Official hakchi2 - NES Mini very simple pimp tool

[Daddy Horror]

has anyone that works on headers got gaia to work it jams at title
Name ILLUSION OF GAIA USA Company Nintendo Header None Bank HiROM Interleaved No SRAM 64 Kb Type Normal + Batt ROM 16 Mb Country USA Video NTSC ROM Speed 120ns (FastROM) Revision 1.0 Checksum Good 0xBEA9 CRC32 1C3848C0

 

[KongsNutz]

Just going to pop some of these on the snes mini and if it all goes to plan, I'll be writing a real easy to follow guide, thanks to @Markus95 for the .bat ideas (I've extended that idea)

 

[Liriel]

ah ok no original games are bad.
i wait until hakchi is ready

 

[Cléem]

I don't understand how can i convert with python. Can you explain with the .bat please? Thank you !

 

[KongsNutz]

ah ok no original games are bad.
i wait until hakchi is ready

My guide will have an easy way to convert them

 

[KongsNutz]

So I managed to get DKC2 working but now when I want to add more games it won't connect via FTP (Snes Mini is Offline) any help?

 

[Valter]

I updated my python script in that gist link. Can't post it myself since apparently I can't post links?

I updated the sfc2sfrom script to only include important information in a single header rather than a header+footer. It also auto-detects hirom/lorom and whether or not the ROM uses a Super-FX chip, and can set the preset ID per ROM name.

 

[the_randomizer]

Everyone's injecting ROMs with ease, guess I'd best wait as I'd end up bricking my Snes Classic if I try so now XD

I updated my scripts in that gist link. Can't post it myself since apparently I can't post links?

I think you need a certain post count?

Maybe you can add them in your signature

 

[Cléem]

After 1 hour i can't convert the roms.. I hope a tutorial come for how convert easy ! :'(

 

[KongsNutz]

Nobody can help with the FTP not connecting anymore?

 

[DarkAkuma]

I've been lurking, and have been messing with my own testing the past couple days. I've mostly been trying to get special chip games to work. I've had no luck with Star Ocean, 12MB or 6MB versions. Tried a few different values for 0x0D as suggested for other chips in this thread. So I shelved that to just try and get MMX 2 or 3 working.

Sadly no luck with that either. I'm not using VC rips. Regular ROM + the python script. Tried 0x3D11 and 0x1711 for the 0x0D offset with no luck either.

Fed up, I went and made a list of the 2 bytes at 0x0D for all the stock SNESC games.

Spoiler

0x0D= 0x1110 (SMW)
0x0D= 0x1810 (FZero)
0x0D= 0x1D10 (Zelda aLttP)
0x0D= 0xBD10 (SMK)
0x0D= 0x4010 (Super Metroid)
0x0D= 0x6E10 (Earthbound)
0x0D= 0x5810 (Kirby's Dream Course)
0x0D= 0x2210 (DKC)
0x0D= 0x9F10 (Kirby Superstar)
0x0D= 0xA910 (Super Punchout)
0x0D= 0x6510 (SF2T)
0x0D= 0x9C10 (SMRPG)
0x0D= 0x0911 (Mega Man X)
0x0D= 0x0310 (Super Ghouls n Ghosts)
0x0D= 0xB010 (Secret of Mana)
0x0D= 0xDC10 (FF3)
0x0D= 0x3010 (Super Castlevania 4)
0x0D= 0x3610 (Contra 3)
0x0D= 0x3B12 (StarFox 1)
0x0D= 0x3D12 (Yoshis Island)
0x0D= 0x4512 (StarFox 2)

Make of that what you will. But the 1st byte is always different, and the 2nd byte is mostly 0x10 except for MMX1 and the Super FX games. If they are for special chips, it's weird that MMX1 is different, but SMRPG is just 0x10. =/

 

[Valter]

I've been lurking, and have been messing with my own testing the past couple days. I've mostly been trying to get special chip games to work. I've had no luck with Star Ocean, 12MB or 6MB versions. Tried a few different values for 0x0D as suggest for other chips in this thread. So I shelved that to just try and get MMX 2 or 3 working.

Sadly no luck with that either. I'm not using VC rips. Regular ROM + the python script. Tried 0x3D11 and 0x1711 for the 0x0D offset with no luck either.

Try the updated script I just uploaded to the gist. It detects MMX 2 and 3 and should generate headers that work. pcm720 found preset IDs (0x0D) that allow them to run from the Wii U versions.

 

[KongsNutz]

Super bummed because I can do everything else and have DKC2 working but can't add anymore games since FTP refuses to work again (Obviously worked the first time) just says NES Mini is Offline

Response: 500 NES Mini is offline
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

 

[DarkAkuma]

Try the updated script I just uploaded to the gist. It detects MMX 2 and 3 and should generate headers that work. pcm720 found preset IDs (0x0D) that allow them to run from the Wii U versions.

Don't know what link you're talking about, but his posts here and on gbx.ru are what I've been following for the MMX 2/3 bytes for the 0x0D address, with no luck. I've been concluding he's just having different luck cause he's using a VC rip and there's something else at play.

Have you personally gotten either to work when generated from a ROM with the orignal sfc2sfrom.py?

 

[Valter]

Don't know what link you're talking about, but his posts here and on gbx.ru are what I've been following for the MMX 2/3 bytes for the 0x0D address, with no luck. I've been concluding he's just having different luck cause he's using a VC rip and there's something else at play.

Have you personally gotten either to work when generated from a ROM with the orignal sfc2sfrom.py?

I wrote the original script and the link is the same as the first version. That script didn't give it the right preset ID, but manually adding it in worked. I personally ran clean rips of MMX 2 and 3 fine.

 

[DarkAkuma]

I wrote the original script and the link is the same as the first version. That script didn't give it the right preset ID, but manually adding it in worked. I personally ran clean rips of MMX 2 and 3 fine.

Thanks. Giving it a try now...

No luck. Just get an error.

File "F:\Games\Classic\testing\sfc2sfrom.py", line 58
if (rom_format == 0x14 and rom[0x7FD6] in SFX_TYPES)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I'll go back to hex editing my changes in for now.

 

[maande80]

@KMFDManic , I'm hoping that maybe you can help me out, since most people here seem to care about SNES Mini instead of NES Mini, lol.

While waiting hakchi2 for SNES Mini, I have a problem with my NES Mini, here’s hoping that anyone could help me out:


It’s been months since the last time I played my NES Mini. As for my set up, I am separating the original 30 games from other NES roms into separate folders. Yesterday when I tried to load my save state of any of the added NES roms, it failed to load and displayed as if the game was reset. The images of the save states displayed remain unchanged, but the save states did not function at all. However, all the save states of the original 30 games work just fine.

How can this happen and is there a way to fix this?

Thank you.

 

[Valter]

Thanks. Giving it a try now...

No luck. Just get an error.

File "F:\Games\Classic\testing\sfc2sfrom.py", line 58
if (rom_format == 0x14 and rom[0x7FD6] in SFX_TYPES)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I'll go back to hex editing my changes in for now.

Sorry about that, it's fixed now.

 

[the_randomizer]

Wish someone could make a video in the mean time.

 

[Valter]

Wish someone could make a video in the mean time.

I bet the effort required to finish the hakchi2 update is less than what it would take to create a proper tutorial anyway. It'll come soon.