On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Adam Wozniak wrote:
> Why not create a new file format, which includes the information along
> with the ROM data? That way no centralized authority is required to maintain
> or track data as people come up with new homebrews/ hacks/ conversions/
> versions/ etc...
>
> The file should contain all the information in the current stella.pro, and
> be extensible. All it would take for the new format to 'catch' would be for
> the 3 biggest emulators to support it, and a set of free tools for
> manipulating it.
>
> Thoughts?
How's this for an example?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<Atari2600ROM>
<Cartridge>
<MD5>aaea37b65db9e492798f0105a6915e96</MD5>
<Name>Party Mix (2 of 3) (1982) (Starpath)</Name>
<Manufacturer>Starpath</Manufacturer>
<ModelNo>AR-4302</ModelNo>
<Note>Uses the Paddle Controllers</Note>
<Rarity>Extremely Rare</Rarity>
<Type>AR</Type>
</Cartridge>
<Controller>
<Left>Paddles</Left>
<Right>Paddles</Right>
</Controller>
<Display>
<Height>192</Height>
<Width>160</Width>
<XStart>0</XStart>
<YStart>34</YStart>
</Display>
<Emulation>
<CPU>High</CPU>
</Emulation>
<Binary>
YODA4HA4HAwMDBwcPDhgYOBg4MDgcDgcDAwMHBwcPDgwcGDgwOBwOBwMDAwcHBwcHDg44OBg
[140 lines of base64 encoded binary data omitted]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
</Binary>
</Atari2600ROM>
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