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The GoodTools is a collection of programs for Windows created by Cowering to label and organise ROM files. The tools cover a variety of older consoles and computers, each of which has its own GoodTool to manage its own particular set of ROMs. The tools themselves can perform a variety of functions, including renaming ROM files to match the GoodTool conventions, sorting ROMs into folders depending on their labels, and generating a list of missing ROMs.

Sega consoles currently covered by GoodTools are: Sega Mega Drive (including 32X), Game Gear, Master System (including SG-1000) and Pico.

Labelling Conventions

Country Codes

(U) - USA
(J) - Japan
(E) - Europe
(JU), (UE), (JUE) - Combination of the above
(W) - World (same as (JUE))
(A) - US for newer Mega Drive games; Australia for all else
(B) - Japan for newer Mega Drive games
(C) - China
(D) - Dutch
(F) - World for newer Mega Drive games; France for all else
(FC) - French Canadian
(FN) - Finland
(G) - Germany
(GR) - Greece
(HK) - Hong Kong
(I) - Italy
(K) - Korea
(NL) - Netherlands
(S) - Spain
(Sw) - Sweden
(UK) - United Kingdom
(Unk) - Unknown Country
(-) - Unknown Country
(PD) - Public domain
(Unl) - Unlicensed
(Mn) - Game has n languages

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

GoodGen-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
(A) - equivalent to (U)
(B) - This country code indicates that the cart will run on any non-US machine.
[c] - This code represents a cart known to not use Sega's standard checksum routine; emulators with an autofix checksum feature will need to have that feature disabled to run the game.
(F) - equivalent to (JUE) or (W)
(J-Cart) - Codemasters J-Cart
(MP) - MegaPlay (only Sonic the Hedgehog is in GoodGen).
(REVSC02) - Revision ripped from Sonic Compilation (only Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is in GoodGen).

External links

Official website

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+The '''GoodTools''' is a collection of programs for Windows created by Cowering to label and organise ROM files. The tools cover a variety of older consoles and computers, each of which has its own GoodTool to manage its own particular set of ROMs. The tools themselves can perform a variety of functions, including renaming ROM files to match the GoodTool conventions, sorting ROMs into folders depending on their labels, and generating a list of missing ROMs.
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+Sega consoles currently covered by GoodTools are: [[Sega Mega Drive]] (including [[32X]]), [[Game Gear]], [[Master System]] (including [[SG-1000]]) and [[Pico]].
-The '''GoodXXXX''' series is a naming method and series of programs used to label and verify [[ROM]]s.
+==Labelling Conventions==
 ===Country Codes===
-(U) - The game is from the US and is in English
+{{multicol|
-(J) - The game is from Japan and is in Japanese
+*(U) - USA
-(E) - The game is from Europe and is in English
+*(J) - Japan
-(JU) - The game is in English and Japanese
+*(E) - Europe
-(1) - The game is from Japan and Korea
+*(JU), (UE), (JUE) - Combination of the above
-(4) - The game is from USA & Brazil NTSC
+*(W) - World (same as (JUE))
-(A) - The game is from Australia and is in English
+*(A) - US for newer Mega Drive games; Australia for all else
-(F) - The game has a world release
+*(B) - Japan for newer Mega Drive games
-(B) - The game is not from the USA
+*(C) - China
-(PD) - The game is in public domain
+*(D) - Dutch
-(Unl) - The game is unlicensed
+*(F) - World for newer Mega Drive games; France for all else
+*(FC) - French Canadian
+*(FN) - Finland
+*(G) - Germany
+*(GR) - Greece
+*(HK) - Hong Kong
+*(I) - Italy
+*(K) - Korea
+*(NL) - Netherlands
+*(S) - Spain
+*(Sw) - Sweden
+*(UK) - United Kingdom
+*(Unk) - Unknown Country
+*(-) - Unknown Country
+*(PD) - Public domain
+*(Unl) - Unlicensed
+*(Mn) - Game has n languages
+}}
+===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
+===GoodGen-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
+*(A) - equivalent to (U)
+*(B) - This country code indicates that the cart will run on any non-US machine.
+*[c] - This code represents a cart known to not use Sega's standard checksum routine; emulators with an autofix checksum feature will need to have that feature disabled to run the game.
+*(F) - equivalent to (JUE) or (W)
+*(J-Cart) - [[Codemasters]] [[J-Cart]]
+*(MP) - MegaPlay (only ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is in GoodGen).
+*(REVSC02) - Revision ripped from ''[[Sonic Compilation]]'' (only ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' is in GoodGen).
-===Unoriginal Dump Codes===
+==External links==
-(aX) - The game is alternative to the original copy
+* [http://cowering.blogspot.ru Official website]
-(bX) - The game is a bad dump. These are useless
-(h) - The game has been hacked
-(t) - The game has been supplied with a trainer
-===Other Codes===
-[!] - The game is a verified good dump
-(C) - The gameboy game is color
-(M) - The gameboy game is black and white
 [[Category:Emulation]]