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    Popular games like Pacman/DigDug not being scraped using TheGamesDB on Emulation Station? Whats up?

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      ChristianG
      last edited by

      I am finding a lot of the popular games are no being scraped using the Emulation Station scraper. Any suggestions? Anyone else finding this?

      Thanks

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      • PokeEngineerP
        PokeEngineer
        last edited by PokeEngineer

        It's because Steven Selph's Scraper has options for better and more expansive databases than TheGamesDB.

        Don't sweat it.
        When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

        😎

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          ChristianG @PokeEngineer
          last edited by

          @PokeEngineer Well I mean come on... its the #1 retro arcade of all time and its not being picked up? Ms.Pacman not being picked up at gamesdb? I just can't believe that. I must be doing something wrong. Makes no sense.

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            rickerm
            last edited by

            I have found it not working during times when the GamesDB website is very busy. I have then done the scrapes again at a different time and they worked. I think this is part of the issue that I have seen most frequently when trying to scrape. You can search on the site directly to verify it has it. I'm sure it has those two as I have successfully scraped them.

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @ChristianG
              last edited by mediamogul

              @ChristianG

              I can't speak for 'Dig Dug', But I've read that game titles with any non-alphanumeric characters are not handled properly by gamesdb. 'Pac-Man' and 'Ms Pac-Man' being ignored are supposedly a result of this issue.

              RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                MisterXen
                last edited by MisterXen

                Pretty sure both games can be scrapped via TheGamesDB. The thing is sometime you need match the names precisely. For examples, on Atari 2600, search "Pac-Man" won't work but "PacMan" will give you the correct result. This can be quite an headache when the name contains special char like ½, and when you need to distinguish between hyphen-minus (-) and en-dash (–). Generally, you should visit TheGamesDB.net before scrapping to see how your titles are displayed there exactly.

                Other times, you may need to search the same string twice before the result shows up. Not sure why though, may have something to do with special chars. Hope they will improve this feature in the future.

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                  ChristianG @PokeEngineer
                  last edited by

                  @PokeEngineer Can you shut off changing the game list names when scraper with Selph's scraper?

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                  • simonsterS
                    simonster
                    last edited by

                    Something I have noticed with the ES scraper is that it will intermittently not scrape names that have a word with 3 characters or less, for example any "WWF" game. I only use the Steven Selph's Scraper as a result.

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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      More information and a few potential workarounds for ES can be found here. Still, as already stated, it's best just to use Steven Selph's Scraper.

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                      • PokeEngineerP
                        PokeEngineer @ChristianG
                        last edited by

                        @ChristianG

                        I don't think so...

                        Don't sweat it.
                        When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                        😎

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