[game_preservation] Redump.org

[Devin Monnens]

I just heard about this site today:

http://redump.org/

It is a project similar to TOSEC that is interested in archiving metadata
regarding albums. They have cuesheets, MD5, and SFV files available (Darius
Gaiden for Saturn, as I have this one):

http://redump.org/disc/3560/

The site has a pretty detailed guide to how they create the dumps. However,
it does not state how they decided upon these particular standards, which I
think would have been an important explanation, as somebody obviously put a
lot of thought into it before they started their project and it's important
to know to what extent they know what they're doing. For instance, how does
it compare to this method:

http://darkwater.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=67

What are different SIG members' opinions on this? Is it good for
preservation? Is it good for archives? Is it legal? Is it worrisome to a
developer? (Obviously, if this data is available, the disc was ripped, even
if it isn't available on the site).

Note they have data from PSP and Gamecube games, but not from Xbox, PS3,
360, or Wii (even though the crooked hook of piracy has already ensnared
these formats).

-Devin

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