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Tonight I downloaded a good few INP

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alexweir@indigo.ie

Sorry about that. Pressed the wrong button.
I downloaded a few INP`s tonight, of games that I like. None of them
played back correctly. I tried the top scores on Lifeforce ( Ken +
Game Guru ) ,and they only played back to 270k + 72k respectively.
The same with Tommi`s scores on Tron + Marble Madness..and Phil`s
score on HyperSports....they just would`nt play back right. Compared
to Donuts` score on Burgertime which played back fine , plus a good
few others that played fine also.
I understand also that a score I submitted for " Rainbow Islands "
doesn`t play back fully either ? Is it a known problem with INP`s or
is it the fact that I am doing something wrong. I`ve tried the "sound
off " thingy, but I get the same result. Or is it the non-
compatibility of MAME versions?
As a non-techie head....I really don`t know. I use MAME 35 Final btw.
I would love to know if I`m missing something , or whether it`s a
known problem.
Because I`d really like to watch those recordings.
Be grateful for any input.

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Regards,
ALEX

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alexweir@indigo.ie

Different versions of MAME are a major pain, believe me I know.
I have ALMOST every version of mame which supports INPs, and I
always try to use exactly the same version when doing a verify.

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For example, a Mario Bros INP I verified uses win35 beta 3.
_NO_ _OTHER_ _VERSION_ would replay it except for win95 beta 3.

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Same with Carnival, only worse. Only one version will even record
at all, and that's 33 beta 4.

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Sometimes another version will work, say m36b3 and m36b4 will both
work for a given INP. With Punchout and Super Punchout the only
way I can get them to playback is without sound. It helps a lot
when the players put a little readme file detailing all the specifics.

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cubeman@iname.com

yep, as Mark says, always remember that mame "changes" every version.
so a recording recorded with old technology (beta) might not playback
with new technology (vhs), maybe that's too much of an old folks
reference. I think there is a playback guide you can click on in the
banner labeled "Help", that gives you nearly all the information you
need to know.

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Also, if you look at the confirmed status (green=notConfirmed,
orange=confirmed), if it's orange there's a 99% chance that it WILL
playback if you use the same mame version and options. Unfortunatley
some people (SPORTSDUDE HINT don't note in the upload description
as to whether they use sound or not so it's sometimes a good idea to
try it with/without sound if one or the other doesn't work.

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churritz@cts.com