diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index b24133fc..877770af 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -2175,6 +2175,16 @@ def _file_badges(f: dict, in_repo: bool) -> list[str]:
     return badges
 
 
+def _first_hash_value(entry: dict) -> str:
+    """The first declared hash of an entry, lowercase, for a stable anchor."""
+    for field in ("sha1", "md5", "crc32", "sha256"):
+        value = entry.get(field)
+        value = value[0] if isinstance(value, list) and value else value
+        if value:
+            return str(value).lower().split(",")[0].strip().removeprefix("0x")
+    return ""
+
+
 def _render_emulator_file(
     f: dict,
     profile: dict,
@@ -2722,14 +2732,38 @@ def generate_emulator_page(
         lines.extend(_emulator_file_summary(files, _file_available))
 
         # File table
-        used: dict[str, int] = {}
-        for f in files:
-            base = "file-" + (
-                re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "-", str(f.get("path") or f.get("name", "")).lower())
-                .strip("-") or "entry"
+        bases = [
+            "file-" + (
+                re.sub(
+                    r"[^a-z0-9]+", "-",
+                    str(f.get("path") or f.get("standalone_path") or f.get("name", "")).lower(),
+                ).strip("-") or "entry"
             )
-            used[base] = used.get(base, 0) + 1
-            anchor = base if used[base] == 1 else f"{base}-{used[base]}"
+            for f in files
+        ]
+        repeated = {b for b in bases if bases.count(b) > 1}
+
+        # A path declared once keeps its plain anchor. One declared for
+        # several versions (raze's nine DUKE3D.GRP) takes what tells the
+        # version apart: its hash, else its size, else, when even the size
+        # is shared, its description. By rank, a link to -3 named another
+        # edition as soon as a version was declared before it.
+        def _version_key(f: dict) -> str:
+            digest = _first_hash_value(f)
+            if digest:
+                return digest[:8]
+            return f"{f['size']}b" if f.get("size") else ""
+
+        keys = [(b, _version_key(f)) if b in repeated else (b, "") for f, b in zip(files, bases)]
+        used: dict[str, int] = {}
+        for f, (base, key) in zip(files, keys):
+            anchor = f"{base}-{key}" if key else base
+            if base in repeated and keys.count((base, key)) > 1 and f.get("description"):
+                described = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "-", str(f["description"]).lower()).strip("-")
+                anchor = f"{anchor}-{described[:40].strip('-')}"
+            used[anchor] = used.get(anchor, 0) + 1
+            if used[anchor] > 1:
+                anchor = f"{anchor}-{used[anchor]}"
             lines.extend(
                 _render_emulator_file(
                     f, profile, consumers, files, _file_available, anchor, name
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 348297f1..b62115ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -4607,5 +4607,36 @@ class EmulatorCardsLinkTheCopyAndTheSection(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("../platforms/batocera.md#nintendo-gamecube", text)
 
 
+
+class VersionAnchorsFollowContent(unittest.TestCase):
+    """raze's nine DUKE3D.GRP were anchored -1 to -9 by declaration rank: a
+    version declared before another moved every later link to another
+    edition."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _anchors(files):
+        from scripts.generate_site import generate_emulator_page
+
+        page = generate_emulator_page(
+            "raze", {"emulator": "Raze", "type": "standalone", "files": files},
+            {"files": {}, "indexes": {}},
+        )
+        return re.findall(r'id="(file-[^"]+)"', page)
+
+    def test_inserting_a_version_keeps_the_others(self):
+        a = {"name": "DUKE3D.GRP", "path": "DUKE3D.GRP", "crc32": "bbc9ce44"}
+        b = {"name": "DUKE3D.GRP", "path": "DUKE3D.GRP", "crc32": "aa4f6a40"}
+        c = {"name": "DUKE3D.GRP", "path": "DUKE3D.GRP", "crc32": "982afe4a"}
+        before = self._anchors([a, b])
+        after = self._anchors([c, a, b])
+        self.assertTrue(set(before) <= set(after))
+
+    def test_same_size_versions_are_told_by_description(self):
+        v1 = {"name": "AUDIO.ABS", "path": "AUDIO.ABS", "size": 6904, "description": "v1.12"}
+        v2 = {"name": "AUDIO.ABS", "path": "AUDIO.ABS", "size": 6904, "description": "v1.13"}
+        self.assertEqual(self._anchors([v1, v2]),
+                         ["file-audio-abs-6904b-v1-12", "file-audio-abs-6904b-v1-13"])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()