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dc.xml: complete SW list #12154

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angelosa opened this issue Mar 19, 2024 · 1 comment
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dc.xml: complete SW list #12154

angelosa opened this issue Mar 19, 2024 · 1 comment

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Dreamcast software list goes up to 'N' only (roughly, not all #-N by description are in), which puts QA in a state where most of the games described in (the rather old) Psyman's list cannot be tested.

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cuavas commented Mar 19, 2024

I’m not sure the current content of the list is in great shape anyway. The content already there was added when chdman still discarded all track gap information for GD-ROM images.

I realise there’s an opinion in some sectors that the gap information “doesn’t matter”, but throwing away data that “doesn’t matter” never ends well. Too many times it’s turned out that discarded data does matter.

The current code on master supposedly preserves gap data properly for GD-ROM images. However, it seems current versions of certain other emulators can’t boot Dreamcast CHDs if gap data is present.

Has anyone tried booting a Dreamcast CHD with gap data present in MAME to see what happens?

Do we want to start over with the Dreamcast software list when we’re sure GD-ROM handling in CHD format has stabilised more?

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