rant. seriously this is emulation related.

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punjman

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What in the hell is the deal with people naming stuff so retardedly? I got tons of ROMs for a Visualboy Advance, and they are all named

"castlevania - circle of the moon _us_proper)js@#3w23ssworthlessinformation>>>erughsert/.zip"

and there's about 3 copies of each and every damn game!

I mean seriously, if you're going to have a collection of ROMs available for download, why not name them normally?

Metroid Fusion US.zip
Castlevania CotM US.zip
Metroid Zero Mission US.zip

Is it that hard? Now I have to install a renamer and remove all of the worthless junk that's put in front of these names, and find all of the worthless copies of games that are in freakin Portuguese or Hindu and delete them.
 
I like the convention of...

ActRaiser (J).jma
Another World (E).jma
Axelay (U).jma

But that's mostly because I see a lot of SFC and MD ROMs named that way.

-Wren
 
> I like the convention of...
>
> ActRaiser (J).jma
> Another World (E).jma
> Axelay (U).jma

That's the way CherryROMs always did it... seems to be the best.

I think the problem is that a lot of servers, to protect their sources, tend to use CGI scripts to link you to your destination file. So, when you download it, the filename gets mangled somehow. Come to think of it, that wouldn't even explain it... I think the people who rip ROms are just really, really lazy-ass retards sometimes...
 
> Is it that hard? Now I have to install a renamer and remove
> all of the worthless junk that's put in front of these
> names, and find all of the worthless copies of games that
> are in freakin Portuguese or Hindu and delete them.

the goodset is named worthless. the GBAREN version is better. the numbers are really really great. (really easy to remember) but i digress.
 
> the goodset is named worthless. the GBAREN version is
> better. the numbers are really really great. (really easy to
> remember) but i digress.

Well, it would be really good if only the people behind the numbered romsets would NOT ALLOW FUCKING HACKED INTROED ROMS.

That seriously pisses the shit outta me.
 
> Come to think of it, that wouldn't
> even explain it... I think the people who rip ROms are just
> really, really lazy-ass retards sometimes...

Nevermind the fact that they're just pirates out to get their names published first for the most part.
 
> the goodset is named worthless. the GBAREN version is
> better. the numbers are really really great. (really easy to
> remember) but i digress.

I hate those numbers.

"OK, so I'm looking for Metroid Zero Mission, now I'll just look at the 'M' ROMs and... DAMMIT!"
 
Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, oh no, you have to load three whole roms just to find the game you want. Is that really too big a price to pay in order to not shell out $30 for a gba game?
 
> Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, oh no, you have to
> load three whole roms just to find the game you want. Is
> that really too big a price to pay in order to not shell out
> $30 for a gba game?

$30? Where? The three games mentioned routinely go for $50 or more, USED. ;_;
 
> Oh I'd say it's a big enough deal to be annoyed. Do I
> really need 10 copies of a game? I could understand TWO
> copies, a US and a JPN version, but 10? come on. Here's a
> quick example of some of the 6 gigs of Genesis ROMs I have.

That's Cowering's fault. He's the one that adds all those roms in his goodtools.
 
Although, you may already be aware of this from reading the Cowering docs on the ROM nomenclature meanings, it's worthwhile to mention for those who don't know as well.

First off, delete all the worthless overdumps ([o1], [o2], etc.) and bad dumps ([b1], [b2], etc.]). There's really no point in keeping them (especially the bad dumps). I still to this day don't understand the people who collect those on purpose... and furthermore, bother to include them in the renamer listings in the first place...? Why anyone would want an improperly dumped image just occupying space is beyond me. <img src=smilies/retard.gif>

That right there will cut down the number of ROMs in your list tremendously, not to mention some of the others you can discard right offhand too if you don't care about them. Trained ([t1], [t2], etc.) (also worthless in my opinion), hacks ([h1], [h2], etc.) that don't bother to specify what was hacked (if it's a worthwhile hack, it's bound to list a different name, or something specific that was hacked... hell, even not-so-worthwhile ones specify in a lot of cases), & translated ([T-whatever] or [T+whatever]) come to mind (at least for translations to languages you don't speak anyway).
 
I got an SNES collection in which every game had the correct name, but the extensions were all deleted. No double-clicking on them! Also, there are 20 or so "games" that are just hentai pics where you press "B" to go to the next pic. What's worse, they're already on CD.
 
There's a few "bad dumps" that are actually the correct dumps.

I think one of the RBI Baseballs that GoodNES marks as bad is a proper dump. Not sure which.
 
> Although, you may already be aware of this from reading the
> Cowering docs on the ROM nomenclature meanings, it's
> worthwhile to mention for those who don't know as well.


Actually I didn't know this, so I'll keep this in mind. Thanks for the info.
 
> There's a few "bad dumps" that are actually the correct
> dumps.
>
> I think one of the RBI Baseballs that GoodNES marks as bad
> is a proper dump. Not sure which.

Probably are a few...some of the Good sets have some weird stuff. For example, I downloaded a ROM that was supposed to be the japanese version of Illusion of Gaia (by the GoodSNES name)...but it was a beta version of the US version. o_O What the hell is up with that? I mean, it's so obvious that's what it is if you play it for a second.
 
> REN * *.smc

Thanks, I could just make that in a batch and run it from Windows.
I just don't want to copy the collection off the CDs.

> oh wait, you use man, don't you?
Huh? Are you referring to Mandrake Linux? I use Windows.
 
> oh wait, you use man, don't you?
> Huh? Are you referring to Mandrake Linux? I use Windows.
>

I meant mac. I fixed my post.
 
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