I wrote Python code for verifying ROM libraries
against
DAT
catalogs. One problem: most DAT files use CRC32 as the way to
identify the ROM.
The hash space is too small.
For instance,
Golgo 13
- Top Secret Episode and the unauthorized Swedish translation of Legend of
Zelda both have the CRC32 6ad81a61.
It'd be nice to have a truly unique name for
each ROM. There's a move to use MD5 hashes; overkill, but it'd work.
The emulation sites are hard enough to navigate I can't
find who's doing the work.
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