1 Topic by rodrigo_vda

  • rodrigo_vda
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Hi there! I'm in the process of cleaning up and ordering my PS2 games backup files, so I've been building some powershell scripts to help me with that.

For tha reason redump.org has been really helpful so far, but I've come into a problem. I want to have some sort of local database with game's information. So far I've started building it up by hand, but I've discovered that I can download this file:

redump.org/datfile/ps2/

However I've come into a problem with it. In my database I have each element categorized by:
CRC32 |GameID | RedumpID | Name | (PAL vs NTSC vs NTSC-J) | Languages | Version

Using the datfile available, I can automatically build up a great part of my DB, however there are a few inconveniences:

  • In that file games are missing their ID (SLES-XXXX and such). This is a big deal for me

  • In that file there is no RedumpID (the number in redump.org/disc/XXXXX) this is not a big deal, however

  • Also, as a minor inconvenience, the fields "PAL vs NTSC vs NTSC-J", the Languages list and versions are embedded in the game's name. I can extract them with a few scripts that separates the parenthesis, matches them to a few patterns and such. It's possible but it's a hassle. I can live without this, but if I can download your db where that information would be easy to retrieve, that would be awesome.

So in short, the Game ID is a big deal for me, however there are a few other stuff that would be great to have too, so is there a way to get it?

While searching in the forum I stumbled upon this thread:
http://forum.redump.org/topic/19889/is- … -database/

this is how a game name look in normal file

Actua Soccer (E) (v1.0) [SLES-00014]

and this is how it look in no-intro file

Actua Soccer (Europe) (En,Fr,Es,It,Nl,Sv,Da,Fi) (v1.0)

Actually what i was thinking is that user download 1 dat from here

http://redump.org/datfile/psx/

then the second one from here

http://redump.org/datfile/no-intro/psx/

I could do it with this info if it still was available, however there's only ONE possible download now, and in fact I'm interested in doing that with PS2 games, not PSX.

Quote Post 1

  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2017-10-30
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You can get a bit more data by using this:

http://redump.org/datfile/ps2/serial,version

But there's no way to download all of the data in a convenient way.

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3 Reply by rodrigo_vda

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JosJuice wrote:

You can get a bit more data by using this:

http://redump.org/datfile/ps2/serial,version

But there's no way to download all of the data in a convenient way.

Well that's not perfect but it's really good enough!! I can totally work with that!

(btw why isn't the dat file formatted in a way that puts region and language into attributes? I know that name-region-language-version ensures a unique name, but making region and languages also available as an attribute would make thing easier for people that want to use it smile )

anyways, thank you!!

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  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2017-10-30
  • Posts: 45

I believe the serial and version fields were added as a response to a request I made this year: http://forum.redump.org/topic/21708/don … n-dolphin/

And for my purposes, regions and languages were unnecessary, so I didn't request them.

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