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Howard_Casto:
Generally it's just like software......

Rev1 was the original, some bugs were found and they were fixed in rev2.  Also in the case of more modern games, especially fighters, they are often rushed to the market before they are completely finished and as parts of the game are completed, a new revision is released addign that functionality.  Mk4 is a great example, the first revision didn't include all the fatalities or stage fatalities as well as the endings.  In later revisions, this stuff was added in. 

Dav:

--- Quote from: jasonbar on May 14, 2007, 01:07:46 am ---Thanks--and while I've got you, please answer this:

Sometimes I see multiple revisons or versions of the same game.  This clearly indicates to me a newer (chronologically) piece of software.

When I see Zaxxon (set 1) vs. Zaxxon (set 2), can I assume the same, that set 2 is newer, or does a "set" not follow the same logic as a revision or version?


Thanks,
-Jason

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No, with older games the set number is often an arbitrary number assigned by the author of the driver or the rom dumper and may or may not have any relationship to release date. 

jasonbar:
Thanks, Howard & Dav--the answer on set # was what I was looking for--I assumed it was some arbitrary number assigned to a specific ROM dump--you confirmed--thanks.

-Jason

Dav:

--- Quote from: jasonbar on May 15, 2007, 01:57:22 pm ---Thanks, Howard & Dav--the answer on set # was what I was looking for--I assumed it was some arbitrary number assigned to a specific ROM dump--you confirmed--thanks.

-Jason

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Yeah, unfortunately for the older games they didn't generally include revision numbers anywhere so at this point it's pretty much impossible to verify the age.  You can try to analyze the differences and make a guess but sometimes latter revisions have less features than earlier e.g. Nba Jam TE so it really is just a guess.   If I think I know I make a note in the driver, but if there's already a zaxxon set 1 and set 2. I wouldn't rename the sets, so the next set I add will likely be set 3 regardless of where I think it belongs.

Of course other dev's may do it differently.

jasonbar:
Thanks for the "behind the scenes" insight, Dav.  :]

-J

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