HOW to backup WII GAMES.(guide)

If anyone needs an LG burner to burn their games, I have one up for auction on Ebay. Here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250201442000. It is for an LG-8164B.

 

Any updates on this thread?, or are we still doing it the same way

 

Hey all i just ordered a LG (well 2 actually) from here.
After all this research I hope i can master the art.

BTW many thanks for the tut. Good job.


http://www.tsgsysonline.co.uk/eshop/product_info.php?products_id=328

cost is £12 something each a lot better than the one on ebay in the above post.

Hope this helps

 

hey yeh dose it work for laptops is there like a cord u could plug in
? anyways wots a stickied thread ??

 

Hey yeh go to btjunikes.org or mininova.org and downlaod utorrent and then download the games fromt the site LOOK FOR THE ONES WITH HIGH HEALTH AND SEADS!!! LEACHERS R BAD U want one wit less!!

 

In my above message i talked about LG on ebay i meant to put this link in (UK Ebay)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-LG-8164B-...yZ147176QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Crazy money

Sorry about that.

 

If anyone if intrested I have a FTP server with 138 Wii games, pm me if your interested, you must own the orginal game though

 

hey can you tell me how to get onto the FTP or just send me the games i need (if you have them)

Wario Ware
Zelda
mario galaxy
Rayman ravin rabids

 

I've seen on http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/563020 that there are other DVD drives that can rip Wii games.

 

Great guide, but im stuck at the iso burning, Nero only lets me burn at slowest of 4x, is that slow enough?
Im using an LG GSA-H22L (LightScribe)

 

now i know all this talk about the LG drives being the only ones that can dump the games but i experimented with my factory dvd drive and it reads HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B0100 in the raw dump window as the drive im using. It has dumped 2 games now both at the required size, i have not yet burned them for my burner is still being shipped. I guess my question is: Did i actually get lucky and my factory drive (not an LG) is working for this process or am i gonna have problems when burning the game since im not using an LG. Furthermore, would it even dump the game if the drive wasnt compatable?

 

For the record I haven't seen one post that said that this is a success.. you need to install the "WiiKey" into your Wii in order for this to work..

 

aight guys
Basically i'm having problems with getting games to be read by my wii console. I have :

Wiikey-with the 1.9b(not G) + the wii setup disc 1.3(region override ON)

All of this installed correctly...after reading these forums.

For getting the game i download the game in this case 'resident evil 4' from any torrent site. After this is downloaded it comes in .rar file, i unzip this and it becomes a .iso file. Frm this i burn the image with imgbrn and the disc is done being 4.37gb. I don't understand why this isn't working. I am using a dvd-r at speed 4x and tried it twice. It isn't working as all that is happening is when i click on the disc on the wii menu it just spins and spins.... not saying anything....
Although someelse gave me a burned spiderman 3 wii game and this worked no problem...
I'm quite confused...:S
Pllleeeaaasseee help it's really frustrating!
Thanks in advance, would be realy appreciated
Bhaavin

 

If you have had success with another Wii game and not the Resident Evil 4 you downloaded, then the problem is probably with that game. It could either be a bad rawdump on the ripper's part (or incomplete too). Try another game (or the same game using a different torrent) and try that.

 

Just Try To Download Other Games and try to burn and a slower speed to prevent mistakes on the disk like 2x. And For the record you only need the certain dvd drives to copy the games to your computer correct?

 

thanks falcon....
yeah i did think that but its just the hassel of downloading it again checking if the game is compatible and burning it at such a slow speed....but will do and tell you the results!

cheers

much appreciated

...btw would you know of any game te most def works for the pal wii with 1.3 setup and 1.9b ?


thanks again

Bhaavin

 

To be safe, I dwl'ed ImgBurn and that allowed me to burn at 2x and I get a perfect copy. Using Philips DVD-R16x LightScribes

*@ IllBdamd* HL-DT-STDVD-ROM is really made by LG, LG makes most the cd/dvd drives out there.

 

Well thats fortunate! Thanks for clearing that up.

 

So does this mean that you all have and installed the WiiKey I am debating whether or not to get it because I dont want to damage my Wii anyone have some positive reinforcement?

 

I am new to these forums, but it looks like some people are having a hard time finding a good price on the GDR-8164B drives. I just bought one here:

http://www.techmicro.com/product_p/gdr8164bk.htm

And they say they still have 190 in stock. Hope this helps some people.
My total price for it was $28.11

Code Item Qty Price Total
GDR8164BK 16X DVD,52X CD ROM Bulk/Black
1 $17.37 $17.37

Sub Total: $17.37
Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $10.74
Grand Total: $28.11