GoodTools
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The GoodSet (as they are commonly collectively referred to as) or GoodXXXX series is a naming method and series of programs created by Cowering used to label and verify ROMs.
Country Codes
- (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
Standard Codes
- [!] - 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
Genesis-Specific Codes
- (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)