diff --git a/common/advancedDetector.cpp b/common/advancedDetector.cpp
index cc3b269fc1e..33af4736d26 100644
--- a/common/advancedDetector.cpp
+++ b/common/advancedDetector.cpp
@@ -148,24 +148,6 @@ static GameDescriptor toGameDescriptor(const ADGameDescription &g, const PlainGa
 	return gd;
 }
 
-// Almost identical to the toGameDescriptor function that takes a ADGameDescription and PlainGameDescriptor.
-// Just a little fine tuning about accessing variables.
-// Used because of fallback detection and the dynamic string content it needs.
-static GameDescriptor toGameDescriptor(const EncapsulatedADGameDesc &g, const PlainGameDescriptor *sg) {
-	const char *title = 0;
-
-	while (sg->gameid) {
-		if (!scumm_stricmp(g.getGameID(), sg->gameid))
-			title = sg->description;
-		sg++;
-	}
-
-	assert(g.realDesc);
-	GameDescriptor gd(g.getGameID(), title, g.realDesc->language, g.realDesc->platform);
-	gd.updateDesc(g.getExtra());
-	return gd;
-}
-
 /**
  * Generate a preferred target value as
  *   GAMEID-PLAFORM-LANG
@@ -213,10 +195,10 @@ GameList AdvancedMetaEngine::detectGames(const FSList &fslist) const {
 
 	// Use fallback detector if there were no matches by other means
 	if (matches.empty()) {
-		EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDesc = fallbackDetect(&fslist);
-		if (fallbackDesc.realDesc != 0) {
-			GameDescriptor desc(toGameDescriptor(fallbackDesc, params.list));
-			updateGameDescriptor(desc, fallbackDesc.realDesc, params);
+		const Common::ADGameDescription *fallbackDesc = fallbackDetect(&fslist);
+		if (fallbackDesc != 0) {
+			GameDescriptor desc(toGameDescriptor(*fallbackDesc, params.list));
+			updateGameDescriptor(desc, fallbackDesc, params);
 			detectedGames.push_back(desc);
 		}
 	} else for (uint i = 0; i < matches.size(); i++) { // Otherwise use the found matches
@@ -233,7 +215,6 @@ PluginError AdvancedMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine) c
 	upgradeTargetIfNecessary(params);
 
 	const ADGameDescription *agdDesc = 0;
-	EncapsulatedADGameDesc result;
 	Common::Language language = Common::UNK_LANG;
 	Common::Platform platform = Common::kPlatformUnknown;
 	Common::String extra("");
@@ -261,22 +242,23 @@ PluginError AdvancedMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine) c
 		agdDesc = matches[0];
 	}
 
-	if (agdDesc != 0) { // Check if we found a match without fallback detection
-		result = EncapsulatedADGameDesc(agdDesc);
-	} else {
+	if (agdDesc == 0) {
 		// Use fallback detector if there were no matches by other means
-		EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDesc = fallbackDetect(NULL);
-		if (fallbackDesc.realDesc != 0 && (params.singleid != NULL || fallbackDesc.getGameID() == gameid)) {
-			result = fallbackDesc; // Found a fallback match
+		agdDesc = fallbackDetect(NULL);
+		if (agdDesc != 0) {
+			// Seems we found a fallback match. But first perform a basic
+			// sanity check: the gameid must match.
+			if (params.singleid == NULL && agdDesc->gameid != gameid)
+				agdDesc = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (result.realDesc == 0) {
+	if (agdDesc == 0) {
 		return kNoGameDataFoundError;
 	}
 
-	debug(2, "Running %s", toGameDescriptor(result, params.list).description().c_str());
-	if (!createInstance(syst, engine, result.realDesc)) {
+	debug(2, "Running %s", toGameDescriptor(*agdDesc, params.list).description().c_str());
+	if (!createInstance(syst, engine, agdDesc)) {
 		return kNoGameDataFoundError;
 	}
 	return kNoError;
diff --git a/common/advancedDetector.h b/common/advancedDetector.h
index cb93510231f..94e21a3a9b8 100644
--- a/common/advancedDetector.h
+++ b/common/advancedDetector.h
@@ -64,31 +64,6 @@ struct ADGameDescription {
 	uint32 flags;
 };
 
-/**
- * Encapsulates ADGameDescription and makes gameid and extra strings dynamic.
- * Used in fallback detection when dynamically creating string content.
- *
- * @todo Get rid of this once the fallback detection is a member of AdvancedMetaEngine.
- */
-struct EncapsulatedADGameDesc {
-	Common::String gameid;
-	Common::String extra;
-	const ADGameDescription *realDesc;
-
-	// Constructor for the EncapsulatedADGameDesc
-	EncapsulatedADGameDesc() : realDesc(0) {}
-	EncapsulatedADGameDesc(const ADGameDescription *paramRealDesc,
-		Common::String paramGameID = Common::String(),
-		Common::String paramExtra = Common::String())
-		: realDesc(paramRealDesc), gameid(paramGameID), extra(paramExtra) {
-		assert(paramRealDesc != NULL);
-	}
-
-	// Functions for getting the correct gameid and extra values from the struct
-	const char *getGameID() const { return (gameid.empty() && realDesc != 0) ? realDesc->gameid : gameid.c_str(); }
-	const char *getExtra() const { return (extra.empty() && realDesc != 0) ? realDesc->extra : extra.c_str(); }
-};
-
 /**
  * A list of pointers to ADGameDescription structs (or subclasses thereof).
  */
@@ -242,8 +217,8 @@ public:
 	 * @note The fslist parameter may be 0 -- in that case, it is assumed
 	 *       that the callback searchs the current directory.
 	 */
-	EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const {
-		return EncapsulatedADGameDesc();
+	const Common::ADGameDescription *fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const {
+		return 0;
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/engines/agi/detection.cpp b/engines/agi/detection.cpp
index 2adb2aacd4c..825614c48e4 100644
--- a/engines/agi/detection.cpp
+++ b/engines/agi/detection.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-
-
 #include "base/plugins.h"
 
 #include "common/advancedDetector.h"
@@ -2057,8 +2055,8 @@ static const AGIGameDescription gameDescriptions[] = {
  */
 static AGIGameDescription g_fallbackDesc = {
 	{
-		"", // Not used by the fallback descriptor, it uses the EncapsulatedADGameDesc's gameid
-		"", // Not used by the fallback descriptor, it uses the EncapsulatedADGameDesc's extra
+		"",
+		"",
 		AD_ENTRY1(0, 0), // This should always be AD_ENTRY1(0, 0) in the fallback descriptor
 		Common::UNK_LANG,
 		Common::kPlatformPC,
@@ -2070,7 +2068,69 @@ static AGIGameDescription g_fallbackDesc = {
 	0x2917,
 };
 
-Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetector(const FSList *fslist) {
+static const Common::ADParams detectionParams = {
+	// Pointer to ADGameDescription or its superset structure
+	(const byte *)Agi::gameDescriptions,
+	// Size of that superset structure
+	sizeof(Agi::AGIGameDescription),
+	// Number of bytes to compute MD5 sum for
+	5000,
+	// List of all engine targets
+	agiGames,
+	// Structure for autoupgrading obsolete targets
+	0,
+	// Name of single gameid (optional)
+	"agi",
+	// List of files for file-based fallback detection (optional)
+	0,
+	// Flags
+	Common::kADFlagAugmentPreferredTarget
+};
+
+} // End of namespace Agi
+
+using namespace Agi;
+
+class AgiMetaEngine : public Common::AdvancedMetaEngine {
+	mutable Common::String	_gameid;
+	mutable Common::String	_extra;
+
+public:
+	AgiMetaEngine() : Common::AdvancedMetaEngine(detectionParams) {}
+
+	virtual const char *getName() const {
+		return "AGI preAGI + v2 + v3 Engine";
+	}
+	virtual const char *getCopyright() const {
+		return "Sierra AGI Engine (C) Sierra On-Line Software";
+	}
+
+	virtual bool createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Common::ADGameDescription *desc) const;
+
+	const Common::ADGameDescription *fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const;
+};
+
+bool AgiMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Common::ADGameDescription *desc) const {
+	const Agi::AGIGameDescription *gd = (const Agi::AGIGameDescription *)desc;
+	bool res = true;
+
+	switch (gd->gameType) {
+	case Agi::GType_PreAGI:
+		*engine = new Agi::PreAgiEngine(syst, gd);
+		break;
+	case Agi::GType_V2:
+	case Agi::GType_V3:
+		*engine = new Agi::AgiEngine(syst, gd);
+		break;
+	default:
+		res = false;
+		error("AGI engine: unknown gameType");
+	}
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+const Common::ADGameDescription *AgiMetaEngine::fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const {
 	typedef Common::HashMap<Common::String, int32, Common::CaseSensitiveString_Hash, Common::CaseSensitiveString_EqualTo> IntMap;
 	IntMap allFiles;
 	bool matchedUsingFilenames = false;
@@ -2078,9 +2138,13 @@ Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetector(const FSList *fslist) {
 	int wagFileCount = 0;
 	WagFileParser wagFileParser;
 	Common::String wagFilePath;
-	Common::String gameid("agi-fanmade"), description, extra; // Set the defaults for gameid, description and extra
+	Common::String description;
 	FSList fslistCurrentDir; // Only used if fslist == NULL
 
+	// // Set the defaults for gameid and extra
+	_gameid = "agi-fanmade";
+	_extra.clear();
+
 	// Use the current directory for searching if fslist == NULL
 	if (fslist == NULL) {
 		Common::String path = ConfMan.get("path");
@@ -2184,8 +2248,8 @@ Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetector(const FSList *fslist) {
 
 		// Set gameid according to *.wag file information if it's present and it doesn't contain whitespace.
 		if (wagGameID != NULL && !Common::String(wagGameID->getData()).contains(" ")) {
-			gameid = wagGameID->getData();
-			debug(3, "Agi::fallbackDetector: Using game id (%s) from WAG file", gameid.c_str());
+			_gameid = wagGameID->getData();
+			debug(3, "Agi::fallbackDetector: Using game id (%s) from WAG file", _gameid.c_str());
 		}
 
 		// Set game description and extra according to *.wag file information if they're present
@@ -2195,14 +2259,14 @@ Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetector(const FSList *fslist) {
 
 			// If there's game version in the *.wag file, set extra to it
 			if (wagGameVer != NULL) {
-				extra = wagGameVer->getData();
+				_extra = wagGameVer->getData();
 				debug(3, "Agi::fallbackDetector: Game version (%s) from WAG file", wagGameVer->getData());
 			}
 
 			// If there's game last edit date in the *.wag file, add it to extra
 			if (wagGameLastEdit != NULL) {
-				if (!extra.empty() ) extra += " ";
-				extra += wagGameLastEdit->getData();
+				if (!_extra.empty() ) _extra += " ";
+				_extra += wagGameLastEdit->getData();
 				debug(3, "Agi::fallbackDetector: Game's last edit date (%s) from WAG file", wagGameLastEdit->getData());
 			}
 		}
@@ -2223,78 +2287,24 @@ Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetector(const FSList *fslist) {
 		g_fallbackDesc.gameType = GType_V3;
 
 	// Check if we found a match with any of the fallback methods
-	Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc result;
 	if (matchedUsingWag || matchedUsingFilenames) {
-		extra = description + (!extra.empty() ? " " : "") + extra; // Let's combine the description and extra
-		result = Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc((const Common::ADGameDescription *)&g_fallbackDesc, gameid, extra);
+		_extra = description + (!_extra.empty() ? " " : "") + _extra; // Let's combine the description and extra
+		
+		// Override the gameid & extra values in g_fallbackDesc.desc. This only works 
+		// until the fallback detector is called again, and while the MetaEngine instance
+		// is alive (as else the string storage is modified/deleted).
+		g_fallbackDesc.desc.gameid = _gameid.c_str();
+		g_fallbackDesc.desc.extra = _extra.c_str();
 
 		printf("Your game version has been detected using fallback matching as a\n");
-		printf("variant of %s (%s).\n", result.getGameID(), result.getExtra());
+		printf("variant of %s (%s).\n", g_fallbackDesc.desc.gameid, g_fallbackDesc.desc.extra);
 		printf("If this is an original and unmodified version or new made Fanmade game,\n");
 		printf("please report any, information previously printed by ScummVM to the team.\n");
 
+		return (const Common::ADGameDescription *)&g_fallbackDesc;
 	}
 
-	return result;
-}
-
-} // End of namespace Agi
-
-static const Common::ADParams detectionParams = {
-	// Pointer to ADGameDescription or its superset structure
-	(const byte *)Agi::gameDescriptions,
-	// Size of that superset structure
-	sizeof(Agi::AGIGameDescription),
-	// Number of bytes to compute MD5 sum for
-	5000,
-	// List of all engine targets
-	agiGames,
-	// Structure for autoupgrading obsolete targets
-	0,
-	// Name of single gameid (optional)
-	"agi",
-	// List of files for file-based fallback detection (optional)
-	0,
-	// Flags
-	Common::kADFlagAugmentPreferredTarget
-};
-
-class AgiMetaEngine : public Common::AdvancedMetaEngine {
-public:
-	AgiMetaEngine() : Common::AdvancedMetaEngine(detectionParams) {}
-
-	virtual const char *getName() const {
-		return "AGI preAGI + v2 + v3 Engine";
-	}
-	virtual const char *getCopyright() const {
-		return "Sierra AGI Engine (C) Sierra On-Line Software";
-	}
-
-	virtual bool createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Common::ADGameDescription *desc) const;
-
-	Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const {
-		return Agi::fallbackDetector(fslist);
-	}
-};
-
-bool AgiMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Common::ADGameDescription *desc) const {
-	const Agi::AGIGameDescription *gd = (const Agi::AGIGameDescription *)desc;
-	bool res = true;
-
-	switch (gd->gameType) {
-	case Agi::GType_PreAGI:
-		*engine = new Agi::PreAgiEngine(syst, gd);
-		break;
-	case Agi::GType_V2:
-	case Agi::GType_V3:
-		*engine = new Agi::AgiEngine(syst, gd);
-		break;
-	default:
-		res = false;
-		error("AGI engine: unknown gameType");
-	}
-
-	return res;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 REGISTER_PLUGIN(AGI, PLUGIN_TYPE_ENGINE, AgiMetaEngine);
diff --git a/engines/drascula/detection.cpp b/engines/drascula/detection.cpp
index a51c563383e..e2042bf93fa 100644
--- a/engines/drascula/detection.cpp
+++ b/engines/drascula/detection.cpp
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static const DrasculaGameDescription gameDescriptions[] = {
  */
 static DrasculaGameDescription g_fallbackDesc = {
 	{
-		"", // Not used by the fallback descriptor, it uses the EncapsulatedADGameDesc's gameid
-		"", // Not used by the fallback descriptor, it uses the EncapsulatedADGameDesc's extra
+		"",
+		"",
 		AD_ENTRY1(0, 0), // This should always be AD_ENTRY1(0, 0) in the fallback descriptor
 		Common::UNK_LANG,
 		Common::kPlatformPC,
@@ -124,22 +124,6 @@ static DrasculaGameDescription g_fallbackDesc = {
 	0,
 };
 
-Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetector(const FSList *fslist) {
-	// Set the default values for the fallback descriptor's ADGameDescription part.
-	g_fallbackDesc.desc.language = Common::UNK_LANG;
-	g_fallbackDesc.desc.platform = Common::kPlatformPC;
-	g_fallbackDesc.desc.flags = Common::ADGF_NO_FLAGS;
-
-	// Set default values for the fallback descriptor's DrasculaGameDescription part.
-	g_fallbackDesc.gameID = 0;
-	g_fallbackDesc.features = 0;
-	g_fallbackDesc.version = 0;
-
-	Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc result;
-
-	return result;
-}
-
 } // End of namespace Drascula
 
 static const Common::ADParams detectionParams = {
@@ -175,9 +159,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual bool createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Common::ADGameDescription *desc) const;
 
-	Common::EncapsulatedADGameDesc fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const {
-		return Drascula::fallbackDetector(fslist);
-	}
+	const Common::ADGameDescription *fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const;
+
 };
 
 bool DrasculaMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Common::ADGameDescription *desc) const {
@@ -188,4 +171,18 @@ bool DrasculaMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const Co
 	return gd != 0;
 }
 
+const Common::ADGameDescription *DrasculaMetaEngine::fallbackDetect(const FSList *fslist) const {
+	// Set the default values for the fallback descriptor's ADGameDescription part.
+	Drascula::g_fallbackDesc.desc.language = Common::UNK_LANG;
+	Drascula::g_fallbackDesc.desc.platform = Common::kPlatformPC;
+	Drascula::g_fallbackDesc.desc.flags = Common::ADGF_NO_FLAGS;
+
+	// Set default values for the fallback descriptor's DrasculaGameDescription part.
+	Drascula::g_fallbackDesc.gameID = 0;
+	Drascula::g_fallbackDesc.features = 0;
+	Drascula::g_fallbackDesc.version = 0;
+
+	return (const Common::ADGameDescription *)&Drascula::g_fallbackDesc;
+}
+
 REGISTER_PLUGIN(DRASCULA, PLUGIN_TYPE_ENGINE, DrasculaMetaEngine);