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Add Review Step for Game DB Associations Before Finalizing Import

LaunchBox for Windows

📋Summary

Add an optional review screen at the end of the ROM/game import process in LaunchBox, allowing users to verify and adjust LaunchBox Games Database associations before finalizing. This would improve accuracy and reduce the need for time-consuming post-import corrections.

❗Problem

During import, LaunchBox automatically matches ROMs to entries in the LaunchBox Games Database, pulling metadata and grouping game versions together. While this automation is powerful and saves time, occasional mismatches or incorrect groupings can occur—especially with regional variants, hacks, or games with similar names.

Once the import is complete, correcting these issues means manually editing each game, ungrouping versions, or changing database links—steps that could have been avoided with a quick review before confirming.

💡Proposal

Introduce a final review screen during the import wizard, showing:

  • The matched LaunchBox Games Database entry for each imported game

  • Grouped versions of the same game

  • Any unmatched or ambiguous entries

Users could then make corrections directly—changing associations, ungrouping games, or skipping imports that were incorrectly

Posted by gboava ·
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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Apr 20, 2025

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    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use-case — that context is always super helpful. I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback.

    Feel free to chime in with any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

    • gboava

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      Apr 20, 2025

      That is perfect! Thank you!

  • gboava

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    Apr 20, 2025

    Import Review Before Finalizing

    When importing ROMs or games, LaunchBox makes automatic associations with the database, downloading metadata and grouping different versions of the same game. This is fantastic, but small errors can occasionally occur. Fixing these issues is more time-consuming after everything is finalized. The proposal is to include a review screen before the import is completed, allowing the user to verify the associations with the database and check which games were grouped. This way, manual corrections can be made before finalizing the import.