These tags are not valid for Arcade roms.
(1) Japan and Korea
(4) USA and Brazil NTSC
(A) Australia
(A) Asia
(B) not USA (Genesis)
(C) or (Ch) China
(D) Netherlands
(E) Europe
(F) France
(G) Germany
(H) Holland
(I) Italy
(J) Japan and South Korea
(K) Korea
(R) Russia
(S) Spain
(U) USA and United States
(FC) French Canada
(FN) Finland
(GR) Greece
(HK) Hong Kong
(NL) The Netherlands
(No) Norway
(PD) Public Domain : Free software
(UK) United Kingdom
(SW) Sweden and Switzerland
(UK) England
(Unk) Country unknown
(Bra) Brazilian / Portuguese
(Kor) Korea
(Eng) English
(Nor) Norwegian
(Dut) Dutch
(Pol) Polish
(Fin) Finnish
(Por) Portuguese
(Fre) French
(Rus) Russian
(Ger) Germany
(Ser) Serbian
(Gre) Greek
(Spa) Spanish
(Ita) Italian
(Swe) Swedish
[a] Alternative: Alternative version, usually they fix bugs
[b] Bad Dump: The dump was not done correctly, it's a corrupted version
[c] Cracked: Cracked version
[f] Fixed: Optimized to work better on the emulator
[h] Hacked: Modified version, can be anything from a cheat mod, new game to a wacky hack and/or advertisement
(M5) Multilingual: 5 languages in this case
[o] Overdump: size larger than a standard cartridge, does not change anything in the emulator
[p] Pirate: non-original rom
[t] Formed: Usually opens a cheat menu when launching the rom
[T] Translation: Translation by fans
[T +] Newer translation: Rom translation, use current rom
[T-] Older translation: Translation has outgrown the rom, new one exists
(Unl) Unlicensed: Quite rare, this is a finished or unfinished game that has never been edited
[x] incorrect checksum
(ZZZ) not classified
(ZZZ) Unclassified
(-) Year unknown
[!] Verified Good Dump: Verified and perfectly playable version, a must-have.
[! p] Pending Dump: This is the closest copy of the original game to date, but still waiting for a true copy of the ROM.
[###] Checksum
(?? k) ROM size
(Bootleg) This is a 'pirate' version of the game. Sometimes modified versions as well, with gameplay changes (Street Fighter II Rainbow is one of the most famous) or removal of protections/changing the type of electronic card. In some parts of the world, these were more famous than the official versions
(Taikenban) Trial version, playable version, limited version demo, is originally a webzine created via the Limited Edition forum.
**Collector's Edition, revised reissue of a version running on a previous hardware.
(Genteiban) Limited Edition
(Shokai Genteiban) Limited version
(Midway Classics) Games re-released after Midway, an American company developing and publishing arcade and console games, bought the rights.
(NG-Dump Known) No good backup found
(REVXX) Revision number (00 is the oldest)
(VX.X) Version number (1.0 is the oldest)
(M #) Multilingual; # of languages (selectable by a menu)
(??? - in-1) Pirate multigame cartridge
(Vol #) Official multigame cartridge
(GCN) Nintendo GameCube rip
[h # C] Information about the pirated internal cartridge
[h # + # C] Information about the pirated internal cartridge; # th variant
[hI] Intro of the hacked dumping group
[hIR] Intro of hacked dumping group deleted
[M] Single color game
[Alpha] Alpha version
[Beta] Beta version
(Prototype) Prototype version
(Pre-version) Pre-release version
(Demo) Demo version available in kiosks
(Hack) Hacked ROM
(Menu) Multi-card menu, options not selectable
(ZZZ_UNK) Unclassified ROM
(BIOS) Copy of basic console input/output system
(N64DD) Nintendo 64DD ROM
(## MBit) ROM size in megabits
(## k) ROM size in kilobits
(19XX) Year of release (20th century)
(20XX) Release year (21st century)
(Atmos) Atmos ROM
(Telestrat) Telestrat ROM
[R] RSID format
(old) Old version
[R-XXX] Language
(SC-3000) SC-3000 Cartridge
(SG-1000) SG-1000 Cartridge
(SF-7000) SF-7000 Cartridge
(GG2SMS) Sega Master System Mode
(Cart) Cartridge format
(Adam) ADAM version
(Compilation) ROM is a dump of a compilation
(Ch-Trad) Traditional Chinese pirated game
(Ch-Simple) Pirated standard Chinese game
[f1C] Hack, only the name of the cartridge is changed
(PAL) European
(NTSC) American
(PAL) European version
(Adam) ADAM version
[hIR00] Intro deleted; replaced by 00 values
[hIRff] Intro deleted; replaced by ff values
[f_?] EEPROM_V124 patch deleted
[v] Game Boy Advance video
[eb] E-book ROM
[eba] E-Book Advance ROM
[ebb] Advance ROM book reader
[f125] EEPROM_V125 deleted
[f126] EEPROM_V126 deleted
(IQue) Chinese Game Boy Advance ROM for IQue console
(Coleco on GBA emulation) ColecoVision ROM via Coleco on GBA emulator
(Cologne emulation) ColecoVision ROM via Cologne emulator
(DrSMS emulation) Sega Master System ROM via DrSMS emulator
(FooN emulation) ZX Spectrum ROM via FooN emulator
(PocketNES emulation) NES ROM via PocketNES emulator
(FC2GBA emulation) NES ROM via FC2GBA emulator
(Goomba emulation) Game Boy ROM via Goomba emulator
(GBAGI emulation) AGI ROM (Adventure Game Interpreter) via GBAGI emulator
(Swanadvance emulation) WonderSwan ROM via Swanadvance emulator
(PCEAdvance emulation) TurboGrafx-16 ROM via PCEAdvance emulator
(PocketSMS emulation) Sega Master System ROM via PocketSMS emulator
(PocketSNES emulation) SNES ROM via PocketSNES emulator
(SNESAdvance emulation) SNES ROM via SNESAdvance emulator
(Sneezyboy emulation) SNES ROM via Snezzyboy emulator
(VGB emulation) Game Boy ROM via VGB emulator
(Pogoshell) Program for Pogoshell tool
(s ## e ##) Serial number and episode number for videos
(MB) Multi-boot ROM
(MB2GBA) Multi-boot game converted to GBA format
(-e) ROM reader
(+ ## NDA) Unlicensed multi-boot with ## NES games
(NDS) Dump of Nintendo DS 2 cartridge slot
(GoodBook) E-Book using GoodBook converter
(TextReader) E-Book using TextReader converter
(PictureBoy) E-Book using PictureBoy Converter
(ReadBoy) E-Book using ReadBoy Converter
[C] Color
[S] Super
[BF] Bug Fix : For modified physical cartridge (flash card like on DS)
(BS) BS ROM : Rom sent by satellite to TV sets during a Japanese TV show
(ST) Sufami Turbo : To play with two GB cartridges at the same time on the SNES
(NP) Nintendo Power : Games distributed privately (to magazine subscribers in Japan)
(1) Japan
(4) USA
(5) NTSC only
(8) PAL only
(B) non USA : Runs on all MG except USA
[c] Checksum: Has some footprint problems
(F) World (Megadrive/Genesis)
(W) World (Genesis)
[x] Checksum incorrect: Incorrect footprint, risk of major bugs
[R-] Country: For example [RF] for France
(J-Cart) The original cartridge has two controller ports
(SN) Sega-Net game
(REVXB) Sonic the Hedgehog, Japanese version 2
(REVSC02) Sonic Compilation, Sonic 2 version
(MP) MegaPlay version
(MD Bundle) The ROM is from the Pack-in Sega Genesis game
(Alt Music) Alternative music version of Sonic Spinball
[M] Mono only : Mono audio
(PC10) PlayChoice 10 : Arcade version based on NES games
(VS) Versus : Same as (PC10) but not playable in solo
[hFEE] Copied from Far East copiers
[hMxx] Hacked to run on the xx card
(No SMB) Hack Super Mario Bros. not specified
(Aladdin) Works with an Aladdin cartridge that locks the 10NES lock chip
(Sachen) Game without Sachen license
(KC) Konami Classic
(PRG0) Program review 0
(PRG1) Program review 1
[U] Universal NES image file format
(Mapper ##) Mapper number
(FDS Hack) Hacked from Famicom Disk System to NES
(GBA E-reader) Hacked from the e-Reader card
(E-GC) NES ROM extracted from a European Nintendo GameCube
(J-GC) NES ROM extracted from a Japanese Nintendo GameCube
(BS) Broadcast Satellite (Satellaview) ROMs : ROMs sent by satellite to TV sets, but that have never been physically supported.
(NP) Nintendo Power ROM: Games distributed privately (to newspaper subscribers in Japan)
(NSS) SNES Arcade ROM
(ST) Sufami Turbo ROM : Special cartridge to play with two GB cartridges at the same time on the SNES.