fujidude Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 What is the difference? Not all sources of ROMs make a distinction, and I have been able to "plug" .rom dumps of cartridges just fine into emulators like Altirra as cartridges. I do notice though, that some sites provide both a .rom and a .car for a dump of a cartridge. What's the difference, when should each be used and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The .CAR files include a header describing the cartridge mapping. ROM files are just raw dumps without any header information, which sometimes cause the emulator to ask you which banking scheme to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 I suspected that was the difference, but I hadn't come across a .car format documented yet. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Some cart DOC info. cart.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Some cart DOC info. cart.txt Hey, thanks for that. I'll give that a perusal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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