A note to all NES-emulator authors: ROM header wishlist
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:11 pm
I have a wish for everyone that's coding a NES-emulator..
I know some emulators uses checksums for detecting certain ROMs and to automatically adjust the experience. STOP doing this, for several reasons:
1) I don't like it. Personally I think it feels like "cheating" in some way..
2) It's bad for people doing homebrew/ROM-hacking (like myself). Try hacking VS-ROMs and play them in FCEUX and see what happens. Nothing, they won't work properly because checksums doesn't match the builtin database and you don't get correct VS-functionality.
What do you guys think about this? Am I the only one upset about this stuff?
I know some emulators uses checksums for detecting certain ROMs and to automatically adjust the experience. STOP doing this, for several reasons:
1) I don't like it. Personally I think it feels like "cheating" in some way..
2) It's bad for people doing homebrew/ROM-hacking (like myself). Try hacking VS-ROMs and play them in FCEUX and see what happens. Nothing, they won't work properly because checksums doesn't match the builtin database and you don't get correct VS-functionality.
What do you guys think about this? Am I the only one upset about this stuff?