NR Discs (possibly "Nintendo Recordable") are blank [[NROM]] discs with a special authentication key which makes them only compatible with NR Reader and NR Writer drives. They were used by game developers as blank discs (equivalent to a DVD-R) to burn disc images onto so that they could be tested on an NR Reader.
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NR Discs (possibly "Nintendo Recordable") are blank [[DOLDVDFormat|NROM]] discs with a special authentication key which makes them only compatible with NR Reader and NR Writer drives. They were used by game developers as blank discs (equivalent to a DVD-R) to burn disc images onto so that they could be tested on an NR Reader.
[[File:NR Disc.jpg|thumb|GameCube NR Disc.]]
[[File:NR Disc.jpg|thumb|GameCube NR Disc.]]
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It uses a disk id(6 bytes) and a fixed number is 9.<br />
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It uses a disk id(6 bytes) and a fixed number is 9, for XOR scrambling the DVD sectors.<br />