Stupid Question No. 235

Frankie · Post by **Frankie** » Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:30 pm

Hi Everyone.

I was wondering with the new version of Three Wonders (World) that came with the last Beta, which means that the (US) version is no longer the original version but a clone. This means that (US) has been renamed from 3wonders to 3wonderu.



The old 3wonderu Rom, I could run without any speed problems on MAME36, however the new 3wonderu Rom I must run on MAME3713 with Framekip 9. Yes, my PC is slow, but I can't afford a new one

My question is, is it allowed to play the old 3wonderu rom on MAME36 and upload it to MARP warning that the old ROM must be used to play it back? Or must I use the new ROM only?



I hope someone understands what I mean. I'm not that good at explaning myself in English. Please help.



Bye.

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Matt Denham · Post by **Matt Denham** » Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:30 pm

I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to do it that way.

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Chad · Post by **Chad** » Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:30 pm

This is a difficult one, since the gamenames have changed at marp,
and you wish to record 3wonders on mame36 you'll have to uploaded it
as 3wonderu, so the same romset gets scored in the same clones set.
But you'll also have to put in the marp description about this, so as
not to confuse anyone, since you are really recording a different
game short name but it's scored under the same romset.



I think that should be ok.

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Frankie · Post by **Frankie** » Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:30 pm

I could upload it as '3wonders.inp' under '3wonderu' and tell in the
description that the old ROM was used. But the main problem might be
for the inp checker to get the old ROM now that MAME.DK is down. Does
any other site carry the old ROMS, or do you inp checkers keep those?



Man, it is really annoying that MAME.DK had to close

Bye.

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frankie@image.dk

Chad · Post by **Chad** » Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:30 pm

yeah, it would be harder to find the roms, we do already have
problems like that, pang gpilots vfive wheroes. It would be
preferable to record with a newer version, but if it means the old
one allows you run at 100% fps, the old one take priority. It's
possible m37b14 might run the game faster, so stay tuned as always...

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Frankie · Post by **Frankie** » Sun Mar 25, 2001 12:30 pm

Yes, let's hope that. Thank you for all your help Chad. I'll try and
stick to the newest ROMS whenever possible.



Bye.

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frankie@image.dk

Matt Denham · Post by **Matt Denham** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 12:30 pm

Include the rom .zip in your recording to make sure the confirmer can
use the old set. (Yes, that'll make the .zip much larger than it
would otherwise be, but at least they'll be able to confirm the
recording.)

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