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Title: Just when I thought I had the whole rom thing figgured out...
Post by: crashwg on January 10, 2005, 08:05:18 pm: Ok, so what's up with genesis roms and the multiple dates?

I see things like...
Tecmo Super Bowl (U) (Oct 1993) [!].bin
Tecmo Super Bowl (U) (Sep 1993) [!].bin
and
F-22 Interceptor (U) (Jun 1992) [c][!].bin
F-22 Interceptor (U) (Sep 1991) [a1][c][!].bin
F-22 Interceptor (U) (Sep 1991) [c][!].bin

Did Sega release the roms multiple times? Did they change stuff? What? Going through my collection I have just used the youngest date, is that a bad idea?

Oh yea and what's with the [p] string? Pirate? Aren't all roms Pirate?
Title: Re: Just when I thought I had the whole rom thing figgured out...
Post by: versapak on January 10, 2005, 08:26:50 pm: Goodset Code Explanations:

http://ldgonzales.home.comcast.net/goodcode.txt
Title: Re: Just when I thought I had the whole rom thing figgured out...
Post by: crashwg on January 10, 2005, 10:17:10 pm: Yea, I know all those already. They have been brought up many a time before on these forums. That still doesn't explain the dates, and who decides wheter a rom is pirate or not... :P
Title: Re: Just when I thought I had the whole rom thing figgured out...
Post by: versapak on January 10, 2005, 10:29:07 pm: Mario Brothers rom dumped from official cartridge with the Nintendo license = not pirate

Mario Brothers rom dumped from some odd looking cartridge found on the streets of Hong Kong = pirate

The date is simply the date of the rom on the cartridge. Different versions will have different dates.
Title: Re: Just when I thought I had the whole rom thing figgured out...
Post by: crashwg on January 11, 2005, 04:02:10 am: Quote from: versapak on January 10, 2005, 10:29:07 pm
from some odd looking cartridge found on the streets of Hong Kong = pirate

Well duh... Stupid me! I can't believe I didn't think of that. It makes so much better sense now.