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Filename Tags Explained

Discussion in 'Tutorials' started by Seph, Aug 5, 2007.

  1. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    The following are most of the tags that can be found in the filenames on RomUlation.
    Mostly you can ignore these codes as they are for collectors, only a few of them are to be used.

    Code:
    Standard Codes:
    	[a] - Alternate
    	[b] - Bad Dump
    	[BF] - Bung Fix
    	[c] - Cracked
    	[f] - Other Fix
    	[h] - Hack
    	[o] - Overdump
    	[p] - Pirate
    	[t] - Trained
    	[T] - Translation
    	(Unl) - Unlicensed
    	[x] - Bad Checksum
    	ZZZ_ - Unclassified
    	[!] - Verified Good Dump
    	(???k) - ROM Size
    
    Special Codes:
    	[C] - Color GameBoy
    	[S] - Super GameBoy
    	(M#) - Multilanguage (# of Languages)
    	[M] - Mono Only (NeoGeo Pocket)
    	(PC10) - PlayChoice 10 (NES)
    	(1) - Japan (Genesis)
    	(4) - USA (Genesis)
    	(5) - NTSC Only (Genesis)
    	(8) - PAL Only (Genesis)
    	(BS) - BS ROMS (SNES)
    	(ST) - Sufami Turbo (SNES)
    	(NP) - Nintendo Power (SNES)
    	(Adam) - ADAM Version (Coleco)
    	(PAL) - PAL Video
    	(PD) - Public Domain
    
    Country Codes:
    	(A) - Australian
    	(C) - Chinese
    	(E) - Europe
    	(F) - French
    	(FN) - Finland
    	(G) - German
    	(GR) - Greece
    	(HK) - Hong Kong
    	(I) - Italian
    	(J) - Japan
    	(K) - Korean
    	(NL) - Dutch
    	(S) - Spanish
    	(SW) - Sweden
    	(U) - USA
    	(UK) - England
    	(Unk) - Unknown Country
    	(-) - Unknown Country
     
  2. igi2000

    igi2000 New Member

    thank you >>>
     
  3. The Ice Phoenix

    The Ice Phoenix New Member

    Thnx 4 xplainin'!
     
  4. Nobody1707

    Nobody1707 New Member

    What does (iND) mean?
     
  5. Fredbox

    Fredbox Well-Known Member

    That's the name of the group that dumped the game. Like (XENOPHOBIA) or (BAHAMUT).
     
  6. sylar1000

    sylar1000 Well-Known Member

    Actually i think it means Independent, dumped by a normal person instead of a release group