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Console snapshot naming?
« on: March 11, 2003, 03:13:09 pm »
Anyone know of a source for snaps for console games Atari2600/NES/etc that are named according to a ROM filename standard?   (i.e. so a frontend can pull up the correct image when the ROM name is highlighted).

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Re:Console snapshot naming?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2003, 04:11:12 pm »
There isn't a rom filename standard for console roms and thus such a collection doesn't exist.  Sorry. :(

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Re:Console snapshot naming?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2003, 04:45:51 pm »
There isn't a rom filename standard for console roms and thus such a collection doesn't exist.  Sorry. :(

maybe the good tools could be used for this as they rename the roms to unique names...

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Re:Console snapshot naming?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2003, 05:33:47 pm »
My FE can rename snaps to match the rom file name, and thus show up in the FE.

BUT you still have to take the snapshots 1 at a time :(  A good pursuader to not have ALL roms but just the ones you like!

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Re:Console snapshot naming?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2003, 07:49:15 pm »
CM, do you know of a good source for snaps for consoles period? (Despite being named incorrectly).  I have come across very few sites with a full collection.

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Re:Console snapshot naming?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2003, 09:07:24 pm »
I got a tombstones archive back in the day and it contained snaps for almost everything .. but the names do not match roms at all .. so unless I do it by hand they are relatively useless to me other than just for browsing.

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Re:Console snapshot naming?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2003, 09:53:33 pm »
Yeah, not much to do but do it all by hand.  :(