Hacking About Super Mario Advance 4's release

[JohnathanMonkey]

The Wii port of mGBA does run GBA games at full speed, even Mother 3 seems to work flawlessly.

cool. I haven't hacked the vWii on my Wii U yet. So for right now, pc it is

 

[loco365]

So I posted this on TCRF, but it seems that sleep mode doesn't work, even on hardware. Has anyone attempted to disassemble this and look into what changes were made?

 

[piratesephiroth]

So I posted this on TCRF, but it seems that sleep mode doesn't work, even on hardware. Has anyone attempted to disassemble this and look into what changes were made?

sleep mode works on AGB_FIRM

 

[loco365]

sleep mode works on AGB_FIRM

On the Wii U? I can't get it to activate at all. The screen just stutters momentarily and does nothing.

 

[piratesephiroth]

On the Wii U? I can't get it to activate at all. The screen just stutters momentarily and does nothing.

on the 3DS

I don't even know how the Wii U could simulate sleep mode

 

[loco365]

on the 3DS

Oh, that's strange. It works on a 3DS but not original hardware? What patch are you using? I've patched 2161 - Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (U)(Trashman) as my base.

 

[piratesephiroth]

Oh, that's strange. It works on a 3DS but not original hardware? What patch are you using?

I just used that pokemon-style patch

 

[loco365]

I just used that pokemon-style patch

Oh, no, the base rom that you used. I patched 2161 - Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (U)(Trashman) to get it running. Perhaps you used otherwise?

 

[piratesephiroth]

Oh, no, the base rom that you used. I patched 2161 - Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (U)(Trashman) to get it running. Perhaps you used otherwise?

I don't remember, but I'm sure there are multiple identical dumps with different names.

 

[CeeDee]

Next time a game gets released, and is known to contain a major change like this, I'll definitely get on it again

Hey, just got an idea. Maybe look into dumping the NES Remix 2's game Super Luigi Bros. - an altered SMB1 with backwards maps and Luigi physics?

Edit: In Super Mario 3D World, a "Luigi Bros." exists as well, which is like the original Mario Bros. arcade game. It's in a Virtual Console container inside the Super Mario 3D World game.

 

[Localhorst86]

Hey, just got an idea. Maybe look into dumping the NES Remix 2's game Super Luigi Bros. - an altered SMB1 with backwards maps and Luigi physics?

That's probably not emulated, so it can't be extracted and run on a nes emulator.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Hey, just got an idea. Maybe look into dumping the NES Remix 2's game Super Luigi Bros. - an altered SMB1 with backwards maps and Luigi physics?

I already did that.
Sadly, the game is not easy to dump.

I've been looking extensively to both a NES Remix dump and a Super Mario 3D World dump.
I did find a json file referencing LuigiBros in Remix and a folder with some odd files inside a Luigi Bros folder from 3D World, but nothing that can be dumped in ROM format so far.

I've trying to get the Super Luigi Bros ROM for months, I really want to get it.
If someone is interested or knows a way to get it, please let me know!

 

[VinsCool]

I already did that.
Sadly, the game is not easy to dump.

I've been looking extensively to both a NES Remix dump and a Super Mario 3D World dump.
I did find a json file referencing LuigiBros in Remix and a folder with some odd files inside a Luigi Bros folder from 3D World, but nothing that can be dumped in ROM format so far.

I've trying to get the Super Luigi Bros ROM for months, I really want to get it.
If someone is interested or knows a way to get it, please let me know!

Have you tried with RAM dumping? It's almost guaranteed that the "patched rom" could be found in there.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Have you tried with RAM dumping? It's almost guaranteed that the "patched rom" could be found in there.

Haven't tried that.
I don't have a PC / server setup to run TCP Gecko nor Dumpiine. :/

 

[VinsCool]

Haven't tried that.
I don't have a PC / server setup to run TCP Gecko nor Dumpiine. :/

I see :/

I don't have these games myself, so I don't think I could help here.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I see :/

I don't have these games myself, so I don't think I could help here.

Could a TCP Gecko + Loadiine combo be done with the available tools?
Sort of like running TCP first then Loadiine to run the game.

 

[Hiccup]

Both games:
It's in the code. All ROMs are the same in the FS (apart from iNES header). Emulator tricks (like overlays) are used to "remix it". Maybe the ROM is different in the RAM though? Its worth checking out.

(this is according to einstein95)

 

[ShadowOne333]

Both games:
It's in the code. All ROMs are the same in the FS (apart from iNES header). Emulator tricks (like overlays) are used to "remix it". Maybe the ROM is different in the RAM though? Its worth checking out.

(this is according to einstein95)

The patched might be in RAM, since what's loaded is the ROM with the patch applied, I don't think it handles the patch and the ROM in separate forms.
Might be something similar to what some emus do when you have the ROM and the IPS in the same folder.
Who knows though?

I do have both NES Remix and SM3DW in original disc format, but sadly I don't have a way to run TCP Gecko. :/

 

[CeeDee]

I can imagine Super Luigi Bros. from NES Remix 2 could be a pain, but since the Luigi Bros. game (from SM3DW) is in what appears to be in a Virtual Console inside of SM3DW, I doubt it's using patches or anything, and is likely dumpable.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I can imagine Super Luigi Bros. from NES Remix 2 could be a pain, but since the Luigi Bros. game (from SM3DW) is in what appears to be in a Virtual Console inside of SM3DW, I doubt it's using patches or anything, and is likely dumpable.

Yeah I think the Super Mario 3D World version of the game is most likely easier to dump.
The NES Remix one is a mess from what I can see in the decrypted files.