ROM Validator

A Windows desktop application for validating ROM files against DAT files and generating new No-Intro compliant DAT files from your collection.

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Features

• ROM Validation: Validate your ROM collection against No-Intro DAT files
• DAT File Generation: Generate new No-Intro compliant DAT files from your ROM collection
• Duplicate Detection: Identify duplicate ROM files in your collection
• Multiple Hash Support: Supports CRC32, MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-256 hash verification
• Archive Support: Can read ROMs from 7z archives using SharpSevenZip
• Version Checking: Automatic GitHub version checking for updates

Requirements

• .NET 10.0 or higher
• Windows 10/11 (WPF application)
• 7z native libraries (included via SharpSevenZip package)

Usage

Validating ROMs

1. Launch the application
2. Navigate to the "Validate" tab
3. Load a DAT file (No-Intro format)
4. Select your ROM directory or archive
5. Click "Validate" to start the validation process
6. View results showing which ROMs are valid, missing, or have incorrect hashes

Generating DAT Files

1. Navigate to the "Generate DAT" tab
2. Select your ROM directory
3. Configure output settings (name, description, version)
4. Click "Generate" to create a new DAT file
5. Save the generated DAT file for use with other ROM management tools

Dependencies

• SharpSevenZip (2.0.36): For 7z archive support
• WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation for UI
• xUnit (2.9.3): Unit testing framework
• Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk (18.4.0): Test SDK
• coverlet.collector (10.0.0): Test coverage

Acknowledgments

• No-Intro for the DAT file format specification
• SharpSevenZip for archive support

Contributing & Support

• Donate: If you find this project useful, consider supporting the developer.
• If you like this project, please give us a star on GitHub! ⭐

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License – see the LICENSE file for details.