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aRPi e-mailed us:

Brazilian serials means:
02x.xxx - Sega Master
xx8.xxx - 4 Mega
xx6.xxx - 2 Mega
xx3.xxx - 1 Mega
xx1.xxx - 256 K
xx0.xxx - consoles
xxx.XXx - XX - number of game
xxx.xx0 - means nothing, always 0

Which is partly right.
The last digit is always 0 next to the main product number display, but if you look at the barcode there is the same code except the last digit is different (noted as 0/x in my list below). Does this is some kind of requirement/checksum of the barcode format?

I checked up some of my Brasilian games, and came up with:

Alien 3 None
Altered Beast None
Andre Agassi Tennis 025.420/6 2 MB
Ariel 026.350/5 2 MB blue box
Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum 028.720/4 4 MB
Champions of Europe 025.430/3 2 MB
Chapolim x Dracula 023.430/9
Dynamite Headdy 028.570/1
Ecco - The Tides of... 028.630/2
James Pond 2 028.580/8
Jungle Book 027.330/8
Jurassic Park 028.330/5
Maze Hunter 3D None
Monica no Castelo d... None
Paper Boy None
Phantasy Star None
Phantasy Star 029.010/1
Prince of Persia 027.270/7 2 MB
Rainbow Island 026.360/2 2 MB blue box
Road Rash 028.410/0
Robocop vs. Termina... 028.520/6
Secret of Shinobi (The) None
Shadow of the Beast 025.270/3
Sonic Blast 030.030/1
Sonic Chaos 028.320/8
Sonic Spinball 028.480/9
Street Fighter II' 030.010/7
SpellCaster None
Super Futebol II 023.340/7
Taz in Escape from... 028-620/5
Time Soldiers None
Tom and Jerry - The... 026-150/7 2 MB white box
Virtua Fighter Anim... 030-002/4

Note: in some "None" case, they may be an alternate version existing with a serial number. I added comment here and here for me to see patterns but couldn't.

One can see:
- Sonic Blast/Street Fighter II'/Virtua Fighter Animation, all 8-megabits games, are in the form 030-xxx

- 025 and 027 prefix are used along with 026. I don't know why yet.

- Phantasy Star (the blue box edition) is 029.010/1. 029 may be used for 4 megabit+backup.

While writing a Wiki page for product codes, I decided to work on this a bit more...

Game Code # Size Other
Aladdin 028.420 7 4 Mb
Alex Kidd: High Tech... 023.020 6 1 Mb white box
Andre Agassi Tennis 025.420 6 2 Mb
Ariel 026.350 5 2 Mb blue box
Baku Baku 025.470 1 2 Mb
Bart vs. the World 027.210 5 2 Mb
Battlemaniacs 027.370 6 2 Mb
Bonkers Wax Up! 028.600 1 4 Mb
Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum 028.720 4 4 Mb
Champions of Europe 025.430 3 2 Mb
Chapolim x Dracula 023.430 9 1 Mb
Desert Speedtrap 027.250 3 2 Mb
Dynamite Headdy 028.570 1 4 Mb
Earthworm Jim 028.690 4 4 Mb
Ecco - The Tides of... 028.630 2 4 Mb
Ferias Frustradas do... 028.660 4 Mb
Game Box Serie Esportes 028.560 4 4 Mb
Game Box S. E. Radicais 023.480 4 2 Mb
Game Box S. Lutas 028.380 0
Gang's Fighter 021.030 9 32KB
Gangster Town 023.120 5 1 Mb
Geraldinho 021.080 4 32KB
GP Rider 028.200 5 4 Mb
James Bond 007: The... 027.230 2 Mb
James Pond 2 028.580 8 4 Mb
Jungle Book 027.330 8 2 Mb
Jurassic Park 028.330 5 4 Mb
Legend of Illusion 028.750 5 4 Mb
Lion King, The 028.450 8 4 Mb
Masters of Combat 027.340 2 Mb
Mickey's Ultimate... 028.700 0
Mortal Kombat 028.240 3 4 Mb
Mortal Kombat II 028.530 3 4 Mb
Phantasy Star 029.010 1 4 Mb+RAM
Predator 2 027.110 6 2 Mb white box
Prince of Persia 027.270 7 2 Mb
Quest for the Shaven... 028.540 0 4 Mb
Rainbow Islands 026.360 2 2 Mb blue box
Road Rash 028.410 0 4 Mb
Robocop vs. Termina... 028.520 6 4 Mb
Sapo Xule O Mestre... 023.500 7 1 Mb
Sapo Xule vs. Os... 026.340 2 Mb
Shadow of the Beast 025.270 3 2 Mb
Sitio do Picapau... 028.710 7 8 Mb
Sonic Blast 030.030 1 8 Mb
Sonic Chaos 028.320 8 4 Mb
Sonic Spinball 028.480 9 4 Mb
Sonic 2 028.120 0 4 Mb
Street Fighter II' 030.010 7 6 Mb
Streets of Rage II 028.300 4 4 Mb
Super Futebol II 023.340 7
Taz in Escape from... 028.620 5
Teddy Boy 021.060 0 32KB white box
Tom and Jerry - The... 026.150 7 2 Mb white box
Turma da Monica em:... 026.260 3 2 Mb
TV Colosso 028.650 6
Virtua Fighter Anim... 030.020 4 8 Mb
Where in the World... 023.450 1 Mb
World Cup USA '94 028.430 4 4 Mb
X-Men: Mojo World 028.740 8 4 Mb

This is somewhat incomplete, but we can somewhat determine the format as

0ss.nn0

where ss is a size code:

21 = 32KB
23 = 128KB (1Mb)
25, 26, 27 = 256KB (2Mb)
28 = 512KB (4Mb)
29 = 512KB (4Mb) + RAM
30 = 1MB (8Mb)

But: there are exceptions to nearly all of these, which maybe should be checked:

Game Box Serie Esportes Radicais: 023.480 2Mb
Sitio do Picapau Amarelo 028.710 8Mb
Street Fighter II' 030.010 6Mb - may just be on an 8Mb ROM

Note that I'm missing some sizes, and this is based on a possibly out-of-date list and on the scans section (where there may be some mistakes in the product numbers listed).

The nn digits are likely to just be a counter.

Did TecToy use these codes on their other game products? Maybe that explains the number of gaps. The 256KB range is very big, suggesting it was used a lot, maybe for NES cartridges too?

The last digit in the barcode (labelled as "#" in the table above) is indeed a checksum (assuming UPC standard), so it can probably be ignored

Maxim wrote

Did TecToy use these codes on their other game products? Maybe that explains the number of gaps.

MegaDrive games do at least (not too surprsingly). Here's a few I've spotted:

041160 - Super Volleyball
042800 - Sport Games
043030 - Ariel: The Little Mermaid
043330 - Super Kick-Off
044570 - Bart's Nightmare
046440 - Madden '95
047230 - Donald in Maui Mallard
047240 - Street Racer
048070 - Crystal's Pony Tale
051170 - International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
053010 - Show do Milhao

013640 - Chimera Joystick (accessory)

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Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8653 Location: Paris, France	Tec Toy Brasilian Games Product Number Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:49 pm
	aRPi e-mailed us: Brazilian serials means: 02x.xxx - Sega Master xx8.xxx - 4 Mega xx6.xxx - 2 Mega xx3.xxx - 1 Mega xx1.xxx - 256 K xx0.xxx - consoles xxx.XXx - XX - number of game xxx.xx0 - means nothing, always 0 Which is partly right. The last digit is always 0 next to the main product number display, but if you look at the barcode there is the same code except the last digit is different (noted as 0/x in my list below). Does this is some kind of requirement/checksum of the barcode format? I checked up some of my Brasilian games, and came up with: Alien 3 None Altered Beast None Andre Agassi Tennis 025.420/6 2 MB Ariel 026.350/5 2 MB blue box Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum 028.720/4 4 MB Champions of Europe 025.430/3 2 MB Chapolim x Dracula 023.430/9 Dynamite Headdy 028.570/1 Ecco - The Tides of... 028.630/2 James Pond 2 028.580/8 Jungle Book 027.330/8 Jurassic Park 028.330/5 Maze Hunter 3D None Monica no Castelo d... None Paper Boy None Phantasy Star None Phantasy Star 029.010/1 Prince of Persia 027.270/7 2 MB Rainbow Island 026.360/2 2 MB blue box Road Rash 028.410/0 Robocop vs. Termina... 028.520/6 Secret of Shinobi (The) None Shadow of the Beast 025.270/3 Sonic Blast 030.030/1 Sonic Chaos 028.320/8 Sonic Spinball 028.480/9 Street Fighter II' 030.010/7 SpellCaster None Super Futebol II 023.340/7 Taz in Escape from... 028-620/5 Time Soldiers None Tom and Jerry - The... 026-150/7 2 MB white box Virtua Fighter Anim... 030-002/4 Note: in some "None" case, they may be an alternate version existing with a serial number. I added comment here and here for me to see patterns but couldn't. One can see: - Sonic Blast/Street Fighter II'/Virtua Fighter Animation, all 8-megabits games, are in the form 030-xxx - 025 and 027 prefix are used along with 026. I don't know why yet. - Phantasy Star (the blue box edition) is 029.010/1. 029 may be used for 4 megabit+backup.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:19 pm
	While writing a Wiki page for product codes, I decided to work on this a bit more... Game Code # Size Other Aladdin 028.420 7 4 Mb Alex Kidd: High Tech... 023.020 6 1 Mb white box Andre Agassi Tennis 025.420 6 2 Mb Ariel 026.350 5 2 Mb blue box Baku Baku 025.470 1 2 Mb Bart vs. the World 027.210 5 2 Mb Battlemaniacs 027.370 6 2 Mb Bonkers Wax Up! 028.600 1 4 Mb Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum 028.720 4 4 Mb Champions of Europe 025.430 3 2 Mb Chapolim x Dracula 023.430 9 1 Mb Desert Speedtrap 027.250 3 2 Mb Dynamite Headdy 028.570 1 4 Mb Earthworm Jim 028.690 4 4 Mb Ecco - The Tides of... 028.630 2 4 Mb Ferias Frustradas do... 028.660 4 Mb Game Box Serie Esportes 028.560 4 4 Mb Game Box S. E. Radicais 023.480 4 2 Mb Game Box S. Lutas 028.380 0 Gang's Fighter 021.030 9 32KB Gangster Town 023.120 5 1 Mb Geraldinho 021.080 4 32KB GP Rider 028.200 5 4 Mb James Bond 007: The... 027.230 2 Mb James Pond 2 028.580 8 4 Mb Jungle Book 027.330 8 2 Mb Jurassic Park 028.330 5 4 Mb Legend of Illusion 028.750 5 4 Mb Lion King, The 028.450 8 4 Mb Masters of Combat 027.340 2 Mb Mickey's Ultimate... 028.700 0 Mortal Kombat 028.240 3 4 Mb Mortal Kombat II 028.530 3 4 Mb Phantasy Star 029.010 1 4 Mb+RAM Predator 2 027.110 6 2 Mb white box Prince of Persia 027.270 7 2 Mb Quest for the Shaven... 028.540 0 4 Mb Rainbow Islands 026.360 2 2 Mb blue box Road Rash 028.410 0 4 Mb Robocop vs. Termina... 028.520 6 4 Mb Sapo Xule O Mestre... 023.500 7 1 Mb Sapo Xule vs. Os... 026.340 2 Mb Shadow of the Beast 025.270 3 2 Mb Sitio do Picapau... 028.710 7 8 Mb Sonic Blast 030.030 1 8 Mb Sonic Chaos 028.320 8 4 Mb Sonic Spinball 028.480 9 4 Mb Sonic 2 028.120 0 4 Mb Street Fighter II' 030.010 7 6 Mb Streets of Rage II 028.300 4 4 Mb Super Futebol II 023.340 7 Taz in Escape from... 028.620 5 Teddy Boy 021.060 0 32KB white box Tom and Jerry - The... 026.150 7 2 Mb white box Turma da Monica em:... 026.260 3 2 Mb TV Colosso 028.650 6 Virtua Fighter Anim... 030.020 4 8 Mb Where in the World... 023.450 1 Mb World Cup USA '94 028.430 4 4 Mb X-Men: Mojo World 028.740 8 4 Mb This is somewhat incomplete, but we can somewhat determine the format as 0ss.nn0 where ss is a size code: 21 = 32KB 23 = 128KB (1Mb) 25, 26, 27 = 256KB (2Mb) 28 = 512KB (4Mb) 29 = 512KB (4Mb) + RAM 30 = 1MB (8Mb) But: there are exceptions to nearly all of these, which maybe should be checked: Game Box Serie Esportes Radicais: 023.480 2Mb Sitio do Picapau Amarelo 028.710 8Mb Street Fighter II' 030.010 6Mb - may just be on an 8Mb ROM Note that I'm missing some sizes, and this is based on a possibly out-of-date list and on the scans section (where there may be some mistakes in the product numbers listed). The nn digits are likely to just be a counter. Did TecToy use these codes on their other game products? Maybe that explains the number of gaps. The 256KB range is very big, suggesting it was used a lot, maybe for NES cartridges too? The last digit in the barcode (labelled as "#" in the table above) is indeed a checksum (assuming UPC standard), so it can probably be ignored

anagrama Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 354 Location: Newcastle, UK	Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:21 pm
	Maxim wrote Did TecToy use these codes on their other game products? Maybe that explains the number of gaps. MegaDrive games do at least (not too surprsingly). Here's a few I've spotted: 041160 - Super Volleyball 042800 - Sport Games 043030 - Ariel: The Little Mermaid 043330 - Super Kick-Off 044570 - Bart's Nightmare 046440 - Madden '95 047230 - Donald in Maui Mallard 047240 - Street Racer 048070 - Crystal's Pony Tale 051170 - International Superstar Soccer Deluxe 053010 - Show do Milhao 013640 - Chimera Joystick (accessory)

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