726

(2 replies, posted in General discussion)

i've thought up a scheme.

gamestop allows returns on used games for like a week or something. so technically you can go in and buy a handful of PS2 games, dump them, return the games and repeat the process without losing any cash.

i suppose you could do this for any system, but my gamestops have a lot more used ps2 games than anything else

this explains to site visitors what redump is. see http://www.no-intro.org/about.htm

might use this as a starting point http://www.underground-gamer.com/wiki/i … Redump.org

728

(18 replies, posted in General discussion)

the great thing about an open database like this is that ANYONE can challenge the results by simply buying the game and comparing.

it reminds me of scientific evidence, no matter how much evidence you accumulate (in this case the amount of dumpers with matching checksums), you can never have 100% PROOF unless you do it yourself. thats why a database is not about absolutes, but credence. redump.org provides credence that an image has been dumped properly, thats all that it can do. but considering we're all going to be dead one day, the amount of effort put into ensuring a correct dump has been done as happens on redump, makes us look like professional archivists. on UG, there used to be complaints about images that were incorrectly dumped, this hasnt been the case with the redumps sets and i think that says something, especially when you look at how popular they have become on that tracker (the thread is almost 40 pages long!).

if you ever expect redump to be as popular as no-intro, then the only way to accomplish this is keep on keepin on, dump images and spread sets.

729

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

good call, i added this note to the pages

*PSX games NOT on this list are still valued by redump.org, please help redump.org verify games that are not on this list.

730

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

i see what you mean and it is a good point. since people collect based on serial number however i think this is a good start. also it would take a lot of research to track down how many editions each title has then take just as much time to add that info. we are talking about what? 5000+ titles? lol

731

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

when building the lists me and AK-47 (who put together PAL and NTSC-US) sets went through the database and removed every serial from the list that is present on the database including entries that list multple serials (because the data is the same).

@themabus, i believe the PAL and NTSC-U lists are serial specific as well, a different user made them but i'm under the impression he did them based on serials.

this list is obviously more geared to collectors who are trying to hunt down games to complete the redump set for the purposes of a full, verified set.

many of the reprint games with diff serials will have the same data/version #, but this way we can make sure we have at least one of every serial in case they are different versions.

definitely not perfect lists, we knew these obstacles when we started making them.

@themabus: when the number of titles shrink on the list i hope to do a better list with more details. but right now thats not an option.

732

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

yes sir i agree. that is pretty much consensus when you are dealing with thousands of titles. but these lists should help anyone who needs a reference when going to the game store.

733

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

as No-Intro has a miss list, I've finally completed the NTSC-Asia miss list for redump PSX games
http://www.underground-gamer.com/wiki/i … _NTSC-ASIA

PAL and NTSC miss lists are here
http://www.underground-gamer.com/wiki/i … tabase_PAL
http://www.underground-gamer.com/wiki/i … se_NTSC-US