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 ====== Welcome to Dumping.Guide! ====== ====== Welcome to Dumping.Guide! ======
  
-This wiki is a community-driven effort in documenting preferred methods of preserving video games by the method of "dumping" them from their original physical media in ways that support:+This wiki is a community-driven effort in documenting preferred methods of preserving video games by the method of "dumping" them (saving the game data to a computer file) from their original physical media in ways that support:
  
   * commonly used formats   * commonly used formats
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 ==== How can you help? ==== ==== How can you help? ====
  
-If you have subject matter expertise in dumping a specific system or media, or perhaps how to best use a specific software or hardware tool for dumping, we would love to have you join in on the effort! Please see the [[todo|todo]] page for systems, tools, and media that we need help with, and dig in :)+If you have subject matter expertise in dumping a specific system or media, or perhaps how to best use a specific software or hardware tool for dumping, we would love to have you join in on the effort! Please see the [[todo|todo]] page for systems, tools, and media that we need help with, and come [[https://hitsave.org/#get-involved|chat with us on Discord]] :) 
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 +==== What about current gen systems/digital? ==== 
 +dumping.guide is focused on physical preservation at the moment, and will not include current-gen systems or digital storefront dumping guides.
  
 ==== Acknowledgements ==== ==== Acknowledgements ====
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 +This is a project sponsored and maintained by [[https://hitsave.org/|Hit Save!]], a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the preservation of video games, their history, and related physical and digital materials.
  
 A lot of information has been gathered from the [[https://no-intro.org|no-intro.org]] and [[http://redump.org|redump.org]] wikis and communities. An enormous thank you to everyone who has spent time and effort building tools and guides for a huge variety of systems. A lot of information has been gathered from the [[https://no-intro.org|no-intro.org]] and [[http://redump.org|redump.org]] wikis and communities. An enormous thank you to everyone who has spent time and effort building tools and guides for a huge variety of systems.
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 //Download icon made by [[https://www.flaticon.com/authors/kiranshastry|Kiranshastry]] from [[https://www.flaticon.com/|www.flaticon.com]]// //Download icon made by [[https://www.flaticon.com/authors/kiranshastry|Kiranshastry]] from [[https://www.flaticon.com/|www.flaticon.com]]//
  
-==== What about current gen systems/digital? ==== 
-dumping.guide is focused on physical preservation at the moment, and will not include current-gen systems or digital storefront dumping guides. 
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