Cowering's GoodTools is a suite of ROM

ROM image

A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board...

 auditing applications for Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 that contain a database listing known software for various video game console

Video game console

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

s and home computer

Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming increasingly common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user...

s.

These tools, released as freeware

Freeware

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...

, have established themselves as an important reference for ROM collectors, especially for older systems that don't have similarly authoritative sources and that have a perfect or almost perfect coverage in GoodTools.

The popularity of GoodTools originated the practice of distributing, instead of single or arbitrarily collected ROMs, the so-called "goodsets", packaged archives of every ROM for a particular platform that GoodTools recognizes.

List of systems covered by GoodTools

Name	System	Version	ROMs listed
Good2600	Atari 2600 Atari 2600 The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...	3.14	7,216
Good5200	Atari 5200 Atari 5200 The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, commonly known as the Atari 5200, is a video game console that was introduced in 1982 by Atari Inc. as a higher end complementary console for the popular Atari 2600...	2.01	284
Good7800	Atari 7800 Atari 7800 The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console re-released by Atari Corporation in January 1986. The original release had occurred two years earlier under Atari Inc. The 7800 had originally been designed to replace Atari Inc.'s Atari 5200 in 1984, but was temporarily...	2.04	183
GoodChaF	Fairchild Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957, it was a pioneer in transistor and integrated circuit manufacturing... /Luxor Luxor Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 , with an area of approximately . As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", as the ruins of the temple... /Zircon Zircon Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates. Its chemical name is zirconium silicate and its corresponding chemical formula is ZrSiO4. A common empirical formula showing some of the range of substitution in zircon is 1–x4x–y... /SABA SABA The Schwarzwälder Apparate-Bau-Anstalt was a German manufacturer for electronic equipment founded in 1923 at Triberg im Schwarzwald , present-day Baden-Württemberg....  Fairchild Channel F Fairchild Channel F The Fairchild Channel F is a game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976 at the retail price of $169.95. It has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console...	3.1415	88
GoodCoCo	Tandy Color Computer TRS-80 Color Computer The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer was a home computer launched in 1980. It was one of the earliest of the first generation of computers marketed for home use in English-speaking markets...	3.13	109
GoodCol	ColecoVision ColecoVision The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries' second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, and the means to expand the system's basic hardware...	3.14	459
GoodCPC	Amstrad CPC Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...	3.1415	27,103
GoodGB64	Commodore 64 Commodore 64 The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...	3.00	17,067
GoodGBA	Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....  Game Boy Advance Game Boy Advance The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...	3.14	34,118
GoodGBx	Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....  Game Boy Game Boy The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on... /Game Boy Color Game Boy Color The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...	3.14	9,333
GoodGCOM	Tiger Tiger Electronics Tiger Electronics is an American toy manufacturer, best known for its handheld LCD games, the Furby, and Giga Pets. When Tiger was an independent company, Tiger Electronics Inc., its headquarters were in Vernon Hills, Illinois....  Game.com Game.com The Game.com is a handheld game console released by Tiger Electronics in September 1997. It featured many new ideas for handheld consoles and was aimed at an older target audience, sporting PDA-style features and functions such as a touch screen and stylus...	3.14	30
GoodGen	Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...  Mega Drive/Genesis/32X	3.00	5,871
GoodGG	Sega Game Gear Sega Game Gear The was Sega's first handheld game console. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress....	3.13	666
GoodINTV	Mattel Mattel Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...  Intellivision Intellivision The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The word intellivision is a portmanteau of "intelligent television"...	2.03	238
GoodJag	Atari Jaguar Atari Jaguar The Atari Jaguar is a video game console that was released by Atari Corporation in 1993. It was the last to be marketed under the Atari brand until the release of the Atari Flashback in 2004. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Panasonic...	2.01	139
GoodLynx	Atari Lynx	2.01	300
GoodMO5	Thomson MO5 Thomson MO5 The Thomson MO5 was a 6809E-based computer introduced in France in 1984. It featured 32 KB of RAM, a 40×25 text display, and built-in Microsoft BASIC. The MO5 was replaced by the MO6 in 1986.-External links:...	3.1415	391
GoodMSX1	Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...  MSX MSX MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...	0.999.3	589
GoodMSX2	Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...  MSX2	0.999.3	166
GoodMTX	Memotech Memotech Memotech was a company based in Witney in Oxfordshire, England. They started out during the early 1980s producing memory expansion packs and other hardware expansions for the Sinclair ZX81....  MTX	3.1415	98
GoodN64	Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....  64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil... /Nintendo 64DD Nintendo 64DD The is a peripheral for the Nintendo 64 game console. It plugged into the N64 through the EXTension Port on the Nintendo 64's underside, and allowed the N64 to use proprietary 64 MB magneto-optical discs for expanded data storage...	3.14	3,044
GoodNES	Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987... /Famicom	3.14	16,384
GoodNGPx	SNK SNK Playmore SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....  Neo Geo Pocket Neo Geo Pocket The Neo Geo Pocket was SNK's first hand held video game system, released in Japan in late 1998; however, lower than expected sales resulted in its discontinuation in 1999, and was immediately succeeded by the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The system only had a retail release within the Japan and Hong Kong... /Neo Geo Pocket Color Neo Geo Pocket Color The Neo Geo Pocket Color , is a 16-bit colour handheld game console by SNK. It was the last console they produced in the Neo Geo family...	3.14	342
GoodOric	Oric Tangerine Computer Systems British microcomputer company Tangerine Computer Systems was founded in 1979 by Dr. Paul Johnson, Mark Rainer and Nigel Penton Tilbury in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire... /Atmos ATMOS Software ATMOS Software Productions Pty. Ltd. is an Australian computer game development company. ATMOS created the scenario for Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity Nova. The name "ATMOS" comes from the word "atmosphere.... /Telestrat	2.01	1,236
GoodPCE	NEC NEC , a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....  TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine	1.09a	1,565
GoodPico	Sega Pico Sega Pico The Sega Pico, also known as , was an electronic toy by Sega. The aim of creating the Pico was to get more young children to use video game systems....	3.1415	170
GoodPSID	Commodore Commodore International Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore Business Machines , the U.S.-based home computer manufacturer and electronics manufacturer headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which also housed Commodore's corporate parent company, Commodore International Limited...  64 Commodore 64 The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...  PSID music	0.999.4	30,365
GoodSAMC	Miles Gordon Technology Miles Gordon Technology Miles Gordon Technology, known as MGT, was a small British company, initially specialising in high-quality add-ons for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer. It was named for its founders, Alan Miles and Bruce Gordon and was founded in Cambridge, England in June 1986, by the two ex-Sinclair...  SAM Coupé SAM Coupé The SAM Coupé is an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in late 1989. It is commonly considered a clone of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer, since it features a compatible screen mode and emulated compatibility, and it was marketed as a logical upgrade from the Spectrum...	2.03	796
GoodSMS	Sega Master System Sega Master System The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....	3.13	1,026
GoodSNES	Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short... /Super Famicom/Satellaview Satellaview The is a satellite modem add-on for Nintendo's Super Famicom system that was released in Japan in 1995. Available for pre-release orders as early as February 13, 1995, the Satellaview retailed for between ¥14,000 and 18,000 and came bundled with the BS-X Game Pak and an 8M Memory Pak.The...	2.04	11,337
GoodSPC	Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...  SPC music	2.01	31,148
GoodSV	Watara Supervision Watara Supervision The Watara Supervision is a monochrome handheld game console, originating from Asia, and introduced in 1992 as a cut-price competitor for Nintendo's Game Boy. It came packaged with a game called Crystball, which is similar to Breakout...	3.14	47
GoodVBoy	Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....  Virtual Boy Virtual Boy The was a video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was the first video game console that was supposed to be capable of displaying "true 3D graphics" out of the box. Whereas most video games use monocular cues to achieve the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional...	3.1415	179
GoodVect	General Computer General Computer General Computer was a computer peripheral company whose main product was the HyperDrive, the first internal hard disk for the original Apple Macintosh computer. The product was unusual because the Macintosh did not have any internal interface for hard disks...  Vectrex Vectrex The Vectrex is a vector display-based video game console that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering. It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electric , and then by Milton Bradley Company after their purchase of GCE...	1.06	287
GoodWSx	Bandai Bandai is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...  WonderSwan WonderSwan was a line of handheld game consoles produced in Japan by Bandai between 1999 and 2003. It was developed by the late Gunpei Yokoi's company Koto and Bandai... /WonderSwan Color	3.14	346

Hosting license

Cowering allows only GoodTools with a version number below 3.00 to be hosted online. Those of a higher version number are only obtainable legally from the author's site.

Ancillary tools

Several utilities depend on GoodTools:

GoodGUI is a graphical front end to GoodTools.

GoodMerge is a program that organizes and optimizes the compression of ROM collections by placing all versions of a particular game into one archive, reducing the number of files and significantly increasing compression when using solid file archiver

File archiver

A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage...

s such as 7-Zip

7-Zip

7-Zip is an open source file archiver. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, but can read and write several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or with Microsoft Windows shell integration. 7-Zip began in 1999 and is actively...

.

UnGoodMerge is a program to extract ROM images from archives (such as those created by GoodMerge, hence the name) according to rules, such as only one variant of a game and no bad dumps, in order to leave behind redundant ROMs.

Good codes

The following are codes and naming schemes given to the majority (some system specific) ROM image sets for various home computer and video game consoles. Please note that some codes (such as the Sega Genesis country codes) are only on old GoodTools versions and only remain for reference.

Standard codes

Good code	Meaning of code	Explanation
[!]	Verified good dump	The ROM is an exact copy of the original game; it has not had any hacks or modifications.
[a]	Alternative version	The ROM is a copy of an alternative release of the game. Many games have been re-released to fix bugs or to eliminate Game Genie Game Genie The Game Genie is a series of cheat systems designed by Codemasters and sold by Camerica and Galoob for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Game Gear that modifies game data, allowing the player to cheat, manipulate various...  codes.
[b]	Bad dump	A ROM image which has been corrupted because the original game is very old, because of a faulty dumper (bad connection) or during its upload to a release server. These ROMs often have graphic errors or sometimes don't work at all.
[f]	Fixed dump	A fixed dump is a ROM that has been altered to run better on a flashcart Game Boy Advance flash cartridge A Game Boy Advance flash cartridge is one of several cartridges containing flash memory that have been developed for use in the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. These cartridges enable homebrew applications and games to be used on a GBA. The capacity of the cartridges ranges from 64 Mbit up to 8 Gbit...  or an emulator Emulator In computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system... .
[h]	Hacked ROM	The ROM has been user modified, with examples being changing the internal header or country codes, applying a release group intro, or editing the game's content.
[o]	Overdumped ROM	The ROM contains more data than the original game. This extra data is useless and doesn't affect the game at all; it just makes the ROM bigger.
[p]	Pirated version	A dump of a pirated version of a game. These ROMs often have their copyright messages or company names removed or corrupted.
[t]	Trained version	A trainer (special code which executes before starting the actual game) has been added to the ROM. It allows the player to access cheats Cheating Cheating refers to the breaking of rules to gain advantage in a competitive situation. The rules infringed may be explicit, or they may be from an unwritten code of conduct based on morality, ethics or custom, making the identification of cheating a subjective process. Cheating can refer...  from a menu or ingame.
[!p]	Pending dump	This is the closest dump to the original game to date, but the proper ROM is still waiting to be dumped.

Country codes

Country code	Country
(A)	Australia
(As)	Asia
(B)	Brazil
(C)	Canada
(Ch)	China
(D)	Netherlands (Dutch)
(E)	Europe
(F)	France
(G)	Germany
(Gr)	Greece
(HK)	Hong Kong
(I)	Italy
(J)	Japan
(K)	Korea
(Nl)	Netherlands
(No)	Norway
(R)	Russia
(S)	Spain
(Sw)	Sweden
(U)	United States
(UK)	United Kingdom
(W)	World
(Unl)	Unlicensed
(PD)	Public domain Public domain Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all... , free software Free software Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...  and freeware Freeware Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...
(Unk)	Unknown country

Universal codes

Code	Meaning of code
(NG-Dump Known)	No good dump has been found
(REVXX)	Revision number (00 is earliest)
(VX.X)	Version number (1.0 is earliest)
(M#)	Multilanguage; # of languages (selectable by a menu)
[T+XXX]	Most recent translation
[T-XXX]	Obsolete translation
??-in-1	Pirate multicart Multicart In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase or were previously available individually . For this reason, collections, anthologies, and compilations are considered multicarts...
(Vol #)	Official multicart Multicart In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase or were previously available individually . For this reason, collections, anthologies, and compilations are considered multicarts...
(GCN)	Nintendo GameCube Nintendo GameCube The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...  rip
[h#C]	Hacked internal cartridge information
[h#+#C]	Hacked internal cartridge information; #th variant
[hI]	Hacked dumping group intro
[hIR]	Hacked dumping group intro removed
[M]	Mono-color game
(Alpha)	Alpha version
(Beta)	Beta version
(Prototype)	Prototype Prototype A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.The word prototype derives from the Greek πρωτότυπον , "primitive form", neutral of πρωτότυπος , "original, primitive", from πρῶτος , "first" and τύπος ,...  version
(Pre-Release)	Pre-release version
(Kiosk Demo)	Demonstration version available at Kiosks
(Hack)	ROM hack
(Menu)	Multicart Multicart In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase or were previously available individually . For this reason, collections, anthologies, and compilations are considered multicarts...  menu, unselectable options
ZZZ_UNK	Unclassified ROM
BIOS	Copy of console's basic in/out system
(N64DD)	Nintendo 64DD Nintendo 64DD The is a peripheral for the Nintendo 64 game console. It plugged into the N64 through the EXTension Port on the Nintendo 64's underside, and allowed the N64 to use proprietary 64 MB magneto-optical discs for expanded data storage...  ROM
(##MBit)	ROM size in megabit Megabit The megabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix mega is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 106 , and therefore... s
(##k)	ROM size in kilobit Kilobit The kilobit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix kilo is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 103 , and therefore,... s
(19XX)	Release year (20th Century)
(20XX)	Release year (21st Century)
(Atmos)	Atmos ROM (GoodOric only)
(Telestrat)	Telestrat ROM (GoodOric only)
[R]	RSID format (GoodPSID only)
(old)	Old version
[R-XXX]	Language
(SC-3000)	SC-3000 cartridge (GoodSMS only)
(SG-1000)	Sega SG-1000 cartridge (GoodSMS only)
(SF-7000)	SF-7000 cartridge (GoodSMS only)
(GG2SMS)	Sega Master System Sega Master System The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....  mode (GoodGG only)
(Cart)	Cartridge format
(Adam)	ADAM version (GoodCol only)
(Compilation)	The ROM is a dump of a compilation
(Ch-Trad)	Pirate traditional Chinese game
(Ch-Simple)	Pirate simple Chinese game
[f1C]	Hack, only cart name is changed
(PAL)	European
(NTSC)	American

Translation codes:

Code	Country
Bra	Brazilian Portuguese
Chi	Chinese
Eng	English
Dut	Dutch
Fin	Finnish
Fre	French
Ger	German
Gre	Greek
Ita	Italian
Jap	Japanese
Kor	Korean
Nor	Norwegian
Pol	Polish
Por	Portuguese
Rus	Russian
Ser	Serbian
Spa	Spanish
Swe	Swedish

System specific codes

GoodGBA codes:

Code	Meaning of code
[hIR00]	Intro removed; replaced with 00 values
[hIRff]	Intro removed; replaced with ff values
[f_?]	Removed EEPROM EEPROM EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory and is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices to store small amounts of data that must be saved when power is removed, e.g., calibration... _V124 patched
[v]	Game Boy Advance Game Boy Advance The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...  video
[eb]	E-Book E-book An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...  ROM
[eba]	E-Book Advance ROM
[ebb]	Book Reader Advance ROM
[f125]	Removed EEPROM_V125
[f126]	Removed EEPROM_V126
(IQue)	Chinese Game Boy Advance Game Boy Advance The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...  ROM for IQue IQue iQue, Limited is a Chinese joint venture with its founder, Wei Yen, and Nintendo. iQue also makes the iQue Player, which was the company's first product...  console
Coleco on GBA	Emulated ColecoVision ColecoVision The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries' second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, and the means to expand the system's basic hardware...  ROM via Coleco on GBA emulator
Cologne	Emulated ColecoVision ROM via Cologne emulator
DrSMS	Emulated Sega Master System Sega Master System The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....  ROM via DrSMS emulator
FooN	Emulated ZX Spectrum ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...  ROM via FooN emulator
PocketNES	Emulated NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...  ROM via PocketNES PocketNES PocketNES is an NES emulator which runs on the Game Boy Advance, written by Neal Tew and Fredrik Olsson . It can run on a GBA through use of flash cartridges, or with the GBA Movie Player...  emulator
FC2GBA	Emulated NES ROM via FC2GBA emulator
Goomba	Emulated Game Boy Game Boy The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...  ROM via Goomba emulator
GBAGI	Emulated Adventure Game Interpreter Adventure Game Interpreter The Adventure Game Interpreter is a game engine which Sierra On-Line used through most of the 1980s to create and run animated, color adventure games...  ROM via GBAGI emulator
Swanadvance	Emulated WonderSwan WonderSwan was a line of handheld game consoles produced in Japan by Bandai between 1999 and 2003. It was developed by the late Gunpei Yokoi's company Koto and Bandai...  ROM via Swanadvance emulator
PCEAdvance	Emulated TurboGrafx-16 TurboGrafx-16 TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....  ROM via PCEAdvance emulator
PocketSMS	Emulated Sega Master System Sega Master System The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....  ROM via PocketSMS emulator
PocketSNES	Emulated SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...  ROM via PocketSNES emulator
SNESAdvance	Emulated SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...  ROM via SNESAdvance emulator
Snezzyboy	Emulated SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...  ROM via Snezzyboy emulator
VGB	Emulated Game Boy Game Boy The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...  ROM via VGB emulator
Pogoshell	Program for Pogoshell tool
s##e##	Series number and episode number for videos
(MB)	Multiboot ROM
(MB2GBA)	Multiboot game converted to GBA format
-e	E-Reader ROM
+ ## NES	Unlicensed multicart Multicart In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase or were previously available individually . For this reason, collections, anthologies, and compilations are considered multicarts...  with ## NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...  games
NDS	Nintendo DS Nintendo DS The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...  slot-2 cartridge dump
GoodBook	E-Book using GoodBook converter
TextReader	E-Book using TextReader converter
PictureBoy	E-Book using PictureBoy converter
ReadBoy	E-Book using ReadBoy converter

GoodGBx codes:

Code	Meaning of code
[C]	Game Boy Color Game Boy Color The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...  version
[S]	Super Game Boy Super Game Boy The is a 16-bit adapter cartridge for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as the Super Famicom in Japan. The Super Game Boy allows game cartridges designed for use on the Game Boy to be played on a TV display using the SNES/Super Famicom controllers. When it was released in...  version
[BF]	Bung fix (ROM fixed to work on a Bung cartridge)
(Bung)	ROM from a Bung cartridge
NES Conversion	NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...  ROM converted to Game Boy Color Game Boy Color The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...  ROM
GBS Player	Game Boy Game Boy The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...  music ROM

GoodGen codes:

Code	Meaning of code
(1)	Japan & Korea (GoodGen v0.999.7 only)
(4)	USA & Brazil (GoodGen v0.999.7 only)
(5)	NTSC (GoodGen 0.999.7 only)
(8)	PAL (GoodGen 0.999.7 only)
(F)	World (GoodGen v0.999.7 only)
(B)	Non-USA (GoodGen v0.999.7 only)
[c]	Known bad checksum but good dump
[x]	Thought to have bad checksum
(J-Cart)	The original cartridge has two controller ports on it
(SN)	Sega-Net game
(REVXB)	Sonic the Hedgehog Japanese version 2
(REVSC02)	Sonic Compilation version of Sonic 2
(MP)	MegaPlay version
(MD Bundle)	The ROM comes from Sega Mega Drive/Genesis pack-in game
(Alt Music)	Alternative music version of Sonic Spinball Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball is an adventure pinball game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was originally released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1993 and later ported to the Game Gear and Master System in 1995.The game title is a pun on pinball and Sonic's famous spin dash move...

GoodNES codes:

Code	Meaning of code
(PC10)	PlayChoice-10 PlayChoice-10 PlayChoice-10 was an arcade machine which could consist of as many as 10 different games previously available only on the Nintendo Entertainment System home console...  version
(VS)	Versus version
[hFFE]	Copied from Far East Copiers
[hMxx]	Hacked to run on mapper xx
SMB#	Unspecified Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist...  hack
(Aladdin)	Runs with an Aladdin cartridge that locks out 10NES lockout chip
(Sachen)	Unlicensed game by Sachen
(KC)	Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...  classic
(PRG0)	Program revision 0
(PRG1)	Program revision 1
[U]	Universal NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...  image file format
(Mapper ##)	Mapper number
(FDS Hack)	Hacked from the Family Computer Disk System to NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
(GBA E-reader)	Hacked from the e-Reader card
(E-GC)	NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...  ROM ripped from European Nintendo GameCube Nintendo GameCube The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
(J-GC)	NES Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...  ROM ripped from Japanese Nintendo GameCube Nintendo GameCube The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...

GoodSNES codes:

Code	Meaning of code
(BS)	Broadcast Satellite (Satellaview Satellaview The is a satellite modem add-on for Nintendo's Super Famicom system that was released in Japan in 1995. Available for pre-release orders as early as February 13, 1995, the Satellaview retailed for between ¥14,000 and 18,000 and came bundled with the BS-X Game Pak and an 8M Memory Pak.The... ) ROM
(ST)	Sufami Turbo Sufami Turbo The , often compared to the Aladdin Deck Enhancer was an accessory released by Bandai for Nintendo's Super Famicom system and was released in 1996.-The System:...  ROM
(NP)	Nintendo Power Nintendo Power (cartridge) The flash RAM cartridge was a Japan-only peripheral produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom and the Game Boy, which allowed owners to download Super Famicom/Game Boy games onto a special flash memory cartridge for less than what the full cartridge would have cost.During the days of the Family...  ROM
(NSS)	Arcade SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short... ROM

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