possible to backup saves from original carts?

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kiz - 17 Nov 2003 16:48 GMT

hi, i spent a good amount of time trying to get my legend of zelda: LttP
saved game offa my original cart and on to my flash cart. i copied the
256k flash area that the flash2advance linker software allows you to
copy and checked it out. the entire 256k was FF bytes all the way through.

is there a way to get save game files off of ORIGINAL carts with f2a linker?

thanks.

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DeepThought - 17 Nov 2003 20:32 GMT

kiz whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, summoned a
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his/her/its contact info (kiz@akasha.co.jp) with the deskbot, and
proceeded to say:

> hi, i spent a good amount of time trying to get my legend of zelda:
> LttP saved game offa my original cart and on to my flash cart. i
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> is there a way to get save game files off of ORIGINAL carts with f2a
> linker?

I dunno about a flash linker, but the $10 (bargain bin) InterAct GBA
Gameshark can d/l the saves from original carts...=

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kiz - 17 Nov 2003 22:33 GMT

> kiz whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, summoned a
> BellBot to MZ6ub.22169$oo.16584@bignews4.bellsouth.net , leaving
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>> is there a way to get save game files off of ORIGINAL carts with f2a
>> linker?

> I dunno about a flash linker, but the $10 (bargain bin) InterAct GBA
> Gameshark can d/l the saves from original carts...=

interesting. i bet i could then xfer it from the gameshark to the
flash cart directly.

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eldryne - 18 Nov 2003 00:23 GMT

> >> is there a way to get save game files off of ORIGINAL carts with f2a
> >> linker?
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> interesting. i bet i could then xfer it from the gameshark to the
> flash cart directly.

Y'might think so, but the GameShark rips the save in it's own format.

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Jay - 18 Nov 2003 06:18 GMT

Virtually *all* the flash linkers allow you to save your game saves to
the PC. Probably the best one is the ez-flash advance with usb cable.
You can find out more about it at this link:
http://www.linkerworld.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/30

This will let you take your game saves from the original cart (or
perhaps only if you backup the original cart and put it on the flash
card that comes with the set. - then you can backup the game saves
from the flash card)

And on top of that, you can also play hundreds of free games that are
available on the net from homebrew game maker web sites. I will try
to see if it can actually save a saved game from an original cartridge
tomorrow (too tired now) and post the info. *but* you can easily save
the entire game to your PC, then load it onto the blank flash card,
and then when playing the game, and saving it, you can take your saved
game and store it on your hard drive. It's really cool.

> > >> is there a way to get save game files off of ORIGINAL carts with f2a
> > >> linker?
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> Y'might think so, but the GameShark rips the save in it's own format.

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kiz - 18 Nov 2003 06:36 GMT

> Virtually *all* the flash linkers allow you to save your game saves to
> the PC. Probably the best one is the ez-flash advance with usb cable.
> You can find out more about it at this link:
> http://www.linkerworld.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/30

> This will let you take your game saves from the original cart (or
> perhaps only if you backup the original cart and put it on the flash
> card that comes with the set. - then you can backup the game saves
> from the flash card)

> And on top of that, you can also play hundreds of free games that are
> available on the net from homebrew game maker web sites. I will try
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> and then when playing the game, and saving it, you can take your saved
> game and store it on your hard drive. It's really cool.

ah i see... so when i backup the entire 64 mbit cart, the save is included
within the cart backup? i'll give it a shot in a few minutes.

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Covak - 18 Nov 2003 18:29 GMT

> > Virtually *all* the flash linkers allow you to save your game saves to
> > the PC. Probably the best one is the ez-flash advance with usb cable.
> > You can find out more about it at this link:

http://www.linkerworld.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/30

> > This will let you take your game saves from the original cart (or
> > perhaps only if you backup the original cart and put it on the flash
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> --
> kiz

Erm, not quite. Saved info is stored seperately from the game ROM. With my
old flash linker, there's the option to backup game or backup saver (and
then I have to choose the right SRAM bank myself). I usually backup the
game, then the saver, and then load the ROM in an emulator to make sure it
loads the save info ok.

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Maeven - 29 Nov 2003 00:27 GMT

> > > Virtually *all* the flash linkers allow you to save your game saves to
> > > the PC. Probably the best one is the ez-flash advance with usb cable.
> > > You can find out more about it at this link:

http://www.linkerworld.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/30

> > > This will let you take your game saves from the original cart (or
> > > perhaps only if you backup the original cart and put it on the flash
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> game, then the saver, and then load the ROM in an emulator to make sure it
> loads the save info ok.

On this same line is it possible to move a saved game from a friends cart to
my own? I have Zelda Oracle of Seasons and was thinking of buying the cart
for myself instead of borrowing my friends but I really don't want to start
over...

Thanks.
Wendy

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Covak - 29 Nov 2003 03:54 GMT

> > > > Virtually *all* the flash linkers allow you to save your game saves to
> > > > the PC. Probably the best one is the ez-flash advance with usb cable.
> > > > You can find out more about it at this link:

http://www.linkerworld.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/30

> > > > This will let you take your game saves from the original cart (or
> > > > perhaps only if you backup the original cart and put it on the flash
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> Thanks.
> Wendy

Totally. I copied a friend's Metroid Fusion save info so I could unlock
Metroid 1 (in Metroid Prime) before I played through Fusion myself :)

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Maeven - 29 Nov 2003 22:24 GMT

> > > > > Virtually *all* the flash linkers allow you to save your game saves
> to
> > > > > the PC. Probably the best one is the ez-flash advance with usb
> cable.
> > > > > You can find out more about it at this link:

http://www.linkerworld.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/30

> > > > > This will let you take your game saves from the original cart (or
> > > > > perhaps only if you backup the original cart and put it on the flash
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> Totally. I copied a friend's Metroid Fusion save info so I could unlock
> Metroid 1 (in Metroid Prime) before I played through Fusion myself :)

Not to be a total newbie but which products allow you to do this (I'm
assuming this is legal too). The Gameshark product "seems" a more legal
(and inexpensive) way to do this. I need something cheap if possible so I'm
hoping the earlier recommendation of a $10 product will work.

Thanks All,
Wendy

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