Comparison of Patch Formats: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 05:10, 18 July 2023

Several file formats for distributing romhacks have been developed over the years:

Format	Full Name	Developer	Year Released	Max Source ROM Size	Max Patch File Size	Specification	Spec Length	Reversible?	Metadata?	Integrity Checks?	Efficiently handles Copy?	Efficiently handles move?	Header String
IPS	International Patch Standard	DAX & The M.C.A / Elite ^[1]	~1993	2047 Mb	7.99 Mb	https://zerosoft.zophar.net/ips.php	< 1 page	No	No	No	No	No	PATCH
xdelta		Joshua MacDonald	1997			http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3284	29 pages
UPS		Near	2008	unlimited	unlimited	https://www.romhacking.net/documents/392	3 pages	Yes	No	Yes			UPS1
BPS		Near	2012	unlimited	unlimited	https://www.romhacking.net/documents/746	1 HTML page	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BPS1

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 | '''xdelta''' || || Joshua MacDonald || 1997 || || || http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3284 || 29 pages || || || || || ||
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-| '''UPS''' || || [[Near]] || 2008 || unlimited || unlimited || https://www.romhacking.net/documents/392 || 3 pages || Yes || No || Yes || || || UPS1
+| '''[[UPS]]''' || || [[Near]] || 2008 || unlimited || unlimited || https://www.romhacking.net/documents/392 || 3 pages || Yes || No || Yes || || || UPS1
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-| '''BPS''' || || [[Near]] || 2012 || unlimited || unlimited || https://www.romhacking.net/documents/746 || 1 HTML page || No || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes ||BPS1
+| '''[[BPS]]''' || || [[Near]] || 2012 || unlimited || unlimited || https://www.romhacking.net/documents/746 || 1 HTML page || No || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes ||BPS1
 |}