Hacking Trimming Roms?

[[M]artin]

I'm a bit confused on the whole concept of trimming roms with the Supercard patching software. All I know is that it cuts off the "blank space" from a rom, therefore making the final patched version of the rom smaller. Is it recommended that I trim all roms, just to be sure and make the rom files I use as small as possible?

 

[glowworm]

yes, trim all of them.

 

[outphase]

if for whatever reason trimming breaks the game, you can just not trim it.

 

[Konamix02]

Yeah I trim mine just because I know that I have the extra space.

 

[CatScam]

Yes always trim, if it works you get more space if not you just try again without trim.
Trim seems to work on over 90% of the ROMs so always try first, plus no one likes a
hairy Rom.

 

[sidneyyoung]

'Open Season' is the only rom I know of on SC that doesn't work when trimmed.

 

[Konamix02]

And on top of that...who would really play Open Season?

 

[sidneyyoung]

And on top of that...who would really play Open Season?

my children like it