[File] [PATCH] Update Nintendo DS ROM to the IANA registered type

Link Mauve linkmauve at linkmauve.fr
Fri Oct 9 14:15:23 EDT 2026


On 2012-09-04, the application/vnd.nintendo.nitro.rom media type got
registered at the IANA[1] and became the recommended type to use for DS
ROMs, so let’s switch to it.

[1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.nintendo.nitro.rom
---
 magic/Magdir/console | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/magic/Magdir/console b/magic/Magdir/console
index 546b1ff6..0a5bb41a 100644
--- a/magic/Magdir/console
+++ b/magic/Magdir/console
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 # Updated version from: David Korth <gerbilsoft at gerbilsoft.com>
 #
 0xC0	bequad	0x24FFAE51699AA221	Nintendo DS ROM image
-!:mime	application/x-nintendo-ds-rom
+!:mime	application/vnd.nintendo.nitro.rom
 >0x00	string	>\0		\b: "%.12s"
 >0x0C	string	x		(%.6s
 >0x1E	byte	x		\b, Rev.%02u)
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 # This is also used for loading .nds files using the MSET exploit on 3DS.
 # Reference: https://github.com/devkitPro/ndstool/blob/master/source/ndscreate.cpp
 0xC0	bequad	0xC8604FE201708FE2	Nintendo DS Slot-2 ROM image (PassMe)
-!:mime	application/x-nintendo-ds-rom
+!:mime	application/vnd.nintendo.nitro.rom
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ngp: file(1) magic for the Neo Geo Pocket (Color) raw ROM format.
-- 
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