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game-saves

Repository of my retro game saves. Readme includes various tools for interacting with game saves and games. Also included is firmware for devices and programs used with saves.

Save/File Converters/Managers

JELOS

JustEnoughLinuxOS/distribution - The GitHub repo

Hardware

  • JoeyN64 - N64 game pak and controller pak reader/writer
  • JoeyJR - GB/GBC/GBA cart reader/writer

GBC Screen

Model: Q5 IPS LCD Retro Pixel 2.0 laminated with OSD - Funny Playing

Operating OSD:

  • Tap and hold the touch sensor for 3 seconds to open OSD menu.
  • Quick tap to make adjustments in the current menu option.
  • To move to the next menu option, tap and hold the touch sensor for 2 seconds.
  • To exit the OSD menu, hold the touch sensor for 3 seconds or the menu will time out on its own.

Functions:

  • BRT = Brightness options
  • DSP = Pixel Modes
  • FRM = Frame Blending Mode - flicker reduction
  • LGC = GBC logo color options
  • R/G/B = Customize GBC logo color options
  • N = Move the display image left and right respectively

Pixel Modes:

  • Built-in 5 display effects.
  • 2? Full pixel copy display (display the highest brightness, gorgeous and concise)
  • 3? Classic GBC display (perfectly restore the original display effect)
  • 4? Classic RGB display (perfectly restore the original display effect, and the pixel gap looks smaller, the brightness will be slightly darker)
  • 5? RGB display (closest to the original display, but the brightness is very low)
  • 1? Grid line display (close to the display effect of DMG)

Programs

  • chdman - Converts between GDI/CUE and CHD

Scripts

  • saveswap - worked for N64 SRAM (.sra .srm) saves from Joey to work on the Everdrive (and vice versa), does a word AND byte swap by default which is what works for the Everdrive
    • Note: save files in this repo may be in either format depending on where they were played or taken from and have not been consolidated to a single format

Pokemon

Command Line

  • Diff binary files like this: hexdiff.sh <file1> <file2>
  • checksums.sh will compare checksums of ALL save files, and tell you if a file is empty

N64

3DS

Homebrew

Hotkeys

  • Holding (Select) on boot will launch the Luma3DS configuration menu.
  • Holding (Start) on boot will launch GodMode9, or if you have multiple payloads in /luma/payloads/, the Luma3DS chainloader.
  • By default, pressing (Left Shoulder) + (Down D-Pad) + (Select) while in 3DS mode will open the Rosalina menu, where you can check system information, take screenshots, enable cheats, and more. This can be changed from the Rosalina menu.
  • Holding (Start) + (Select) + (X) on boot will make the notification LED show a color for debug purposes. See the changelog for a list.

SNES

R4i Save Dongle

Drivers seem to be not needed on Windows 11. Used the firmware upload tool to upload v1.3 firmware. Writing a save failed twice, succeeded on 3rd try.

Files

  • drivers/r4i/drivers.rar - Drivers, not needed?
  • firmware/r4i/SaveDongle_v13.bin - The actual firmware
  • programs/r4i/SaveDongle_Firmware_Uploader.rar - Contains the program to upload the firmware
  • programs/r4i/R4i SaveDongle V1.5.rar - Contains the program to read/write save files
  • programs/r4i/3DSaveToolv0.2b-cred.rar - Tool to encrypt/decrypt 3DS saves

Links

Patches

Programs for patching:

  • /programs/patchers/Lunar IPS.exe to apply .ips
  • /programs/patchers/beat.exe to apple .bps
  • /programs/patchers/tsukuyomi ups.exe to apple .ups

NES

Hack File ROM SHA1
Tecmo Super Bowl 2014 TSB2014.ips 0A491B125CA1D8BCEBFD19174527D9EEC13820D0

SNES

Hack File ROM SHA1
F-Zero BS Deluxe bs-deluxe-usa.ips D3EFD32B68F1FE37A82DB9D9929B7CA7CC1A3AF4
Kirby's Super Star Stacker Super Star Stacker 1.1.ips DC252753D4964516419CA981D59A8E704BA41842
Mario's Super Picross Marios Super Picross - English Translation.bps C4200B9886B16C148B32D2C75D02F2A875D997CC
Super Mario World - A Plumber For All Seasons a-plumber-for-all-seasons_2021-11-22.bps 6B47BB75D16514B6A476AA0C73A683A2A4C18765
Super Bomberman 4 Translation Super Bomberman 4 (jap2eng) v1.0.zip FF580E5A990B1EB4026FDC3669EC6F4A750B6309
Super Bomberman 5 Translation sbomb5-beta.7z E2DD2F062D3B41F7550FDBC5F7E2B7D0C8AC684C

N64

Hack File ROM SHA1
Bomberman 64 - Arcade Edition Translation Bomberman64.7z 08E491F87445C6E5C168D982FC665D5F (MD5)

GB

Hack File ROM SHA1
For the Frog the Bell Tolls Frog_v1.0.ips CE1E4A788327F3099877C88CC848E48C1FD055AB

GBC

Hack File ROM SHA1
Donkey Kong Land 2 DX DKL2 V1.2.ips 89CC4F01653A6105EE5C00E10FC65AA1437FD320
Donkey Kong Land DX DKL_v1.01.ips 4E6D8F085CA197479D59912C1D58E4F3B40C28AC
Dr Mario DX dr_mario_dx.ips D31D67D0682515C7C85DEAA1752B02231150E5BF
Kirby's Dream Land 2 DX Kirby's Dream Land 2 DX v1.0b.bps 8A2898FFA17E25F43793F40C88421D840D372D3C
Kirby's Dream Land DX dreamLandDX.ips 90979BAA1D0E24B41B5C304C5DDAF77450692D5A
Kirby's Pinball Land DX Kirby's Pinball Land DX v1.1.ips 06EFDB138FF56CD9522DECE44ADADD3FAE169C76
Mario Picross 2 Picross2.ips 57788519111CBE9E20B43D1935E9F52AE165E858
Metroid II EJRTQ Colorization Metroid_II_EJRTQ_Colorization_v1.3.zip worked on my ROM
Pokemon Crystal 251 251 Crystal (2.3).ips F2F52230B536214EF7C9924F483392993E226CFB
Pokemon Picross POKEPICROSS_ENG.ups 8204064B7149357939B57342820E7955749183B6
Pokemon TCG 2 PokemonTCG2-FullTrans.ips A7E12BCC5F514E3AAD8DE570FD511AAB0A308822
Super Mario Land 2 DX SML2DXv181.ips BBA408539ECBF8D322324956D859BC86E2A9977B
Super Mario Land DX smldx.ips 3A4DDB39B234A67FFB361EE7ABC3D23E0A8B1C89
Wario Land Super Mario Land 3 DX Wario Land - Super Mario Land 3 DX (World).ips AE65800302438E37A99E623A71D1C954D73C843E

GBA

Hack File ROM SHA1
F-Zero Climax Translation F-Zero Climax English Patch 1.1.ips 6EB9208C493E8BAA43ECC0DACF71A8CB631BE7CA
F-Zero GP Legend eReader Levels f-zero_gpl_e+_complete.zip 977588D9D27B7115E0BB309FB019AE81B9F413FF
Mother 3 Fan Translation MOTHER3_EarthBound2_English_v1.3.zip 4F0F493E12C2A8C61B2D809AF03F7ABF87A85776
Pokemon Liquid Crystal PKMNLC-3.3.00512.ips 41CB23D8DCCC8EBD7C649CD8FBB58EEACE6E2FDC

Turbografx-16

Hack File ROM SHA1
Lode Runner: Lost Labyrinth Translation ldrun_ll.ips D3C9813D6133EF0CA468870E9E1C8A8FE8E46C09

Dreamcast

  • Manage physical VMUs using SD card adapter + Dreamshell
    • SD card needs DreamShell_4.0.0_RC4_and_Boot_Loader.7z expanded in root
    • IMPORTANT: Get the full VMU dumps, not individual saves, otherwise information is lost
  • Use vmuexplorer.exe to manage the files
    • *.vmd files can be renamed *.bin
  • Delete dc_nvmem.bin from Anbernic to clear out the Dreamcast emulator's internal memory (which will clear PSO SN/AK)
    • This only worked deleting over SSH, and did NOT work when deleting from the SD card on PC

Gamecube

Important Git repos

BlueRetro

  • Web Config

  • Documentation

  • HW1 is typically external (N64 adapter)

  • HW2 is typically internal (Gamecube port adapter)

Gameboy Printer

Other Assorted Links