List of codes for roms

Thanks to Barne:

Here is a big list of codes for roms, note that most will never been seen but it's handy to have a complete list, never know what you'll come across!

Country Codes:
(A) - Australian
© - Chinese
(E) - Europe
(F) - French
(FN) - Finland
(G) - German
(GR) - Greece
(HK) - Hong Kong
(I) - Italian
(J) - Japan
(K) - Korean
(NL) - Dutch
(PD) - Public Domain
(S) - Spanish
(SW) - Sweden
(U) - USA
(UK) - England
(Unk) - Unknown Country
(-) - Unknown Country

Standard Codes:
[a] - Alternate
[ b] - Bad Dump
[BF] - Bung Fix
[c] - Cracked
[f] - Other Fix
[h] - Hack
[o] - Overdump
[p] - Pirate
[t] - Trained
[T] - Translation
(Unl) - Unlicensed
[x] - Bad Checksum
ZZZ_ - Unclassified
[!] - Verified Good Dump
(???k) - ROM Size

Special Codes:
[C] - Color GameBoy
[S] - Super GameBoy
(M#) - Multilanguage (# of Languages)
[M] - Mono Only (NeoGeo Pocket)
(PC10) - PlayChoice 10 (NES)
(1) - Japan (Genesis)
(4) - USA (Genesis)
(5) - NTSC Only (Genesis)
(8) - PAL Only (Genesis)
(BS) - BS ROMS (SNES)
(ST) - Sufami Turbo (SNES)
(NP) - Nintendo Power (SNES)
(Adam) - ADAM Version (Coleco)
(PAL) - PAL Video

make a stick, please ? :P

You have lots of knowledge in this stuff. Thx for sharing with us.

Thank you I have been searching for a list like this for quite a while.

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Originally Posted by RockmanRotties

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© - Chinese
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l0l, copyrightz.

Very informative list. Good finding.

Heh!

You guys are welcome! :D

Sticky thread, please ? ;)

Kool. Never seen the NL and PD before ;)

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Originally Posted by RockmanRotties

Heh!

You guys are welcome! :D

Sticky thread, please ? ;)

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Most likely many people had a problem like that..... :happy:

Okay, stickied for now. :cool:

god you just save me alot of time....THANK YOU!!!!

^ dude resize your sig. 500x100 pixels please


Also nice find Rockman. Someone will find this list informative.

Thanks alot for the list of codes. I'm just starting to get into downloading and collecting ROMs for the Nintendo 64, SNES and NES and don't know what most of the codes are. Do you happen to know what f1, M1, t1, h1C would mean? I also wanted to ask what the best codes would be to download games? I'm guessing ones that are USA games (U) and have a (!) after it for a good dump. Wow, that didn't sound good....Thanks!

-Scott

Depends on who did the release or who was the last one to rename the rom, but if the filename is correct, then a standard rom naming convention should apply.

This usually works for me:
http://www.romcenter.com/datafiles/t...convention.htm

dats so help full, now i know wat im downloading. =D
Thanks Mate.

I have been searching for a list like this for quite a while. I also wanted to ask what the best codes would be to download games? I'm guessing ones that are USA games (U) and have a (!) after it for a good dump. Wow, that didn't sound good....Thanks!

i wonder something. i live in Europe, so can i play NA releases or not? thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by BLoody

i wonder something. i live in Europe, so can i play NA releases or not? thanks in advance.

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I have the same question, I live in UK?

Additionally to above list, I found these notes:

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STANDARD CODE NOTES

[a] This is simply an alternate version of a
ROM. Many games have been re-released to
fix bugs or even to eliminate Game Genie
codes (Yes, Nintendo hates that device).

[b ] A bad dump often occurs with an older
game or a faulty dumper (bad connection).
Another common source of ROMs is a
corrupted upload to a release.

[f] A fixed game has been altered in some way
so that it will run better on a copier
or emulator.

[h] Something in this ROM is not quite as it
should be. Often a hacked ROM simply has
a changed header or has been enabled to
run in different regions. Other times it
could be a release group intro, or just
some kind of cheating or funny hack.

[o] An overdumped ROM image has more data
than is actually in the cart. The extra
information means nothing and is removed
from the true image.

[t] A trainer is special code which executes
before the game is begun. It allows you
to access cheats from a menu.

[!] Verified good dump. Thank God for these!

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Thank you for these, this just saved me a lot of work. :D

Thanks, really helpful :)

Thank you.........................

It's annoying how not all ROM dumpers mark these.

Anyway, why are there ones that simply have nothing beside them like the SMB1 Europe ROM? That game is correctly dumped but Nintendo broke the sound.

tks you so much but i don't understand it very much : © - Chinese???

Regions

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(U)=USA
(E)=Europe
(J)=Japan

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Misc Suffixes

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[a] Alternate
[p] Pirated
[b*] Bad Dump    (avoid these, they may not work!)
[t*] Trainer (Cheating Screen)
[f] Fixed
[T-] Outdated Translation
[T+] Newer Translation
[h] Hack
(-) Unknown Year
[o] Overdump
[!] Verified Good Rom Dump
(M#) Multilanguage (# of Languages)
(###) Checksum
(??k) ROM Size
ZZZ_ Unclassified
(Unl) Unlicensed

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Wow thank you very much! Good job!!!

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Originally Posted by azoreseuropa

Heh!

You guys are welcome! :D

Sticky thread, please ? ;)

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You guys are welcome!

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Originally Posted by KAISY

You guy audacity temp mail origin s are welcome!

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You guys are welcome!