Why are there no NeoGeo MVS DAT files?

[DarkAngel80]

I noticed there are no NeoGeo MVS DAT files on DAT-O-MATIC, although the NeoGeo Pocket is covered. Is there any particular reason for this? Thanks!

[rarenight]

NeoGeo MVS carts are sufficiently represented in MAME 0.260 and therefore any presence in No-Intro would be redundant.

Here's a list of NeoGeo games currently in MAME for reference: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame. ... _version=0

No-Intro as a project likes to host unique DATs and act complementary to other projects where possible.

[DarkAngel80]

Thanks @rarenight!

I haven't used MAME yet, as I am primarily working with Console Romsets, not Arcade. My use case is that I want to create a custom 1G1R Romset for the NeoGeo MVS using a P/C DAT file with Rom Center. Any advice on how I would go about extracting that out of MAME?

[Hiccup]

There'd still be a benefit having a No-Intro dat, due to the extra features/fields that datomatic provides. Especially if we also had trusted dumps and verifications.

[Psychofox11]

I'm all for this and could contribute a couple aftermarkets - if I ever knew how to dump one! Maybe once a more accessible dumper comes along and members can actually add trusted dumps, we should consider it. AFAIK you gotta dump the chips like an arcade board, and we don't have a lot of people going that far. I did want to keep this on the radar though. This and Atari Jaguar need some good dumping options. OSCR and Maxflash cover just about everything else (oddly no Lynx but it has easy to find dumpers), and any carts post-GBA can use their own console.

[Gary_Oak]

As much as I respect and support the MAME team's work, the naming convention they use for their ROM sets is absolutely horrendous. I personally would love to see No-Intro's naming convention applied to the NeoGeo MVS/AES (if not the entire MAME arcade game set) for organization's sake. Besides, with the existence of stand-alone NeoGeo emulators such as ares and Geolith (this one uses the unique .neo extension for NeoGeo games), I feel this could be relevant.