NES ROM Files

[austin316]

Now I know that I have to own the physical cartridge to be allowed to download a game, but what do the letters and numbers mean after the files names?

EX: Legend of Zelda, The (U) (PRG0) [b3]

 

[MAME]

the U generally means where the game was released

U for united states I think, not sure
J is japan, E is Europe, W is world

the rest are probably game versions (many games, esp popular ones) have tons of versions

 

[austin316]

is there a way to know which version is the best?

 

[MAME]

there isn't a best one really
you'll never notice any difference so don't worry

on mame, they all share the same parent rom so I usually just play that version

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: austin316
is there a way to know which version is the best?

yea usually the japanese roms are best.

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: austin316
is there a way to know which version is the best?

yea usually the japanese roms are best.

for a game like zelda, I would NOT recommend this. Text will all be in Japanese so...