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MAME Support Files (category, catver, series, version, etc.)
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catlist.ini: wrong BIOS #40

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ghost commented 1 month ago

catlist.ini contains BIOS from consoles and they are in the [Arcade: System / BIOS] filter. I didn't check them all so there can be more. Use history.xml

Examples:

AntoPISA commented 1 month ago

You should not rely solely on history.xml; when you do this kind of analysis, you have to read the xml as well. For example, the BIOS "3dobios" is used by the arcade machine "orbatak" and "cdibios" on the other hand is used by "quizard," "quizard2," "quizard3," "quizard4," and "quizardff."

ghost commented 1 month ago

Driver:

sourcefile="misc/3do.cpp"

You can also see all the clones BIOS: goldstar and sanyo made clones of the 3DO.

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    <biosset name="panafz1" description="Panasonic FZ-1 R.E.A.L. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer" />
    <biosset name="sanyotry" description="Sanyo TRY 3DO Interactive Multiplayer" />`

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer

"... and Panasonic produced the first models in 1993 with further renditions released afterwards by manufacturers GoldStar, Sanyo, Creative Labs, and Samsung Electronics."

  • "quizard," "quizard2," "quizard3," "quizard4," and "quizardff. Here the same: it's CD-i technology inside a cabinet, from the company Philips. The BIOS is for this reason not an arcade BIOS.

Driver:

sourcefile="philips/cdi.cpp"

CPU:

<chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Philips SCC68070" clock="30000000" />

If I put my Ferrari between the cows in the meadow, it doesn't mean it's a tractor :) It's still a legendary piece of Italian racing technology. Exactly the same here.

AntoPISA commented 1 month ago

You are absolutely right, but my files are about MAME, not "reality"; these files are not a computer encyclopedia but only report the machines (device and BIOS) included in MAME and how they are used by the emulator.

That's all.

ghost commented 1 month ago

I see. I try to reproduce the hardware, controls, ... in my INI files. So people can lookup something and except to find the machines they remember. But it's not always correct, since there are many things not matching reality (especially the controls).