Game List Exporter - simple text file generator

[marcosgaming]

This plugin separe list games for each platforms too? Would be great!

Edited July 10 by marcosgaming

[essjaygee]

You can generate lists grouped by platforms, genres, year of release and publishers from the plugin.

For platforms:

1. Select 'Platform' in the 'Group export by...' drop-down
2. The platforms in your collection will be shown on the right - check which ones you want to include in your export
3. Choose the output format you want in the 'Output Formatter' section (the preview pane should update in realtime as you select your choices)
4. When you're happy, hit 'Generate Export List' and you'll be prompted where you want to save your file.

 

I hope that helps a little.

Thanks for checking out the plugin..

[marcosgaming]

Wow Thank. I have tested now. Easy and power!!! Miss only an icon in LaunchBox menu. ehehehe

[Shredder_guitar]

Platform Category possible? I.e. Capcom Classics, irem classics, namco classics, etc. I would use a list like this to parse against zip files and put them in their own artwork folders in mame. 

Edited July 25 by Shredder_guitar

[launchretrogirl2562]

@essjaygee : can you not add a filter so games can also be exported without all the added info

So that
Who Dares Wins (Alligata) (1985) [Action; Shooter]
Who Dares Wins II (Alternative Software) (1985) [Action]
Who framed Roger Rabbit (Buena Vista Software) (1988) [Platform]

Becomes this :
Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins II
Who framed Roger Rabbit

[essjaygee]

On 7/25/2025 at 7:27 PM, launchretrogirl2562 said:

@essjaygee : can you not add a filter so games can also be exported without all the added info

So that
Who Dares Wins (Alligata) (1985) [Action; Shooter]
Who Dares Wins II (Alternative Software) (1985) [Action]
Who framed Roger Rabbit (Buena Vista Software) (1988) [Platform]

Becomes this :
Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins II
Who framed Roger Rabbit

I'm currently in the middle of a rework of the plugin. I'm hoping this will include a number of new features, including the ability to choose which fields are present in your extracted list of games. There should also be a way to define your own export formats via template files.

I have no ETA for this at the moment, as I'm fitting in working on it as and when I can. In the meantime, the CSV export format can be used to get a list, and then the unnecessary columns can be deleted in a spreadsheet editor (e.g. Excel; Numbers; Calc)

I hope that helps in the short-term. Thanks for trying the plugin.

[essjaygee]

On 7/25/2025 at 4:19 PM, Shredder_guitar said:

Platform Category possible? I.e. Capcom Classics, irem classics, namco classics, etc. I would use a list like this to parse against zip files and put them in their own artwork folders in mame. 

This would be possible, but is not straightforward due to the way the Launchbox data is structured in the API and the way the plugin currently uses it.

The current plugin's view is entirely game-centric, in that all of the fields for grouping and displaying are driven from the individual game records. However, from a data point-of-view, the game records do not have a Platform Category. Only the Platform records have a Category. Thus, to understand the Platform Category of an individual game, it is necessary to parse what its Platform is and then again from the Platform to derive its Platform Category.

None of that is massively complex, it's just counter to how the plugin works right now. I'll add to the list for the rework in progress.

I'm sorry if that's a bit of a technical explanation, but thanks very much for trying the plugin.

Edited July 27 by essjaygee

[Shredder_guitar]

6 hours ago, essjaygee said:

This would be possible, but is not straightforward due to the way the Launchbox data is structured in the API and the way the plugin currently uses it.

The current plugin's view is entirely game-centric, in that all of the fields for grouping and displaying are driven from the individual game records. However, from a data point-of-view, the game records do not have a Platform Category. Only the Platform records have a Category. Thus, to understand the Platform Category of an individual game, it is necessary to parse what its Platform is and then again from the Platform to derive its Platform Category.

None of that is massively complex, it's just counter to how the plugin works right now. I'll add to the list for the rework in progress.

I'm sorry if that's a bit of a technical explanation, but thanks very much for trying the plugin.

Not at all. I understand and appreciate the effort, Something like this would be useful to me.