Difference between revisions of "GoodTools"

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The GoodXXXX series is a naming method and series of programs created by Cowering used to label and verify ROMs.

[!] - 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
[x] - Wrong checksum (Needs verifying). Potentially- [c][!] or a bad dump

(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.
(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)

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-The '''GoodXXXX''' series is a naming method and series of programs created by ''Cowering'' used to label and verify [[ROM]]s.
+The '''GoodXXXX''' series is a naming method and series of programs created by Cowering used to label and verify [[ROM]]s.
 ==Country Codes==