Download WBFS Manager 4.0.1 86/64-bit. WBFS Manager a file manager which provides tools for working with hard disk drives that have been formatted to the WBFS file system. The program gives you the ability to download any backup copies of your favorite games that you are storing on your PC onto your hard drive. This application basically provides a GUI. GameCube/Wii Memory Manager is an application to backup Nintendo GameCube savegames. GCMM is a project started by dsbomb and justb, which is based on Askot's modification to add SD support to the mcbackup libogc example. Roms Isos PSX, PS1, PS2, PSP, Arcade, NDS, 3DS, Wii, Gamecube, Snes, Mega drive, Nintendo 64, GBA, Dreamcast download via torrent.
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So, for those of us that like to keep copies of our games stored on our computer for the purpose of emulation or backup, here's a brief guide on significantly reducing file sizes of those games. We're talking up to ~90% file size reductions on some games, while keeping those games playable in emulators! No extraction/decompression required to play!
NOTES: If I make a mistake or leave something out, please inform everyone in the comments (do NOT PM me). If I link to a tool that only works on Windows, try running the tool in WINE on GNU/Linux or in a Windows virtual machine on OSX. Don't ask me how to backup your games to ISO format, there are other guides for that. Don't ask about piracy; this is a strictly legal guide and there are other subreddits to ask about piracy.
Playstation 2
PCSX2 (the PS2 emulator) supports loading games with the archive format GZIP. PCSX2 will build an index of each gzip compressed game it loads, so that there is no speed difference between playing an uncompressed and compressed game. The game will still play exactly the same in PCSX2, except you must wait for it to build an index the first time the game loads. The index is stored where your game file is.
Alternative: Pigz is multi-threaded for GZIP, so it will compress much quicker.
Wbfs Manager Gamecube Games
Alternative suggested by /u/Mad_Fun: PCSX2 also supports CSO/CISO files made with maxcso. These files are bigger than GZIP files, but the compression process is quicker.
Dolphin (the GC/Wii emulator) supports loading games with its native archive format GCZ. There is no speed difference between an uncompressed and compressed game.
Alternative: Dolphin also supports CSO/CISO and WBFS for Wii games. Both these formats result in slightly smaller filesizes, and WBFS has a bonus of being usable on a real Wii. Wii Backup Manager can convert an ISO to both of these formats.
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Xbox 360
Those who keep backups of their 360 games usually do so by burning a disc that their modded console will play, eliminating the need to reduce the game's size. But now we have Xenia, a competent Xbox 360 emulator, so we need to store those files on our computer. Instead of storing those padded 8.5 GB ISO files, you can convert them to one of Xenia's supported formats: a folder with an Xbox executable (XEX), or a rebuilt ISO with its padding removed. I personally think that rebuilding the ISO is better, because the end result is one neat file rather than a folder full of files. Removing the padding from an X360 ISO file or extracting it will not affect its performance in the emulator.
ISO to XEX:
Alternatives: Exiso-GUI or Exiso.
ISO to rebuilt ISO:
Trimming a DS or 3DS ROM will have no performance impact on the game. The ROMs will remain in the same format, and they will be smaller. All DS/3DS emulators can play these trimmed ROMs.
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Alternative: rom_tool
PSP
PPSSPP (a PSP emulator) supports the CSO/CISO compression format. On a real PSP, playing backups in this format noticeably increases loading time, but according to the developer using this format in PPSSPP will not cause any noticeable speed difference.
Alternatives: CISO or UMDGen or PSP ISO Compressor
Dreamcast emulators such as Demul and Reicast will play the archive format CHD. Use GDI to CHD Converter to convert your games.
Playstation
The Playstation emulators Retroarch & ePSXe support the PBP format (thanks /u/Blood_Reaper). Use PSX to PSP Converter to convert your games.
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Not all emulators have a nifty archive playing feature. However, there are some workarounds:
Solution from /u/fb39ca4: You can enable filesystem-level compression for the directory containing your ROMs. In Windows, this is called NTFS compression. Filesystem-level compression is transparent to the emulator and seamless to use.
Solution from /u/teeedubb: You can archive the games with 7-zip, and then use RocketLauncher to decompress 7zip archives and pass the contents onto the emulator.
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