Hacking About Super Mario Advance 4's release

[AtlasFontaine]

I would be great if someone dump the data of this, so the 3ds can use it too

 

[VinsCool]

So it turns out it's likely a modified ROM, as the original game only allowed you to hold 32 levels on the cartridge at any given point, while this lets you play all 38 levels.

It would be amazing if someone can get an IPS patch out there!

That's exactly what I plan to do.

 

[fatsquirrel]

Excuse me stupidity but whats an IPS patch Oo?

 

[Hiccup]

Excuse me stupidity but whats an IPS patch Oo?

Google it.

@ Others
But really, IPS is old and limited. Use xdelta.

 

[CeeDee]

Google it.

@ Others
But really, IPS is old and limited. Use xdelta.

IPS is fine for GBA games. It's not a huge file like, say, a DS game.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Excuse me stupidity but whats an IPS patch Oo?

An IPS patch is a file that includes additional changes to an original file.
Let's say you change the palette for Link in Zelda 1.
You create the IPS patch out of your new ROM, and that IPS patch contains the data that has been modified.

So when you apply an IPS patch/file to a clean ROM, the IPS will include the changes that you previously made into the new clean ROM.
It's a widely used file extension for ROM hackers.

Google it.

@ Others
But really, IPS is old and limited. Use xdelta.

An IPS patch is a file that includes additional changes to an original file.
Let's say you change the palette for Link in Zelda 1.
You create the IPS patch out of your new ROM, and that IPS patch contains the data that has been modified.

So when you apply an IPS patch/file to a clean ROM, the IPS will include the changes that you previously made into the new clean ROM.
It's a widely used file extension for ROM hackers.

I agree.
IPS is just fine for GBA games.
Xdelta is usually recommended for really extensive hacks like the Sonic hacks from SSRG or Retro, and for hacks that might include data that's copyrighted, like compilation ROM hacks such as Super Mario Bros (NES) All Stars and the Megaman Collection hack for NES.

 

[CeeDee]

like compilation ROM hacks such as Super Mario Bros (NES) All Stars and the Megaman Collection hack for NES.

I'm interested. Can someone link some some info on these?

 

[Hiccup]

Not in this thread. It is completely off topic.

Yes are right ShadowOne333, all good Super Mario Advance 4 dumps are below the IPS file size limit. The VC's GBA ROM may be different though.

 

[CeeDee]

Not in this thread. It is competently off topic.

Good point.
@ShadowOne333 If you can, go ahead and shoot me a PM then.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Good point.
@ShadowOne333 If you can, go ahead and shoot me a PM then.

It's not illegal AFAIK.

The only doubtful part would be providing the ROM.
IPS patches are okay to provide here.

You can find the All-Stars compilation in RomHacking.net and the Megaman Origins compilation at bwass.org/bucket/ under the name Megaman Origins v1_0.zip

 

[VinsCool]

Not in this thread. It is completely off topic.

Yes are right ShadowOne333, all good Super Mario Advance 4 dumps are below the IPS file size limit. The VC's GBA ROM may be different though.

Would you recommend to make a ips, or a xdelta at this point? I wad going to take the .ips route at this point, depending how big the changes are.

I'll know once I get my hand on the rom i guess

 

[Hiccup]

i think xdelta produces a smaller patch. but it doesn't matter as long as we don't lose data.

So post CRC32 and/or MD5 and/or SHA-1 hashes too.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Would you recommend to make a ips, or a xdelta at this point? I wad going to take the .ips route at this point, depending how big the changes are.

I'll know once I get my hand on the rom i guess

I say IPS.
If the dumped ROM ends up being bigger than the official SMA4 ROM, then yeah use xdelta, otherwise a mere IPS patch might do the trick.

 

[N64]

looking forward to this! i have a save with 32 e-reader levels but if I can get 38... woooooo

 

[DDTarZan]

This Thread +1

 

[Glink]

I know a certain TASvideos community who can take advantage of this special rom as in the past, only 32 can be done due to the limit.
http://tasvideos.org/4092S.html

I'm also curious if it supports e-reader through x2 no$GBA emulator's link cable.
Am I allowed to get it through Private Message?
I am aware rom links on threads are not allowed here....

 

[VinsCool]

I know a certain TASvideos community who can take advantage of this special rom as in the past, only 32 can be done due to the limit.
http://tasvideos.org/4092S.html

I'm also curious if it supports e-reader through x2 no$GBA emulator's link cable.
Am I allowed to get it through Private Message?
I am aware rom links on threads are not allowed here....

I'll try to get a patch out of it asap, if it turns out that the rom is indeed hacked to expand the limit to 38.

I just need to get home, buy the game and dump the files/ram on my 5.3.2 wiiu.

 

[HaloEffect17]

I'll try to get a patch out of it asap, if it turns out that the rom is indeed hacked to expand the limit to 38.

I just need to get home, buy the game and dump the files/ram on my 5.3.2 wiiu.

Vins, I already knew you were a god. But I didn't know that you could surpass god. Seriously, thank you!

 

[VinsCool]

Vins, I already knew you were a god. But I didn't know that you could surpass god. Seriously, thank you!

Don't jump to conclusion so early, though. I may be a bit trickierbthan that. I actually don't know how nintendo proceeded this time.

I'll know as soon as I could I guess haha. After all, a 20$ eshop card is nothing, if I compare to monthly bills hahaha

 

[duffmmann]

I had no idea that this was getting a VC release nor that it included all the e-shop levels. That's awesome. Hopefully the modified rom can be extracted and we can use it to make a 3DS VC inject, I'd love that.