You may already be using it: Skraper is a PC software dedicated to scraping your games, originally developed by Bkg2k, a Recalbox developer. This tool allows for more precise scraping, with more options, and is truly dedicated to this task with an interface optimized for it.

It is a free, community-driven tool that automatically enriches your game library with metadata from the ScreenScraper.fr database: box art, screenshots, flyers, 3D boxes, synopses, genres, classifications, number of players…

Natively compatible with Recalbox (via EmulationStation), it retrieves everything needed in just a few minutes to turn a list of ROMs into a worthy interface. Its local cache system avoids redundant downloads, and its image composition engine — fully configurable via XML files — allows you to create custom visuals combining multiple resources.

Available on Windows and Linux, Skraper supports around 200 systems and caters to both beginners, thanks to its step-by-step wizard, and advanced users who want to fine-tune everything system by system.

Skraper has just received a major update after 8 years of loyal service, in order to support version 10.1 of Recalbox — which will soon be rolled out to Patrons, before a public release a little later.

Here's what's new in this update:

• Addition of P2K and Tips & Tricks (configurable),
• Addition of maps, manuals and tips & tricks in the gamelist.xml,
• Support for Recalbox's extended gamelist.xml format,
• New default configuration for Recalbox, with everything needed for version 10.1,
• And more to come.

That's right: scraping on version 10.1 will unlock new options that will make your game libraries even more authentic and faithful, with a touch of video game heritage preservation that we're quite fond of.

This update will therefore allow you to enjoy new content and optimal default scraping for your Recalbox. We'll be back when version 10.1 is deployed to walk you through everything!

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