ScreenGopher – User Manual
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Fig. 3. No preview pictures for user’s games (ROMs), uploaded to SD-card.
Fig. 4. Result of using MDB.dat file – presence of pictures for user’s games
(ROMs) on SD-card.
Note: originally, MDB.DAT file could only be found at rare SD-cards,
selling with pre-installed games for Sega Gopher. A little later it became
known which games it was oriented for (a 913 records file is widely spread and
well
known).
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you can learn this
games list. However, most of its pictures were not satisfying – among them were a
lot of pictures showing garbage or non-informative stuff. ScreenGopher is made to
solve this problem. Since internal structure of MDB.DAT file was understood it
became possible to oneself to organize game list and to assign desired pictures.
So, who and what for is interested in this program?
1. For parents, whose children can’t read and have some problems
navigating menu by game names.
2. Enthusiasts and amateurs, that wish to create their own and unique game
collection for handheld (which are not present in «standard» version of MDB.DAT
file).
3. For people unsatisfied with «standard» MDB.DAT file, especially with its
pictures’ quality (because of their low information value).
4. For people, having any other troubles with navigating in menu.
