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dgame:


--- Quote ---NOTE :-
as of mame 0.133u1 almost 1000 mame clone sets were renamed,if you are planning to use a later
mame than mame 0.133u1 and upwards then use the hiscore.dat file, 
If however you use an older
version of mame than 0.133u1 then
use the file hiscore(pre_mame0133u1).dat (you must rename it to hiscore.dat)

Also - as of mame 0.133u1 a lot of the names of clone mame roms were renamed,
this also means that
all the relevent .hi (.cfg  & .nvram) files also need renaming.

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http://highscore.mameworld.info/

So your MAME .122 hiscore files would be good up to MAME .133, after that you have to rename them (some of the ROMs will also need to be renamed/updated.)

gman314:


--- Quote from: dgame on November 20, 2012, 02:45:25 pm ---
--- Quote ---NOTE :-
as of mame 0.133u1 almost 1000 mame clone sets were renamed,if you are planning to use a later
mame than mame 0.133u1 and upwards then use the hiscore.dat file, 
If however you use an older
version of mame than 0.133u1 then
use the file hiscore(pre_mame0133u1).dat (you must rename it to hiscore.dat)

Also - as of mame 0.133u1 a lot of the names of clone mame roms were renamed,
this also means that
all the relevent .hi (.cfg  & .nvram) files also need renaming.

--- End quote ---
http://highscore.mameworld.info/

So your MAME .122 hiscore files would be good up to MAME .133, after that you have to rename them (some of the ROMs will also need to be renamed/updated.)

--- End quote ---

I recently came across the same info when I compiled versions of .127 and .147. 

Is it possible that older games, such as Donkey Kong, Pacman, and Galaga, would be less affected?  I would assume that they classic games are updated less than more modern games.  I'm debating doing a HDD recovery to salvage some of my hi scores from my last build (.127) and transfer them to (.147).  I wouldn't want to waste my time and energy if it will likely not work.

gman314:

Update:  I just transferred a Donkey Kong hi score file from 147 to 127, and it worked.  Hopefully, this will be the case withe many more roms.

bluemini17:

I have done this for track and field countless times ( we have a T+F comp every so often and the scores are through the roof so would hate to loose them  :angry:)

Cynicaster:


--- Quote from: bluemini17 on November 24, 2012, 05:21:36 am ---I have done this for track and field countless times ( we have a T+F comp every so often and the scores are through the roof so would hate to loose them  :angry:)

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Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that game stores scores natively--not really the same thing (nvram vs. hiscore.dat).

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