tool to verify roms like NSRT will, but for NES/GB..

powerspike · Post by **powerspike** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:34 am

You could install Virtual PC 7.0 on your Mac and run goodnes off of that. Heck if you don't want to install Windows just get a ReactOS iso. I've run goodnes off of it before. Not the most ellegant solution, but it works.

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:59 am

They're of no real concern.

while it probably true on SNES roms, but not quite so for NES stuff, especialy regarding:

Unfortunately for the emulation community, there's roughly nine billion, three thousand, two hundred and forty-one different bank-switching chips.
And many of them were discovered after the last official upadte to the iNES standard.

Let's just say it gets messy.

sometime, i do have to fix the iNES header infos, so emulator will properly use the correct mapper, less often when the emu have access to verified roms database...

tellyup · Post by **tellyup** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:44 am

Well you must enjoy it then. Here's another question.. I got uCON64 playing by my rules now, things are working out. But I have no joy with the GBx/GBA dats.

I downloaded the SNES and NES dats from uCON64's website and they work fine, but when I use the dats from Goodxxx or from no-intro (RC) they will not rename a ROM to the name in the datfile and I get this error:

uCON64 2.0.0 Apple (PPC) 1999-2005
Uses code from various people. See 'developers.html' for more!
This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public License

Create: gbx_202.idx

DAT info:
gbx_202.dat
Version: ? (?, )
Author: Unknown
Comment:
Entries: 536870911

DAT info:
nes-20031208.dat
Version: 1.9.8-3-NES (8/12/2003, NES)
Author: JohnDie
Comment: NES DAT file generated by uCON64
Entries: 8820

DAT info:
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (20080911_RC).dat
Version: 20080911 (?, Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (not numbered))
Author: Unknown
Comment:
Entries: 2867

DAT files: 3; entries: 536882598; total entries: 11687
TIP: ucon64 --db --nes would show only information about known NES ROMs

ERROR: Not enough memory for buffer (-1 bytes)

Where do I get a dat file for the GBx and GBA that will work, it will show related info on a query of a particular ROM, but not like I say export the ROM with the name inside the datfile.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:45 am

Rashidi wrote:
They're of no real concern.
while it probably true on SNES roms, but not quite so for NES stuff, especialy regarding:
Unfortunately for the emulation community, there's roughly nine billion, three thousand, two hundred and forty-one different bank-switching chips.
And many of them were discovered after the last official upadte to the iNES standard.

Let's just say it gets messy.
sometime, i do have to fix the iNES header infos, so emulator will properly use the correct mapper, less often when the emu have access to verified roms database...

Well, iNES itself is a problematic format.
The emulators often have to work things out on their own either way.

But you're right, the iNES header is usually beneficial, if not required.
*insert UNF plug here*

tellyup · Post by **tellyup** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:37 pm

Alright, can anybody confirm then that for themselves they have a dat file for the GBx and/or GBA which uCON64 accepts. For example uCON64 will interrogate the dat in order to correctly rename the ROM.

If so please could somebody point to it or email me it.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:41 pm

odditude wrote:because some of us have been "here" for years or over a decade, as opposed to just days or months. after a while, you start to pick up information.

Indeed, but Gil got his info after giving his body to grinvader for one night.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:15 pm

Err, "ok" ?

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:21 pm

grinvader wrote:Err, "ok" ?

I guess I just pissed any chances of blackmail money down the window.

tellyup · Post by **tellyup** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:05 pm

Please keep on topic, if you lot have been here that long then you know by now to plonk this chit-chat in a thread other than a serious one.

Thank you.

powerspike · Post by **powerspike** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:12 pm

If you had the file Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (20080911_RC).dat you'd have to rename it to gba-20080911.dat. I don't know why you have to do that but it wouldn't rename the files at all. I ran it with ./ucon64 --scan --rename ./roms and everything was peachy.

saddsaf.gba
Checksum (CRC32): 0x1428fe1c
DAT info:
Game Boy Advance
F-14 Tomcat (USA, Europe)
4194304 Bytes (32.0000 Mb)
gba-20081111.dat (20080911, ?, Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (not numbered))

Renaming "saddsaf.gba" to "F-14 Tomcat (USA, Europe).gba"
sdfsdaf.zip (0096 - F-14 Tomcat (UE).gba)
Checksum (CRC32): 0x1428fe1c
DAT info:
Game Boy Advance
F-14 Tomcat (USA, Europe)
4194304 Bytes (32.0000 Mb)
gba-20081111.dat (20080911, ?, Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (not numbered))

Renaming "sdfsdaf.zip" to "F-14 Tomcat (USA, Europe).zip"

tellyup · Post by **tellyup** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:06 pm

Thank you, I cant try that my end right now but cant wait. How did you come to that one, it nice to know I wasn't wrong on this one. What about the GBx dat, there is a GoodTools one, maybe that just needs to be renamed?

I think people who enjoyed the NES/SNES have more of an affinity with the DMG games than the advanced and so its important I nail that dat.

Thanks for helping.

powerspike · Post by **powerspike** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:34 pm

No problem, Well I hope it works for you. If not I can try helping a bit more. As for how I got to it I was just screwing around till it started working. Funny enough I've never used a Mac before until today. It's a a bit annoying since I'm used to using a *nix desktop or Windows.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:25 am

I.S.T. wrote:
odditude wrote:because some of us have been "here" for years or over a decade, as opposed to just days or months. after a while, you start to pick up information.
Indeed, but Gil got his info after giving his body to grinvader for one night.

Actually, I think I've been around longer.
I just died after a while and reincarnated in a hot new young body. Like Doctor Who.

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:34 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:
I.S.T. wrote:
odditude wrote:because some of us have been "here" for years or over a decade, as opposed to just days or months. after a while, you start to pick up information.
Indeed, but Gil got his info after giving his body to grinvader for one night.
Actually, I think I've been around longer.
I just died after a while and reincarnated in a hot new young body. Like Doctor Who.

Makes me wonder what your old body was like.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:28 pm

tellyup wrote:Please keep on topic, if you lot have been here that long then you know by now to plonk this chit-chat in a thread other than a serious one.

Thank you.

If you'd been here that long, you'd know that off-topic posting is the nature of the beast.

Thank you.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:22 pm

Gil_Hamilton wrote:If you'd been here that long

...

Radio wrote:
JB wrote:
Radio wrote:
JB wrote:How can you say that? Did our time together mean nothing?
DDR is not sex. Even I can make that distinction, you freak.
No, AFTER the DDR.
After..? I'm sorry I was too dizzy and incoherent from totally owning.
You didn't take advantage of me did you? It doesn't count if I'm raped.

I swear.

grinvader, logging your lives since 2002.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:07 am

grinvader wrote:
Gil_Hamilton wrote:If you'd been here that long
...

Radio wrote:
JB wrote:
Radio wrote:
JB wrote:How can you say that? Did our time together mean nothing?
DDR is not sex. Even I can make that distinction, you freak.
No, AFTER the DDR.
After..? I'm sorry I was too dizzy and incoherent from totally owning.
You didn't take advantage of me did you? It doesn't count if I'm raped.

I swear.
grinvader, logging your lives since 2002.

Ruh-roh, Raggy!

Operation Delete Grinvader's archives begins now.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:22 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:
grinvader wrote:
Gil_Hamilton wrote:If you'd been here that long
...

Radio wrote:
JB wrote:
Radio wrote:
JB wrote:How can you say that? Did our time together mean nothing?
DDR is not sex. Even I can make that distinction, you freak.
No, AFTER the DDR.
After..? I'm sorry I was too dizzy and incoherent from totally owning.
You didn't take advantage of me did you? It doesn't count if I'm raped.

I swear.
grinvader, logging your lives since 2002.
Ruh-roh, Raggy!

Operation Delete Grinvader's archives begins now.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:36 am

I didn't know gil_hamilton was that JB dude you guys spoke of

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:02 am

*waves hand*
I'm not the oldbie you're looking for.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:16 am

I didn't think so

tellyup · Post by **tellyup** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:54 pm

Christ, please stop posting rubbish in my thread. This has nothing to do with what I need, its just mindless nonsense. Can't you PM each other, I hate BSS posts when they digress.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:10 am

tellyup · Post by **tellyup** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:57 am

Well I say you fuck off out of my thread, just fuck off. Its a fucking mess, full of shit talk, just fucking shit which I hate. Absolute fucking spastic talk, fucking shite.

So fuck off!

Post by **badinsults** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:35 am

Well, this is going nowhere.

ZSNES board

tool to verify roms like NSRT will, but for NES/GB..

Re: crux of the matter, so far...

GBx/GBA datfile issue with uCON64

Re: crux of the matter, so far...

iI need a GBx/GBA dat file that works with uCON64

chit chat

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Stop it!

You fucking dickhead.