Sony PlayStation 3 - PAL Undumped Discs

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A list of Sony PlayStation 3 PAL undumped discs.

Known unique undumped builds carry a unique serial number "BCES" or "BLES" followed by a dash "-" and five digits "#####". Additionally serial numbers may carry various extensions "/ANZ", "/P" but these are generally not indicative of being a unique software build (see the "Undumped Serial Number Variants" section for further discussion).

The "Games: Retail Builds" section denotes serial numbers for officially pressed discs which are almost certainly undumped, unique software versions. While the "Unconfirmed & Unreleased" section lists titles or serial numbers which are rumored to exist, but unsubstantial evidence can be found to make a case. Some of the serial numbers listed in "Unconfirmed & Unreleased" may very well exist and could have been sold in some of the harder to document countries and regions (which are known to occasionally receive regional software variants with unique serial numbers), such as: Saudi Arabia / UAE, MENA, Poland, Russia, Czechia, Slovakia, Greece, Scandinavia (both individual countries and the region as a whole), Turkey, and Portugal. Having preservationists research these regions would be very helpful. Particularly games that are widely translated and released include major sports titles (FIFA), Disney games, and AAA games (including shooters) - this clue can be helpful when hunting down undumped regional exclusives.

Games: Retail Builds

The below list contains unique undumped serial numbers with undumped software builds.

Demos

Known undumped demo builds.

Pressed Pre-Final Builds

Officially pressed discs which are known to be pre-final versions of released titles.

Editions & Serial Number Variants

The below lists are for undumped game packaging variants, some of which may contain undumped game builds.

Editions

This table contains a list of games where the specific serial variant is dumped, but not the edition it is found in. For example, a promo disc has been dumped but not the original retail game.

Serial Number Variants

The table below lists serial variations that haven't been dumped yet. Dumping all serial number variants can help discover undumped software revisions. A short explanation of the serials-suffixes:

• Re-release serials (which occasionally contain software updates on the disc):
  • "#", "#2", "#3", etc can indicate an updated revision of the game version/software. However the "#" may indicate a change in packaging art only. In a few rare examples, some serial numbers were issued with only a "#"-version serial number (and no non-"#" serial number variant exists).
  • "/E" is for the PlayStation Essentials version of the game.
  • "/P" is for the PlayStation Platinum version of the game.
• Limited Editions can occasionally contain unique builds of the game:
  • "/SE" for Special Edition and "/CE" for Collector's Edition, but this serial extension is usually only found on the box and not on the disc as the disc itself (which usually matches the standard retail version).
• Regional extensions are generally not indicative of unique builds:
  • Including: "/EXP" (export), "/ANZ" (Australia & New Zealand), "/RUS" (Russia), etc.
  • There may be a "#" revision indicator at the end of the extension however "/ANZ#".

Notes:

• This list is most likely incomplete. Feel free to expand the list if you come across other serials.
• Serials below without an extension indicate only serial numbers with extensions have been dumped.

Promos

The table below lists promos that haven't been dumped yet. These often match retail though.

Note: this list is most likely incomplete. Feel free to expand the list if you come across other serials.

Unconfirmed & Unreleased

Game titles, editions, serial numbers that are confirmed or unsubstantial evidence exists that they were released on disc.