Anyone run Destruk's 3.2 PinMAME ROMs in their R&B or at least in VPinMAME? Anyone document the differences from the 1.3 version? There are no release notes with the package but from an initial inspection I know the CPU, Display and U21 sound ROMs are different from 1.3. U7 and U17 are the same. So perhaps different animations and different sounds? Any feedback is appreciated. Trying to determine if this is a worthwhile upgrade. If no one knows I'll load into VPinMAME and try a few games.

viperrwk

Thanks - but I was asking about Rocky & Bullwinkle, not Ripley's.

viperrwk

OK - loaded the v3.2 ROMs in PinMAME and comparing to 1.30, I did not notice any difference in gameplay or rules or animations after playing a few games. Of course some of the screens go by so fast on the computer that you don't get to see it clearly. Went through the diagnostics, audits and adjustments. Some of the default factory settings are different but nothing earth-shattering. Probably the biggest difference is that in v3.2 there are adjustments for setting location and game IDs as well as printer interface settings for printing out audits. These come in after Adj 52 and these adjustments are missing in v1.30. Need to look more closely at the sound ROM to see if there is any discernible difference but so far it looks like there's nothing to justify an upgrade unless you have an EPROM eraser/burner and want the absolute latest game code for your pins.

viperrwk

And now have looked at the ROM sound files. I don't know why they come up with different checksums but all sounds are the same in the same sequence in the file. Unless someone has other info, there is no significant difference between the 1.30 and 3.20 ROM files.

viperrwk

Surprising to me that John would sell you a 3.2 ROM labeled 1.3.

The biggest thing in the 3.2 ROM is the support for printing and various coin audits. This is probably why the version number jumped dramatically since it was a major addition for DE at the time. It's possible that 1.3 fixed GI issues from prior releases but I have not looked at previous versions of the code to know how much did change.

Suffice it to say you should run at least 1.3 in a R&B.

viperrwk