Disc Eligibility Questions

[sadikyo]

Hello!  This is a dedicated thread where you can ask if your disc is eligible for redump, or have other general eligibility questions.

Please first consult the wiki FAQ section "Contributing Questions" where we provide general guidelines on what discs are eligible for redump: https://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title=Redump.org

If you still aren't sure about your disc or have questions, you can ask them here.

Please note: this isn't a thread to discuss suggestions for eligibility changes or to file complaints about redump moderator decisions about eligibility.  Please try to keep this focused on sincere questions about whether your disc meets the eligibility criteria.  I'd also ask members to please allow the moderators to answer the eligibility questions directly, to avoid any misunderstandings.  Thank you!

[sadikyo]

Some examples based on questions we have received / reviewed:

ELIGIBLE for Redump:

• Driver discs for official / licensed gaming peripherals
• Driver discs (for any device) that contain full games or game demos
• PC / Software discs specifically for gaming consoles, including PSP, N-Gage, and various other systems

NOT ELIGIBLE for Redump (assuming they have no games or direct gaming content also included:

• Driver discs for general PC peripherals, generic third party controllers and other devices

[StriderSkorpion]

I have a couple of driver discs, one for a flight stick style controller and another for a graphics card, that both have game demos on them. One of them also has a mod for Quake II. Would it be correct to assume, since they have game demos, that they'd be eligible for Redump?

[TonyLizard]

I have a couple of driver discs, one for a flight stick style controller and another for a graphics card, that both have game demos on them. One of them also has a mod for Quake II. Would it be correct to assume, since they have game demos, that they'd be eligible for Redump?

Driver discs for gaming peripherals are generally added to the database, such as these Microsoft discs. https://redump.info/discs/quicksearch/mic … idewinder/
For OEM Video Card driver discs instead, we're only adding it when there's game demos or similar content.

[StriderSkorpion]

I have a software CD for the Nokia N-Gage. It doesn't have any PC games, just an N-Gage game (Space Impact in a SIS package) and applications for use with the N-Gage. It also has demo videos for N-Gage games. Would this be acceptable for Redump or is it too tangential?

[Deterous]

Some updates:

- Yes, all Nokia N-Gage discs are eligible, however as there is no system in redump for N-Gage it would either be deemed a PC disc, or added to a Non-Redump DAT (depending on content).

- Only official/licensed gaming peripheral driver discs are eligible (assuming the disc has no other gaming content), a driver disc bundled with a cheap third party controller is generally not eligible. If you have a query about a specific disc in this category, just ask.

[Lugamo]

What's the Redump consensus on Eyewitness Virtual Reality titles released as covermount? I assumed they were completely inelegible, given the complete absence of their regular versions in the database (at least as far as I could tell), but I've found two Polish covermount releases (32404: Encyclopedia of Nature and 32370: Eyewitness History of the World) that don't seem to be related to gaming.

I ask because I have a copy of the 2 CD Billiken Compu June 2001 covermount release, which includes Silkolene Honda Motocross GP in one disc, and Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe in another. For what's worth, the latter is considered interactive enough for MobyGames.

For further context:

The same magazine also had the following release schedule involving Eyewitness titles: July 2001 was a 2 CD release with Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero/Eyewitness Virtual Reality: Cat. September 2001 was a 3 CD release with Seven Kingdoms/Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature 2.0 + a CD-ROM with a bunch of Microsoft demos. And finally the October 2001 issue was a 3 CD release with Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games/Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Science 2.0 (also interactive enough for MobyGames) + a CD-ROM with another 9 demos from Microsoft.

Aditionally, the May 2001 Billiken Compu covermount was also a 2 CD Knights and Merchants/Eyewitness Virtual Reality: Dinosaur Hunter release, but there are at least three entries for that title in the database (90154, 32400 and 59197) already, so I assume it is elegible.

[sadikyo]

I've brought this up with staff to review.  It's possible the earlier ones were simply overlooked, without knowing exactly what content was on them.  I took a look at some of the US standard counterparts, which don't appear to be redump eligible without further review.  Covermount alone wouldn't necessarily make them eligible unless the significant majority of that particular coverdisc series was gaming-related or redump-eligible, which I don't know.

We will take a closer look at this.

[sadikyo]

Based on what I have researched so far, the PC okay! magazines / pamphlets seem to be more focused on general PC and multimedia, and not really gaming.  I'm guessing the content was just overlooked in these cases.  When I look at a standalone equivalent such as 'History of the World' it seems more like a digital/interactive encyclopedia, but not gaming related and not really eligible for redump.

They certainly seem interesting to preserve, but do not really seem redump eligible from my cursory review.  We'll update later if we have any other information, but I would assume they are not eligible unless proven otherwise.

[Lugamo]

Based on what I have researched so far, the PC okay! magazines / pamphlets seem to be more focused on general PC and multimedia, and not really gaming.  I'm guessing the content was just overlooked in these cases.  When I look at a standalone equivalent such as 'History of the World' it seems more like a digital/interactive encyclopedia, but not gaming related and not really eligible for redump.

They certainly seem interesting to preserve, but do not really seem redump eligible from my cursory review.  We'll update later if we have any other information, but I would assume they are not eligible unless proven otherwise.

Understood. Thanks for the reply. Just to clarify, Dinosaur Hunter is still elegible, right?