What the letters at the end of ROM files mean

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Standard Codes:

• [a] - Alternate
• [b] - Bad Dump
• [BF] - Bung Fix
• [c] - Cracked
• [f] - Other Fix
• [h] - Hack
• [o] - Overdump
• [p] - Pirate
• [t] - Trained
• [T] - Translation
• (Unl) - Unlicensed
• [x] - Bad Checksum
• ZZZ_ - Unclassified
• [!] - Verified Good Dump
• (???k) - ROM Size

Special Codes:

• [C] - Color GameBoy
• [S] - Super GameBoy
• (M#) - Multilanguage (# of Languages)
• [M] - Mono Only (NeoGeo Pocket)
• (PC10) - PlayChoice 10 (NES)
• (1) - Japan (Genesis)
• (4) - USA (Genesis)
• (5) - NTSC Only (Genesis)
• (8) - PAL Only (Genesis)
• (BS) - BS ROMS (SNES)
• (ST) - Sufami Turbo (SNES)
• (NP) - Nintendo Power (SNES)
• (Adam) - ADAM Version (Coleco)
• (PAL) - PAL Video

Country Codes:

• (A) - Australian
• (C) - Chinese
• (E) - Europe
• (F) - French
• (FN) - Finland
• (G) - German
• (GR) - Greece
• (HK) - Hong Kong
• (I) - Italian
• (J) - Japan
• (K) - Korean
• (NL) - Dutch
• (PD) - Public Domain
• (S) - Spanish
• (SW) - Sweden
• (U) - USA
• (UK) - England
• (Unk) - Unknown Country
• (-) - Unknown Country