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...............: STANDARD CODES ::............... 
:                                               :\ 
:   [a] Alternate        [p] Pirate             :\ 
:   [b] Bad Dump         [t] Trained            :\ 
:   [f] Fixed            [T-] OldTranslation    :\ 
:                        [T+] NewerTranslation  :\ 
:   [h] Hack             (-) Unknown Year       :\ 
:   [o] Overdump         [!] Verified Good Dump :\ 
:  (M#) Multilanguage (# of Languages)          :\ 
: (###) Checksum       (??k) ROM Size           :\ 
:  ZZZ_ Unclassified   (Unl) Unlicensed      :\ 
:...............................................:\ 
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                ................. 
................: SPECIAL CODES ::............... 
:                                               :\ 
: .-----Gameboy-----.  .----Super Nintendo----. :\ 
: [  [C] Color      ]  [ (BS) BS ROMs         ] :\ 
: [  [S] Super      ]  [ (ST) Sufami Turbo    ] :\ 
: [ [BF] Bung Fix   ]  [ (NP) Nintendo Power  ] :\ 
: `-----------------'  `----------------------' :\ 
:                      .--------Atari---------. :\ 
: .-----Genesis-----.  [ (PAL) Euro Version   ] :\ 
: [ (1) Japan       ]  `----------------------' :\ 
: [ (4) USA         ]  .---------GBA----------. :\ 
: [ (5) NTSC Only   ]  [ [hI??] Intro hacks   ] :\ 
: [ (8) PAL Only    ]  `----------------------' :\ 
: [ (B) non USA     ]  .--------Coleco--------. :\ 
: [ [c] Checksum    ]  [ (Adam) ADAM Version  ] :\ 
: [ [x] Bad Checksum]  `----------------------' :\ 
: [ [R-] Countries  ]                           :\ 
: `-----------------'                           :\ 
:                      .--------NES/FC--------. :\ 
: .--NeoGeo Pocket--.  [ (PC10) PlayChoice 10 ] :\ 
: [ [M] Mono Only   ]  [   (VS) Versus        ] :\ 
: `-----------------'  [ [hFFE] FFE Copier fmt] :\ 
:                      `----------------------' :\ 
:...............................................:\ 
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                ................. 
................: 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       :\ 
:...............................................:\ 
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             ....................... 
.............: 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 [b] ROMs is a    :\ 
:     corrupted upload to a release FTP.        :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
: [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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             ...................... 
.............: SPECIAL CODE NOTES ::............. 
:                                               :\ 
: **** SNES ****                                :\ 
: (BS) These Japanese ROMs were distributed     :\ 
:      through a satellite system in Japan      :\ 
:      known as the Broadcast Satellaview.      :\ 
:      They were transmitted along with a TV    :\ 
:      show which was connected to the game in  :\ 
:      some way. These games were only playable :\ 
:      during the show, and thus stop after an  :\ 
:      hour, and many were timed so that only   :\ 
:      certain time periods were playable.      :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
: (ST) The Sufami Turbo device allowed two      :\ 
:      GameBoy sized carts to be plugged into   :\ 
:      the SNES. Certain carts combined into    :\ 
:      new games much like the Sonic & Knuckles :\ 
:      lock-on technology by Sega.              :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
: (NP) Nintendo Power has been known to release :\ 
:      games only available to its subscribers. :\ 
:      Most of these ROMs are Japanese, as this :\ 
:      practice occured mainly in Japan.        :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
:                                               :\ 
: **** Genesis ****                             :\ 
:  (1) Carts with this code will run on both    :\ 
:      Japanese and Korean machines.            :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
:  (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.                :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
:                                               :\ 
: **** GameBoy ****                             :\ 
: [BF] Bung released a programmable cartridge   :\ 
:      compatable with the GameBoy which could  :\ 
:      hold any data you wished to play.        :\ 
:      However, many games do not function on   :\ 
:      Bung v1.0 carts and have to be 'fixed.'  :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
:                                               :\ 
: **** Nintendo ****                            :\ 
: PC10 The PlayChoice 10 was an arcade unit     :\ 
:      which played exact copies of NES games   :\ 
:      in an arcade cabinet. The machines had a :\ 
:      choice of 10 games to choose from and    :\ 
:      ran for about 3 minutes on 25 cents.     :\ 
:             -------------------               :\ 
:                                               :\ 
:   VS The Versus system ran on similar hard-   :\ 
:      ware to the PC10 machines, but simply    :\ 
:      allowed you to play against each other.  :\ 
:...............................................:\ 
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