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The Redump team has done a fantastic job documenting dumping GD-ROMs for the Sega Dreamcast and other systems: * Sega Dreamcast / Chihiro / Naomi / Naomi 2 / Triforce dumping guide text/html 2026-06-20T02:36:27+00:00 sadikyo (sadikyo@undisclosed.example.com) https://dumping.guide/discs/microsoft?rev=1781922987&do=diff Microsoft Xbox & Xbox 360 The Redump team has done a fantastic job documenting dumping Xbox & Xbox 360 games. text/html 2026-06-20T02:36:13+00:00 sadikyo (sadikyo@undisclosed.example.com) https://dumping.guide/discs/sony/ps2?rev=1781922973&do=diff PlayStation 2 Introduction Dumping PlayStation 2 DVDs is easy and can be done with ANY drive that supports the DVD format. Our recommended tool for dumping discs is Aaru. 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