Let's take an example:
Forum thread: http://vgm.mdscene.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1438
Game name: Solomon's Key (U, E) /
Solomon no Kagi (J)
Game release date: 1987-07 (U) / 1989 (E) /
1986-07-30 (J) /
1991-01-25 (FDS)
As you can see, the first game name is for both US and Europe, which is fine (let's consider that compression), but then we have "FDS" in the release dates. This makes little sense as far as a consistent structure is concerned, although by looking at it we can figure out that there was a Famicom Disk System release in 1991.
The image filenames are also relatively inconsistent, but as far as I can see, they usually coincide with releases. So, for this particular game, since there were three releases, there were three pics. However, there was a fourth release and no pic for that. Oh well.
What I propose is, instead of Game name and Game release date, or perhaps alongside them, that we have a Release list field, which can look like this:
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Releases:
1987-07 US Nintendo Entertainment System Solomon's Key
1989 Europe Nintendo Entertainment System Solomon's Key
1986-07-30 Japan Family Computer Solomon no Kagi
1991-01-25 Japan Famicom Disk System Solomon no Kagi
Now, to go through each pack would be insane, so this can be done with a script, which we can develop together, so that most, if not all of the packs can be just converted automatically.
It is just my suggestion, but I'd like your opinions.
Cheers!