question about roms

[brett]

i downloaded a whole bunch of roms and some of them have weird things next to the name like (j)[b][b1][b2][b3][b4](u)(e)[!][o1][o2][o3] what do they mean? im pretty sure e=English and j=Japanese but what are the rest? let me know thanks

[Jale]

The b ones are betas. I'm not sure about the o'es.

[azoreseuropa]

(j) = japan
(u) = usa
(e) = europe
[!] = good dump

I am not sure about [o1][o2][o3], sorry. I will look around and ask some people in other forum then post it in here, ok ?

[brett]

that sound good, thanks
whats the difference between the betas and the non betas?

[brett]

also found some [p1][p2][p3]
and some[a1][a2][a3]

[Jale]

that sound good, thanks
whats the difference between the betas and the non betas?

Beta is not a definitive product. In fact, it's an earlier stage of development of something, meaning it's incomplete and/or different from the final product.

I think the [p] ones are patches, but I'm not 100% sure, and the [a] ones mean alphas, which is an earlier development stage than beta.

[TchuBacha]

The o's are overdumps. When roms are dumped from the cartridges sometimes an error can occur, where the rom is dumped successfully but for some reason extra data is added to the file.

[brett]

why do they include all the extra ones? why cant they just have the good dumps? cause i could imagine the a/b/o could have problems

[brett]

which ones should i keep? im trying to make a ps2 dvd so i can play them on my ps2 and i cant keep them all but id like to have one of each game, right now theres like 5 different verison for each game

[Jale]

Get the ones with [!]. Those are the good dumps. Also, consider getting the appropiate region (E), (U), or (J). Obviously (J) games is in japanese so you wouldn't want that one. (U) is for NTSC (60 FPS) and (E) is for PAL (50 FPS).