Question About SNES ROM Names
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So I found, somewhere out there in the ether, what I seems like a no-intro SNES ROM set but it has several ROMs labeled as (Arcade) in the suffix of the filename. Does anybody have any idea what it means? Should I try for another ROM set?
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Not exactly sure what you found, but some SNES games were indeed hacked into coin-op service.
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@VictimRLSH ah, maybe that's it! I was having trouble finding any more info than I already knew about ROM suffixes. Tried one or two but didn't notice any real difference from the regular ROM.
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I don't suppose there would need to be much difference. Just add a debounce circuit to the Cherry microswitch in a standard coin mech and wire the START button to it. Perhaps hack the rom to say INSERT COIN instead of PRESS START (same number of letters). The only downside is your game would start as soon as you drop a coin, and additional coins would be ignored. Ideally a counter circuit and LED display on the panel would track coin drops and presses of the panel mounted START button. In this case, the ROM would need no mods at all, any single player game that launches with the START button could be put into coin-op service.
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