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emphasis on archive-quality
There are many ways, some methods alter the data forever while others can be converted back and forth with generally no lost. Some conversion are only playable on specific emulators and may not work on real hardware depending on the console and the method used. It's important to take all this into consideration before attempting as most of these are console-specific.
'''Archive-quality ''' dumps are ones that when converted back to its original state, will have the same checksum as the official uncompressed release. Compressions that can't be reversed, or those that can be but will have missing or altered content whether it interferes with functionality (rebuilt table of content) or not, are not archive-quality. For example, the WBFS format, used for shrinking Wii discs, is not archive-quality since it may be missing padding content and upgrade partitions (which have their uses in 3DS/Wii modding) compared to an intact, uncompressed dump.
==Applicable to All Platforms==
