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romset

romset noun: a group of related ROM images required to emulate a particular game.

Noun

romset (plural romsets)

  1. A group of related ROM images required to emulate a particular game.
    • I am looking for a rom dump of a Swedish or Finnish C64. They seem to have an alternate romset than the ones used elsewhere (probably because of the characters used in those countries).2000, Ben Castricum, “Searching for a Swedish/Finnish C64 romset”, in comp.sys.cbm (Usenet)
    • You are right re the romsets, MAME uses different sets for a lot of games, you can't intermix Neorage and MAME sets.2001, Paul Irvine, “NeoGeo”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)

Forms of romset

pluralromsets

Origin of romset

From ROM + set.

Questions about romset

What does romset mean?
Romset means a group of related ROM images required to emulate a particular game.
What part of speech is romset?
Romset is a noun.
What is the plural of romset?
The plural of romset is romsets.

Words near romset in the dictionary

  1. rompy
  2. Rompza
  3. ROMs
  4. Romsdal
  5. Romsdalsfjord
  6. romset
  7. romsets
  8. Romsey
  9. Romsey Extra
  10. Romsley
  11. Romualdo

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