Hacking How to play GBA titles using Gateway 3DS

[PhoenixWrightX]

So a lot of you have been asking how to play GBA using Gateway and since no one wants to make a thread, I guess I am the man to do it.

Not my tutorial, but let's be honest you don't really care. Someone named SirByte wrote it.

Question: I was looking at the install guide in the OP, and it seems to be a very complex way to boot Pasta. The real trick appears to be a way to install DevMenu.cia to SysNAND without the use of the Gateway card.

I tried to think of an easier way for people that have a Gateway. I thought: can't you just boot to SysNAND with GW (holding B) then use the .3ds version of FBI to install FBI.cia to SysNAND? Once done it just stays there? The trouble seems to be that you can't swap out the SD cards (the one with the gateway launcher for the one with the pasta launcher) when you want to install the cia. Am I missing something?

Edit: how about instead of starting with a blank SD card, you install FBI.cia to SD on your first card, then you *copy* the contents of your first SD card to your second card?

Edit: IT WORKED! I was able to run the .3ds version of FBI (in the Gateway MicroSD) using Gateway in SysNAND mode, then installed FBI.cia (on the 1st SD card), exited out, copied the folder over to the second SD card (with the 3ds folder with Pasta and the MSET Pasta Launcher.dat) and it works! I am on 4.1.0 SysNAND.

Alright, I was able to install the 'nostalgia' version of AGB_FIRM and install a couple of GBA games (I tried Metroid Zero Mission and that works and that was my main objective.

Edit: had something about DSiWare but that still needs to be installed to NAND, not SD Card. It will probably be non-trivial to change that. My real DSi takes a SD Card but it only copies DSiWare to SD. So I installed one to NAND. Got the open-package, was able to run it. When I exited out of it, it was gone and so was the MSET exploit

I didn't try this myself because I don't have an extra SD Card.

If you have a more noob friendly way to run GBA at full speed using Gateway, post it!

 

[Codename]

So a lot of you have been asking how to play GBA using Gateway and since no one wants to make a thread, I guess I am the man to do it.

Not my tutorial, but let's be honest you don't really care. Someone named SirByte wrote it.



I didn't try this myself because I don't have an extra SD Card.

If you have a more noob friendly way to run GBA at full speed using Gateway, post it!

That doesn't sound like playing GBA games with Gateway to me. Rather, it sounds like booting into Pasta CFW to play GBA games.

 

[Scarlet]

You need Cubic Ninja to run GBA titles, Gateway doesn't really do anything for you without Cubic Ninja.

As an added note, using FBI on the Homebrew Launcher, I don't believe you even need GW for the DevMenu install. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong there. The title of this post is kinda misleading in all honesty :')

 

[dubbz82]

You need Cubic Ninja to run GBA titles, Gateway doesn't really do anything for you without Cubic Ninja.

Stop spreading false information. The GBA stuff works fine in palentine (Source - I do this myself, and have commented in the main thread that it does in fact work successfully), and there's ways of running pasta using a launcher.dat.

 

[PhoenixWrightX]

You need Cubic Ninja to run GBA titles, Gateway doesn't really do anything for you without Cubic Ninja.

As an added note, using FBI on the Homebrew Launcher, I don't believe you even need GW for the DevMenu install. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong there. The title of this post is kinda misleading in all honesty :')

The way I see it:

People have Gateway
People want to run GBA titles on Gateway
Gateway doesn't run GBA titles
A method that runs GBA titles exists for flash cards
Gateway can run that method.


So yes, you can play gba using the method I just posted using Gateway 3DS.

Now whenever someone searches for a method to run GBA on Gateway, this thread will show up.

 

[Kikirini]

Good to know, though I think I'll wait for a GBA emulator instead.

 

[gamesquest1]

The way I see it:

People have Gateway
People want to run GBA titles on Gateway
Gateway doesn't run GBA titles
A method that runs GBA titles exists for flash cards
Gateway can run that method.


So yes, you can play gba using the method I just posted using Gateway 3DS.

Now whenever someone searches for a method to run GBA on Gateway, this thread will show up.

should state its o3DS only at least, n3DS/2DS users will still need sky3DS or a retail copy of CN, also you have to be on 4.x to do this

also you should be able to do it on the same SD, web exploit to boot GW MSET for pasta, or install this
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-ctrxplorer-open-source-sd-file-manager.390353/
on both sysnand and emunand and when you want to switch over away from your computer just boot that up in either mode and rename the launcher files to alternate what is booting

but i have to agree, this isn't really "using gateway" as much as "alongside gateway", much the same as suggesting someone buy a DSTWO to play snes games on there R4 card isn't really helping them play snes games on their R4 card

 

[Scarlet]

Stop spreading false information. The GBA stuff works fine in palentine (Source - I do this myself, and have commented in the main thread that it does in fact work successfully), and there's ways of running pasta using a launcher.dat.

You have my apologies. I've been wrapped up in the N3DS for so long I forgot about the 4.5 stuff.

 

[VinsCool]

I guess GBA works with gateway mode, in sysnand.

 

[RodrigoDavy]

I guess GBA works with gateway mode, in sysnand.

It does not, I already tested it on Gateway mode in Sysnand. It only worked with Pasta for me.

 

[VinsCool]

It does not, I already tested it on Gateway mode in Sysnand. It only worked with Pasta for me.

Ah well Too bad gateway, you are beaten.

 

[Asia81]

Why not send a request to Gateway ?
If a lot a people send a request to Gateway for let use use GBA game in CIA, maybe they can add the support, no ?

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I'm pretty sure they can do something for this

 

[VinsCool]

Why not send a request to Gateway ?
If a lot a people send a request to Gateway for let use use GBA game in CIA, maybe they can add the support, no ?

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I'm pretty sure they can do something for this

Now the patching method has been made public, and proven possible *cough cought PASTA cough*, Gateway might support GBA soon(tm)

 

[SirByte]

That doesn't sound like playing GBA games with Gateway to me. Rather, it sounds like booting into Pasta CFW to play GBA games.

It's (1) an easy way for GW owners to set up a Pasta-booting SD Card that (2) is swap-compatible with your Gateway setup. I just swap between the two cards, using MSET (DS profile bug), and have the best of both worlds. It's not like a 4GB or 8GB SD Card is expensive, and on O3DS you have it swapped within seconds.

And thanks @PhoenixWrightX for starting this thread.

Edit: and the real credit goes nop90 for creating, and to Kscripnic for bringing our attention the Launcher.dat for Pasta. (correction thanks to VerseHell).

 

[VerseHell]

Actually, it's nop90 who made it, and it was supposed to be just a PoC.