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EU Roms Vs US Roms...

Discussion in 'Nintendo DS' started by Bigyun, Jan 8, 2007.

  1. Bigyun

    Bigyun Guest

    Hi all.
    My 1st post so b gentle.
    I've a M3 DS Simply on route & am currently putting a few Roms together ready.
    I'm in the UK so have a UK DS Lite.
    Whats the difference, if any, over the EU/US Roms ?
    Which should i be getting ?
    Thanx for looking in.

    Mick
     
  2. DEJuliano

    DEJuliano Member

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    From what I understand, there is very little difference in EU and US games as far as gameplay. But I will say that subtle things I have noticed are the spelling differences for specific words and minor content is different. It seems like in Europe, things are not as censored where as in the US people throw a bitch fit if you fart in the wrong direction. Just my personal observation in the US.
     
  3. janrocks

    janrocks Guest

    A full explanation of the codes used in the naming convention for roms on every system. Enjoy, and keep for reference like I do.


    ...............: STANDARD CODES ::...............
    : :\
    : [a] Alternate [p] Pirate :\
    : 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 ] :\
    : [ 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). :\
    : ------------------- :\
    : A bad dump often occurs with an older :\
    : game or a faulty dumper (bad connection). :\
    : Another common source of 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! :\
    :...............................................:\
    \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

    ......................
    .............: 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. :\


    Examples of differnt rom names :::

    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [!].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [b1].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [b2].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [h1C].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [o1].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [t1].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (E) (M3) [t2].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (J) [!].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (J) [h1C].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [!].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [b1].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [b2].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [h1C].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [h2C].z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [h3] (no cap).z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [h4] (Silver Mario).z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [h5] (Enable Hidden Scroller).z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [t1] (Invincible).z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [t2] (Speed).z64.zip
    Super Mario 64 (U) [t3].z64.zip

    All for the same game... Just different rips with different mods or additions etc. Hope that answers your question.
     
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  4. DEJuliano

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    Wow, thanks for the info. Does anybody think that maybe we could make that post a sticky for future inquisitions?
     

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