• Registered: 2008-02-10
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I dumped a copy of [PSX] Twisted Metal 3 (U) and all the audio tracks, the data track size, and the data track EXE date are all the same.
I dumped the data track on two different drives  (with matching hashes) and my data track is different from the db. I'm getting a lot of differences in the first 300 sectors of the file.
Do different versions crop up with the same EXE date?
If anybody want's to take a look heres an imagediff from the db version to mine.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zidzzum4mod

  • Registered: 2006-12-23
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U sure it's the original version and not Greatest Hits?

3 Reply by huygens (edited by huygens 2009-07-03 00:34:20)

  • Registered: 2008-02-10
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It's the original, it has the printed clown face background (GH just has the title).
The other version was verified by StateS. That user only has three dumps, all verification dumps. Perhaps pnkiller78 could double check the dump?

  • Registered: 2006-12-23
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You definitely have a point there..

I just grabbed a random image from snesorama, fixed the sysarea and it matches your data track.. Could you create a patch the other way around? so from your image to pnkiller's..

edit: looks like there are 2 versions after all: http://cheats.codetwink.com/psx/view/2102/.. I tested some gameshark codes and your new dump appears to be v1.0..

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  • Registered: 2008-02-21
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they are 2 diff. versions, so no idea why somebody named the 2nd one (Alt)

EXE was updated and some other files, but have the same time stamp!!!

updated sectors: 23-1799

PX-760A (+30), PX-W4824TA (+98), GSA-H42L (+667), GDR-8164B (+102), SH-D162D (+6), SOHD-167T (+12)
  • Registered: 2006-12-23
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We didn't know before tongue I probably names it (Alt) because exe dates were the same.. but now everything's correct.

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That's the reason why i think we should always dump a game, even if there are a lot of dumpers for that disc.
There is always the chance of finding a alternate version or another revision...

"Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?"
  • Registered: 2006-12-22
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just my thoughts, what is the PSRM number, that is written on the outter ring, from both version?
maybe they are different?