SNES add-on roms should be categorized as [BIOS]?

[Gary_Oak]

Technically speaking, ROMS dumped from stuff like the Sufami Turbo and Super Game Boy are not games but BIOS (even if they bear the file extension from SNES games), since they are required either to emulate the add-ons themselves or the games that were made for them. So perhaps their names should be changed into something like this:

Super Game Boy (Japan) ----> [BIOS] Super Game Boy (Japan)
Super Game Boy (Japan, USA) (Rev 1) ----> [BIOS] Super Game Boy (Japan, USA) (Rev 1)
Super Game Boy (World) (Rev 2) ----> [BIOS] Super Game Boy (World) (Rev 2)
Super Game Boy 2 (Japan) ----> [BIOS] Super Game Boy 2 (Japan)
Sufami Turbo (Japan) ----> [BIOS] Sufami Turbo (Japan)
XBAND (Japan) ----> [BIOS] XBAND (Japan)
XBAND (USA) ----> [BIOS] XBAND (USA)
Game Genie (USA) (Alt 1) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Game Genie (USA) (Alt 1) (Unl)
Game Genie (USA) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Game Genie (USA) (Unl)
Game Genie (USA) (v2.0) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Game Genie (USA) (v2.0) (Unl)
Game Saver (Europe) (v1.6) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Game Saver (Europe) (v1.6) (Unl)
Game Saver (Europe) (v1.7) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Game Saver (Europe) (v1.7) (Unl)
Pro Action Replay (Europe) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Pro Action Replay (Europe) (Unl)
Pro Action Replay MK2 (Europe) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Pro Action Replay MK2 (Europe) (Unl)
Pro Action Replay MK3 (Europe) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Pro Action Replay MK3 (Europe) (Unl)

Pro Action Replay MK2 (Europe) (v1.1) (Unl) ----> [BIOS] Pro Action Replay MK2 (Europe) (v1.1) (Unl)

BS-X - Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari (Japan) (Rev 1) ----> [BIOS] BS-X - Sore wa Namae o Nusumareta Machi no Monogatari (Japan) (Rev 1)

There could be more of them in the database, but these should be enough to give an idea of what I'm trying to discuss here.

[kazumi213]

For a given system, [BIOS] is only applied to dumps coming from *system* hardware components. Dumps coming from media (carts/cards/whatever) for the system or third party peripheals, both types running *over* the system hardware, are not allowed to have this flag.

All of listed suggestions fall on described categories, so current naming is correct for them.

[Gary_Oak]

For a given system, [BIOS] is only applied to dumps coming from *system* hardware components. Dumps coming from media (carts/cards/whatever) for the system or third party peripheals, both types running *over* the system hardware, are not allowed to have this flag.

All of listed suggestions fall on described categories, so current naming is correct for them.

So basically, the [BIOS] tag only applies to firmware/BIOS that comes from the actual console hardware. While it does make sense, what about the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx CD Systems Cards? I think those weren't part of the system itself (they were sold separately as Hu-Cards I think), yet they bear the [BIOS] tag.

[ElBarto]

For a given system, [BIOS] is only applied to dumps coming from *system* hardware components. Dumps coming from media (carts/cards/whatever) for the system or third party peripheals, both types running *over* the system hardware, are not allowed to have this flag.

All of listed suggestions fall on described categories, so current naming is correct for them.

But they should be tagged as "[Program]" right ?

[kazumi213]

@Gary_Oak: I can't speak for systems that I don't know nor maintain. Proper naming should follow the described convention.

@ElBarto: [BIOS] is the only accepted pre-tag. I've not dealed enough with systems using the [Program] tag, but it should be moved to the Special field (last one), and carefully judge its application anyway. I think it's used when ROM it's not aimed at entertainment, but productivity, testing, etc.