Gaseous Signature Parser

This package provides parsing of TOSEC and other DAT files for the Gaseous Server project (see https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-server).

Supported DATs

• TOSEC: https://www.tosecdev.org/downloads/category/56-2023-01-23
• MAME Arcade and MAME Mess: https://www.progettosnaps.net/dats/MAME
• No-Intro: https://no-intro.org - both standard XML and DB
• Redump: http://redump.org/downloads/
• Amiga whdload_db.xml (see notes): https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/blob/master/whdboot/game-data/whdload_db.xml

How to use

• Install the package into your dotnet project
• Add a reference to your class to gaseous_signature_parser
• Add a reference to your class to gaseous_signature_parser.models.RomSignatureObject
• Example:

string xmlFilePath = "<path to xml file>"

parser Parser = new parser();
RomSignatureObject signatureObject = Parser.ParseSignatureDAT(xmlFilePath);

The definition for RomSignatureObject can be found here: https://github.com/gaseous-project/gaseous-signature-parser/blob/main/gaseous-signature-parser/models/RomSignatureObject.cs

Notes

When using the TestApp, whdload_db.xml support requires that the extension be changed to .dat: whdload_db.dat