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Similar to modchips, the legality of these methods is disputed.While they are often advertised for their ability to make legal backups and to be used to play legal homebrew software [2] and are considered a cheap method of development compared to purchasing official development kits, a backup device's potential for software piracy is a major concern to hardware and software manufacturers.
Video game preservation is a form of preservation applied to the video game industry that includes, but is not limited to, digital preservation.Such preservation efforts include archiving development source code and art assets, digital copies of video games, emulation of video game hardware, maintenance and preservation of specialized video game hardware such as arcade games and video game ...
Typically, this requires the user to make a copy of the contents of the ROM cartridge to computer files or images that can be read by the emulator, a process known as "dumping" the contents of the ROM. A similar concept applies to other proprietary formats, such as for PlayStation CD games. While not required for emulation of the earliest ...
The top of the Xbox, disassembled. It uses a standard DVD-ROM and Hard-disk drive via Parallel ATA. Storage media 2×–5× (2.6 MB/s–6.6 MB/s) CAV DVD-ROM; 8 or 10 GB, 3.5 in, 5,400 RPM hard disk formatted to 8 GB with FATX file system; Optional 8 MB memory card for saved game file transfer
Intelligent Systems ROM burner for the Nintendo DS. A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, or used to contain a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board.
ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. The file system is an international standard available from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Since the specification is available for anybody to purchase, [1] implementations have been written for many operating systems.
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Support for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii started in 2006–2007. Xploder products are often bundled with accessories for game consoles, such as Lexar's Memory Sticks for the PSP, or the X-Link cable with the PS2 V5 Media Centre version. Newer versions for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 allow users to download saved games from the Internet.