SNES: File diffs - .smc, .sfc, .fig, .sms, . . .

Hi, there!

What's the difference between the different types of SNES ROM files? I've heard about Game Doctor and Super Famicon - what are they? How do I check for the correct type of file (smc or sfc) when somebody changed the name and extension -- is there a special header in each type of file that I can look for if I open them with hex editors???

The most common file extension for SNES ROMs are smc, sfc and fig. srm are save files.

As for smc, sfc, fig, etc these are because the Rom dumper has been used to:

smc -> Super Magic Card
fig -> Super WildCard
swc -> Super WildCard

More info here

. And yes, the header it's different, you might know it with Nach's NSRT
Ucon64 it's very good too, but a bit hard to use

Use NSRT to remove the headers from your ROMs. Only in that you have a 'pure' ROM (for emulators, that is).

Thanks.