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Sonic Central => General Sonic => Topic started by: Conker T. Squirrel on June 09, 2007, 12:51:03 am
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Any ROMs for games ranging from:Sonic Advance-Sonic '06(freaking doubt but I'll try). I highly doubt I'll find a Sonic '06 one.
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There never was, and never will be, a ROM of Sonic '06.
Theres plenty of isos floating round the intertubes tho~
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I have advance 1-3, I got them from F-Man.
other than that, try google to search for any >_>
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If you want to pirate Sonic '06, you'll need a modified Xbox 360, and a blank DVD-R.
As for ROMs: http://sonicstrike.net/users/sonicroms/
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I think that the coding in carts is a ROM, and disc coding is a ISO. Anyone care to prove me wrong?
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well ive always seen people call n64 games roms and psx games iso's so i would guess your right.
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Azrael is right. For an easy way to be sure, look for Sonic CD and you'll see it's an ISO file.
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Technically Sonic'06 would be a UDF image since it's on a DVD, and DVDs use the UDF filesystem instead of ISO-9660.
>_>
*shot*
ROM image = a bit-for-bit copy of the data stored on a ROM chip, which is why a dump of a ROM cartridge is called a ROM.
ISO image = a copy of the data track from a CD-ROM, usually in ISO-9660 format (but may also have MS Joliet or UNIX Rock Ridge data).
UDF image = a copy of the data track from a DVD-ROM, usually in UDF format. (Sometimes mistakenly called ISO because it's from the same type of medium.)
Also note that not all CDs are ISO-9660 (though most are), and not all DVDs are UDF. Some DVDs are combo ISO-9660/UDF for compatibility, while some are just plain ISO-9660. Also note that DVDs cannot contain CD audio tracks (for obvious reasons), while CDs may contain both an ISO-9660 data track and multiple audio tracks.
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What about Blu-ray?
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Look, if you need a sonic ROM, go to http://sonar.heranbago.com/top.html. All of the old gen and GBA roms for sonic you can find (and yet still no Rom for Sonic CD)
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I think that the coding in carts is a ROM, and disc coding is a ISO. Anyone care to prove me wrong?
ROM stands for read-only memory. The reason cartridge game dumps are called ROMs is because it is a dump of the ROM chip inside the cart. You'll note that they are not a .rom file, but rather a .bin. This debunks the argument that "CD images are .iso files therefore they are not roms!!!!!"
A CD or DVD is another form of read-only memory (hence the terms CD-ROM and DVD-ROM). Ergo, it is entirely sensical and reasonable to refer to dumps of disc images as 'ROMs' also.
In this light, ROM becomes a general term for any and all dumps of a ROM device. Which makes a helluva lot of sense if you ask me.
Before you all regurgitate arguments about how CDs are ISO images and DVDs are UDF images... I never said they weren't. The internet needs to learn that arguments aren't always mutually exclusive.
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Dumps of read-only memory chips are called ROMs because it's shorter and makes sense. Calling an ISO a ROM isn't shorter and isn't sensible because it's not as specific.
EDIT: I guess you could say calling everything ROMs when you're mentioning them all at once is sensible. I'd just rather call them dumps or rips though.
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I was reading only the last few posts and I'm bored as shit dude. Thx to chao fan for teh link and I'm locking now. Actually, thank you too F-man(didn't see the link) sorry.
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Idiot.
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whatever *locks topic*