ROM Hack A question about PocketNES

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Hi, I'm new here. I wonder if someone can answer my question about PocketNES. I often seen some pirated PocketNES multicarts which contains a GBA rom, and the rest are regular NES roms. How to make that?
*NOTE: I don't like pirating games, I just want not to waste my flash cartridge to make more menus :)
 

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Hi, I'm new here. I wonder if someone can answer my question about PocketNES. I often seen some pirated PocketNES multicarts which contains a GBA rom, and the rest are regular NES roms. How to make that?
*NOTE: I don't like pirating games, I just want not to waste my flash cartridge to make more menus :)
What flashcart?
 

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I have everdrive, put pocketnes and the other emulators n a folder, now you can start nes or sms roms in the same file manager menu used for gb/gba roms.
 

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I remember having to concatenate the emulator with a config file and the ROMs you wanted to play.
something like :

copy /B pocketnes.gba + gamelist.txt + ROM1.nes + ROM2.nes + .... + ROMx.nes pocketnes_fullofROM.gba

you can then use and copy your resulted gba "emu+roms" single file on your flashcard.
there are probably different version of that homebrew, based on the flashcart you are using? I don't remember that, sorry.
 
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I have everdrive, put pocketnes and the other emulators n a folder, now you can start nes or sms roms in the same file manager menu used for gb/gba roms.
Yea as u don't need to convert on an Everdrive GBA X5 either
 

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Append a description file and NES ROMs (.NES format) to POCKETNES.GBA.
You can do this with third party utilities (like NEStoGBA or PocketNES
Rocket) or with MSDOS's COPY command. For example:
COPY /B POCKETNES.GBA+ROMLIST.TXT+ROM1.NES+ROM2.NES WHATEVER.GBA
The description file is a plain text file, each line containing the title
of a ROM. See the provided sample file (MENU.TXT) for more information.
If only one ROM is used, this file may be omitted.


So, you create a text file, each line is the game's title for the menu you'll see on screen.
example :
Mario
Mario 3
Zelda
Zelda 2
metroid

that's all :P
make the lines in the same order than your game when you cat (contatenate the binarie with roms).

windows :
copy /B POCKETNES.GBA+ROMLIST.TXT+ROM1.NES+ROM2.NES WHATEVER.GBA

on Linux
cat pocketnes.gba romlist.txt rom1.nes romx.nes > pocketnesroms.gba


If you don't want to use command lines, you can try existing tools, such as :
Thingy
nes2gba
PocketNES Menu Maker (I attached to that post the file I have!)

They are probably old version, as I didn't get them before pocketheaven closed.
The v9.99 (2006) contains all the documentation and changelogs, while the latest version I have (2008 11 10) is only the executable.
Edit: I had a 2012 version too (only the executable). I added to the attached files along with sources from 2013.


Edit:
Try the GBAtemp download section, maybe it has other versions of the GBA homebrew emulators or tools.
 

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So can I add multiple NES ROMs?
I know you don't need that answer anymore, and you just need to put all .nes game and launch them directly from your flashcard interface.

but, I specifically said you need to append a "GAME LIST" with each line being a game's title in order of all the games you append to the emulator.
so, yes, of course you can have multiple NES ROMs, or else what would the game list file be used for?

But, like said, and you could even have tried by yourself without asking :
copy nes file to your card, launch it, see if it works !
if it didn't work, then you needed the explained method.
 

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