> What I'd like to see is a simple tool where you just type in the game's path,
> get it's required PC stats off some game database, and save it as a .conf
> with those specifications and game's path mounted
Sorry to sound like a broken record by repeating what has already been said, but please at least try D-Fend Reloaded. I have only had to tweak a few of the many games I have because D-Fend has configs for many games in its database already. You can also download game information from various websites (think of an analogy to MP3 tags), and it has a handy shortcut interface like MAME. I open D-Fend, can sort by genre or whatever, and then double click on the nifty icon that was downloaded from Mobygames and off I go.
You can customize any options via the GUI that are available through the config file.
It is SUPER easy to configure. It took me all of 3 minutes to configure all 9 of my Ultima Games - and most of that time was spent figuring out the graphics options for the best display (do I want scanlines or not kind of things.)