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While many companies discourage making "backups" or "archival" copies, if you want to <i>legally</i> play your games on an emulator you're going to need to dump them yourself. This guide covers the basics and more well-known methods, so there may be other methods not mentioned here. | While many companies discourage making "backups" or "archival" copies, if you want to <i>legally</i> play your games on an emulator you're going to need to dump them yourself. This guide covers the basics and more well-known methods, so there may be other methods not mentioned here. | ||
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==Cartridge-based (Up to 4th Gen)== | ==Cartridge-based (Up to 4th Gen)== | ||
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===With special hardware=== | ===With special hardware=== | ||
− | Special hardware dumping the cartridge contents to a more digital-friendly binary form has been made for older consoles | + | Special hardware dumping the cartridge contents to a more digital-friendly binary form has been made for older consoles. However, these pieces of hardware have been going out of print recently. |
* Kazzo: for the NES. | * Kazzo: for the NES. | ||
* INLRetro: From the same person as Kazzo, but able to dump NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Famicom, GB, and GBA. | * INLRetro: From the same person as Kazzo, but able to dump NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Famicom, GB, and GBA. | ||
− | * Retrode: for the SNES and Sega Mega Drive | + | * Retrode: for the SNES and Sega Mega Drive. Third-party physical plug-ins add more systems, including the GB, GBA, N64, VB; Sega's Master System, Pico; NEC's PC-Engine; Atari 2600 and more. An NES add-on was said to be under development. |
Bear in mind that when trying to dump cartridge games, there's a significant risk of having corrupt sectors in the resulting dump. If you're using your DIY adapters but don't know what you are doing, there's a risk of damaging the original cartridge due to out-of-spec voltages. | Bear in mind that when trying to dump cartridge games, there's a significant risk of having corrupt sectors in the resulting dump. If you're using your DIY adapters but don't know what you are doing, there's a risk of damaging the original cartridge due to out-of-spec voltages. | ||
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==Sony PlayStation 1/2== | ==Sony PlayStation 1/2== | ||
===With a PC's optical drive=== | ===With a PC's optical drive=== | ||
− | Windows: | + | '''Note: Using ImgBurn is not a very reliable ripping method, however it may be "good enough" if you just want to play the game. For preservation purposes, you should follow the [http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=Disc_Dumping_Guide_(MPF) Redump guide], or if you really can't follow this guide then you should at least use IsoBuster (recommended by Redump if you can't follow the guide). |
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+ | Windows: Use [https://ninite.com/ImgBurn/ ImgBurn] | ||
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+ | It will ask you to install toolbars and other junk, choose custom installation and deselect them. It does not install them if you say no like other programs. | ||
#Put your PS1 or PS2 disc into your computer. | #Put your PS1 or PS2 disc into your computer. | ||
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#Play ISO in whatever emulator you use | #Play ISO in whatever emulator you use | ||
− | For | + | For PS1/PS2 blue disc games, make sure you rip the disc as a BIN+CUE rather than a single ISO file. |
While you can play PS1/PS2 discs directly from your PC's optical drive in some emulators (ePSXe and older mednafen releases for PS1, PCSX2 for PS2) it wears the disc and the optical drive the longer you use it, hence why it's not recommended. | While you can play PS1/PS2 discs directly from your PC's optical drive in some emulators (ePSXe and older mednafen releases for PS1, PCSX2 for PS2) it wears the disc and the optical drive the longer you use it, hence why it's not recommended. | ||
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'''For PS1 Classics on PSP:''' Rip the EBOOT.PBP file. It can be directly opened in some emulators like PCSX-R. Its ISO can also be extracted with other tools. | '''For PS1 Classics on PSP:''' Rip the EBOOT.PBP file. It can be directly opened in some emulators like PCSX-R. Its ISO can also be extracted with other tools. | ||
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==Sony PlayStation 3== | ==Sony PlayStation 3== | ||
PlayStation 3 titles on blu-ray discs could be dumped with either a PS3 with CFW or a computer with a compatible Blu-ray drive, while titles downloaded from PS Store has to be dumped from a PS3 with CFW or HEN. | PlayStation 3 titles on blu-ray discs could be dumped with either a PS3 with CFW or a computer with a compatible Blu-ray drive, while titles downloaded from PS Store has to be dumped from a PS3 with CFW or HEN. | ||
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Use [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/NoNpDrm NoNpDrm] plugin and [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/VitaShell VitaShell] to dump titles and DLCs. Notice that the data dumped in this way are still packed in PFS encryption. If you need to modify game content, then you need to decrypt the title by FAGDec presented in [https://github.com/CelesteBlue-dev/PSVita-RE-tools PSVita-RE-tools]. | Use [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/NoNpDrm NoNpDrm] plugin and [https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/VitaShell VitaShell] to dump titles and DLCs. Notice that the data dumped in this way are still packed in PFS encryption. If you need to modify game content, then you need to decrypt the title by FAGDec presented in [https://github.com/CelesteBlue-dev/PSVita-RE-tools PSVita-RE-tools]. | ||
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==Nintendo Switch== | ==Nintendo Switch== | ||
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*[https://wiki.no-intro.org/index.php?title=Dumping_Guides No-Intro Dumping Guides] | *[https://wiki.no-intro.org/index.php?title=Dumping_Guides No-Intro Dumping Guides] | ||
*[https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki| RED Project] - Information on extracting ROMs from a variety of products such as game compilation and mini consoles (still a work in progress) | *[https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki| RED Project] - Information on extracting ROMs from a variety of products such as game compilation and mini consoles (still a work in progress) | ||
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===Converting PS1 ISOs to PSP Eboots=== | ===Converting PS1 ISOs to PSP Eboots=== |