Hash Labels

Every ROM that is linked to an achievement set should be clearly identified and labeled. These labels help players know which versions of a game are compatible as well as if there are any translation patches, bug fixes, cosmetic hacks, quality of life hacks, etc. that they can use.

• Info for Linked Hashes
• Images
• Examples
  • Deja Vu (NES)
  • Suikoden (PlayStation)
• Linking to Patches

Info for Linked Hashes

• RA Hash: Check Game Identification to learn more about these. These appear in Manage Hashes automatically.
• Filename - Filename should be entered as the description. These are typically automatic, but may need some adjustments.
• Labels - You can use the labels listed below by using the filename of the image (no extension).

Images

Image	Label to Use	Note
	main	Sometimes used to show the primary ROM used by the set developer(s)
	rapatches	Used when the hash requires a patch hosted on RAPatches
	nointro	The most common for cartridge-based games
	redump	The most common for disc-based games
	wozaday	Apple II preservation group
	tosec
	fbneo	Mostly used for Arcade
	cleancpc	Amstrad preservation project
	4amcrack	Used for Apple II
	neokobe	Mostly for PC-8001 and PC-8801
	homebrew	Used for, you guessed it: Homebrews!
	atariage	Popular site for Homebrews
	itchio	Popular site for Homebrews
	msu1	Used to mark SNES ROMs with MSU-1 patches
	snesmini
	egg	ROMs purchased from Project Egg, typically Japanese PC games.
	steam	ROMs purchased from Steam.
	mamesl	MAME Software List
	smwcentral	Popular repository for Super Mario World hacks.
	rhdn	Popular repository for ROM hacks
	goodtools
	nongood
	offlinelist

Examples

Deja Vu (NES)

• The first hash is the USA version of the game with an Uncensored patch applied to it. The full text of the description is Deja Vu (USA) (Uncensored) (v1.0) (usertheloset).nes, which follows the RAPatches naming scheme. The labels used are nointro and rapatches.
• The second hash is the No Intro-verified USA version of the game.
• The third hash is the No Intro-verified Japanese version of the game.

To see how this will look for the majority of users, go to the game entry page and click on "Linked Hashes."

As you can see below, nointro became and rapatches became .

Suikoden (PlayStation)

We'll skip the manage hashes example for this one. Let's go straight to "Linked Hashes" on the game entry page:

The hashes labeled with redump, rhdn, and rapatches require patches that are available on both romhacking.net and in the RAPatches repository.

Linking to Patches

• The first post of a game's forum topic is the best place to include links to patches required.
• These do not need to follow a specific format, but the information must be clear.
• Here is one example of how to format the text in the forum:

Input Text:

[b]Suikoden (Europe) (De) (v1.01) (Twisted Phoenix Game Translation)[/b]
[b]Suikoden (Europe) + [url=https://www.romhacking.net/translations/5736/]German Patch[/url][/b] [img=Images/labels/rhdn.png]
or
[b]Suikoden (Europe) + [url=https://github.com/RetroAchievements/RAPatches/raw/main/PS1/Translation/German/11255-Suikoden-GermanTranslation.7z]German Patch[/url][/b] [img=Images/labels/rapatches.png]
[i]RA Checksum: [/i]f0c5ec0696aa2ec2d6e5b731fbe07491

• A second example: Input Text:

[img=Images/labels/rapatches.png] [img=Images/labels/rhdn.png]
Download the patch from RHDN [url=https://www.romhacking.net/translations/5736/]here[/url].
RAPatches Mirror [url=https://github.com/RetroAchievements/RAPatches/raw/main/PS1/Translation/German/11255-Suikoden-GermanTranslation.7z]here[/url].