[redump.org] PSX (Japan) 2011 Spring update

0. Who?/Why? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- redump.org is a disc preservation database and internet community dedicated to collecting precise and accurate information about every video game ever released on optical media of any system. This information consists of data checksums and some additional characteristics of the physical medium. redump.org also provides guides to ensure the backups used for checksum calculation are correctly done. Users of the website who follow the guides are encouraged to participate by sharing their results, contributing this way to the advancement of the project. Information from different people are compared to ensure the accuracy of the results and to identify alternate versions of the same game. http://redump.org/ They currently have more than 17700 (~5250 PS) disc entries present in their database. By submitting information about missing discs to the redump.org database, you would be helping to achieve this greater common goal. If you have original black CDs not listed in the PS database or even listed ones, please go that extra mile and learn their preservation methods. Their guides on how to backup discs properly can be found here: http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Dumping-Guides If you need more help, you can also visit redump.org's forum: http://forum.redump.org/ !!!Content of this torrent is NOT provided by redump.org.!!! redump.org does not provide copyrighted material nor do they condone software piracy. Please, no torrent-talk on that site, only database and CD media related things or be ready to face consequences (ban, most likely). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. How to prepare? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The discs have been packed using PakkISO which works just like torrentzip. Simply put, PakkISO is the torrentzip of disc based games. It will create exact archives of matching files. It runs the data tracks through ECM, and then compresses with 7z. Audio tracks are compressed using the Monkey Audio lossless format (.ape). This results in a much higher compression ratio compared to torrentzip or standard archivers. You can choose from several programs to use for decompression. They all are included in this torrent within 'important.zip'. 1.1. PakkISO shell integration *RECOMMENDED* (PakkISO-0.4-setup.exe).[1] To unpack a single game, right-click the game's folder and select 'UnpakkISO'. To unpack a group of games, right-click the folder containing ALL game's folders to be processed, and select 'UnpakkISO (Batch)'. The process will be automated. To pack a single game, right-click the game's folder and select 'PakkISO'. To pack a group of games, right-click the folder containing ALL game's folders to be processed, and select 'PakkISO (Batch)'. The process will be automated. 1.2. PakkISO (PakkISO-0.4-non-install.zip).[1] To unpack a game, simply drag and drop the game's folder into unpakkIso.exe. To pack a game, simply drag and drop the game's folder into pakkIso.exe. 1.3. redumpExtractor (redumpExtractor_exe.zip or redumpExtractor.zip).[2] Simple and intuitive GUI program. More information: http://thejbnet.com/progs/re/ After successful decompression you should have one cue sheet file (.cue) and one or several binary files (.bin). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Archives will be deleted after decompression; raw files after compression, i.e. content is transformed from compressed to decompressed state or vice versa. So it is preferable to make a copy of directory you want to work with and use that copy instead of source. [2] External programs needed for this application are available in 'PakkISO-0.4-non-install.zip'. 2. How to play? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To play on real hardware (console), first you need to burn the image(s) to a disc using your favorite disc recording software and good quality blank media: load the '.cue' file and burn. Make sure your console is capable of playing backups.[1] http://www.imgburn.com/ The best way to play the games included in this collection on emulators is by mounting them on a virtual drive (Daemon Tools/Alcohol). Once you have the disc mounted, just open the emulator and 'Open>CD-ROM via SPTI...' (Xebra) or 'Insert CD drive' (pSX). http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/downloadtrial.php http://drhell.web.fc2.com/ps1/index.html http://psxemulator.gazaxian.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Please do not use Alcohol for recording, it is known to have problems with cue sheet parsing and therefore will produce incorrect copies (virtual drive function works fine though). Preferred programs are: ImgBurn *RECOMMENDED*, BlindWrite and CDRWIN. 3. How to update? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Included with torrent within 'important.zip' are several '.dat' files to verify downloaded files, update from previous torrent or audit your collection. Use them with RomCenter, clrmamepro or other similar ROM manager. http://www.romcenter.com/ http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noes conserning this update: Rules regarding PS backup creation slightly changed @redump.org. There are cases when the last sector of the data track ir erroneous (only container information, no actual embedded program data is affected and those last sectors are empty anyhow - it's a buffer zone). Previously such sectors were corrected but now this erroneous structure will be left intact. This means that data tracks for a lot of CDs have changed. This is the last update provided in accordance with the old standard (nil). Included in directory 'patches' in 'important.zip' are patches to update your set to the new standard (ecc). To update copy patches to the main directories that contain individual game sub-directories, i.e.: [redump.org] PSX (Japan) [#-E] [redump.org] PSX (Japan) [F-M] etc. and run 'nil2ecc.bat' batch file. Conversion of the whole set should take less than 30 minutes. All following updates and full set uploads will be done in new standard.

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blackestsheep (2012-06-05)

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ncubo (2012-08-10)

I can not upload, download stopped at 94.1% help plz