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| newmanfamilyvlogs:
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on June 13, 2011, 12:04:13 pm ---So, if I understand you guys correctly, they all correspond to different versions of code that at one time or another were in circulation. Ok, that's the main thing I was wondering about; I thought maybe there were cases where the revisions corresponded to tweaks in the emulation, and not the actual code itself. So, where there are multiple sets for a given game, I should typically play "set 1" if I want to play the "real" version (or at least, the version most widely accepted as "real")? --- End quote --- The contents roms themselves will never be modified as part of the emulation. What does occasionally happen is filenames are changed to more accurately reflect how the chip they represent was labeled on the board. Also new chips are occasionally dumped, or old chips re-dumped if the old one was wrong. The naming of these files and what's expected to be in them are what is updated between mame versions. |
| Paul Olson:
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on June 13, 2011, 12:04:13 pm ---So, if I understand you guys correctly, they all correspond to different versions of code that at one time or another were in circulation. Ok, that's the main thing I was wondering about; I thought maybe there were cases where the revisions corresponded to tweaks in the emulation, and not the actual code itself. So, where there are multiple sets for a given game, I should typically play "set 1" if I want to play the "real" version (or at least, the version most widely accepted as "real")? --- End quote --- My general rule is to use Set 1 and the latest Rev. |
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