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Title: RomSet folders?
Post by: MPTech on August 06, 2006, 02:41:03 am
Sorry to sound like a newbie. I've had these for months, but setup my MAME & Pinball and just never looked at them before!!   (It's hard to play thousands of MAME games, but I'm up to the challenge!)

In my NES_SNES3 romset. I have subfolders for GoodSNES [2.04] and GoodSPC [2.01] also within a subset of the NES folder I also have Famicon Disk System, GoodNES [2.01], and TOSEC.

In my SEGA set, I have GoodGEN [2.05], GoodGG [2.01], and GoodSMS [2.01].

What are these designations?  Where can I get an explantion of these folders and what emus to use for them?
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: MPTech on August 09, 2006, 01:34:40 am
Did I ask an inappropriate question or just too stupid?

Could  really use some help or a link.  thanks again.
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: missioncontrol on August 09, 2006, 05:03:24 am
For your NES roms you will ned a NES emulator

http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/nes/

I questioned a fe other forums a few weeks ago and  Nestopia  or  FCE Ultra are the popular choices...

I havn't played around with both enough to decide which I like better so you may want to try them both

Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: MPTech on August 09, 2006, 08:18:26 am
What are the different subfolders for?
(IE: GoodSPC [2.01] also within a subset of the NES folder I also have Famicon Disk System, GoodNES [2.01], and TOSEC.)

I'm assuming I'd use the NES Emu for GoodNES, what about the others?

Same goes for the SEGA folder.
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: pointdablame on August 09, 2006, 10:36:57 am
They are different system and set designations.

The [2.xx] part is the version of GoodTools used I believe, or the dat file used.  It designates what "version" of the roms is included in the set.  I'm not 100% sure on that part, but it does designate the roms in some way.

the "Goodxxx" part designates the system.

GoodGEN is Genesis
GoodGG is Game Gear
GoodSMS is Sega Master System
GoodSNES is Super Nintendo
GoodNES is Nes

Famicom is the japanese name for the NES, so your famicom set may be the JP releases of NES games.

TOSEC is a newer naming convention similar to GoodTools.
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: MPTech on August 09, 2006, 01:55:53 pm
Ahhhhhh, the fog is lifting now.
That makes more sense.
Looks like I'll be hunting for some more EMUs.

What is SPC? (ie: GoodSPC also in the NES_SNES folder).
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: squirrellydw on April 11, 2007, 10:42:08 am
Sorry to bring back an old thread but I have the same question.

Do you need to load both the GoodNES and TOSEC or just one?  I think I just need the GoodNES right?  Also where can I find out what the best rom version to use?  Is there a maws for nintendo?
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: steveh on April 11, 2007, 11:46:03 am
I would just use the good sets.  they are almost, if not complete.  http://www.allgoodthings.us

I just sort them and delete stuff i did not want on the arcade machine.
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: squirrellydw on April 11, 2007, 05:03:04 pm
What's the difference in roms then, I have like 5-10 with the same name but with a different characters at the end?  Any idea?
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: Kaytrim on April 11, 2007, 05:14:36 pm
If you are talking about MAME I'd say that was for the different bootleg roms.  I am not sure about NES though.
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: squirrellydw on April 11, 2007, 06:03:04 pm
I am talking about NES
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: Matthew Anderson on April 11, 2007, 10:53:09 pm
Uhh, (J) apanese (E)uropean, (U) America for starters....

Or so I hear..

You could give one a clue as to what characters are on the end....?
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: squirrellydw on April 12, 2007, 09:59:22 am
Uhh, (J) apanese (E)uropean, (U) America for starters....

Or so I hear..

You could give one a clue as to what characters are on the end....?

yeah, sorry I was at work when I asked.
OK, that explains a lot but what about these?
(U) [01], (HES), (VS), (U) [b1]
I am guessing (U) [01] is USA with a newer dump?  It least the I have an idea of what ones to use now.  Thanks
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: um3k on April 12, 2007, 06:42:33 pm
Included in every download of GoodTools is a file called GoodCodes.txt which explains the codes.   Reposted here for your enjoyment....

Code: [Select]
...............: 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         :\
:...............................................:\
 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

                .................
................: 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] :\
:                      `----------------------' :\
:...............................................:\
 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

                .................
................: 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 [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!  :\
:...............................................:\
 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Title: Re: RomSet folders?
Post by: squirrellydw on April 12, 2007, 08:16:12 pm
thanks, that is perfact