I have a question regarding region compatibility. My NES and SNES databases work just fine, so I think this is limited to N64 and SMD only.
N64: All of my ROMs are the European versions. The games I have added all work with (what I assume to be US) meta packs, except for Diddy Kong Racing. The compatibility list mentions borked textures which is what I’m seeing but it’s really bad. Have I done something wrong here or is that just how it is?
SMD: Again, all of my ROMs are European. Some boot, some don’t. Those that don’t display an error message saying they are only intended for PAL systems. Guessing this is a simple fix if I replace the games that don’t work with US versions of the ROMs?
Then there’s Golden Axe 3. Since there isn’t a ROM for it that isn’t Japan native, I get a similar error message (something like “cannot be used on a US system”). Is the only way to get this to work to create a new Database for the Japanese version of the N64 NSO app?
I tend to personally focus on US games compatibility. So I cant speak for any of the PAL dtz's.
With Genesis/Mega Drive, you need to select the appropriate Machine Country option in the Advanced Options column in CaVE. It defaults to US. I dont know much about Genesis games to parse the headers and automatically set that. I was thinking about it, but I just wanted to get CaVE posted publicly.