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--- submission:general-detailed [2023/02/26 03:09] – cartridge_hermit
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 ===== Gathering and Submitting Dump Info (Detailed) =====
-The more information about a dump, the better. If you want to provide more details than the bare minimum found in the [[submission:general|general dump info]], then please take a look at the section below.
+This page is in the process of being merged with [[submission:general|Gathering and Submitting Dump Info]].
-Not all the information below is required, but maximizing the information in your submission helps the preservation community as a whole.
 ==== Common dump info structure ====
-<code ->
+<code>
 Dumping tool and version:
 Dumper:
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 PCB Images:
 Box Images:
 </code>
 ==== Detailed information ====
-If you are submitting a dump to someone who's adding it to a database, you can skip the transcription of some items, but it can make the process smoother if you do the transcription yourself. Aside from the checkum, items derived from the ROM file itself can be skipped if your ROM matches an existing dump.
-=== Game metadata ===
-  * **Dump release date**: For public releases of prototypes (etc)
-  * **Link(s)**: If applicable, link to dump/release post/page.
-  * **Languages/Language Select**: Some games either show a language selection screen at startup or in the game options. Note that it is possible to submit a game without checking the languages, but this then needs to be stated in your submission.
-    *  Tip: Using an emulator like Desmume can speed up the language checking dramatically since you can switch the BIOS language in the emulator settings much faster than on a real hardware. You can hold down the tab key to speed up emulation.
-  * **ROM Region**: The region found in the ROM data. (Extractable with [[https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/931/|GameHeader]])
-  * **ROM Revision**: The revision found in the ROM data. (Extractable with GameHeader)
-  * **ROM Serial**: The four-character serial found in the ROM data. (Extractable with GameHeader, if the header includes it)
-  * **Physical Media Serial 2**: Secondary serial. For most carts, this is an optional "REV X" or "REV-X" (where X is a letter) on the top-right of the back label. For DS/3DS/Switch, its a serial on the back of the cart.
-  * **Physical media stamp**: For most carts, this is two numbers imprinted on the top-left or top-right of the back label (front label for GB/GBC/GBA), possibly followed by an A or B. May need to view under a light source. Doesn't exist on DS/3DS/Switch.
-  * **Box Barcode**: Keep the spaces. It could be verified against the barcode itself by using barcode scanning software and using the check digit.
-  * **Cart and PCB Images**: Back and front.
-=== ROM file info ===
-  * **Size**: The size of the ROM in bytes. You can view this in your file manager, or on GNU/Linux and macOS, in the terminal run <code bash> wc -c ROMFILENAME</code>
-  * **CRC32**: On GNU/Linux and macOS, in the terminal run <code bash>crc32 ROMFILENAME</code>On Windows, use [[https://github.com/namazso/OpenHashTab|OpenHashTab]] or [[https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/|HxD]].
-  * **MD5**: On GNU/Linux, in the terminal run <code bash>md5sum ROMFILENAME</code>On macOS, in the terminal run <code bash>md5 ROMFILENAME</code>On Windows, in a PowerShell window run <code powershell>Get-FileHash ROMFILENAME -Algorithm MD5</code>
-  * **SHA-1**: On GNU/Linux and macOS, in the terminal run <code bash>shasum -a 1 ROMFILENAME</code>On Windows, in a PowerShell window run <code powershell>Get-FileHash ROMFILENAME -Algorithm SHA1</code>
-  * **SHA-256**: On GNU/Linux and macOS, in the terminal run <code bash>shasum -a 256 ROMFILENAME</code>On Windows, in a PowerShell window run <code powershell>Get-FileHash ROMFILENAME -Algorithm SHA256</code>
 === NDS/3DS specific ===