There are a few versions of the game. Which one will it work with?
At this time, I have access to the original Japanese release of the game, as well as the Japanese Mega Hits edition. The two versions are definitely different in file structuring and separate patches will need to be made for both.
I still need a clean copy of the PlayStation 2 The Best Japanese release, or at least a confirmation from someone who owns it if it's identical or not to the Mega Hits version, which is highly probable. I have no intentions of making patches for the Chinese or Korean editions of the game.
Checksums for clean copies of the orignal and Mega Hits versions are as follows:
Original version:
Size: 3.01 GB (3,234,004,992 bytes)
CRC32: 359DE692
MD5 hash: 57cc3626a9cdc44bcde55efde9d22e78
Mega Hits version:
Size: 2.84 GB (3,054,698,496 bytes)
CRC32: BD191195
MD5 hash: 0107da6a213f0e5e1e3f163058459ffe
If you own an original copy of the PlayStation 2 The Best version of the game, it would be much appreciated if you could take the time report the checksum info from an ISO dump of it. Dump the ISO with DVD Decrypter. You can get the CRC32 using QuickSFV and the MD5 hash with MD5summer.
Just be a bit more patient for your answer will ya?
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