02528: xexex and clones: Game checks halt with "VERSION ERROR"

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
02528	Core	Critical (emulation)	Always	Oct 11, 2008, 15:35	Oct 12, 2008, 04:04

Tester	Terryn	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To		Resolution	Fixed	OS
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	konami/xexex.cpp
Version	0.127u7	Fixed in Version	0.127u8	Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	02528: xexex and clones: Game checks halt with "VERSION ERROR"
Description	The initial "CHECKING EEPROM" screen gets skipped; just past the initial RAM/ROM checks, the game declares "VERSION ERROR" and will not proceed.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information	Regression either is in .127u2 or .127u3 (u1 works, u3 doesn't, I didn't test u2 since the u2 upload of MAMEUI on the whiper Mame mirror is broken). Tested in self-compile .127u7 and MAMEUI32.
Github Commit

Flags
Regression Version	0.127u3
Affected Sets / Systems	xexex and clones

Attached Files

No.02769 Haze Senior Tester Oct 11, 2008, 15:38	it still boots if you initialize the eeprom.
No.02770 Terryn Tester Oct 11, 2008, 15:40 edited on: Oct 11, 2008, 15:42	Ah, was this changed to be done manually? My mistake, apologies (yet again). I should have made a more general examination rather than just checking xexex.c. Sorry for wasting your time =(
No.02771 Tafoid Administrator Oct 11, 2008, 15:47 edited on: Oct 11, 2008, 15:51	Hold down F2 then reset the game with F3 and wait for the "Checking EEPROM" message to disappear. It would appear in 0.127u3 onwards - the auto create EEPROM behavior was changed in source and must now be done manually like most of the other same-era Konami games. I'll leave open for more testing/comments. EDIT: Gaah.. I sit at the create note screen for too long and it resolves itself :) Anyway - it would be nice to know if this was expected - since prior to the regression that the EEPROM initialized itself. Is this change to keep it consistent with actual behavior?