[a] Alternate version of a rom, to fix bugs or
to eliminate compatibility with Game Genie or Action Replay codes
[b] Bad dump: These usually happen with a bad
electrical connection or an incompatibility between the game and the copier.
More rarely, an FTP upload may have been corrupted.
[f]
Cracked, that
is, fixed to run better on a copier or emulator
[h] Hack, such as a
release group'sintro,
cheating, compatibility with multiple regions, graphic changes, or even a
total conversion of the game engine
[o] Overdump that contains repeated data that
should be discarded
[p] Pirate
[t] Trained: A
trainer
is a combination of an intro and one or more cheats; the intro allows the
player to turn cheats on or off.
[!] Verified good dump
[T-] Old translation
[T+] New translation
(Unl) Unlicensed commercial release
(-) Unknown year
(M#) Multiple languages (for example, M3 for
three languages)
(###) Checksum value, usually CRC32
(??k) rom size
ZZZ_ Unclassified
Platform-specific codes
Colecovision
(Adam) ADAM version
Game Boy
[C] Game Boy Color enhanced or exclusive
[S] Super Game Boy enhanced
[BF] Bung fix: rom has been modified to run on
Bung's 1.0 flash carts
(PRG #) Same as [a] but more likely to use the
publisher's official version numbering
(PC10) PlayChoice 10 was an arcade unit which
played exact copies of NES games in an arcade cabinet. The machines had
a choice of 10 games to choose from and ran for about 3 minutes on 25
cents.
(VS) VS Unisystem, an NES-based arcade game
platform. To prevent piracy, each game used a different permutation of
the NES palette, unscrambled by the video chip at run time.
[hFFE] Patched for use with Front Far East
copiers
[hM##] Mapper hack: These games have been patched
to run on NES boards of type #, following the iNES numbering standard.
Super NES
(BS) Broadcast Satellaview was a satellite
receiver for the Super Famicom in Japan. Roms were transmitted along
with a TV show which was connected to the game in some way. These games
were only playable during the show, and thus stop after an hour, and
many were timed so that only certain time periods were playable.
(ST) The Sufami Turbo device allowed two Game Boy
sized carts to be plugged into the SNES. Certain carts combined into new
games much like the Sonic & Knuckles lock-on technology by Sega.
(NP) Nintendo Power magazine has been
known to release games only available to its subscribers. Most of these
roms are Japanese, as this practice occured mainly in Japan.
(NSS) Nintendo Super System. These were arcade
versions of games.
Country codes
(A) Australia
(C) China
(E) Europe
(F) France
(FC) French Canadian
(FN) Finland
(G) Germany
(GR) Greece
(HK) Hong Kong
(I) Italy
(J) Japan
(K) Korea
(NL) Netherlands
(PAL) Europe and other regions using PAL TV system
(PD) Internet release authorized for free
redistribution
