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Understanding Serials

2018-06-08T01:16:40Z

174.108.82.217: oops

===Nintendo - Game Boy Advance===
The ROM chip is sometimes covered up. 
'''Four-letter serial:''' The first four characters of the large text, and also the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth characters of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' The last character of the large text, and also the tenth character of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip.

===Nintendo - Nintendo DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (almost always) this will be duplicated exactly as the second part of the label serial. 
'''Revision:''' Sixth character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo 3DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' Seventh character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo Switch===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' first four characters of the code on the card before the region code e.g. LA-H-XXXXB-USA. 
'''Build (NOT revision):''' Fifth character of code, immediately after serial. This is expressed as a letter "Build A, Build B, etc." This seems to denote different regional builds on occasion (many just use 'A' because of the switch's move to region free titles, resulting in a number of multiregion roms).

Understanding Serials

2018-06-07T03:43:52Z

174.108.82.217: clarify

===Nintendo - Game Boy Advance===
The ROM chip is sometimes covered up. 
'''Four-letter serial:''' The first four characters of the large text, and also the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth characters of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' The last character of the large text, and also the tenth character of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip.

===Nintendo - Nintendo DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (almost always) this will be duplicated exactly as the second part of the label serial. 
'''Revision:''' Sixth character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo 3DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' Seventh character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo Switch===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' first four characters of the code on the card before the region code e.g. LA-H-XXXXB-USA. 
'''Build (NOT revision):''' Fifth character of code on back. This is expressed as a letter "Build A, Build B, etc." This seems to denote different regional builds on occasion (many just use 'A' because of the switch's move to region free titles, resulting in a number of multiregion roms).

Understanding Serials

2018-06-07T03:40:02Z

174.108.82.217: add line break

===Nintendo - Game Boy Advance===
The ROM chip is sometimes covered up. 
'''Four-letter serial:''' The first four characters of the large text, and also the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth characters of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' The last character of the large text, and also the tenth character of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip.

===Nintendo - Nintendo DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (almost always) this will be duplicated exactly as the second part of the label serial. 
'''Revision:''' Sixth character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo 3DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' Seventh character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo Switch===
'''Four-letter Serial: first four characters of code printed on front of card.''' 
'''Build (NOT revision):''' Fifth character of code on back. This is expressed as a letter "Build A, Build B, etc." This seems to denote regional changes.

Understanding Serials

2018-06-07T03:39:22Z

174.108.82.217: add info on switch carts according to .NFOs from BBB

===Nintendo - Game Boy Advance===
The ROM chip is sometimes covered up. 
'''Four-letter serial:''' The first four characters of the large text, and also the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth characters of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' The last character of the large text, and also the tenth character of the third line of small text, on the ROM chip.

===Nintendo - Nintendo DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (almost always) this will be duplicated exactly as the second part of the label serial. 
'''Revision:''' Sixth character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo 3DS===
'''Four-letter Serial:''' First four characters of code printed on back of card. Usually (always?) this will be duplicated exactly on the physical media (label) serial. 
'''Revision:''' Seventh character of code on back. This number is in hex, but it doesn't usually matter as it is very rare for a game to have more than 9 revisions.

===Nintendo - Nintendo Switch===
'''Four-letter Serial: first four characters of code printed on front of card.'''
'''Build (NOT revision):''' Fifth character of code on back. This is expressed as a letter "Build A, Build B, etc." This seems to denote regional changes.