wb3 - Wonder Boy 3 - archived and not

[destructor]

I see that some wb3 scores are archived:
http://marp.retrogames.com/r/*wb3
and some not:
http://marp.retrogames.com/r/wb3

I playback one moment ago my *wb3 recording on new romset wb3 and all works fine.
Maybe *wb3 and wb3 are the same game, only name was changed because new clones were added? Maybe *wb3 should be not archived and merged with wb3?

I use audit option in old wolf version and in new and no errors for *wb3 and wb3 on one romset.

[mahlemiut]

None of them, except for the bootleg version, would have worked at all before the System 16 encryption was cracked. I would not be surprised if various versions have been shuffled about or something.

[***PL***]

Maybe *wb3 should be not archived and merged with wb3?

No, after researching this a bit, *wb3 was archived and wb31 came into its place. It is the original wb3 set that was called SET 1. Not sure why they were archived. If desired, I can merge *wb3 back into wb31. This set was also in a tourney back in May 2004.

You'll note that wb3, wb32, wb33, wb34 all came out on or after m88 and *wb3 has recording prior to m88.

[destructor]

For me it's strange because current set1 (wb31) require:

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epr12082.bin   	65536   	38dc5b15   	wb31   	   	b25bf60d269a87f9d8dbc1a3787c8ff9a6e7482c 
epr12084.bin  	65536  	b6deb654  	wb31  	  	37066cc63902233bb8b56d3171c42bf8a8f82e58 
epr12083.bin  	65536  	3d631a8e  	wb31  	  	4940ff6cf380fb914876ade39ea37f42b79bf11d 
epr12085.bin  	65536  	0962098b  	wb31  	  	150fc439dd5e773bef706f058abdb4d2ec44e355 
317-0084.key  	8192  	2c58dafa  	wb31  	  	24d06970eda896fdd5e3486132bd19834f7d3659 
epr12086.bin  	65536  	45b949df  	wb31  	  	84390d16da00b775988e5f6c20950cb2304b1a74 
epr12087.bin  	65536  	6f0396b7  	wb31  	  	0a340f2b58e5ecfe504197a8fd2111181e868a3e 
epr12088.bin  	65536  	ba8c0749  	wb31  	  	7d996c7a1ad249c06ef7ec9c87a83710c98005d3 
epr12090.b1  	65536  	aeeecfca  	wb3  	  	496124b170a725ad863c741d4e021ab947511e4c 
epr12094.b5  	65536  	615e4927  	wb3  	  	d23f164973afa770714e284a77ddf10f18cc596b 
epr12091.b2  	65536  	8409a243  	wb3  	  	bcbb9510a6499d8147543d6befa5a49f4ac055d9 
epr12095.b6  	65536  	e774ec2c  	wb3  	  	a4aa15ec7be5539a740ad02ff720458018dbc536 
epr12092.b3  	65536  	5c2f0d90  	wb3  	  	e0fbc0f841e4607ad232931368b16e81440a75c4 
epr12096.b7  	65536  	0cd59d6e  	wb3  	  	caf754a461feffafcfe7bfc6e89da76c4db257c5 
epr12093.b4  	65536  	4891e7bb  	wb3  	  	1be04fcabe9bfa8cf746263a5bcca67902a021a0 
epr12097.b8  	65536  	e645902c  	wb3  	  	497cfcf6c25cc2e042e16dbcb1963d2223def15a 
epr12089.bin  	32768  	8321eb0b  	wb31  	  	61cf95833c0aa38e35fc18db39d4ec74e4aaf01e 

Old wb3 and new wb3 require:

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epr12259.a7   	131072   	54927c7e   	wb3   	   	09a4c25b40aba2056c79b5c2e6e8cb7e6c05bc16 
epr12258.a5  	131072  	01f5898c  	wb3  	  	2422b4199ce5b63482f7fa1c790c90fc70a2b872 
epr12124.a14  	65536  	dacefb6f  	wb3  	  	789a5a99ad9419aee9da5397bcea34452ea8b4b3 
epr12125.a15  	65536  	9fc36df7  	wb3  	  	b39ccc687489e9781181197505fc78aa5cf7ea55 
epr12126.a16  	65536  	a693fd94  	wb3  	  	38e5446f41b6793a8e4134fdd92b02b86e3589f7 
epr12090.b1  	65536  	aeeecfca  	wb3  	  	496124b170a725ad863c741d4e021ab947511e4c 
epr12094.b5  	65536  	615e4927  	wb3  	  	d23f164973afa770714e284a77ddf10f18cc596b 
epr12091.b2  	65536  	8409a243  	wb3  	  	bcbb9510a6499d8147543d6befa5a49f4ac055d9 
epr12095.b6  	65536  	e774ec2c  	wb3  	  	a4aa15ec7be5539a740ad02ff720458018dbc536 
epr12092.b3  	65536  	5c2f0d90  	wb3  	  	e0fbc0f841e4607ad232931368b16e81440a75c4 
epr12096.b7  	65536  	0cd59d6e  	wb3  	  	caf754a461feffafcfe7bfc6e89da76c4db257c5 
epr12093.b4  	65536  	4891e7bb  	wb3  	  	1be04fcabe9bfa8cf746263a5bcca67902a021a0 
epr12097.b8  	65536  	e645902c  	wb3  	  	497cfcf6c25cc2e042e16dbcb1963d2223def15a 
epr12127.a10  	32768  	0bb901bb  	wb3  	  	c81b198df8e3b0ec568032c76addf0d1a1711194 

I think when *wb3 and wb3 are different versions then playback *wb3 using new wb3 romset should not work. But it works perfectly.

For me it's a bit not logic that when you want playback old wb31 (*wb3) you must use current wb3 romset.

EDIT
I found info:

• 0.88u4: Chris Hardy added clone Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (System 16A, 317-0084). Renamed (wb3) to (wb3b) and clones (wb3a) to (wb3ba), (wb3b) to (wb3bb) and (wb3bl) to (wb3bbl).
  0.92: Renamed (wb3b) to (wb3), (wb3a) to (wb31), (wb3ba) to (wb33), (wb3bb) to (wb32) and (wb3bbl) to (wb3bbl).

Then *wb3 IS wb3. I think we should (must) merge *wb3 with wb3.

wb31 is old wb3a added in version 88u4 - Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (System 16A, 317-0084).

[***PL***]

Very convincing analysis! I'll merge *wb3 into wb3...