ROM type signature
From MSX Game Library
This documentation is a proposed signature to help Flash tools and emulators correctly detect ROM formats and, in particular, the type of mapper used.
Note: All the strings of this page are defined without zero-terminator.
ROM type signature
| Mapper | Signature |
|---|---|
| Plan 16 KB | "ROM:PL16" |
| Plan 32 KB | "ROM:PL32" |
| Plan 48 KB | "ROM:PL48" |
| Plan 64 KB | "ROM:PL64" |
| ASCII 8 KB | "ROM:ASC8" |
| ASCII 16 KB | "ROM:AS16" |
| Konami 8 KB (K4) | "ROM:KON4" |
| Konami 8 KB with SCC (K5) | "ROM:KON5" |
| NEO 8 KB | "ROM:NEO8" |
| NEO 16 KB | "ROM:NE16" |
Known 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 |