diff --git a/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Structs.cs b/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Structs.cs
index 2d3b4e5e..f8395f7b 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Structs.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Structs.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 	public struct Rom : IComparable, IEquatable<Rom>
 	{
 		public string Game;
+		public string GameDescription;
 		public string Name;
 		public string Type;
 		public long Size;
diff --git a/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs b/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs
index 39b1363c..fd230395 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 			StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(File.OpenRead(filename));
 
 			bool block = false, superdat = false;
-			string blockname = "", gamename = "";
+			string blockname = "", gamename = "", gamedesc = "";
 			while (!sr.EndOfStream)
 			{
 				string line = sr.ReadLine();
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 					Rom rom = new Rom
 					{
 						Game = gamename,
+						GameDescription = gamedesc,
 						Type = (line.Trim().StartsWith("disk (") ? "disk" : "rom"),
 						Metadata = new SourceMetadata { SystemID = sysid, SourceID = srcid },
 					};
@@ -347,6 +348,10 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 					{
 						gamename = gc[2].Value.Replace("\"", "");
 					}
+					else if (gc[1].Value == "description" && blockname != "header")
+					{
+						gamedesc = gc[2].Value.Replace("\"", "");
+					}
 					else
 					{
 						string itemval = gc[2].Value.Replace("\"", "");
@@ -561,6 +566,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 						Rom rom = new Rom
 						{
 							Game = rominfo[3],
+							GameDescription = rominfo[4],
 							Name = rominfo[5],
 							CRC = rominfo[6].ToLowerInvariant(),
 							Size = Int64.Parse(rominfo[7]),
@@ -667,6 +673,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 								Type = "rom",
 								Name = "null",
 								Game = tempgame,
+								GameDescription = tempgame,
 								Size = -1,
 								CRC = "null",
 								MD5 = "null",
@@ -965,7 +972,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 						case "game":
 						case "software":
 							string temptype = xtr.Name;
-							string tempname = "";
+							string tempname = "", gamedesc = "";
 
 							// We want to process the entire subtree of the game
 							subreader = xtr.ReadSubtree();
@@ -1021,6 +1028,9 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 									// Get the roms from the machine
 									switch (subreader.Name)
 									{
+										case "description":
+											gamedesc = subreader.ReadElementContentAsString();
+											break;
 										case "rom":
 										case "disk":
 											empty = false;
@@ -1105,6 +1115,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 												Rom rom = new Rom
 												{
 													Game = tempname,
+													GameDescription = gamedesc,
 													Name = subreader.GetAttribute("name"),
 													Type = subreader.Name,
 													Size = size,
@@ -1159,6 +1170,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 									Type = "rom",
 									Name = "null",
 									Game = tempname,
+									GameDescription = tempname,
 									Size = -1,
 									CRC = "null",
 									MD5 = "null",
diff --git a/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/Output.cs b/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/Output.cs
index d7ada26a..c7c3c11f 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/Output.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/Output.cs
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 				{
 					case OutputFormat.ClrMamePro:
 						state += "game (\n\tname \"" + rom.Game + "\"\n" +
-							"\tdescription \"" + rom.Game + "\"\n";
+							"\tdescription \"" + (String.IsNullOrEmpty(rom.GameDescription) ? rom.Game : rom.GameDescription) + "\"\n";
 						break;
 					case OutputFormat.SabreDat:
 						for (int i = (last == -1 ? 0 : last); i < newsplit.Count; i++)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 						break;
 					case OutputFormat.Xml:
 						state += "\t<machine name=\"" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(rom.Game) + "\">\n" +
-							"\t\t<description>" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(rom.Game) + "</description>\n";
+							"\t\t<description>" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode((String.IsNullOrEmpty(rom.GameDescription) ? rom.Game : rom.GameDescription)) + "</description>\n";
 						break;
 				}
 
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 						break;
 					case OutputFormat.RomCenter:
 						state += "¬¬¬" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(rom.Game) +
-							"¬" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(rom.Game) +
+							"¬" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode((String.IsNullOrEmpty(rom.GameDescription) ? rom.Game : rom.GameDescription)) +
 							"¬" + HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(rom.Name) +
 							"¬" + rom.CRC.ToLowerInvariant() +
 							"¬" + (rom.Size != -1 ? rom.Size.ToString() : "") + "¬¬¬\n";