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Konami IDs
VX (PSX) • VW (PS2) • VT (PS3) • VF (PS4) • VH (PS5) • VP (PSP)
VM (Xbox) •VK (Xbox360) • VO (XboxOne)
RQ (GameCube) • RI (Wii)
VS (Saturn) • VC (Dreamcast)

This is an attempt to track Konami IDs/Serials for the purposes of game preservation. As redump focusses on optical discs, non-optical game IDs are mentioned but only a few IDs are included as examples.

Konami's first video games were available in the arcade, and their arcade boards used the same format, using GX### ("Generation X" ?). Konami's first home video game releases in 1983 were with the Atari 2600 and NEC PC-6001, using the ID RC1## (RC for "ROM Cartridge") for their Atari 2600 games, and RC5## for the NEC PC-6001 cartridges. This was followed by their MSX games (also in 1983) using RC7##, and then the Nintendo Famicom (from 1985) allocated to the RC8## range. Konami also published MSX LaserDisc games, using the prefix PG ("Players Game" ?). In 1986, Konami released their first game ported to the PC-88 and released on a floppy disk, which was allocated an ID in the RA range instead, with RA3## for the NEC PC-8801, and later RA6## for the NEC PC-9801, RA9## for the Sharp X68000, and finally RA7## for the NEC PC-9821. Nintendo games continued to be released with the R prefix, RS for the Super Famicom, RZ for the N64, RQ for the GameCube, and RI for the Wii. In 1994, PlayStation games were instead released with VX###, and later optical disc based games continued to use the V prefix, VZ for the 3DO, VS for the Saturn, etc. This attempt at documentation will never be complete and exists only as a best-effort catalogue, missing information is to be expected.

B

BH: Handheld
- BH001: Double Dribble
- BH008: Konami Baseball
- BH101: Ganbare Goemon Ebisumaru Kiki Ippatsu

G

GM: Arcade
- GM250: Racing Force (may be a misprint, meant to be GX?)
GX: Arcade
- GX306: Strategy X

For more, see NMI Systems' list

K

KN: IDs with KN prefix may not fit into the same format, KN likely just refers to Konami
- KN3##: MSX (Cartridge)
  - KN327: Green Beret
  - KN350: Green Beret (Rerelease)
- KN5##: Amstrad CPC (Tape Cassette)
  - KN501: Jail Break
- KN6##: ZX Spectrum (Tape Cassette)
  - KN601: Jail Break

P

PG: MSX (LaserDisc)
- PG001: Astron Belt
- PG002: Strike Mission
- PG004: Badlands

R

RA: NEC PC-88/98
- RA0##: MSX / MSX 2 / MSX 2+ (3.5")
  - RA003: Konami no Uranai Sensation
  - RA004: Snatcher
  - RA005: F-1 Spirit 3D Special
  - RA006: Konami Game Collection Vol. 1
  - RA007: Konami Game Collection Vol. 2
  - RA008: Konami Game Collection Vol. 3
  - RA009: Konami Game Collection Vol. 4
  - RA010: Konami Game Collection Bangai-hen
  - RA011: SD Snatcher
- RA1##: IBM PC (3.5")
  - RA100: Hyper Olympics
- RA3##: PC-8801 (5")
  - RA300: Gradius
  - RA301: The Goonies
  - RA304: Snatcher
  - RA306: Ten to Chi to
- RA60#: PC-9801 (5")
  - RA603: Dennou Shougi
  - RA604: Dennou Shougi II - Eisei Meijin
  - RA606: Ten to Chi to
  - RA607: Eisei Meijin II
  - RA609: Eisei Meijin III
- RA65#: PC-9801 (3.5")
  - RA656: Ten to Chi to
- RA7##: PC-9821 (3.5" + CD)
  - RA710: Policenauts
- RA9##: Sharp X68000 (5")
  - RA900: Gradius
  - RA901: The Goonies
  - RA954: Quarth
  - RA957: Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou
RC: ROM Cartridge
- RC1##: Atari 2600
  - RC100: Pooyan
  - RC101: Strategy X
  - RC102: Marine Wars
- RC5##: NEC PC-6001
  - RC501: Frogger
  - RC502: Scramble
  - RC503: Turpin
  - RC506: Amidar
  - RC508: Super Cobra
  - RC510: Tutankham
- RC7##: MSX / MSX 2 (and Spectravideo ports)
  - RC700: Athletic Land
  - RC701: Antarctic Adventure
  - RC702: Monkey Academy
  - RC703: Time Pilot
  - RC704: Frogger
  - RC705: Super Cobra
  - RC706: Video Hustler
  - RC707: Konami's Mahjong
- RC8##: NES/Famicom
  - RC801: Road Fighter
  - RC802: Yie Ar Kung-Fu
  - RC804: Antarctic Adventure
RI: Nintendo Wii
RQ: Nintendo GameCube
RS: Nintendo Super Famicom
- RS057: Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '96: Kaimakuban
RU: Peripheral Equipment
- RU001: Case Boy for Game Boy
- RU012: Hyper Blaster for PlayStation aka SLPH-00014/SLUH-00017/SLEH-00005
- RU013: Hyper Stick for PlayStation aka SLPH-00019
RZ: Nintendo 64
- RZ001: Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 4
- RZ002: Jikkyou J. League Perfect Striker

V

VC: Sega Dreamcast
VF: Sony PlayStation 4
VH: Sony PlayStation 5
VK: Microsoft Xbox 360
VM: Microsoft Xbox
VO: Microsoft Xbox One
VP: Sony PlayStation Portable
VS: Sega Saturn
VT: Sony PlayStation 3
VW: Sony PlayStation 2
VX: Sony PlayStation
VZ: 3DO
- VZ001: Policenauts: Pilot Disk
- VZ002: Policenauts

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+__NOTOC__
 {{Template:Konami ID}}
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 This is an attempt to track Konami IDs/Serials for the purposes of game preservation. As redump focusses on optical discs, non-optical game IDs are mentioned but only a few IDs are included as examples.
-Konami IDs are of the format ��### where � is a letter and # is a number. For example, VX001 refers to the PlayStation release of Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95.<br>
+Konami's first video games were available in the arcade, and their arcade boards used the same format, using GX### ("Generation X" ?). Konami's first home video game releases in 1983 were with the Atari 2600 and NEC PC-6001, using the ID RC1## ('''RC''' for "ROM Cartridge") for their Atari 2600 games, and RC5## for the NEC PC-6001 cartridges. This was followed by their MSX games (also in 1983) using RC7##, and then the Nintendo Famicom (from 1985) allocated to the RC8## range. Konami also published MSX LaserDisc games, using the prefix PG ("Players Game" ?). In 1986, Konami released their first game ported to the PC-88 and released on a floppy disk, which was allocated an ID in the '''RA''' range instead, with RA3## for the NEC PC-8801, and later RA6## for the NEC PC-9801, RA9## for the Sharp X68000, and finally RA7## for the NEC PC-9821. Nintendo games continued to be released with the R prefix, '''RS''' for the Super Famicom, '''RZ''' for the N64, '''RQ''' for the GameCube, and '''RI''' for the Wii. In 1994, PlayStation games were instead released with VX###, and later optical disc based games continued to use the V prefix, '''VZ''' for the 3DO, '''VS''' for the Saturn, etc. This attempt at documentation will never be complete and exists only as a best-effort catalogue, missing information is to be expected.
-These IDs are present on most games published by Konami in Japan, Korea and Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc).
-'''First Letter''': For disc-based video game consoles, Konami has mostly used V. The exception to this are Nintendo discs, which use Q.<br>
+=== B ===
-'''Second Letter''': This indicates which console the game is made for.<br>
+* '''BH''': Handheld
-'''Number''': The three digit number is incremented when allocated to releases, starting from 001.
+** BH001: Double Dribble
+** BH008: Konami Baseball
+** BH101: Ganbare Goemon Ebisumaru Kiki Ippatsu
+=== G ===
+* '''GM''': Arcade
+** GM250: Racing Force (may be a misprint, meant to be GX?)
+* '''GX''': Arcade
+** GX306: Strategy X
+For more, see [https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=info&page=konami_boards_listing32.txt NMI Systems' list]
+=== K ===
+* '''KN''': IDs with KN prefix may not fit into the same format, KN likely just refers to Konami
+** '''KN3##''': MSX (Cartridge)
+*** KN327: Green Beret
+*** KN350: Green Beret (Rerelease)
+** '''KN5##''': Amstrad CPC (Tape Cassette)
+*** KN501: Jail Break
+** '''KN6##''': ZX Spectrum (Tape Cassette)
+*** KN601: Jail Break
 === P ===
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 === R ===
-* '''RA''': PC-98
+* '''RA''': NEC PC-88/98
-** RA710: [https://redump.info/disc/29186/ Policenauts]
+** '''RA0##''': MSX / MSX 2 / MSX 2+ (3.5")
+*** RA003: Konami no Uranai Sensation
+*** RA004: Snatcher
+*** RA005: F-1 Spirit 3D Special
+*** RA006: Konami Game Collection Vol. 1
+*** RA007: Konami Game Collection Vol. 2
+*** RA008: Konami Game Collection Vol. 3
+*** RA009: Konami Game Collection Vol. 4
+*** RA010: Konami Game Collection Bangai-hen
+*** RA011: SD Snatcher
+** '''RA1##''': IBM PC (3.5")
+*** RA100: Hyper Olympics
+** '''RA3##''': PC-8801 (5")
+*** RA300: Gradius
+*** RA301: The Goonies
+*** RA304: Snatcher
+*** RA306: Ten to Chi to
+** '''RA60#''': PC-9801 (5")
+*** RA603: Dennou Shougi
+*** RA604: Dennou Shougi II - Eisei Meijin
+*** RA606: Ten to Chi to
+*** RA607: Eisei Meijin II
+*** RA609: Eisei Meijin III
+** '''RA65#''': PC-9801 (3.5")
+*** RA656: Ten to Chi to
+** '''RA7##''': PC-9821 (3.5" + CD)
+*** RA710: [https://redump.info/disc/29186/ Policenauts]
+** '''RA9##''': Sharp X68000 (5")
+*** RA900: Gradius
+*** RA901: The Goonies
+*** RA954: Quarth
+*** RA957: Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou
 * '''RC''': ROM Cartridge
-** 1##: Atari 2600
+** '''RC1##''': Atari 2600
 *** RC100: Pooyan
 *** RC101: Strategy X
 *** RC102: Marine Wars
-** 3##: PC-88 Floppy
+** '''RC5##''': NEC PC-6001
-*** RA300: Gradius
+*** RC501: Frogger
-** 7##: MSX
+*** RC502: Scramble
+*** RC503: Turpin
+*** RC506: Amidar
+*** RC508: Super Cobra
+*** RC510: Tutankham
+** '''RC7##''': MSX / MSX 2 (and Spectravideo ports)
 *** RC700: Athletic Land
 *** RC701: Antarctic Adventure
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 *** RC706: Video Hustler
 *** RC707: Konami's Mahjong
-** 8##: NES/Famicom
+** '''RC8##''': NES/Famicom
 *** RC801: Road Fighter
 *** RC802: Yie Ar Kung-Fu
@@ Line 44: / Line 99: @@
 * '''RQ''': [[Konami IDs - Nintendo GameCube| Nintendo GameCube]]
 * '''RS''': Nintendo Super Famicom
-* '''RU''': Peripheral Equipment, e.g.:
+** RS057: Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '96: Kaimakuban
+* '''RU''': Peripheral Equipment
 ** RU001: Case Boy for Game Boy
 ** RU012: Hyper Blaster for PlayStation aka SLPH-00014/SLUH-00017/SLEH-00005
@@ Line 63: / Line 119: @@
 * '''VS''': [[Konami IDs - Sega Saturn| Sega Saturn]]
 * '''VT''': [[Konami IDs - PlayStation 3| Sony PlayStation 3]]
+* '''VW''': [[Konami IDs - PlayStation 2| Sony PlayStation 2]]
 * '''VX''': [[Konami IDs - PlayStation| Sony PlayStation]]
-* '''VW''': [[Konami IDs - PlayStation 2| Sony PlayStation 2]]
 * '''VZ''': 3DO
 ** VZ001: [https://redump.info/disc/3388/ Policenauts: Pilot Disk]