Where do the dumps go?

[Alexander G]

I’ve been dumping my PS1 games but I can’t find the dumps. Can anyone tell me where they go?

[Sishiya]

You can put images you make of your games anywhere you like; just so long as you remember where they are so that when you try to load them you're able to tell RA where to find the images.

[AmethystViper]

I think he's asking where is own PS1 dumps that he made went to and he's unable to find them.

[Sishiya]

Originally posted by AmethystViper:

I think he's asking where is own PS1 dumps that he made went to and he's unable to find them.

Yeah, can't really help with that one. Check whatever program was used to create the images and see what the default output directory is then take a look there.

If you're using Windows, try using the search feature to locate the filename, or whatever part of it you can recall.

[Alexander G]

Originally posted by AmethystViper:

I think he's asking where is own PS1 dumps that he made went to and he's unable to find them.

Yeah it literally says dump disc and then it dumps but it doesn't let me choose or tell me where goes and I couldn't find an option relating to dumping files

[AmethystViper]

Originally posted by Animemaster51:

Originally posted by AmethystViper:

I think he's asking where is own PS1 dumps that he made went to and he's unable to find them.

Yeah it literally says dump disc and then it dumps but it doesn't let me choose or tell me where goes and I couldn't find an option relating to dumping files

Check your RetroArch's "downloads" folder; I just dump my brother's copy of Symphony of the Night with the non-Steam version of RetroArch and it appeared there. It will be in *.bin/*.cue format with a generic name and may have multiple *.bin files if it's a multi-track game.

[Sishiya]

Click "Settings", then scroll to the very bottom and click "Directory" and see if your dumps are in one of those folders. Perhaps Steam/steamapps/common/RetroArch/downloads? I've not used RA to dump any physical discs yet myself so I don't know offhand.

Ninja'd by AmethystViper!

[The Exile]

Originally posted by Animemaster51:

I’ve been dumping my PS1 games but I can’t find the dumps. Can anyone tell me where they go?

You need to dump a single game at a time and take the time to rename all the related files.

Most PS1 games create several files, with .bin and .cue labels, and all are needed in order for the game to work properly.

The best thing to do is to create a folder with the name of the game you are dumping on say your desktop or downloads folder or something, then dump said game. Once the game is done being dumped, move all the files over to the folder you created.

You will want to name the folder according to the SCUS# on the disc under the game's rating.

Example...

Einhander

You will want to look at the disc and you will want to name the folder like this...

Einhander-NTSC U/C-SCUS-94243-94243.

Why do this? Because there are multiple versions of each PS1 game and many have a totally different game version pressed to the disc. When you create a dump/copy, you want to know in the future what version of the game you are going to be playing.

A common game with this issue is Resident Evil 1. You want to get a very specific version to avoid the horrible kitchen/basement music.

Anyway, you have your dump, you have your files but, your files all say cdrom 45897324598724359 or something to that effect. You want them to be much easier to read and understand in the future so, now you need to rename the files. However, you can't just rename them and have it work, you have to rename them and make small changes to the .cue file that was made using something like Windows notepad or some other text editor. In the file of the .cue there is a list of tracks that match the .bin files with similar names. What you need to do is rename the .cue like so...

Einhander-NTSC U/C-SCUS-94243-94243

and then go through the .cue's list of track and rename each of them properly...

Einhander-NTSC U/C-SCUS-94243-94243 (track 1)
Einhander-NTSC U/C-SCUS-94243-94243 (track 2)
etc.

And you need to make sure you rename the corresponding .bin files exactly the same as the names you made in the .cue file when you opened it up with your text editor.

After all that, you will have everything you need.

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Oh and to answer your question, retro-arch has a folder within it's directory labeled "downloads", that is where your dumps go.

If you installed it via steam your retro arch folder will be...

Where X = C, D, E, F, G, etc, where ever you have your steam application installed on your system, the default is C though...

X:/Steam/steamapps/common/RetroArch-Win64/downloads/ Your game dump labels like cdrom 45897324598724359 or whatever it's been labeled as.

Remember, dump one, move files, rename, fix everything, then delete the files in the downloads folder before your next dump, this way you don't mix files or get messed up.

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Once you have all your files, you can turn them into an .ISO that is ready to be burned to a CD ROM using an application like ImgBurn.

You just take all the files, and burn them to the root of the disc. What do I mean by that?

Ex.

Don't do this...

CD-Rom
- Einhander folder
- All the game files.

Just do this...

CD-Rom
- Game files

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If anyone has any questions or needs me to clarify something, please let me know. Thanks.