User:Xerxes: Difference between revisions

Redump.org is, in my opinion, the most valid of all third party online databases for game data, so I would consider Redump close to the game's cover in validity. When you can't find a cover and don't have the game yourself, this is the next most verifiable source. It also includes some nice formatting to help you out, like showing region flags next to the IDs in the database and telling you the languages of the games to pinpoint where European IDs had their release. Redump's main flaws are a) it uses the same four character prefixes as game covers do, and b) it only includes GameCube games, no Wii data is available. On top of having only the four character prefixes of the game covers, it doesn't actually include any publisher data like the cover does, so piecing together the last two characters is even harder. In conclusion, use Redump as a check for weird GameCube IDs from GameFAQs or GameTDB, but don't rely on it as a main source.