diff --git a/tools/datmagic/datmagic.c b/tools/datmagic/datmagic.c
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+/*
+
+	Beta version 1  -  Jan. 9th 2021
+	by: mahoneyt944 - MAME 2003-Plus Team.
+
+	notes: - currently writes to a log, will work on writing to a html table next.
+	       - one issue is present so far, parent roms that use samples are listed as nosampleof
+	         because we scan the game tag for the sample name and parents do not list this here.
+	         Will probably have to scan for the actual sample.wav lines if sampleof is not found
+	         first and end if it reaches a closing tag.
+
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define MAXCHAR 200
+
+void banner(void)
+{
+	printf("\n'########:::::'###::::'########:\n");
+	printf(" ##.... ##:::'## ##:::... ##..::\n");
+	printf(" ##:::: ##::'##:. ##::::: ##::::\n");
+	printf(" ##:::: ##:'##:::. ##:::: ##::::\n");
+	printf(" ##:::: ##: #########:::: ##::::\n");
+	printf(" ##:::: ##: ##.... ##:::: ##::::\n");
+	printf(" ########:: ##:::: ##:::: ##::::\n");
+	printf("........:::..:::::..:::::..:::::\n");
+	printf("'##::::'##::::'###:::::'######:::'####::'######::\n");
+	printf(" ###::'###:::'## ##:::'##... ##::. ##::'##... ##:\n");
+	printf(" ####'####::'##:. ##:: ##:::..:::: ##:: ##:::..::\n");
+	printf(" ## ### ##:'##:::. ##: ##::'####:: ##:: ##:::::::\n");
+	printf(" ##. #: ##: #########: ##::: ##::: ##:: ##:::::::\n");
+	printf(" ##:.:: ##: ##.... ##: ##::: ##::: ##:: ##::: ##:\n");
+	printf(" ##:::: ##: ##:::: ##:. ######:::'####:. ######::\n");
+	printf("..:::::..::..:::::..:::......::::....:::......:::\n");
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+	banner();
+	char* dat = "mame2003-plus.xml";
+	FILE *read;
+	FILE *write;
+	char readline[MAXCHAR];
+
+	char game_id[] = "<game name=\"";
+	char driver_id[] = "<driver status=\"";
+
+	char sampleof[] = "sampleof=\"";
+	char color[] = "color=\"";
+	char sound[] = "sound=\"";
+
+	int found = 0;
+
+
+	read = fopen(dat, "r");
+	write = fopen("log.txt", "w");
+
+	if (read == NULL)
+	{
+		printf("\nCould not open DAT file:  %s not found in directory.\n\n", dat);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	printf("\nOpening DAT file:  %s\n", dat);
+
+
+	/***************** Search the DAT file line by line for ids *****************/
+	while ( fgets(readline, MAXCHAR, read) != NULL )
+	{
+		char *target = NULL;
+		char *start, *end;
+
+		/***************** Read game tag *****************/
+		if ( start = strstr( readline, game_id ) )
+		{
+			start += strlen( game_id );
+			if ( end = strstr( start, "\"" ) )
+			{
+				target = ( char * )malloc( end - start + 1 );
+				memcpy( target, start, end - start );
+				target[end - start] = '\0';
+
+				fputs(target, write);
+				fputs(":", write);
+				free(target);
+			}
+
+			/***************** Check for sampleof *****************/
+			if ( start = strstr( readline, sampleof ) )
+			{
+				start += strlen( sampleof );
+				if ( end = strstr( start, "\"" ) )
+				{
+					target = ( char * )malloc( end - start + 1 );
+					memcpy( target, start, end - start );
+					target[end - start] = '\0';
+
+					fputs(target, write);
+					fputs(":", write);
+					free(target);
+				}
+			}
+			else fputs("nosampleof:", write);
+
+			found++;
+		}
+
+		/***************** Read driver status tag *****************/
+		else if ( start = strstr( readline, driver_id ) )
+		{
+			start += strlen( driver_id );
+			if ( end = strstr( start, "\"" ) )
+			{
+				target = ( char * )malloc( end - start + 1 );
+				memcpy( target, start, end - start );
+				target[end - start] = '\0';
+
+				fputs(target, write);
+				fputs(":", write);
+				free(target);
+			}
+
+			/***************** Check for color *****************/
+			if ( start = strstr( readline, color ) )
+			{
+				start += strlen( color );
+				if ( end = strstr( start, "\"" ) )
+				{
+					target = ( char * )malloc( end - start + 1 );
+					memcpy( target, start, end - start );
+					target[end - start] = '\0';
+
+					fputs(target, write);
+					fputs(":", write);
+					free(target);
+				}
+			}
+
+			/***************** Check for sound *****************/
+			if ( start = strstr( readline, sound ) )
+			{
+				start += strlen( sound );
+				if ( end = strstr( start, "\"" ) )
+				{
+					target = ( char * )malloc( end - start + 1 );
+					memcpy( target, start, end - start );
+					target[end - start] = '\0';
+
+					fputs(target, write);
+					fputs("\n", write);
+					free(target);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/* close up our files */
+	printf("Closing DAT file.\n");
+	fclose(read);
+	fclose(write);
+
+	/* Total games found*/
+	printf("\nRoms found and processed:  %i\n\n", found);
+
+	return 0;
+}