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Sega 32X implementation for MiSTer
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Can support for .bin rom file extension be added? #46

Closed silverflat closed 9 months ago

silverflat commented 1 year ago

I know this sounds trivial, but this would allow those that use a retrode2 to not have to update the config file on a computer every time we switch from genesis to 32x

asturur commented 9 months ago

is it just a different extension or a different rom format?

silverflat commented 9 months ago

It is just a different extension

asturur commented 9 months ago

i can open a pr for this is a simple task. Do you have a valid bin free opensource rom you can share with me in private ?

sorgelig commented 9 months ago

bin file extension is reserved for geneasis/megadrive ROM. So if/when core will able to fully support geneasis/megadrive ROMS then it will switch automatically depending on file extension.

asturur commented 9 months ago

The framework reserve a particular loading mechanism by file extension? Or is more a project direction like, if it is a bin file i want the core to behave like a megadrive instead of a 32x?

I thought 'bin' was just a generic 'i didn't bother picking up an extension' extension for binary files.

sorgelig commented 9 months ago

It's not framework reserve. It's up to specific core how extensions are defined. For 32x with ~40 roms it should be a problem to rename them to 32x and forget. It's possible that 32x will be merged into MD core as a single core where extension will define the mode.

asturur commented 9 months ago

So let's close this issue as resolved/ won'tfix