ROM type signature
From MSX Game Library
Different signature length
| Mapper | 4 byte | 6 bytes | 6 bytes + checksum |
7 bytes + checksum |
8 bytes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCII 8 KB | "ASC8" | "ASCII8" | "ASCII8",0xA1 | "ASCII-8",0xCE | "ASCII-08" |
| ASCII 16 KB | "AS16" | "ASCI16" | "ASCI16",0x87 | "ASCII16",0xD0 | "ASCII-16" |
| Konami 8 KB (K4) | "KOK4" | "KONAK4" | "KONAK4",0xA8 | "KONAMI4",0xF3 | "KONAMIK4" |
| Konami 8 KB with SCC (K5) | "KOK5" | "KONAK5" | "KONAK5",0xA9 | "KONAMI5",0xF4 | "KONAMIK5" |
| NEO 8 KB | "NEO8" | "NEO-08" | "NEO-08",0x77 | "NEO-8KB",0xD4 | "~NEO-08~" |
| NEO 16 KB | "NE16" | "NEO-16" | "NEO-16",0x76 | "NEO-16K",0xC1 | "~NEO-16~" |
Existing ROM signature
| Device | Signature | Size |
|---|---|---|
| MSX-Audio | "AUDIO" | 5 bytes |
| Internal MSX-Music (and FM-PAC clone) | "APRLOPLL" | 8 bytes |
| FM-PAC | "OPLL" | 4 bytes |