ROM Hack A question about PocketNES

SuperfishMEMZ

Member
OP
Newcomer
Joined
Apr 2, 2020
Messages
17
Trophies
0
Age
24
XP
129
Country
China
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 :)
 

Shadow#1

Wii, 3DS Softmod & Dumpster Diving Expert
Member
Joined
Nov 21, 2005
Messages
12,341
Trophies
2
XP
7,983
Country
United States
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?
 

mte90

Well-Known Member
Newcomer
Joined
Mar 28, 2020
Messages
98
Trophies
0
Age
33
Website
daniele.tech
XP
388
Country
Italy
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.
 

Cyan

GBATemp's lurking knight
Former Staff
Joined
Oct 27, 2002
Messages
23,749
Trophies
4
Age
45
Location
Engine room, learning
XP
15,646
Country
France
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.
 
Last edited by Cyan,

Shadow#1

Wii, 3DS Softmod & Dumpster Diving Expert
Member
Joined
Nov 21, 2005
Messages
12,341
Trophies
2
XP
7,983
Country
United States
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
 

Cyan

GBATemp's lurking knight
Former Staff
Joined
Oct 27, 2002
Messages
23,749
Trophies
4
Age
45
Location
Engine room, learning
XP
15,646
Country
France
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.
 

Attachments

  • Pocketnes menumaker v12a.7z
    138.4 KB · Views: 159
  • Pocketnes v9.99 2006-10-03.7z
    85.9 KB · Views: 157
  • pocketnes 2008-11-10.zip
    37 KB · Views: 129
  • pocketnes_source_2013_07_01.7z
    160.7 KB · Views: 145
  • Nestogbav05.zip
    503.1 KB · Views: 130
  • pocketnes 2012-06-14.7z
    44.3 KB · Views: 163
Last edited by Cyan,

Cyan

GBATemp's lurking knight
Former Staff
Joined
Oct 27, 2002
Messages
23,749
Trophies
4
Age
45
Location
Engine room, learning
XP
15,646
Country
France
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.
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    @BigOnYa they ruined the gaming experience for me to be honest
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    @BigOnYa Im not crazy about getting all of them, i feel like I have something to show for for the time put in
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    @BigOnYa If you want to do rgh or 360 mod
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    does it matter if you update your 360 or not before trying is it advisable or not
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Yea I don't pay attention to them really. Or do I try to 100% a game. I just play till story ends/ or I get the girl!
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Bigonya uses his wiener to mod 360s
    +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    Going to the water park, see ya
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    You should update the 360 to newest dash before RGHing it yes. But not a big deal if you don't, you can install new dash/avatar updates after. It's just easier to do it auto online before, instead manual offline after.
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Have fun @Xdqwerty. If you see a chocolate candy bar floating in the water, don't eat it!
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    :O:ohnoes: Y didn't U Tell ME that ALSO? @BigOnYa :ohnoes: 🤢🤮
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Does it taste like... chicken?
    +1
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    @BigOnYa I wanted to ask you about your experience with seeing south park. Most of the people a bit younger like my younger brother and cousins that are a few younger than me that saw kids found south park funny because of the curse words, kids at school, that seemed like liking the show on a very basic level.

    I could not quite have a in depth discussion of the show.

    How was it for you? As an adult. What did you find the most interesting part about it. Did you relate to the parents of the kids and their situations. Was it satires, the commentary on society. The references on celebrities' and pop culture.
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I remember seeing the very first episode back in the day, and have watched every episode since. I used to set my VCR to record them even, shows how long ago.
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I just like any comedies really, and cartoons have always been a favorite of mine. Family guy, American Dad, Futurama, Cleveland Show, Simpsons - I like them all.
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    South Park is great cause they always touch on relavent issues going on today, and make something funny out of it.
    +3
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    @BigOnYa were you always up to date on the current events and issues of the time or were there issues that you first found out thru south park
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Most of the time yea I knew, I watch and read the news regularly, but sometimes the Hollywood BS stuff, like concerning actors slip by me. I don't follow most Hollywood BS (example: the Kardasians)
    +2
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    @BigOnYa there were relevant issues before south park was made, that's why i think a south park prequel/spinoff would be great. Randy and his friends in their child hood
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Yea, like them running in high school together, getting into stuff, and how they got hitched and had kids. And how the town of South Park was back then compared to now. That would be cool to see.
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    yeah
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @salazarcosplay if they made a prequel, it would still be about current issues, cause it doesn't make sense to make it about stuff that happened 30 years ago that nobody cares about anymore
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    it's too late
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    the older south park episodes about particular issues usually age poorly since the topic is no longer relevant
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    an exception is giant douche vs turd sandwich, that's always relevant :P
    +1
    The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye: an exception is giant douche vs turd sandwich, that's always relevant :P +1