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submission:general [2026/03/23 11:46] – [Required Dump Info] hiccupsubmission:general [2026/06/20 04:35] (current) sadikyo
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 ===== Gathering and Submitting Dump Info ===== ===== Gathering and Submitting Dump Info =====
  
-Once you've dumped your games, it's time to submit the metadata to a preservation project for validating and cataloging. [[https://no-intro.org/|No-Intro]] focuses on game cartridges while [[http://redump.org/|Redump]] focuses on disc-based media.+Once you've dumped your games, it's time to submit the metadata to a preservation project for validating and cataloging. [[https://no-intro.org/|No-Intro]] focuses on game cartridges while [[https://redump.info/|Redump]] focuses on disc-based media.
  
 If you are new to dumping and want to start sending in your dump information to places such as No-Intro, items in the [[#Required Dump Info]] section are the minimum that's required. The more information about a dump, the better. If you want to provide more details than the bare minimum, then please take a look at the [[#Optional info]] section below. If you are new to dumping and want to start sending in your dump information to places such as No-Intro, items in the [[#Required Dump Info]] section are the minimum that's required. The more information about a dump, the better. If you want to provide more details than the bare minimum, then please take a look at the [[#Optional info]] section below.
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 Please note if you have modified the physical media in any way. Please note if you have modified the physical media in any way.
  
-DS/DSi/3DS dumps should include hashes for the originally dumped (encrypted) file, plus if it is a new ROM, the decrypted equivalent. Make a copy of the file, then use [[https://github.com/SabreTools/NDecrypt|ndecrypt]]. You can use the ''-h'' flag to hash the ROM at the same time as decrypting it, saving time. Note that wooddumper and GodMode9i produce decrypted files by default, so re-encryption with ndecrypt is needed for that instead. +DS/DSi/3DS dumps should include hashes for the originally dumped (encrypted) file, plus if it is a new ROM, the decrypted equivalent. Make a copy of the file, then use [[https://github.com/SabreTools/NDecrypt/releases/tag/0.5.0|NDecrypt v0.5.0 
 +]] (not the latest version, as more testing is needed). You can use the ''-h'' flag to hash the ROM at the same time as decrypting it, saving time. Note that wooddumper and GodMode9i produce decrypted files by default, so re-encryption with ndecrypt is needed for that instead. 
  
 ==== Submission ==== ==== Submission ====
  
-To submit your dump to No-Intro, please see [[https://wiki.no-intro.org/index.php?title=Submitting_dump_info|their wiki]] for more information. For Redump, check [[http://forum.redump.org/topic/27378/read-this-how-to-submit-new-dumps-verifications/|this forum post]] for instructions on submitting new dumps and verifications.+To submit your dump to No-Intro, please see [[https://wiki.no-intro.org/index.php?title=Submitting_dump_info|their wiki]] for more information. For Redump, check [[https://forum.redump.info/viewtopic.php?t=66357|this forum post]] for instructions on submitting new dumps and verifications.