Need help backing-up my PC-Engine CD-ROM games

[the_importer]

Hi there,

So I bought a Blu-Ray burner lately to make 2nd backups of files that were on my Ext HDD as well as my library of games on discs. I've backed up my games for , PS1, PS2, SEGA CD, Dreamcast (using Dreamshell), OG XBOX, PSP (using my Slim 3000) Wii and GameCube (using my Wii to install games on an Ext HDD). Now I'm down to Saturn and PC-Engine and that last one is a real pain.

I use IMGBurner to rip my discs and most of my PC-Engine games can't seem to get past the analysis part. A few games are able to go through, but most of them don't. The games do work and barely have any marks on them, so it's not a defect issue.

I googled on how to rip PC-Engine CD games and found a program called TurboRip, but it doesn't work properly. The program rips the games in 3 seconds and nothing really works, I mean the files are there, but Daemon Tools can't load the Cue file or the ISO file and Winamp can't play the MP3s, so it really didn't do anything besides creating space on my HDD. Also, some games had multiple ISO files which doesn't seem normal. Finally, I don't really care for having MP3 files, I would rather have a single Bin and Cue file.

Does anyone have a solution to rip the games normally with IMGBurn or a program similar to this?


Thank you

[Necromancer]

TurboRip is the way to go.  If it's not working for you, there's something wrong with its installation or your hardware or something.

If all else fails, just download 'em off the internet.  It's not that hard to find decent rips.

[Bonknuts]

Uhm... I don't remember TurboRip ripping audio tracks to mp3 files. Are you sure you're talking about TurboRip?

Edit: Also, some PCE games have multiple data tracks. That's normal.

[the_importer]

Uhm... I don't remember TurboRip ripping audio tracks to mp3 files. Are you sure you're talking about TurboRip?

Edit: Also, some PCE games have multiple data tracks. That's normal.

Sorry, I meant WAV files. Anyway, thanks for the info, I've never seen any CD-ROM video games with multiple data tracks before.

[Keith Courage]

I seem to remember that with windows 7 turbo rip needs to be run with admin privileges to work correctly.  Maybe that's the issue?

Also, Nero works just fine when saving the disc as an image and then re-burning.

[SignOfZeta]

Man, f*ck that noise. Just download the shit when you need it. Doing it yourself only introduces the chance for error, as you are experiencing.