dolucky no Kusayakiu (Japan) Dolucky no Puzzle Tour '94 (Japan) Doraemon - Nobita to Yousei no Kuni (Japan) Doraemon 2 - Nobita no Toys Land Daibouken (Japan) Doraemon 3 - Nobita to Toki no Hougyoku (Japan) Downtown - Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari - Yakyuu de Shoubu da! Kunio-kun (Japan) Dream Basketball - Dunk & Hoop (Japan) Drift King Shutokou Battle 2 - Tsuchiya Keiichi & Bandou Masaaki (Japan) Dynamaite the Las Vegas (Japan) Dynamic Stadium (Japan) Edono Kiba (Japan) F-1 Grand Prix (Japan) Fighter's History - Mizoguchi Kikiippatsu!! (Japan) Final Stretch (Japan) Finalset (Japan) Fire Pro Joshi - All Star Dream Slam (Japan) Fishing Koushien (Japan) From TV Animation Slam Dunk - Dream Team - Shuueisha Limited (Japan) From TV Animation Slam Dunk - SD Heat Up!! (Japan) From TV Animation Slam Dunk - Yonkyou Gekitotsu!! (Japan) From TV Animation Slam Dunk 2 - IH Yosen Kanzen Ban!! (Japan) GS Mikami - Joreishi wa Nice Body (Japan) GT Racing (Japan) Game no Tetsujin - The Shanghai (Japan) Gangan Gan-chan (Japan) Go! Go! Dodge League (Japan) Gokujou Parodius (Japan) Great Battle Gaiden 2, The - Matsuri da Wasshoi (Japan) Hakunetsu Pro Yakyuu '93 - Ganba League (Japan) Hakunetsu Pro Yakyuu '94 - Ganba League 3 (Japan) Harukanaru Augusta (Japan) Hashire Hebereke (Japan) Hat Trick Hero 2 (Japan) Hatayama Hatch no Pro Yakyuu News! - Jitsumei Ban (Japan) Hiryuu no Ken S - Golden Fighter (Japan) Hiryuu no Ken S - Hyper Version (Japan) Human Baseball (Japan) Iron Commando - Koutetsu no Senshi (Japan) Isozuri - Ritou Hen (Japan) Itadaki Street 2 (Japan) (Proto) J.League '96 Dream Stadium (Japan) J.League Excite Stage '94 (Japan) J.League Excite Stage '95 (Japan) J.League Excite Stage '96 (Japan) J.League Soccer Prime Goal (Japan) J.League Soccer Prime Goal 2 (Japan) J.League Soccer Prime Goal 3 (Japan) J.League Super Soccer '95 - Jikkyou Stadium (Japan) J.League Super Soccer (Japan) Jammes (Japan) Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (Japan) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '94 (Japan) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '96 - Kaimaku Ban (Japan) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu - Basic Ban '98 (Japan) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2 (Japan) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 3 (Japan) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 3 - '97 Haru (Japan) Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan - Sekaimanyuu Daikakutou no Maki (Japan) Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack (Japan) King of Rally, The (Japan) Kingyo Chuuihou! - Tobidase! Game Gakuen (Japan) Kinnikuman - Dirty Challenger (Japan) Kirby no Kirakira Kids (Japan) Kishin Douji Zenki - Denei Raibu (Japan) Kishin Douji Zenki - Tenchi Meidou (Japan) Koushien 2 (Japan) Koushien 3 (Japan) Koushien 4 (Japan) Kunio no Oden (Japan) Libble Rabble (Japan) Lode Runner Twin - Justy to Liberty no Daibouken (Japan) Lupin Sansei - Densetsu no Hihou o Oe! (Japan) Magical Drop 2 (Japan) Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku (Japan) Makeruna! Makendou 2 - Kimero! Youkai Souridaijin (Japan) Mario no Super Picross (Japan) Masters - Harukanaru Augusta 2 (Japan) Masters New - Harukanaru Augusta 3 (Japan) Matsumura Kunihiro Den - Saikyou no Rekishi o Nurikaero! (Japan) Mazinger Z (Japan) Multi Play Volleyball (Japan) Mystery Circle (Japan) Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu - F-1 Hero '94 (Japan) Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu - Super F-1 Hero (Japan) Natsuki Crisis Battle (Japan) New Yatterman - Nandai Kandai Yajirobee (Japan) Nichibutsu Arcade Classics (Japan) Nichibutsu Arcade Classics 2 - Heiankyou Alien (Japan) Nintama Rantarou (Japan) Nintama Rantarou 2 (Japan) Nintama Rantarou 3 (Japan) Nintama Rantarou Special (Japan) Nontan to Issho - Kurukuru Puzzle (Japan) Ochan no Oekaki Logic (Japan) Oekaki Logic (Japan) Oekaki Logic 2 (Japan) Onizuka Katsuya Super Virtual Boxing - Shin Kentou Ou Densetsu (Japan) Oonita Atsushi FMW (Japan) Oozumou Spirits (Japan) Oraga Land Shusai - Best Farmer Shuukakusai (Japan) Ossu!! Karate-bu (Japan) Othello World (Japan) Otoboke Ninja Colosseum (Japan) Pebble Beach no Hatou New - Tournament Edition (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 1 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 2 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 3 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 4 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 5 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 6 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 7 (Japan) Picross NP Vol. 8 (Japan) Pokonyan! - Henpokorin Adventure (Japan) Popful Mail (Japan) Power Lode Runner (Japan) Pro Mahjong Kiwame (Japan) Pro Mahjong Kiwame II (Japan) Pro Mahjong Kiwame III (Japan) Pro Yakyuu Nettou Puzzle Stadium (Japan) Pro Yakyuu Star (Japan) Puzzle Nintama Rantarou - Ninjutsu Gakuen Puzzle Taikai no Dan (Japan) Puzzle'n Desu! (Japan) Ranma 1-2 - Bakuretsu Rantou Hen (Japan) Ranma 1-2 - Chougi Ranbu Hen (Japan) Ranma 1-2 - Chounai Gekitou Hen (Japan) Ranma 1-2 - Ougi Jaanken (Japan) Return of Double Dragon (Japan) Ring ni Kakero (Japan) Rokudenashi Blues - Taiketsu! Tokyo Shitennou (Japan) Rushing Beat Shura (Japan) SD F-1 Grand Prix (Japan) SD Gundam - Power Formation Puzzle (Japan) SD Kidou Senshi Gundam - V Sakusen Shidou (Japan) SD Kidou Senshi Gundam 2 (Japan) Saikyou - Takada Nobuhiko (Japan) Same Game (Japan) Sanrio Shanghai (Japan) Seifuku Densetsu Pretty Fighter (Japan) Shanghai III (Japan) Shijou Saikyou League Serie A - Ace Striker (Japan) Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling - Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Fantastic Story (Japan) Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Kounin - '94 Battlefield in Tokyo Dome (Japan) Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Kounin - '95 Tokyo Dome Battle 7 (Japan) Shounen Ashibe - Goma-chan no Yuuenchi Daibouken (Japan) Shounen Ninja Sasuke (Japan) Sougou Kakutougi - Astral Bout (Japan) Sougou Kakutougi - Astral Bout 2 - The Total Fighters (Japan) Sougou Kakutougi Rings - Astral Bout 3 (Japan) Soukou Kihei Votoms - The Battling Road (Japan) Sound Factory (Japan) (Proto) Spark World (Japan) St. Andrews - Eikou to Rekishi no Old Course (Japan) Stardust Suplex (Japan) Sugoi Hebereke (Japan) Supapoon (Japan) Supapoon DX (Japan) Super Bikkuriman (Japan) Super Dunk Shot (Japan) Super F1 Circus (Japan) Super F1 Circus Gaiden (Japan) Super F1 Circus Limited (Japan) Super Family Gelaende (Japan) Super Famista (Japan) Super Famista 2 (Japan) Super Famista 3 (Japan) Super Famista 4 (Japan) Super Famista 5 (Japan) Super Final Match Tennis (Japan) Super Fire Pro Wrestling (Japan) Super Fire Pro Wrestling 2 (Japan) Super Fire Pro Wrestling III - Easy Type (Japan) Super Fire Pro Wrestling III - Final Bout (Japan) Super Fire Pro Wrestling X (Japan) Super Fishing Big Fight (Japan) Super Formation Soccer 94 - World Cup Edition (Japan) Super Formation Soccer 94 - World Cup Final Data (Japan) Super Formation Soccer 95 della Serie A (Japan) Super Formation Soccer 96 - World Club Edition (Japan) Super Formation Soccer II (Japan) Super Gomoku Narabe - Renju (Japan) Super Gussun Oyoyo (Japan) Super Indy Champ (Japan) Super Koukou Yakyuu - Ikkyuu Nyuukon (Japan) Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium (Japan) Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium 2 (Japan) Super Mad Champ (Japan) Super Nazo Puyo Tsuu - Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjouki (Japan) Super Oozumou - Nessen Ooichiban (Japan) Super Power League (Japan) Super Power League 2 (Japan) Super Power League 3 (Japan) Super Power League 4 (Japan) Super Professional Baseball (Japan) Super Professional Baseball II (Japan) Super Puyo Puyo Tsuu Remix (Japan) Super Real Mahjong PIV (Japan) Super Real Mahjong PV Paradise - All-Star 4-nin Uchi (Japan) Super Rugby (Japan) Super Tekkyuu Fight! (Japan) Super Trump Collection (Japan) Super Trump Collection 2 (Japan) Super Ultra Baseball (Japan) Super Variable Geo (Japan) Sutobasu Yarou Show (Japan) Tactical Soccer (Japan) Taekwon-Do (Japan) Taikyoku Igo - Goliath (Japan) Taikyoku Igo - Idaten (Japan) Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer (Japan) Tetsuwan Atom (Japan) Thunderbirds - Kokusai Kyuujotai Shutsudou seyo! (Japan) Tokoro's Mahjong (Japan) Toride (Japan) Touge Densetsu - Saisoku Battle (Japan) Tsuppari Oozumou - Risshinshusse Hen (Japan) U.F.O. Kamen Yakisoban - Kettler no Kuroi Inbou (Japan) Ultra Baseball Jitsumei Ban 2 (Japan) Ultra Baseball Jitsumei Ban 3 (Japan) Ultra League - Moero! Soccer Daikessen!! (Japan) Ultra Seven (Japan) Umizuri Meijin - Suzuki Hen (Japan) Undake 30 Same Game Daisakusen - Mario Version (Japan) Ushio to Tora (Japan) Wagyan Paradise (Japan) Wakataka Oozumou - Yume no Kyoudai Taiketsu (Japan) Wakuwaku Ski Wonder Spur (Japan) World Class Rugby 2 - Kokunai Gekitou Hen '93 (Japan) Yoshi no Cookie - Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (Japan) Youkai Buster - Ruka no Daibouken (Japan) Yu Yu Hakusho (Japan) Yu Yu Hakusho - Tokubetsu Hen (Japan) Zen-Nihon GT Senshuken (Japan) Zen-Nihon Pro Wres (Japan) Zen-Nihon Pro Wres 2 - 3-4 Budoukan (Japan) Zen-Nihon Pro Wres' - Sekai Saikyou Tag (Japan) Zenkoku Koukou Soccer (Japan) Zenkoku Koukou Soccer 2 (Japan) Zero 4 Champ RR (Japan) Zero 4 Champ RR-Z (Japan) Zico Soccer (Japan)
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    Actually, there is a support Discord server for the eXo projects that you can join. The guys over there should be way more helpful to solve your eXoWin3x related problem: https://discord.gg/37FYaUZ
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    This is a very specific eXoDOS question and not exactly LaunchBox related. I doubt that any of us here can help you with that, unfortunately. You should try the eXoDOS Discord and ask your question there. The guys over there should be able to give you a proper answer to your question: https://discord.gg/37FYaUZ
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    Ah, I see the problem now. Vertical Wheel 2 should play an animated background video instead of using background images. Vertical Wheel 3 plays the gameplay video on fullscreen (or displays screenshots if you have no gameplay videos available), so no fanart background either. Sorry for the confusion. I haven’t looked at this theme in years, so I totally forgot about that. My guess is that your ultrawide screen also messes a bit with the intended presentation because the theme was never designed for that aspect ratio.
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    Just FYI, the ROM naming convention you‘re using is based on the Maybe-Intro convention. In case you want to put a name on it. Maybe-Intro was a one-man project to catalogue and preserve fan-translations. It’s been long dead now but someone has took on the mantle and continues the work to this day (the best resource that you’ve mentioned). Since it’s an unofficial continuation it’s not called Maybe-Intro anymore, but it sure follows the same rules and principles. There even was a PDF that explains the whole convention in detail but unfortunately the original link for it seems to be down. For more info you can check the old Maybe-Intro website. https://maybeintro.wordpress.com/about/
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    I’m not quite sure what to tell you. The theme is very old and you’re the first one who reported this issue. I just tested both versions myself and they work just fine here. What Views are you using? Are you 100% sure that the games that you’ve tested have fanart images associated to the correct image type (Fanart - Background)? Also make sure that “Fanart - Background” is at the very top of your Background Priorities.
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    Can you go into your LaunchBox options and check the Image Priorities for your background images? CriticalZone should use the image types based on what you have set up there.
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    It's definitely good enough for me! As always, thanks again for the terrific job you and the others do here in this thread. It’s really appreciated
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    Awesome! Thank you very much! I honestly thought that Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu Black would be the tougher one of them both. I found these photos on ebay. Maybe they are better to work with? Perhaps the upper part could also be reused from this clear logo of another Kitarou game?
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    Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu Black Unfortunately, I didn’t find the front cover in better quality. Maybe the title screenshot could help in this case as well?
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    Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Daigekisen
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    Awesome! Thank you very much for that one
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    Hey guys, I got 8 Japan-exclusive PS2 games that are missing the clear logo. I hope it’s fine for you when I just post everything that needs a logo and not trickle feed them to you guys. Kaena For this I already found a logo without the Japanese text and with no transparent background, in case that helps King of Colosseum: NOAH x Zero-One King of Colosseum: Shin Nippon x Zen Nippon x Pancrase Project Arms Sakurazaka Shouboutai Shin Master of Monsters Final EX Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 17: Taisen! Bakudan Poi Poi Space Fishermen
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    Yeah, those games that share the same title across different games in different countries can sometimes be tricky. The Pokémon Stadium Kin Gin entry in the database should probably be deleted as it’s the same game as the western Pokemon Stadium 2. The other entries look fine to me. I don’t think that other fixes are needed besides deleting that duplicate entry. Instead you should look at the following entry for the first Japanese Stadium game: https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/73937-pocket-monsters-stadium Now to your problem. Your media mismatch probably comes from LaunchBox confusing your Japanese ROMs with the western versions. Make sure that your games are linked to the correct database entries. To fix them you’ll need to rename the game title to the main title that’s listed in the database. So, for the first Japanese Pokemon Stadium you’ll need to rename your game to “Pocket Monsters' Stadium”, delete the current database ID and make LB search for a new one. The second Japanese Stadium should be renamed to just “Pokémon Stadium” and Kin Gin to “Pokémon Stadium 2”. Delete all your previously downloaded media files and let LaunchBox redownload them. You can change the game names back to the proper Japanese titles after that. If you are also using EmuMovies to download media, you should be aware that you’ll most likely get the US artwork in those edge cases. Pocket Monsters' Stadium should be fine since it was only available in Japan, the other two not so much. And to be clear before there’s any confusion. I’m talking about the game titles inside LaunchBox. The file names of your ROMs should be left untouched.
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    I’ve been using the free tool Anti-Twin for this kind of stuff for years now and it works completely fine for my needs. It also features byte-by-byte comparison. https://antitwin.org/en/
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    I used the new dependency checker to verify all of my BIOS files and found some issues with RetroArch. - Commodore 128/64: LaunchBox can’t find any of the files even when I’m 100% sure that they are there and correctly named. When I try to manually point to them, I get the following message: I used the tool LockHunter to double-check if any other program is locking the file, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Rebooting the PC or deactivating Windows Defender also didn't help. I don’t really know what’s going on there. EDIT: It looks like the error appears because the file is already in the correct folder and LaunchBox tries to overwrite the file with itself or something. It works when I move the file to a different folder and point to it. Unfortunately, the initial issue is still there and LaunchBox says it can’t find the files. - SNK Neo Geo CD: It looks like that you’ve accidentally added the SHA-1 hash values instead of MD5 for that system, so the checker won't be able to ever verify the correct files. Additionally, I also get the exact same issue as with the Commodore files with the file ‘ng-lo.rom’ (Y-ZOOM ROM). All other files aren’t affected by that. - Sony PlayStation 2: LaunchBox can't find the bios folder even if it’s there. I also can’t manually point to it because it wants me to pick a file and not a folder. - Sony PSP: That’s more of an issue with the libretro documentation. The stated hash value of the ‘ppge_atlas.zim’ file within the core info (and the dependency checker) is referring to a tremendously outdated version. When I searched for the file on the PPSSPP github page I had to go back 11 years(!) to find the version with the referred hash value. It looks like the core itself is just checking if the file exists and doesn’t do any hash checks. My guess is that they either overlooked or just never bothered to update the hash value to the newest version.
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    It’s also important to note that the audit window is using your Image Priorities instead of single image types. For example, if you have Box - Front, Box - 3D and Screenshots enabled in your “Box Front Priorities” than your 6 images count would be correct. If you disable all image types except Box - Front within your priorities, the result should come up with only 1 available image.
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    Sure. Here's everything I have for Capcom: CapcomCrylen.zip
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    Unfortunately, not all Steam games will be automatically matched with the database entries at the moment. I'll just quote one of our devs on this matter:
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    Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! I hope you guys are doing well I got another bag of requests for Japanese exclusive PS2 games: Boku wa Chiisai Simple 2000 Series Vol. 73: The Saiyuu Touenden Simple 2000 Series Vol. 88: The Mini-suke Police Simple 2000 Series Vol. 114: The Onna Okappichi Torimonochou: Oharu-chan GoGoGo! Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 17: Taisen! Bakudan Poi Poi Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 26: Love * Smash! 5.1: Tennis Robo no Hanran Space Fishermen
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    Does this only affect PC games? If yes, I would guess that it might be related to the recent database changes where Steam IDs getting added to PC game entries. It could be the case that during this process some metadata gets automatically replaced with data pulled directly from Steam. Do note that I have absolutely no insight on what’s actually going on and I might be completely wrong about this. It’s just my personal assumption based on this thread: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/76724-metadata-not-loading-for-game-already-in-database/ We would need to ask @C-Beats for a proper confirmation. But if that’s the case than I wholly agree that replacing already existing game descriptions with advertising blurbs from the Steam store is not very ideal.
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    Wonderful work! Thank you so much for this!
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    That looks awesome! Thank you very much for this
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    Reposting an older request of mine so it doesn't get forgotten. I’d also like to request a couple of Japan exclusive PS2 games: GetBackers Dakkanya: Dakkandayo! Zenin Shuugou!! Heavy Metal Thunder Ikuze! Onsen Takkyuu!! Rimokokoron I’d also like to thank all of you guys! Really love and appreciate all the work you do here
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    Just did some quick tests and the MAME import issue seems to be fixed for me in 13.8
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