Nintendo GameCube Moderation Guide - Revision history

Ganou at 17:03, 24 May 2024

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	*'''X'''		*'''X'''
	**D: Demo		**D: Demo
-	**E: Demo~~(?)~~	+	**E: Demo, used because they ran out of combination of Game IDs starting with D
	**G: Game		**G: Game
	**P: Promo		**P: Promo

NovaAurora at 15:27, 24 May 2024

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	*Original (Best Seller) -> Black Spine, "Best Seller" badge on the front cover		*Original (Best Seller) -> Black Spine, "Best Seller" badge on the front cover
	*Player's Choice (Best Seller) -> Yellow Spine, "Best Seller" badge on the front cover		*Player's Choice (Best Seller) -> Yellow Spine, "Best Seller" badge on the front cover
		+
		+	== Serials ==
		+	Example: DL-DOL-G4BE-1-USA-02
		+
		+	*'''DL''': Present only on '''D'''isc '''L'''abel
		+	*'''DOL''': Generic ID for GameCube ('''DOL'''phin)
		+	*'''G4BE''': 4 character ID for specific game, breakdown below.
		+	*'''1''': Can be 0 or 1, only present on 2 Disc games (Resident Evil 4)
		+	*'''USA''': Region identifier, guide below.
		+	*'''02''': Label variant, does not guarantee data difference.
		+
		+	===Game ID===
		+	XYYZ
		+
		+	If unique, (nearly) guaranteed to be unique dump.
		+
		+	*'''X'''
		+	**D: Demo
		+	**E: Demo(?)
		+	**G: Game
		+	**P: Promo
		+	**U: Game Boy Player
		+
		+	*'''YY'''
		+	**Any combination of A-Z and 0-9
		+	**Specific per game
		+
		+	*'''Z'''
		+	**D: Germany
		+	**E: USA or NTSC-U
		+	**F: France
		+	**H: Netherlands
		+	**I: Italy
		+	**J: Japan or NTSC-J
		+	**M: Sweden
		+	**P: Europe or PAL
		+	**S: Spain
		+	**U: Australia
		+	**W: Korea
		+	**X: Europe (Alt Lang)
		+	**Y: Europe (Alt Lang 2)
		+
		+	===Serial Regions===
		+	Different region does not mean different disc data.
		+
		+	*AUS: Australia
		+	*DIS: Display (Kiosk)
		+	*ESP: Spain
		+	*EUR: Europe
		+	*EUT: Europe (Alt?)
		+	*EUU: Europe (Alt 2?)
		+	*FAH: France and Holland (Benelux?)
		+	*FRA: France
		+	*HOL: Holland (Netherlands)
		+	*ITA: Italy
		+	*JPN: Japan
		+	*KOR: Korea
		+	*MSA: Latin America (Mexico / South America?)
		+	*NOE: Germany (Nintendo of Europe?)
		+	*SWE: Sweden
		+	*UKV: United Kingdom?
		+	*USA: United States

	== bca2txt ==		== bca2txt ==

NovaAurora at 16:18, 1 February 2024

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	== Comments ==		== Comments ==
	*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.		*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.
-	**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[List of GameCube & Wii ~~Maker~~ IDs\|~~publisher/developer~~ ID]].	+	**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[List of GameCube & Wii Publisher IDs\|Publisher ID]].
	*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.		*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.
	*<nowiki><b>Cover ID</b>:</nowiki> -- This is the ID printed on the cover of the case (or sleeve). This is more useful for European discs than USA/Japan discs, as they can help determine between regional variants (France, Germany, UK, Scandinavia, etc).		*<nowiki><b>Cover ID</b>:</nowiki> -- This is the ID printed on the cover of the case (or sleeve). This is more useful for European discs than USA/Japan discs, as they can help determine between regional variants (France, Germany, UK, Scandinavia, etc).

NovaAurora at 15:43, 1 February 2024

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-	~~WIP~~
-
	== Comments ==		== Comments ==
	*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.		*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.

NovaAurora: /* Comments */

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	*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.		*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.
	**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[List of GameCube & Wii Maker IDs\|publisher/developer ID]].		**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[List of GameCube & Wii Maker IDs\|publisher/developer ID]].
-		+	*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.
-	*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> ~~''Internal Name''~~ -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.	+	*<nowiki><b>Cover ID</b>:</nowiki> -- This is the ID printed on the cover of the case (or sleeve). This is more useful for European discs than USA/Japan discs, as they can help determine between regional variants (France, Germany, UK, Scandinavia, etc).
		+	*<nowiki><b>Additional BCA</b>:</nowiki> -- This is for extra BCA data from verifications. Only post the last line of the BCA as the rest are 0x00. Put the BCA in a <nowiki><tt></tt></nowiki> monospace formatting block, and separate BCAs with a new line and a dash.

	== Ringcodes ==		== Ringcodes ==

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	== Comments ==		== Comments ==
	*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.		*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.
-	**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[~~publisher/developer ID\|~~List of GameCube & Wii Maker IDs]].	+	**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[List of GameCube & Wii Maker IDs\|publisher/developer ID]].

	*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> ''Internal Name'' -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.		*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> ''Internal Name'' -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.

NovaAurora at 15:39, 1 February 2024

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-	<nowiki><b>Internal ~~Name~~</b>:</nowiki> ~~''Internal Name''~~ -- ~~Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip~~ output, or in ~~Dolphin~~.	+	== Comments ==
		+	*<nowiki><b>Internal Serial</b>:</nowiki> or <nowiki>[T:ISN]</nowiki> -- This is the "Filename" output from Cleanrip or the "Game ID" displayed in dolphin.
		+	**Format is XXXXYY -- XXXX is the normal 4 character serial printed on label, YY is the 2 character [[publisher/developer ID\|List of GameCube & Wii Maker IDs]].

-	~~''102E2205~~<~~tab~~>~~DOL-102P-0-0~~''~~'X''' JPN<tab>S0~~'' -- ~~The bold character indicates Revision number~~. ~~Add revision to datname and version field (Rev X)~~	+	*<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> ''Internal Name'' -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.

-	Second character in Mastering SID is a Q not an O.	+	== Ringcodes ==
		+	*''102E2205<tab>DOL-102P-0-0'''X''' JPN<tab>S0'' -- The bold character indicates Revision number. Add revision to datname and version field if non-zero (Rev X)
		+	*Second character in Mastering SID is a Q not an O.
		+	*Mould SIDs follow the following pattern: IFPI V9xy where X is a letter and Y is a number. There may be outliers that don't follow this format, but by-and-large this is the format they follow.
		+	*MADE IN USA<tab>PDSC.CA -- This is a period, not a comma. (Needs confirmation)

	== Editions ==		== Editions ==

NovaAurora at 01:05, 1 February 2024

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	Second character in Mastering SID is a Q not an O.		Second character in Mastering SID is a Q not an O.
		+
		+	== Editions ==
		+	=== USA/CAN ===
		+	*Original -> Black spine, no Best Seller or Player's Choice
		+	*Player's Choice -> Yellow spine, no Best Seller
		+	*Original (Best Seller) -> Black Spine, "Best Seller" badge on the front cover
		+	*Player's Choice (Best Seller) -> Yellow Spine, "Best Seller" badge on the front cover

	== bca2txt ==		== bca2txt ==

Bikerspade: bca2txt

2023-10-10T14:00:17Z

bca2txt

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	Second character in Mastering SID is a Q not an O.		Second character in Mastering SID is a Q not an O.
		+
		+	== bca2txt ==
		+	Python script for converting a .bca file to a .txt file for easy copy/pasting to Redump.
		+
		+	Save code below as bca2txt.py, and drag-and-drop .bca file onto script to produce FILE.bca.txt
		+	<pre>
		+	#!/usr/bin/env python
		+	import sys
		+	import os
		+
		+	if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
		+	print('usage: ' + os.path.basename(__file__) + ' <64-byte BCA file>')
		+	sys.exit(1)
		+
		+	bca_file_size = os.path.getsize(sys.argv[1])
		+	if (bca_file_size != 64):
		+	print("BCA file is not 64 bytes")
		+	sys.exit(1)
		+
		+	bca_file = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
		+	txt_file = open(sys.argv[1] + '.txt', 'w')
		+	for x in range(4):
		+	for y in range(8):
		+	val = bca_file.read(2)
		+	txt_file.write(bytes(val).hex().upper())
		+	if (y != 7):
		+	txt_file.write(' ')
		+	else:
		+	txt_file.write('\n')
		+	</pre>

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NovaAurora at 21:57, 12 August 2022

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-	<b>Internal Name</b>: ''Internal Name'' -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.	+	<nowiki><b>Internal Name</b>:</nowiki> ''Internal Name'' -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.

	''102E2205<tab>DOL-102P-0-0'''X''' JPN<tab>S0'' -- The bold character indicates Revision number. Add revision to datname and version field (Rev X)		''102E2205<tab>DOL-102P-0-0'''X''' JPN<tab>S0'' -- The bold character indicates Revision number. Add revision to datname and version field (Rev X)