Difference between revisions of "GoodXXXX"

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The GoodXXXX series is a naming method and series of programs created by Cowering used to label and verify ROMs.

(U) - The game is from the US and is in English
(J) - The game is from Japan and is in Japanese
(E) - The game is from Europe and is in English
(JU) - The game is in English and Japanese
(UE) - The game is in English and the US release is identical to the European one
(JUE) - The game is the same for Japan, the US and Europe
(W) - The game has a world release
(A) - The game is from Australian
(C) - The game is from China
(D) - The game is in Dutch
(F) - The game is from France
(FC) - The game is in French Canadian
(FN) - The game is from Finland
(G) - The game is from Germany
(GR) - The game is from Greece
(HK) - The game is from Hong Kong
(I) - The game is from Italy
(J) - The game is from Japan
(K) - The game is from Korea
(NL) - The game is from the Netherlands
(S) - The game is from Spain
(Sw) - The game is from Sweden
(UK) - The game is from the United Kingdom
(Unk) - The game is from an Unknown Country
(-) - Alternative label for Unknown Country
(PD) - The game is in public domain
(Unl) - The game is unlicensed

[!] - The game is a verified good dump
[aX] - The game is an alternative re-release to the original copy
[bX] - The game is a bad dump. These are useless. A bad dump often occurs with an older game or a faulty dumper (bad connection). Another common source of [b] ROMs is a corrupted upload to a release FTP.
[fX] - A fixed game has been altered in some way so that it will run better on a copier or emulator.
[hX] - The game has been hacked
[h1C] - Further identifies a hack as a cartname hack
[oX] - 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.
[pX] - A pirated version of a ROM Image. Usually the copyright messages and company names are corrupted/removed.
[tX] - The game has been supplied with a trainer
[T+XXX] - Most recent version of a ROM translation
[T-XXX] - Obsolete version of a ROM translation
[x] - Wrong checksum (Needs verifying). Potentially- [c][!] or a bad dump

(1) - Carts with this code will run on both Japanese and Korean machines.
(32X) - 32X game
(4) - While this code is technically the same as a (U) code, it is a newer header format and represents that the cart will run on USA and Brazil NTSC machines.
(5) - The game will only run on NTSC systems
(8) - The game will only run on PAL systems
(B) - This country code indicates that the cart will run on any non-US machine.
[c] - This code represents a cart with known faulty checksum routines.
(J-Cart) - Codemasters J-Cart
(MP) - MegaPlay (only Sonic 1 is in GoodGen)
(REVSC02) - Revision ripped from Sonic Compilation (Only Sonic 2 is in GoodGen)

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 *(JUE) - The game is the same for Japan, the US and Europe
 *(W) - The game has a world release
-*(1) - The game is from Japan and Korea
-*(4) - The game is from USA & Brazil NTSC
 *(A) - The game is from Australian
 *(C) - The game is from China
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 *(NL) - The game is from the Netherlands
 *(S) - The game is from Spain
-*(SW) - The game is from Sweden
+*(Sw) - The game is from Sweden
 *(UK) - The game is from the United Kingdom
 *(Unk) - The game is from an Unknown Country