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DS Misc > GBA Savegame Backup/Restore in DS Mode?

#85950 - Wuschmaster - Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:56 pm

Would it be possible to backup and restore GBA savegames from/to CF-Card?

Especially flash-type savegames like the Pok?mon ones would be great.

The following Win32 app can backup and restore all kinds of GBA savegames without causing savegame errors (unlike the F2A software etc.). It sends a multiboot binary to the GBA which seems to do all the work.
http://mootan.hg.to/fmgba/

(It can also dump ROMs and write to Flash Carts, but I don't really need that, I guess. Would be a nice addition for people who don't have flash linker devices, though.)

Maybe some skilled developer can look at it and port it to DS with CF-support instead of having to use a computer and a link cable? That would be some crazy helpful application.

#85981 - tepples - Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:00 pm

Once Chishm fixes the FAT library to be more tolerant of GBA pak-swapping, then this can be done even in GBA mode.
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#86065 - chishm - Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:20 am

It is already done in GBA mode. Shameless plug for an old project.
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#86070 - The 9th Sage - Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:43 am

chishm wrote:
It is already done in GBA mode. Shameless plug for an old project.


Heh, you should plug it though...it's a good piece of work. I've used it several times myself, seems to be pretty reliable.
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#86084 - Wuschmaster - Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:00 am

I just tried it, wow, it seems to work fine! Great!
Oh well, at least people who also didn't know about it, will know it know!

Thanks, chishm.