ROM type signature
From MSX Game Library
Different signature length
| Mapper | 4 bytes | 6 bytes | 7 bytes + checksum |
8 bytes | 8 bytes (alt) | 4 + 4 bytes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCII 8 KB | "ASC8" | "ASCII8" | "ASCII-8",0xA1 | "ASCII-08" | "#ASCII-8" | "MAPR","ASC8" |
| ASCII 16 KB | "AS16" | "ASCI16" | "ASCII16",0x87 | "ASCII-16" | "#ASCII16" | "MAPR","AS16" |
| Konami 8 KB (K4) | "KON4" | "KONAK4" | "KONAMI4",0xA8 | "KONAMIK4" | "#KONAMI4" | "MAPR","KON4" |
| Konami 8 KB with SCC (K5) | "KON5" | "KONAK5" | "KONAMI5",0xA9 | "KONAMIK5" | "#KONAMI5" | "MAPR","KON5" |
| NEO 8 KB | "NEO8" | "NEO-08" | "NEO-8KB",0x77 | "~NEO-08~" | "#NEO-08K" | "MAPR","NEO8" |
| NEO 16 KB | "NE16" | "NEO-16" | "NEO-16K",0x76 | "~NEO-16~" | "#NEO-16K" | "MAPR","NE16" |
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 |