TOSEC or Emulator ROMs codes

[RoboCop]

Code = Most Common Codes Found in Rom Filenames
[!] = Perfect copy of the game
[U.] = USA and Canada
[J] = Japan
[E] = Europe
[JUE] = Japan, USA and Europe
[V#.#] = Some games were commercially sold with different versions/variations (example: V1.1)
Code = Game Modifications Found in Rom Filenames
[c] = Cracked to run better on emulators or to take advantage of special features
[f] = Fixed to run better on emulators
[h] = Hacked game with modifications to sound, graphics, levels, game engine, etc
[p] = Pirate is a form of hack but they're usually sold in countries like China
[t] = Trainer contains cheats added to game
[T-] = Old Translation of game (game has been translated to another language; example: T+Eng would be to english)
[T+] = New Translation of game (game has been translated to another language; example: T+Eng would be to english)
Code = Other Codes Found in Rom Filenames
[a] = Alternate version of a rom
[b] = Bad dump; game has problems
[o] = Overdump contains useless repeated data (file size is bigger than it should be)
(Unl) = Unlicensed commercial release
(-) = Unknown year
(M#) = Multiple languages; example: M4 for four languages
(###) = Checksum value
(??k) = Rom size
ZZZ_ = Unclassified
[C] = Game Boy Color enhanced or exclusive
[S] = Super Game Boy enhanced
Code = All Country Codes Found in Rom Filenames
(A) = Australia
(C) = China
(E) = Europe
(F) = France
(FC) = French Canadian
(FN) = Finland
(G) = Germany
(GR) = Greece
(HK) = Hong Kong
(I) = Italy
(J) = Japan
(K) = Korea
(NL) = Netherlands
(PAL) = Europe and other PAL TV regions
(PD) = Internet release for distribution
(S) = Spain
(SW) = Sweden
(U) = USA and English Canadian
(UK) = United Kingdom
(Unk) = Unknown country

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-CqSGjCc_Y&list=UUv5_6xvzEMkFr82uf63dSHQ[/youtube]

[Hot Trout]

I have moved this topic to the Support with ROMs forum and also made it a sticky. Great post and thanks.

[RoboCop]

I've added a 3 part youtube tutorial for a Rookie Emulator guide and more on TOSEC, along with MAME and WinUAE due to the complex features. The video also includes TOC site and to help encourage more unlimited users donate for TOC.

The Youtube BBCode doesn't appear to work on that link...

[Hot Trout]

Please post the URL here and I will make it work.

[RoboCop]

[punkydudester]

This video sounded really cool since I am setting up a UAE Wii emulator, but it no longer works. Youtube says something about removed for spam. Total bummer.

[SonicSteeda2004]

Wow I learned a ton just from this post. I never had a clue what the ! was for. Thank You

[PMJPlay]

I fixed the videos... you need to remove the S from http and tag it for future reference.