hi I wanted to know what all the punctuation mean in rom files for example I know means bad dump I remember years ago there was a website but cant find it does anyone have the low down for them
Good Codes ROM files which have been named with the Good Tools naming convention have letters and numbers in their names, within brackets. These letters and numbers disclose various things about the ROM; which country the game is from, how original the ROM dump is, how accurate the dump is, what year the ROM is from, sometimes the size of the ROM, sometimes the CRC of the ROM and a few other things too. Here is a complete description... Standard Codes These codes tell you about the status of the ROM. Generally, the ideal ROM would be one with a [!] symbol, as such a ROM has been 100% verified against the original game. However, you may see other symbols, such as [a1] or [o3]... what these mean is that the ROM is the first known 'alternate ROM', or third known 'overdump ROM'. These extra codes are used a lot in ROM sets. Here is what they mean: [!] Verified Good Dump [a] Alternate to the original dump often done by another dumping group. [o] Overdump of a ROM which has too much space allocated for it making it too big. [p] Pirate ROM released without consent, or stolen from the original dumping group. Bad Dump of a ROM, which probably doesn't work correctly. [f] Fixed to run better on emulators or bug fixed. [h] Hack of a ROM that has possibly an intro added or graphics changed. [t] Trained ROM that has a small bit of code that lets you cheat in the game. [T] Translation of a ROM from one language to another. (-) Unknown Year (M#) Multilanguage (# of Languages) (###) Checksum (??k) ROM Size ZZZ_ Unclassified (Unl) Unlicensed (-) Unknown Year Country Codes The codes below are to inform you of the game's country of origin. In most cases it will affect the language of the game, however, this is not always so. Public domain ROMs are home made games created by programmers and not released by software companies. (1) Japan & Korea (4) USA & Brazil NTSC (A) Australia (B) non USA (GoodGen Only) (C) China (E) Europe (F) France (F) World (GoodGen Only) (FC) French Canadian (FN) Finland (G) Germany (GR) Greece (H) Holland (HK) Hong Kong (I) Italy (J) Japan (K) Korea (NL) Netherlands (PD) Public Domain (S) Spain (SW) Sweden (U) USA (UK) England (Unk) Unknown Country (Unl) Unlicensed If a particular ROM was released multiple countries, the character codes are combined to create something like (JU), which in this case signifies a Japanese/U.S. release. Special Codes These special codes only affect the ROMs of specific console systems. Game Boy [C] Game Boy Colour Version Super Game Boy Enhanced Version [BF] Fixed to work on programmable Game Boy cartridges released by a company called Bung Super Nintendo (BS) Broadcast Satellaview game ROMs. (ST) Sufami Turbo interface compatible ROMs. (NP) Nintendo Power subscriber only games. Atari (PAL) Euro Version Genesis (1) Japan & Korean Game (4) USA & Brazil Only Game (5) NTSC Only Game (8) PAL Only Game (B) Runs on any non USA Genesis [c] Faulty checksum routine [x] Bad Checksum [R-] Countries for use in. Thomson MO5 (Y) Year unknown Coleco (Adam) ADAM computer version Nintendo (PC10) PlayChoice 10 arcade system ROM (Mame supports these) (VS) Versus system arcade ROM (Mame supports these) NeoGeo Pocket [M] Mono Only
