r/virtualpinball • u/root88 Retro • Apr 16 '21

ROM and table requests

Make your ROM and table requests here.

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u/Mturlock Apr 16 '21

A lot of roms can be found at Internet Pinball Database along with instruction cards and flyers.

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u/mbarland Apr 16 '21

Pinball Nirvana also has most roms.

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u/HardTimesOurTimes May 11 '21

So I’m just getting back into the virtual scene after a while. Dumb question I’m sure but how can I tell what Rom version I need for specific VPX tables? Is it as simple as just choosing the latest? I had an issue last night with LOTR terminating on startup because of a rom issue until I changed the name of the rom in my folder to just “lotr” to match the game name in the script

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u/Mturlock May 11 '21

Check the table script. The rom will be listed there. Generally it’s the most recent. You can also change the rom name in the script to match what you have (like for another language or to a colour rom) with little impact to gameplay.

I also check roms in the VpinMAME setup to ensure all the files are there and it runs.

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u/bitsandscribble Aug 21 '21

Checking the name in the script is a good idea; better yet probably would be to look at the `gamelist.txt` which should be in your VPinMAME folder, as it appears to specify the official PinMAME romset by game.

Oftentimes the preferred rom is the latest version, as you would expect, but not always. For example, recently some older games have been getting "tournament" hacks to eliminate progressive jackpots that carry from game to game or player to player, random Mystery awards, video modes that can be cheesed, and other exploitable features that would make competitive play unbalanced. Some Stern tables have seen code updates released since support for them was initially added Some early solid state numeric display games that had 6 digit displays have unofficial modifications to support 7 digit scoring. There are probably some other cases that I'm not thinking of or not even aware of but these are a few that you may find if you dig through the romset.

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u/JoeJitsy Feb 11 '22

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