I once tried to dump my pristine copy of Shadow of the Colossus . My Plextor drive died on sector 2,104,452. The plastic had warped by 0.01 millimeters. Redump wouldn't take it. That disc is now considered "Unverified." Here is where most gamers get off the bus. "I just want to play SSX Tricky on my Steam Deck," they say. "Why do I need the error correction?"
The Redump archive is the only copy of the PS2 library that will outlive the original media. ps2 redump archive
Redump is the only backup.
That is a eulogy for plastic. Your Metal Gear Solid 2 disc is already oxidizing from the edge inward. Your Burnout 3 has micro-fractures from the PS2's violent spindle hub. I once tried to dump my pristine copy
They will trust the Redump archive. It contains the "Mastering Errors." It contains the unskippable FMV stutters that were actually on the disc. It contains the truth . Let's be adults. The PS2 Redump archive is hosted on the Internet Archive, various private trackers (like Redacted), and Usenet. Is it legal? No. The DMCA says circumventing copy protection is a crime. Redump wouldn't take it