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== DATs ==
== DATs ==
The purpose of DATs you may find within arcade documentation, generated by arcade emulators, or on preservation sites like [http://datomatic.no-intro.org/ No-Intro's DAT-o-MATIC] or [http://redump.org/ Redump] is to verify that the ROMs you have obtained are correct. When used with a verification program, DATs make short work of verifying, renaming, and even reassembling arcade ROMs so that they work with specific arcade emulators.
Below you will find various DATs for arcade emulators, consoles, handhelds, and computers that are commonly run on typical SBCs. If one of the Arcade ROM Sets is marked "Active" then the DAT may be out of date if in a ZIP, while if a ROM Set is marked "Frozen" then it should be up to date if it is in a ZIP: all direct links to DATs should be up-to-date. The version of the ROM Set the emulator uses is listed to the right alongside the CHD version, and in the cases of the FBN/FBA ones the FBN/FBA ROM Set version and the MAME ROM Set version it is associated with.

Revision as of 02:30, 8 September 2020

A large portion of gaming on single-board computers is done through emulation. Emulation requires ROMs, and for said emulation to work you need the correct ROMs.

For the most part, a typical user will have ROMs that have been verified by No-Intro, Redump, MAME, or some other preservation group. The problem is that some users may have ROMs that do not work in their chosen emulator, which then raises the question of if the ROMs are incorrect.

The point of this documentation is to explain how to verify your ROMs are correct, which is especially important when dealing with arcade emulation.


DATs

The purpose of DATs you may find within arcade documentation, generated by arcade emulators, or on preservation sites like No-Intro's DAT-o-MATIC or Redump is to verify that the ROMs you have obtained are correct. When used with a verification program, DATs make short work of verifying, renaming, and even reassembling arcade ROMs so that they work with specific arcade emulators.

Below you will find various DATs for arcade emulators, consoles, handhelds, and computers that are commonly run on typical SBCs. If one of the Arcade ROM Sets is marked "Active" then the DAT may be out of date if in a ZIP, while if a ROM Set is marked "Frozen" then it should be up to date if it is in a ZIP: all direct links to DATs should be up-to-date. The version of the ROM Set the emulator uses is listed to the right alongside the CHD version, and in the cases of the FBN/FBA ones the FBN/FBA ROM Set version and the MAME ROM Set version it is associated with.