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--- carts:nintendo:nes [2021/10/03 14:09] – hiccup
+++ carts:nintendo:nes [2021/10/03 14:19] – [Identifying Game Versions] hiccup
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 ===== Identifying Game Versions =====
+todo: add info on back-of-cart stamps and non-standard/non-Nintendo-manufactured carts
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+{{:carts:nintendo:identifying_game_versions.png?500}}
 SSS-GG-V CCC\\
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 C = Chip (PRG = Program, CHR = Character i.e. Graphics)
-A lot of the time, only one of the chips will have an incrimented version number. And sometimes the chipped are bonded/globbed, so you can't see what is written on them (if anything). Some carts only have a PRG chip.
+Most of the time, only one of the chips will have an incremented version number. There's not necessarily a direct link between the version number on the chips and the "cannonical" revision of the combined (PRG+CHR) ROM, but it can generally be worked out by looking at other information. And sometimes the chipped are bonded/globbed, so you can't see what is written on them (if anything). Some carts only have a PRG chip.
 ===== Methods =====