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Title: Question regarding Genesis roms
Post by: killbill on April 06, 2004, 09:43:26 pm
 Hi


I had a question concerning Genesis roms:

I'm trying to cut down all the duplicate dumps of games, so as to
only have the best version of each.

A lot of the Genesis roms have a code like  [c]!  after them.

Now I know that [c} means:

[c] This code represents a cart with known :\ : faulty checksum
routines.

and that [!] equals good dump.

So, I'm confused.  The only verified good dumps of a lot of these
games are marked with a [c]and a !.  Are these faulty games?

Basically, I don't really know what the [c] description means, and
how it affects the gameplay.

Any advice is truly appreciated.
 
Thanks
Title: Re:Question regarding Genesis roms
Post by: wboy on April 07, 2004, 09:54:54 am
My guess is that the GoodCodes.txt distribed with GoodGens may have and error,  and that the SPECIAL CODE NOTES for GENESIS should read....



not

[c] This code represents a cart with known faulty checksum routines.

as per the GENESIS SPECIAL CODES

[c] Checksum


But then again, I may be taking complete sh!t right now, as I know nothing about the structure of genesis roms, nor have I ever dumped one!  :D


Title: Re:Question regarding Genesis roms
Post by: killbill on April 07, 2004, 03:21:03 pm
You Might be right :)  Thanks.