Homebrew Anyway to play super mario bros. 2 J (AKA the lost levels)?

[KOman]

Given that the game is a famicom disk system game, can it be played on nesDS? Is there a patch to make it playable?

 

[Krestent]

There are normal versions out there...

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Yes, it should be playable, nesDS plays U, E and J ROMs.

 

[KOman]

I asked becasue the file extension is normally .fds unless you get a hacked/ patched version - I know there was a patch for the pocketnes emulator on the GBA that you had to apply to get it working properly

 

[Demonbart]

I asked becasue the file extension is normally .fds unless you get a hacked/ patched version - I know there was a patch for the pocketnes emulator on the GBA that you had to apply to get it working properly

IIRC I had a .nes rom of the lost levels, so it should be out there somewhere.
If it's not, then I've got question 2 here for you

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Did the patch fix the rom or the emu? If it fixes the rom, see if the patched rom works for nesds.
If it fixes the emu, then I can't think of another way to get it working.

 

[KOman]

I asked becasue the file extension is normally .fds unless you get a hacked/ patched version - I know there was a patch for the pocketnes emulator on the GBA that you had to apply to get it working properly

IIRC I had a .nes rom of the lost levels, so it should be out there somewhere.
If it's not, then I've got question 2 here for you

:
Did the patch fix the rom or the emu? If it fixes the rom, see if the patched rom works for nesds.
If it fixes the emu, then I can't think of another way to get it working.

The patch was for the rom; I'll try it when I get home and post here if it works...

 

[m0nkeyf00t]

you can always play it snes though supermario allstars+super maio world

 

[aragon]

You could also try to patch the Famicom Mini Series version for the GBA. This worked fine for me.

 

[choconado]

you can always play it snes though supermario allstars+super maio world

but then you can't use the almighty rewind button that nesds has.

Seriously, it's made me a far better player of so many nes titles.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Ah, I've been playing this one since I got my Cyclo.

Use the PocketNES patch on the [p1] rom.
I never tried without the patch, but the patch cannot hurt, right?

 

[DanTheManMS]

You can either use NesterDS+ which has support for Famicom files (with the right disksys.rom file), or use the patch from http://www.pocketheaven.com/ph/gbafan/nes.html on the "Super Mario Bros 2 (J) [p1].nes" version of the rom. The patch won't magically turn it into the actual SMB2 game, but it's a modification that makes it come fairly close. Apparently there are a couple of minor details that aren't in the patched copy.

 

[jceggbert5]

This is alot of work and I don't even know if it will work, but you could try ripping it from the Wii's VC version of it...

From what I know, I believe it is part of content 00000005.app if you rip open the WAD...

Again, IDK if it'd work...

 

[KOman]

So, I found the solution I was referring to earlier. Someone hacked the .fds version to make a file called "Super_Mario_Bros_2_(Lost_Levels)_(Unl).nes". This file is ~76 kb for anyone interested. The patch is in a zip file called "smb2j-ips.zip" - the patch was made by Loopy of pocketheaven. Just use an IPS patcher and it should work - I tried it and it works on nesds. Note that the patch also gives you to option to choose to start from any level at the start screen.

 

[KOman]

whoops, didn't notice the new posts - the [p1] version will also work with the patch...