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Cowering's '''GoodTools''' is a suite of 35 ROM auditing applications for Windows , (The ROMS can be used on [[Emulators on systems|all platforms]]) that they contain a database listing known software for various video game consoles and home computers.
These tools, released as freeware, have established themselves as an important reference for ROM collectors, especially for older systems that don't have similarly authoritative sources and that have a perfect or almost perfect coverage in GoodTools.
| GoodGBA || Nintendo Game Boy Advance || 3.27 || 37,145
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| GoodGBx || Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color || 34.15 00 || 9,333 + More
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| GoodGCOM || Tiger Game.com || 3.27 || 40
| GoodGen || Sega Mega Drive/Genesis/32X || 3.22 || 8,563 + More
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| GoodGG || Sega Game Gear || 34.23 00 || 1,020 + More
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| GoodINTV || Mattel Intellivision || 2.03 || 238
| GoodN64 || Nintendo 64/Nintendo 64DD|| 3.27 || 5,282
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| GoodNES || Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom/FDS || 4.03 04 || 22,096 + More
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| GoodNGPx || SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color || 3.27 || 452
| GoodSAMC || Miles Gordon Technology SAM Coupé || 2.03 || 796
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| GoodSMS || Sega Master System/Mark III/SG-1000/SC-3000/SF-7000 || 4.00 01 || 1,516 + More
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| GoodSNES || Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom/Satellaview || 3.27 || 24,508
===Standard codes===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Good code
! Meaning of code
! Explanation
|-
| [!]
| Verified good dump
| The ROM is an exact copy of the original game; it has not had any hacks or modifications.
|-
| [a]
| Alternative versionAlternate| The ROM This is a copy of simply an alternative release alternate version of the gamea ROM. Many games have been re-released to fix bugs or even to eliminate Game Genie codes(Yes, Nintendo hates that device).
|-
| [b]
| Bad dumpDump| A ROM image which has been corrupted because the original bad dump often occurs with an older game is very old, because of or a faulty dumper (bad connection) or during its . Another common source of [b] ROMs is a corrupted upload to a release server. These ROMs often have graphics errors or sometimes don't work at allFTP.
|-
| [f]
| Fixed dump| A fixed dump is a ROM that game has been altered to in some way so that it will run better on a flashcart copier or an emulator.
|-
| [h]
| Hacked ROMHack| The Something in this ROM is not quite as it should be. Often a hacked ROM simply has been user modified, with examples being changing the internal a changed header or country codes, applying has been enabled to run in different regions. Other times it could be a release group intro, or editing the game's contentjust some kind of cheating or funny hack.
|-
| [o]
| Overdumped ROMOverdump| The An overdumped ROM contains image has more data than is actually in the original gamecart. This The extra data information means nothing and is useless and doesn't affect the game at all; it just makes removed from the ROM biggertrue image.
|-
| [p]
| Pirated versionPirate| A dump of a pirated version of a game. These ROMs often have their copyright messages or company names removed or corrupted.
|-
| [t]
| Trained version| A trainer (is special code which executes before starting the actual game) has been added to the ROMis begun. It allows the player you to access cheats from a menu or in.|-| [T-]| OldTranslation| |-| [T+]| NewerTranslation| |-game| [!]| Verified Good Dump| Verified good dump.Thank God for these!
|-
| [!p]
| Pending dumpDump| |-| (M#)| Multilanguage| # of Languages|-| (###)| Checksum| |-| (??k)| This is the closest dump to the original game to date, but the proper ROM is still waiting to be dumped.Size| |-| (Unl)| Unlicensed|
|}
===Country codes===
 
'''Official country codes:<br />'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country code
! Country
! Code
|-
| Japan & Korea
| (1)
|-
| USA & BrazilNTSC
| (4)
|-
| Australia
| (A)
| Australia
|-
| (As)
| Asia
|-
| non USA (Genesis)
| (B)
| Brazil
|-
| China
| (C)
| Canada
|-
| (Ch)
| China
|-
| Dutch
| (D)
| Netherlands (Dutch)
|-
| Europe
| (E)
| Europe
|-
| France
| (F)
| France
|-
| French Canadian
| (FC)
|-
| Finland
| (FN)
|-
| Germany
| (G)
| Germany
|-
| (Gr)
| Greece
| (GR)
|-
| Hong Kong
| (HK)
| Hong Kong
|-
| (I)
| Italy
|-
| Japan
| (J)
| Japan
|-
| Korea
| (K)
| Korea
|-
| (Nl)
| Netherlands
| (NL)
|-
| (No)| Norway|-Public Domain| (RPD)| Russia
|-
| Spain
| (S)
| Spain
|-
| Sweden
| (Sw)
| Sweden
|-
| USA
| (U)
| United States
|-
| England
| (UK)
| United Kingdom
|-
| Unknown Country| (WUnk)| World-| Italy| (I)
|-
| Unlicensed
| (Unl)
| Unlicensed} '''Unofficial country codes:<br />'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 Please use ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]{| class="wikitable"|-! Country! Code|-| (Argentina)| (Ar)|-| (Asia)| (As)|-| (Australia)| (A), Please use (Au)|-| (Brazil)| (B), Please use (Br)|-| (Canada)| (C), Please use (Ca)|-| (China)| (C), (Ch), (Chi), Please use (Cn)|-| (Denmark)| (Dk)|-| (Europe)| (E), Please use (Eu)|-| (France)| (F), Please use (Fr)|-| (Finland)| (FN), Please use (Fi)|-| (Germany)| (G), (Ge), Please use (De)|-| (Greece)| (Gr)|-| (Hong Kong)| (HK)|-| (Italy)| (I), Please use (It)|-| (Japan)| (J), Please use (Jp)|-| (Korea)| (K), Please use (Kr)|-| (Mexico)| (Mx)|-| (Netherlands)| (D), Please use (Nl)|-| (New Zealand)| (NZ)
|-
| (PD)
| (PD) Public domainDomain|-| (Portugal)| (P), free software and freewarePlease use(Pt)|-| (Russia)| (R), Please use(Ru)|-| (Spain)| (S), Please use(Es)
|-
| (UnkSweden)| (Sw), Please use(Se)|-| (Taiwan)| (Tw)|-| (USA)| (U), Please use(US)|-| (United Kingdom)| (UK)| -| (Unknown)| (Unk) Unknown country|-| (Unl)| (Unl) Unlicensed|-| (World)| (W), Please use(Wo)|} === Translation codes ===[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes Please use ISO 639-2/T, ISO 639-2/B, ISO 639-3]{| class="wikitable"|-! Language! Code|-| Chinese| Chi, Zho|-| Croatian| Cro, Please use Hrv|-| Danish| Dan|-| Dutch| Dut, Nld|-| English| En, Please use Eng|-| Finnish| Fin|-| French| Fre, Fra|-| German| Ger, Deu|-| Greek| Gre, Ell|-| Italian| Ita|-| Japanese| Jap, Please use Jpn|-| Korean| Kor|-| Norwegian| Nor|-| Polish| Pol|-| Portuguese| Por|-| Portuguese Brazilian| Bra|-| Russian| Rus|-| Serbian| Ser, Please use Srp|-| Spanish| Spa|-| Swedish| Swe
|}
| (RU)
| Dendy regions (Soviet Union) (GoodNES only) (GoodNES V3.35 update)
|}
 
'''Translation codes:<br />'''
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Code
! Country
|-
| Bra
| Brazilian Portuguese
|-
| Chi
| Chinese
|-
| Cro
| Croatian
|-
| Eng
| English
|-
| Dut
| Dutch
|-
| Fin
| Finnish
|-
| Fre
| French
|-
| Ger
| German
|-
| Gre
| Greek
|-
| Ita
| Italian
|-
| Jap
| Japanese
|-
| Kor
| Korean
|-
| Nor
| Norwegian
|-
| Pol
| Polish
|-
| Por
| Portuguese
|-
| Rus
| Russian
|-
| Ser
| Serbian
|-
| Spa
| Spanish
|-
| Swe
| Swedish
|}
|-
| [BF]
| Bung fix (ROM fixed released a programmable cartridge compatable with the GameBoy which could hold any data you wished to work play. However, many games do not function on a Bung cartridge)v1.0 carts and have to be 'fixed.'
|-
| (Bung)
|-
| (1)
| Japan & Korea (GoodGen v0.999.7 only)Carts with this code will run on both Japanese and Korean machines.
|-
| (4)
| USA & Brazil (GoodGen v0.999.7 only)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.
|-
| (5)
|-
| (PC10)
| The PlayChoice-10 versionwas 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 versionsystem ran on similar hard-ware to the PC10 machines, but simply allowed you to play against each other.
|-
| [hFFE]
|-
| (Save)
| Changes the save routine. Instead of EEPROM16 the patched save is SRAM.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191112081914/https://assemblergames.com/threads/which-donkey-kong-64-maintains-save.34506/ASSEMblergames] ASSEMblergames</ref>
|-
| (Save-PAL)
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