_dates.sh

#!/bin/bash
# version 1.0 2019-01-01 (YYYY-MM-DD)
###
# Adds semantic date sorting:
# ONE:         @01:11 am: Regular US, European, & (J)apanese games in English.
# TRANSLATED:  @02:22 am: (T)ranslated games with date of last update.
# HACKS:       @03:33 am: ROM Hacks, Homebrew, & Demos with date of last update.
# FOREIGN:     @04:44 am: Games that haven't been translated yet: (Japan)(China)(Taiwan).
# MISSING:     @10:00 am: An empty file placeholder for new, rare, & hard to find ROMs.
###
ONE=199101010111
TRANSLATED=201912220222
HACKS=201912250333
FOREIGN=198904040444
MISSING=200109111000
find . -exec touch -c {} \;
find ./_roms -exec touch -c -t $ONE {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(MISSING)*" -exec touch -c -t $MISSING {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(J)(T*" -exec touch -c -t $TRANSLATED {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(Japan)*" -exec touch -c -t $FOREIGN {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(China)*" -exec touch -c -t $FOREIGN {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(Taiwan)*" -exec touch -c -t $FOREIGN {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(Brazil)*" -exec touch -c -t $FOREIGN {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(Germany)*" -exec touch -c -t $FOREIGN {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*(Russia)*" -exec touch -c -t $FOREIGN {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*Hack*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*Demo*" -exec touch -c -t $HACK {} \;
find ./_roms -name "*Contra I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Adventure Island III*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Adventures of Lolo I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Astyanax I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Batman I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "BattleCity I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Blaster Master I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Bomberman I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Castlevania I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Darkwing Duck I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Destiny of an Emperor I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Dragon Warrior I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Dragoon X Omega I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Duck Hunt I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "DuckTales I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Final Fantasy I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Gauntlet I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Ghost'n Goblins I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Kirby's Adventure I -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Little Nemo I -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Mega Man I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "MLB Baseball Simulator 20*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "MLB Baseball Stars I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "NFL Tecmo Super Bowl Hack*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "NHL94 -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "NHL Nekketsu Hockey League 20*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Ninja Crusaders I -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Ninja Gaiden I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Punch-Out I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Samurai Pizza Cats I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Shining Force I -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Shining Force II -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Shining in the Darkness I -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Streets of Rage II -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Streets of Rage III -*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
find ./_roms -name "Zelda I*" -exec touch -c -t $HACKS {} \;
read -p "Press [Enter] key to continue..."
# Prefixes:
#       1R:  Platformer Shooters (1-axis Run-N-Gun).
#       2R:  Overhead Shooters (2-axis Run-N-Gun).
#       3D:  Three-Dimensional Shooters.
#       3H:  Horizonal, side-scrolling Shooters.
#       3V:  Vertical, top-down-scrolling Shooters.
#       3Z:  Miscellaneous Shooters: Non-scrolling Multi-directional, or Isometric scrolling, etc.
#       BG:  Board games & TV show games.
#      BMC:  Fishing games (Bass Master Classic).
#   Disney:  Disney & Warner games for kids.
#       F1:  1st-person & 3rd-person Racing games.
#       F2:  Racing games with a birds-eye, overhead view.
#     FIFA:  Soccer games.
#     Golf:  Golf & mini-golf games.
#    Mario:  All Mario games (except sports).
#      MLB:  Baseball games.
#      NBA:  Baseketball games.
#      NFL:  Football games.
#      NHL:  Hockey games.
# Olympics:  Miscellaneous Summer & Winter sports.
#  Pinball:  Pinball games.
#     Pool:  Table-top Pool games.
#     ROTK:  Sangokushi & Romance Of-the Three Kingdoms universe.
# Simpsons:  All Bart & Krusty games that take place in the Simpsons universe.
#    Sonic:  All Sonic games (except sports).
#   Tennis:  Tennis games.
#       VS:  Fighting games.
#     WSOP:  Gambling games.
#      WWF:  Wrestling games.