Nintendo GameCube Moderation Guide

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Internal Serial: or [T:ISN] -- 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 ID.
Internal Name: -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.
Cover ID: -- 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).
Additional BCA: -- 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 <tt></tt> monospace formatting block, and separate BCAs with a new line and a dash.

Ringcodes

102E2205<tab>DOL-102P-0-0X 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

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

Serials

Example: DL-DOL-G4BE-1-USA-02

DL: Present only on Disc Label
DOL: Generic ID for GameCube (DOLphin)
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, used because they ran out of combination of Game IDs starting with D
- 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

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

#!/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')

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-WIP
+== 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 [[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>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.
-<b>Internal Name</b>: ''Internal Name'' <- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.
+== 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)
-E2205<tab>DOL-102P-0-0'''X''' JPN<tab>S0 <- The bold character indicates Revision number. Add revision to datname and version field (Rev X)
+== 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
+== 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, used because they ran out of combination of Game IDs starting with D
+**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 ==
+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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Nintendo GameCube Moderation Guide

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