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

Christos Zoulas christos at zoulas.com
Mon Oct 12 12:17:13 EDT 2026


On 2026-10-09 2:15 pm, Link Mauve wrote:
> 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.
> --
> 2.56.0

Committed, thanks!

-- 
christos


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