Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: Roms Question
When putting ROMS on my Xbox do they have to be zipped or can I put the unzipped (.smc for SNES, .nes for NES, .bin and .smd for Genesis, .gba for GBA, .z64 for N64) files on the Xbox? The Emulators i'm going to be using are zsnexbox v3.3 (SNES), Mednafenx-nes v9 (NES), Neogenesis v22 (Genesis), Xboyadvance v21 (GBA), and Surreal64 XXX Beta 5 (N64).
justmichael Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: 1.4,1.6 & Elite Modded: Smartxx v3 400g XBMC
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject:
When i put roms i put them unzipped and just out the in th roms folder
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject:
I leave them zipped but unzipped will work just fine.
Dkoots Moderator
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject:
Are there any advantages of saving space by leaving them zipped, or does it even matter? _________________
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject:
Just saves space so if you have a ton of them they will transfer faster when zipped.
HeavyMetal84 Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: 1.4,1.6 & Elite Modded: Smartxx v3 400g XBMC
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject:
How much free space is on the Xbox's HDD? I know the 360 has a 20GB HDD but there's only 13GB of free space because 7GB is reserved for updates and stuff. I have over 2500 ROMS i'd like to put on my Xbox and i'm hoping they'll all fit.
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:08 am Post subject:
That all depends, you might get them on there but you wont fit many N64 roms thats for sure.
HeavyMetal84 Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: 1.4,1.6 & Elite Modded: Smartxx v3 400g XBMC
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:42 am Post subject:
There's one last thing I forgot to ask.
Is it true the name of the ROMS can't be more than 42 characters and contain a " ' * $ # @ ! ? > <
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:53 am Post subject:
That is true man, i try to keep the rom name at no more then 18 characters myself.
HeavyMetal84 Xbox-HQ User Xbox Version: 1.4,1.6 & Elite Modded: Smartxx v3 400g XBMC
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:50 am Post subject:
One other thing...
All my N64 ROMS are Z64 files and they all have .z64 at the end of their names. When I try deleting the .z64 from the end of the ROM name a message pops up saying "if you change the file name extension the file may become unusable". So if I delete the .z64 extension will the ROM still work or will it become unusable?
btw i'm a complete n00b to all this emulation stuff as you can probably tell.
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:
There is no if about it, when you delete the .n64 from the title it will no longer work.
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