What's the meaning to these letters!!! Please help :(

[braveerudite]

Someone please tell me what all these letters at the end of each rom files mean. I have like 5 or 6 versions of the same game (rom) but I can't figure out what all those letters on parentesis at the end of each rom mean. I can't find anywere a definition to this confusing stuff. Someone give me a link or something to understand. Plz

For example:

Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (E) [!]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (E) [b1]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (E) [f1]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (U) [!]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (U) [b1]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (U) [b2]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (U) [b3]
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (U) [f1]
Mandelbrot Zoomer by RedBox (PD)
Manic Miner - Hidden Levels by RedboX (PD)
Manic Miner by RedboX (PD)
Mario Golf (E) [!]
Mario Golf (E) [f1] (Z64-Save)
Mario Golf (E) [f3] (Z64-Save)
Mario Golf (E) [o1]
Mario Golf (E) [o1][h1C]
Mario Golf (U) [!]
Mario Golf (U) [b1]
Mario Golf (U) [f1] (PAL)
Mario Golf (U) [f2] (Z64-Save)
Mario Golf (U) [t1]
Mario Golf 64 (J) [!]
Mario Golf 64 (J) [b1]
Mario Golf 64 (J) [f1] (PAL)
Mario Kart 64 (E) (V1.0) [!]
Mario Kart 64 (E) (V1.0) [T+Ita_Cattivik66]
Mario Kart 64 (E) (V1.0) [b1]
Mario Kart 64 (E) (V1.0) [b2]
Mario Kart 64 (E) (V1.1) [!]
Mario Kart 64 (E) (V1.1) [T+Ita_Cattivik66][b1]
Mario Kart 64 (J) (V1.0) [!]
Mario Kart 64 (J) (V1.0) [T+Ita_Cattivik66][b1]
Mario Kart 64 (J) (V1.0) [b1]

[Jale]

(U) = USA
(E) = Europe
(J) = Japan
(G) = German
(!) = Good Rom
[b*] = Bad Dump
[h*] = Hack
(V1.0) = Rom version.
(NTSC) (PAL) = Video system 60/50 Hz.

I'm not sure about the other ones.

[braveerudite]

(U) = USA
(E) = Europe
(J) = Japan
(G) = German
(!) = Good Rom
[b*] = Bad Dump
[h*] = Hack
(V1.0) = Rom version.
(NTSC) (PAL) = Video system 60/50 Hz.

I'm not sure about the other ones.

Thx so much for taking the time to clarify this. So it means I should play the highest (!) version right?

What is a bad dump?

Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de contestarme estas preguntas. Sabes de algun sitio en donde pueda encontrar mas informacion sobre estos significados?

Que son malos dump?

Gracias por adelantado.

[Jale]

Why translating if I already know both languages

What is a bad dump?

A bad dump is a ROM image that is incorrect for some reason. There are numerous reasons that bad dumps occur; partially dumping a ROM (only half of it for example), incorrectly connecting it up for dumping, a faulty/damaged ROM, etc.

[TchuBacha]

(O) is overdumped, where theres loads of useless FF's and 00's at the end of the rom.

[braveerudite]

(O) is overdumped, where theres loads of useless FF's and 00's at the end of the rom.

In english please (A lenguage a noob can understand)

Example:

Whatis a dump?

What is a overdump?

What are useless FF's?

What are FF's?

[braveerudite]

Why translating if I already know both languages

So if you didn't answer ,someone else could... and to sound friendlier. $#@!

[Jale]

In english please (A lenguage a noob can understand)

Example:

Whatis a dump?

What is a overdump?

What are useless FF's?

What are FF's?

A dump is the process of copying a game from a cartridge to a file on the PC and that's what we call a ROM file.

An overdump is when a game is copied + useless data, I think.

What Chewbaca was trying to say about a lot of FFs and 00s he meant about hexadecimal codes, which are compossed of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, and the letters A, B, C, D, E, F. Basically an excess of FFs and 00s is an overdump.

[braveerudite]

A dump is the process of copying a game from a cartridge to a file on the PC and that's what we call a ROM file.

An overdump is when a game is copied + useless data, I think.

What Chewbaca was trying to say about a lot of FFs and 00s he meant about hexadecimal codes, which are compossed of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, and the letters A, B, C, D, E, F. Basically an excess of FFs and 00s is an overdump.

Cool!!! Sounds like you know a lot about this stuff... But going back to my previus question. Why they add all these bad and useless roms to some roms download. I downloaded a huge bittorrent file that had the good room [!] and also had the bad dump. If these files are no good why they put them out for download? Thx for taking the time to answer my questions

[Jale]

I don't think I have seen the [!] and the [b*] together though...