Homebrew Create a compilation rom ?

[Deleted member 388618]

Hi,
I want to make a compliation rom with some Game Boy games (and why not snes or nes too) to create just one custom virtual console cia for my 3DS instead of multiple cia. Is it possible ?
Thanks.

 

[szymon170]

Well, it shouldn't depend on 3DS, but more on the emulated ROM itself. 3DS uses Virtual Console and it just launches one ROM at a time. So you should probably search how to make GB ROM compilations or compilations of ROMs for other consoles. I know that it's possible for the NES, because in Poland we had many bootleg cartridges like 9999999 games in 1 which in reality only had 5 games in one but it was a compilation nonetheless.

 

[x65943]

Hi,
I want to make a compliation rom with some Game Boy games (and why not snes or nes too) to create just one custom virtual console cia for my 3DS instead of multiple cia. Is it possible ?
Thanks.

I'm looking into multiroms, and it looks like the flashcarts themselves used to link the games together. I can't find an actual tool to link games together.

 

[dudemo]

Isn't there a size limit for VC injects? Surely stringing multiple ROMS into one playable ROM would be too large?

 

[RocketRobz]

Just take a NES VC CIA, extract the ROMFS of the CIA, add some GB(C) and NES ROMs to the folder of the VC ROM, rebuild the ROMFS and CIA, install it, and you get a ROM selection menu that's built in the VC.

 

[szymon170]

Just take a NES VC CIA, extract the ROMFS of the CIA, add some GB(C) and NES ROMs to the folder of the VC ROM, rebuild the ROMFS and CIA, install it, and you get a ROM selection menu that's built in the VC.

Would it work with other ROMs? For example, SNES ROMs?

 

[RocketRobz]

Would it work with other ROMs? For example, SNES ROMs?

Nope, just NES and GB(C), because the NES VC came out before the SNES VC.

 

[dudemo]

Nope, just NES and GB(C), because the NES VC came out before the SNES VC.

So this is actually do able. I'm definitely going to try this with some of the series games, like SMB1 2 and 3.
When you say we can't do it with SNES, does that mean we can't do multiple SNES at all, or we just can't mix them with GB/NES? Also, why?

 

[RocketRobz]

So this is actually do able. I'm definitely going to try this with some of the series games, like SMB1 2 and 3.
When you say we can't do it with SNES, does that mean we can't do multiple SNES at all, or we just can't mix them with GB/NES? Also, why?

We can't mix them with GB/NES. And why? Because the NES VC was developed before the SNES VC.

 

[sion_zaphod]

Use pogoshell to build a multi emulator/rom custom GBA then convert to cia. I did this myself and converted my entire SMS and Sega game gear ROMs into just a couple of CIAs

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You can mix different emulators with pogoshell because each emulator is a plugin within the pogoshell built GBA

 

[dudemo]

Use pogoshell to build a multi emulator/rom custom GBA then convert to cia. I did this myself and converted my entire SMS and Sega game gear ROMs into just a couple of CIAs

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You can mix different emulators with pogoshell because each emulator is a plugin within the pogoshell built GBA

Thanks! I'll be doing this very shortly!

 

[Yami_Industries]

well there is the two in one combo pack games you find on the eshop like the loonytoons and scooby doo pack... why can't we inject two roms like pokemon ruby and sapphire into it replacing the orginal combo pack??

 

[DocKlokMan]

How does saving work with this? Does the 3DS automatically operate and load the right saves?

 

[Naked_Snake]

Use pogoshell to build a multi emulator/rom custom GBA then convert to cia. I did this myself and converted my entire SMS and Sega game gear ROMs into just a couple of CIAs

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

You can mix different emulators with pogoshell because each emulator is a plugin within the pogoshell built GBA

Got a tut?

 

[sion_zaphod]

I'll see if I can find some examples I've used in the past and get back to you. I'm in work at the moment but will have a look later while watching walking dead

 

[migles]

Well, it shouldn't depend on 3DS, but more on the emulated ROM itself. 3DS uses Virtual Console and it just launches one ROM at a time. So you should probably search how to make GB ROM compilations or compilations of ROMs for other consoles. I know that it's possible for the NES, because in Poland we had many bootleg cartridges like 9999999 games in 1 which in reality only had 5 games in one but it was a compilation nonetheless.

i also had some gb botleg cartridges... it should be not that hard but keep in mind not a single game from theese compilations either didn't had save features or didnt work (i recall there was not a single game that continued or keep the scores)

however... @Cortexfou if you wish the save files to work and got no luck in doing so.. you may consider to make a goomba gba rom and inject it as a gba game?
http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php
well.. you will basically run an emulator inside an emulator but it may work....

 

[Deleted member 388618]

I was thinking about the bootleg cardtridge as well. I'll use goomba. Thanks guys