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Re: redump collection?

Postby retro-gamer » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:47 pm
there seems to be some confusion about the dump groups..

a very quick explanation will be:

redump (optic based media (cd/dvd/etc.. of catalog dumps)

Tosec (every known dump per system,including bonus material,demos,applications,and hacks/betas/prototypes.)

Trurip: similar to Tosec but focused on games dumps.

darkwater: old but gold group who dumped very good sega saturn library back in the day.

no intro: this is the best option to those new to emulation or just want "clean" sets.

no intro are dedicated to sort and clean systems sets,which mean they're sets are the best rom version and the three region variants of that rom. (u/e/j)

What does (U), (J) and [!] mean in my roms?
Written by -LMA-
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
STANDARD CODES

[a] Alternate [p] Pirate
[b ] Bad Dump [t] Trained
[f] Fixed [T] Translation
[h] Hack (-) Unknown Year
[o] Overdump [!] Verified Good Dump
(M#) Multilanguage (# of Languages)
(###) Checksum (??k) ROM Size
ZZZ_ Unclassified (Unl) Unlicensed

COUNTRY CODES

(1) Japan & Korea (4) USA & BrazilNTSC
(A) Australia (J) Japan
(B) non USA (Genesis) (K) Korea
(C) China (NL) Netherlands
(E) Europe (PD) Public Domain
(F) France (S) Spain
(F) World (Genesis)
(FC) French Canadian (SW) Sweden
(FN) Finland (U) USA
(G) Germany (UK) England
(GR) Greece (Unk) Unknown Country
(HK) Hong Kong (I) Italy
(H) Holland (Unl) Unlicensed

STANDARD CODE NOTES

[a] This is simply an alternate version of a

     ROM. Many games have been re-released to  
     fix bugs or even to eliminate Game Genie  
     codes (Yes, Nintendo hates that device).  

[b ] A bad dump often occurs with an older

    game or a faulty dumper (bad connection). 
    Another common source of ROMs is a   
    corrupted upload to a release.       
         

[f] A fixed game has been altered in some way

    so that it will run better on a copier    
    or emulator.                              
          

[h] Something in this ROM is not quite as it

    should be. Often a hacked ROM simply has  
    a changed header or has been enabled to   
    run in different regions. Other times it  
    could be a release group intro, or just   
    some kind of cheating or funny hack.    

[o] 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.                      
                          

[t] A trainer is special code which executes

    before the game is begun. It allows you   
    to access cheats from a menu.             
                    

[!] Verified good dump. Thank God for these!

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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

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
(PD) - Public Domain
(S) - Spanish
(SW) - Sweden
(U) - USA
(UK) - England
(Unk) - Unknown Country
(-) - Unknown Country