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Offline blanningTopic starter

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Software ROM compatability
« on: March 13, 2009, 07:04:01 PM »
Do newer roms tend to break compatibility with older software?  For example, would older games written when the 500 was new and had 1.3 roms run just fine on a later ecs machine with 3.1 roms? or do things tend to break?

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Re: Software ROM compatability
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2009, 08:18:23 PM »
Yes, some older games may not work on newer hardware/ROMs...   Some work fine...

People work around this by using software rom loaders, WHDLOAD (best option in most cases), etc.
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Re: Software ROM compatability
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2009, 11:07:15 PM »
I would say newer hardware breaks more software than newer ROMs. Sometimes it's a combination of both. A lot of early software was poorly written and broke from 1.3 to 2.0. Most 2.04+ software works with the latest ROMs though (3.1 or 3.9). I recommend almost everyone to upgrade to 3.1 ROMs.
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Re: Software ROM compatability
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2009, 10:06:55 AM »
Hi,
use a good old kick switcher.
a 1.3 rom and a 3.1 rom  -> enjoy  :banana:
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