TOSEC or Emulator ROMs code
Code |
Most Common Codes Found in Rom Filenames |
[!] |
Perfect copy of the game |
[U] |
USA and Canada |
[J] |
Japan |
[E] |
Europe |
[JUE] |
Japan, USA and Europe |
[V#.#] |
Some games were commercially sold with different versions/variations (example: V1.1) |
Code |
Game Modifications Found in Rom Filenames |
[c] |
Cracked to run better on emulators or to take advantage of special features |
[f] |
Fixed to run better on emulators |
[h] |
Hacked game with modifications to sound, graphics, levels, game engine, etc |
[p] |
Pirate is a form of hack but they're usually sold in countries like China |
[t] |
Trainer contains cheats added to game |
[T-] |
Old Translation of game (game has been translated to another language; example: T+Eng would be to english) |
[T+] |
New Translation of game (game has been translated to another language; example: T+Eng would be to english) |
Code |
Other Codes Found in Rom Filenames |
[a] |
Alternate version of a rom |
[b] |
Bad dump; game has problems |
[o] |
Overdump contains useless repeated data (file size is bigger than it should be) |
(Unl) |
Unlicensed commercial release |
(-) |
Unknown year |
(M#) |
Multiple languages; example: M4 for four languages |
(###) |
Checksum value |
(??k) |
Rom size |
ZZZ_ |
Unclassified |
[C] |
Game Boy Color enhanced or exclusive |
[S] |
Super Game Boy enhanced |
Code |
All Country Codes Found in Rom Filenames |
(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 PAL TV regions |
(PD) |
Internet release for distribution |
(S) |
Spain |
(SW) |
Sweden |
(U) |
USA and English Canadian |
(UK) |
United Kingdom |
(Unk) |
Unknown country |