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My main interest is the preservation of media history. To that end, I am looking for a good source of PS2 files so that I can catalog and archive them into a dedicated USB HDD. Then I'll store the drive in the random nuclear fallout shelter the house I bought came with until the day the world needs a copy of 'Little Britain: The Video Game'.

Seriously, any suggestions for collections sources would be appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This site is so good. Was going to post it if it wasn't already. Def my go to rom/iso site

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Internet archive has all of them (EU,US&JP) in alphabetical libraries. Also has bios files

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Internet archive

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://vimm.net and https://myrient.erista.me are my go to sites for ROMs! Especially myrient since you can use FTP to download files. https://archive.org works too, though downloads are quite slow for me

For BIOS files, you can find them on the emulation wiki: https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Using a multipart downloader (like internet download manager) for archive.org downloads saturate my bandwidth (though its only 60ish mbps)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On ed2k/kad network you have some!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy crap, I remember that. It still exists? 🤯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, and It works like a charm when you find what you are looking for

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I use CDRomance because they used to have ISOs / ROMs that's already patched with fan translation / hacks / undubs

If you want more vanilla ISOs, maybe try Vimm's Lair

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Take a look here (base64): aHR0cHM6Ly9yLXJvbXMuZ2l0aHViLmlvL21lZ2F0aHJlYWQvc29ueS8jc29ueS1wbGF5c3RhdGlvbi0y

PS2 section, but there are links to almost every older system (including PS3)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No one mentioned cdromance, so I'll do that. Pretty much the only source I use besides Vimm's Lair. Also, when you can, prefer US versions over EU, as the former run at 60FPS while usually EU PAL are locked at 50FPS, if I'm not mistaken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

CDR is an amazing source

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

For preservation, go with a redump pack. They aim to make a collection of "perfect checksums" of every game. Badically, multiple people will rip the same game and they post a "hash" of their file and the perfect rip is the one that matches each other. They do not share the actual files, but you can get the a pack from archive.org of iso files that match the hash database of redump. This should give you the best collection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like Squid-Proxy. They have a large PS1/2/3 collection.

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