04411: orunners, orunnersu, titlef, titlefu: Year is wrong.

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04411	Documentation	Typo	N/A	Jul 6, 2011, 03:21	Jul 6, 2011, 04:33

Tester	MarvelvsCapcom2	View Status	Public	Platform	MAMEUI
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	sega/segas32.cpp
Version	0.142u6	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04411: orunners, orunnersu, titlef, titlefu: Year is wrong.
Description	Both games' title screen prints "1992", but both games were released in March/May 1993, according to the ROMs.
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Affected Sets / Systems	orunners, orunnersu, titlef, titlefu

Attached Files	orunners.png (67,853 bytes) Jul 6, 2011, 04:32 Uploaded by Tafoid
Attached Files	titlef.png (62,919 bytes) Jul 6, 2011, 04:32 Uploaded by Tafoid

No.07639 Tafoid Administrator Jul 6, 2011, 04:31 edited on: Jul 6, 2011, 04:43	The reason there would be disputing dates elsewhere in code could be one of many reasons, none of those would change the fact that the game was original released in 1992. In almost all cases, for original games (clones might differ), MAME uses what the Title Screen copyright date shows. It's considered the most accurate and best source of documentation. There are other trade journals and internal publications which may be used to counteract this 'rule', but it rarely happens. Any dates you see elsewhere can only cloud the issue - it's best to have a never-fail type of documentation. The Title Screen by in large gives us that. There is therefore nothing wrong with these games from a documentation standpoint. Closing.

No.07639

Tafoid

Administrator

Jul 6, 2011, 04:31

edited on: Jul 6, 2011, 04:43

The reason there would be disputing dates elsewhere in code could be one of many reasons, none of those would change the fact that the game was original released in 1992. In almost all cases, for original games (clones might differ), MAME uses what the Title Screen copyright date shows. It's considered the most accurate and best source of documentation. There are other trade journals and internal publications which may be used to counteract this 'rule', but it rarely happens. Any dates you see elsewhere can only cloud the issue - it's best to have a never-fail type of documentation. The Title Screen by in large gives us that.

There is therefore nothing wrong with these games from a documentation standpoint. Closing.