Hey everyone, long time reader, first time poster.
I am writing today, because I recently got my GB Transferer 2 device to work and backup all of my Gameboy cartridge's save files!
...except for just ONE game: Kirby Tilt & Tumble...
I recently found out that KT&T uses an EEPROM save type, as opposed to the standard SRAM battery found in almost every other cartridge. Sadly, it seems that the GB Transferer 2 only works with SRAM files.
I attempted to back up the game, and got a 128kb .sav file. When I hex-edited this file, it was nothing but a dummy file. This file did NOT work with the KT&T rom on both VisualBoy Advance (windows) or KiGB (mac)
With VBA, I started a new .sav file, and got the file back as a 1 kb save file. With KiGB, the save file was 32 kb (same as the first, but with additional 00 addresses stapled onto it)
I have no problem replicating a save file that looks exactly like the one on my cartridge - but what I am concerned about is this:
Because the cartridge uses EEPROM, does this mean that the data will last indefinitely if I do not play the game any further???
Is there ANY way to back up an EEPROM gameboy original save file???
Much thanks in advance!
(PS - I am SOOO HAPPY that I finally got my Pokemon Gold version save data onto my computer. No longer do I have to worry about inevitable SRAM death regarding my pokemans!)
I am writing today, because I recently got my GB Transferer 2 device to work and backup all of my Gameboy cartridge's save files!
...except for just ONE game: Kirby Tilt & Tumble...
I recently found out that KT&T uses an EEPROM save type, as opposed to the standard SRAM battery found in almost every other cartridge. Sadly, it seems that the GB Transferer 2 only works with SRAM files.
I attempted to back up the game, and got a 128kb .sav file. When I hex-edited this file, it was nothing but a dummy file. This file did NOT work with the KT&T rom on both VisualBoy Advance (windows) or KiGB (mac)
With VBA, I started a new .sav file, and got the file back as a 1 kb save file. With KiGB, the save file was 32 kb (same as the first, but with additional 00 addresses stapled onto it)
I have no problem replicating a save file that looks exactly like the one on my cartridge - but what I am concerned about is this:
Because the cartridge uses EEPROM, does this mean that the data will last indefinitely if I do not play the game any further???
Is there ANY way to back up an EEPROM gameboy original save file???
Much thanks in advance!
(PS - I am SOOO HAPPY that I finally got my Pokemon Gold version save data onto my computer. No longer do I have to worry about inevitable SRAM death regarding my pokemans!)
