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| [[Software release life cycle#Alpha|Alpha version]]
| [[Software release life cycle#Beta|Beta version]]
| [[SG-1000|SC-3000]] cartridge (GoodSMS only)
| [[Nintendo e-Reader|E-Reader]] ROM
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] ROM converted to [[Game Boy Color]] ROM
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] ROM ripped from European [[GameCube]]
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] ROM ripped from Japanese [[GameCube]]
==See also==
*[[TOSEC]]
*[[ROM image]]
[[Category:Retrocomputing]]
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Cowering's '''GoodTools''' is a suite of 35 [[ROM image|ROM]] auditing applications for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (The ROMS can be used on all platforms) that contain a database listing known software for various [[video game console]]s consoles and [[home computer]]scomputers.
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.
The popularity of GoodTools originated the practice of distributing, instead of single or arbitrarily collected ROMs, the so-called "'''goodsets'''", packaged archives of every ROM for a particular platform that GoodTools recognizes.
! Name !! System !! Version !! ROMs listed
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| Good2600 || [[Atari 2600]] || 3.14 || 7,216
|-
| Good5200 || [[Atari 5200]] || 2.01 || 284
|-
| Good7800 || [[Atari 7800]] || 2.04 || 183
|-
| GoodChaF || [[Fairchild Semiconductor|Fairchild]]/Luxor/Zircon/[[SABA (electronics manufacturer)|SABA]] [[Fairchild Channel F]] || 3.1415 || 88
|-
| GoodCoCo || [[TRS-80 Color Computer|Tandy Color Computer]] || 3.21 || 171
|-
| GoodCol || [[ColecoVision]] || 3.14 || 459
|-
| GoodCPC || [[Amstrad CPC]] || 3.1415 || 27,103
|-
| GoodGB64 || [[Commodore 64]] || 3.00 || 17,067
|-
| GoodGBA || [[Nintendo]] [[Game Boy Advance]] || 3.23 || 36,125
|-
| GoodGBx || [[Nintendo]] [[Game Boy]]/[[Game Boy Color]] || 3.14 || 9,333
|-
| GoodGCOM || [[Tiger Electronics|Tiger]] [[Game.com]] || 3.14 || 30
|-
| GoodGen || [[Sega]] [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]]/Genesis/32X || 3.21 || 8,563
|-
| GoodGG || [[Sega Game Gear]] || 3.20 || 1,020
|-
| GoodINTV || [[Mattel]] [[Intellivision]] || 2.03 || 238
|-
| GoodJag || [[Atari Jaguar]] || 2.01 || 139
|-
| GoodLynx || [[Atari Lynx]] || 2.01 || 300
|-
| GoodMO5 || [[Thomson MO5]] || 3.1415 || 391
|-
| GoodMSX1 || [[Microsoft]] [[MSX]] || 0.999.3
|-
| GoodMSX2 || [[Microsoft]] [[MSX#MSX 2|MSX2]] || 0.999.3 || 166
|-
| GoodMTX || [[Memotech]] [[Memotech MTX|MTX]] || 3.1415 || 98
|-
| GoodN64 || [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo 64|64]]/[[Nintendo 64DD]]|| 3.21 || 3,389
|-
| GoodNES || [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]/[[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] || 3.23 || 22,096
|-
| GoodNGPx || [[SNK Playmore|SNK]] [[Neo Geo Pocket]]/[[Neo Geo Pocket Color]] || 3.14 || 342
|-
| GoodOric || [[Tangerine Computer Systems|Oric]]/[[Oric series of computers#Oric Atmos|Atmos]]/Telestrat || 2.01 || 1,236
|-
| GoodPCE || [[NEC]] [[TurboGrafx-16#PC Engine|TurboGrafx-16]]/PC Engine || 1.09a || 1,565
|-
| GoodPico || [[Sega Pico]] || 3.15 || 178
|-
| GoodPSID || [[Commodore International|Commodore]] [[Commodore 64|64]] PSID music || 3.22 || 37,499
|-
| GoodSAMC || [[Miles Gordon Technology]] [[SAM Coupé]] || 2.03 || 796
|-
| GoodSMS || [[Master System]] || 3.20 || 1,516
|-
| GoodSNES || [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]/Super Famicom/[[Satellaview]] || 2.04 || 11,337
|-
| GoodSPC || Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SPC music) || 3.22 || 57,154
|-
| GoodSV || [[Watara Supervision]] || 3.21 || 69
|-
| GoodVBoy || [[Nintendo]] [[Virtual Boy]] || 3.1415 || 179
|-
| GoodVect || [[General Computer]] [[Vectrex]] || 1.06 || 287
|-
| GoodWSx || [[Bandai]] [[WonderSwan]]/WonderSwan Color || 3.14 || 346
|}
'''GoodGUI''' is a graphical front end to GoodTools.
'''GoodMerge''' is a program that organizes and optimizes the compression of ROM collections by placing all versions of a particular game into one archive, reducing the number of files and significantly increasing compression when using solid [[file archiver]]s archivers such as [[7-Zip]].
'''UnGoodMerge''' is a program to extract ROM images from archives (such as those created by GoodMerge, hence the name) according to rules, such as only one variant of a game and no bad dumps, in order to leave behind redundant ROMs.
| [a]
| Alternative version
| The ROM is a copy of an alternative release of the game. Many games have been re-released to fix bugs or to eliminate [[Game Genie]] codes.
|-
| [b]
| [f]
| Fixed dump
| A fixed dump is a ROM that has been altered to run better on a [[Game Boy Advance flash cartridge|flashcart]] or an [[emulator]].
|-
| [h]
| [t]
| Trained version
| A trainer (special code which executes before starting the actual game) has been added to the ROM. It allows the player to access [[Cheating|cheats]] from a menu or ingamein-game.
|-
| [!p]
|-
| (PD)
| [[Public domain]], [[free software]] and [[freeware]]
|-
| (Unk)
|-
| ??-in-1
| Pirate [[multicart]]
|-
| (Vol #)
| Official [[multicart]]
|-
| (GCN)
|[[GameCube]] rip
|-
| [h#C]
|-
| (Alpha)
|-
| (Beta)
|-
| (Prototype)
| [[Prototype]] version
|-
| (Pre-Release)
|-
| (Menu)
| [[Multicart]] menu, unselectable options
|-
| ZZZ_UNK
|-
| (N64DD)
| [[Nintendo 64DD]] ROM
|-
| (##MBit)
| ROM size in [[megabit]]smegabits
|-
| (##k)
| ROM size in [[kilobit]]skilobits
|-
| (19XX)
|-
| (SC-3000)
|-
| (SG-1000)
| [[SG-1000]] cartridge (GoodSMS only)
|-
| (SF-7000)
|-
| (GG2SMS)
| [[Master System]] mode (GoodGG only)
|-
| (Cart)
|-
| [f_?]
| Removed [[EEPROM]]_V124 EEPROM_V124 patched
|-
| [v]
| [[Game Boy Advance]] video
|-
| [eb]
| [[E-book]] ROM
|-
| [eba]
|-
| (IQue)
| Chinese [[Game Boy Advance]] ROM for [[IQue]] console
|-
| Coleco on GBA
| Emulated [[ColecoVision]] ROM via Coleco on GBA emulator
|-
| Cologne
|-
| DrSMS
| Emulated [[Master System]] ROM via DrSMS emulator
|-
| FooN
| Emulated [[ZX Spectrum]] ROM via FooN emulator
|-
| PocketNES
| Emulated [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] ROM via [[PocketNES]] emulator
|-
| FC2GBA
|-
| Goomba
| Emulated [[Game Boy]] ROM via Goomba emulator
|-
| GBAGI
| Emulated [[Adventure Game Interpreter]] ROM via GBAGI emulator
|-
| Swanadvance
| Emulated [[WonderSwan]] ROM via Swanadvance emulator
|-
| PCEAdvance
| Emulated [[TurboGrafx-16]] ROM via PCEAdvance emulator
|-
| PocketSMS
| Emulated [[Master System]] ROM via PocketSMS emulator
|-
| PocketSNES
| Emulated [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] ROM via PocketSNES emulator
|-
| SNESAdvance
| Emulated [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] ROM via SNESAdvance emulator
|-
| Snezzyboy
| Emulated [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] ROM via Snezzyboy emulator
|-
| VGB
| Emulated [[Game Boy]] ROM via VGB emulator
|-
| Pogoshell
|-
| -e
|-
| + ## NES
| Unlicensed [[multicart]] with ## [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] games
|-
| NDS
| [[Nintendo DS]] slot-2 cartridge dump
|-
| GoodBook
|-
| [C]
| [[Game Boy Color]] version
|-
| [S]
| [[Super Game Boy]] version
|-
| [BF]
| [[Bung Enterprises|Bung]] fix (ROM fixed to work on a [[Bung Enterprises|Bung]] cartridge)
|-
| (Bung)
| ROM from a [[Bung Enterprises|Bung]] cartridge
|-
| NES Conversion
|-
| GBS Player
| [[Game Boy]] music ROM
|}
'''GoodGen codes:<br />'''
|-
| (REVXB)
| [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] Japanese version 2
|-
| (REVSC02)
| [[Sonic Compilation]] version of Sonic 2
|-
| (MP)
|-
| (MD Bundle)
| The ROM comes from Sega [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]] pack-in game
|-
| (Alt Music)
| Alternative music version of [[Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball|Sonic Spinball]]
|}
|-
| (PC10)
| [[PlayChoice-10]] version
|-
| (VS)
|-
| SMB#
| Unspecified [[Super Mario Bros.]] hack
|-
| (Aladdin)
| Runs with an Aladdin cartridge that locks out [[10NES]] lockout chip
|-
| (Sachen)
|-
| (KC)
| [[Konami]] classic
|-
| (PRG0)
|-
| [U]
| Universal [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] image file format
|-
| (Mapper ##)
|-
| (FDS Hack)
| Hacked from the [[Family Computer Disk System]] to [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|-
| (GBA E-reader)
| Hacked from the [[Nintendo e-Reader|e-Reader]] card
|-
| (E-GC)
|-
| (J-GC)
|}
|-
| (BS)
| Broadcast Satellite ([[Satellaview]]) ROM
|-
| (ST)
| [[Sufami Turbo]] ROM
|-
| (NP)
| [[Nintendo Power (cartridge)|Nintendo Power]] ROM
|-
| (NSS)
| Arcade [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] ROM
|}
|-
|}
==References==
*[http://goodmerge.sourceforge.net/ GoodMerge]
*[http://www.users.on.net/~swcheetah/sam/ UnGoodMerge]
