Welcome to Romarchive - Preserving retro gaming history, one byte at a time.

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File Name Format

All files in the archive follow a consistent naming convention:

/Platform/First letter/Game name (Tags)[Author].extension

Common Tags

Tag	Meaning
USA, Europe, Japan, Russia, etc.	Region of release
NTSC / PAL / SECAM	Video output standard
Virus	Potentially malicious software — for educational purposes only
E / T / M / AO	ESRB age rating (Everyone / Teen / Mature / Adults Only)
Homebrew	Unofficial game made by enthusiasts
Unlicensed	Same as homebrew, but intended for sale and profit

Examples

/NES/M/Super Mario Bros. (USA).nes
/SNES/S/Super Metroid (USA NTSC)[Nintendo].sfc
/GameBoy/P/Pokemon Red (USA Europe)[Game Freak].gb
/Sega Genesis/S/Sonic the Hedgehog (USA Europe NTSC)[Sonic Team].bin
/PSX/C/Crash Bandicoot (USA NTSC)[Naughty Dog].bin
/Atari 2600/P/Pitfall! (USA).a26

Rules

• The first directory is always the platform (e.g. NES, SNES, GameBoy).
• The second directory is the first letter of the game name (A-Z, 0-9).
• Tags are space-separated inside parentheses. If no tags apply, the tag is "Unknown".
• The author name is placed inside square brackets. If unknown, brackets are omitted.
• The file extension indicates the ROM format (e.g. .nes, .sfc, .gb, .bin).
• If multiple regions or tags apply, they are separated by spaces.

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