Necstasy's purpose is to reference the TOC of original PC-Engine and PC-FX discs.
The TOC
(Table of Contents) of a CD contains information about its structure.
It is located in the lead in area and contains the location of the beginning of every track and their type.
On a CD, the lead in area is located at the beginning of the spiral.
TOCs referenced on these pages are here to show how a game looks like on its original support.
These datas are an accurate resource for :
- Developpers who wish to add a CD identification ability using TOC to their software.
- People willing to make a proper backup or rip of their CD(s).
- Backup users who want to make sure their copy is correctly made.
This point being important especially when it comes to PC-Engine games.
Many load their
data from hardcoded sectors and not just by track number.
An erroneous TOC with this kind of game will result into out of synch. cdda music , abnormal behavior or complete crash.
To get a proper backup with things provided here , you must have the appropriate iso/wav files set.
You won't find any dump or rip of copyrighted games here.
Means that no TOC and/or cuesheet is available.
Mean that a cuesheet is available.
Every cuesheet provided here must be used with iso/wav files set and all of them use the same naming scheme regarding the expected track filenames : Track01 , Track02 , Track03 , etc...
Your iso/wav files must be named accordingly in order to get the cuesheet to work.
Data track dumps must be in .iso (mode1 / 2048) form.
Audio track dumps must be in .wav (44100Htz 16bits Stéréo) form.
Means that a TOC is available but it comes from a backup CD.
Yet the backup was fully checked with a spectrum analysis to make sure it was not rebuilt from an iso/mp3 (or other lossy codec) rip.
Information to be taken with care until it's confirmed or updated with one generated from an original CD.
Means that a confirmed TOCis available.
Generated from an original CD, this is a 100% accurate information.
Necstasy is maintained by Squaresoft74.
You can help completing Necstasy if :
- You own an ORIGINAL CD not yet referenced.
- You own an ORIGINAL CD the curent referenced information has not yet been confirmed.
- You can provide a curently missing cover scan.
If you wish to contribute you can drop me a mail to let me know.
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I cordially thank the following people for their help (direct or not) and their contributions without which this database would not exist :