Gaming
rom dump
What does rom dump mean?
A digital copy of a game pulled straight off a physical cartridge or disc. Dump it once and the game lives as a file you can run in any emulator. The raw material of the whole emulation scene.
"He pulled a fresh ROM dump off his own cart so the checksum would match the No-Intro entry exactly."
Origin
Emulation/preservation scene; the file extracted ('dumped') from physical game media so it can run in an emulator.
Frequently asked questions
What is a ROM dump?
A ROM dump is a digital rip of the data stored on a game cartridge or disc, copied into a file.
How do you use ROM dump in a sentence?
"He made a ROM dump of the old cartridge so the game could run in an emulator."
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