ROM Hack Convert E-Reader .vpk or .bin to .sav

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I can convert .bin files to .vpk but I can't figure out how to convert either to .sav files. I want to flash the saves to my e-reader via my flashcart. I also want to upload the complete sav pack for the ereader in .sav format to Filetrip so everyone can use them.
 

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You have to dump your e-Reader/E-Reader +. Then patch it with the .ips from risingsun (rs-eread.zip).

e-Reader saves are copyrighted, so you can't upload it on filetrip.

Code:
                . .______________. .                                       
                ._|              |_.
    ____      |  ___            |  _____
  _\\_ /___  __| /  //______  __ _|_\\_  \_ ____
  _) _/    /_(_//_\___      /_\\_)_    /    //  _//______
_ \_ \    \_    (_  /    /      (_  /    \  \_      / :::::: :::: ::: :: :
\  /__\_____/    /________\      /__\______\  /    _/ _:::::: :::: ::: :: :
:\/::::::: _______\::::::_ ________\:::::_ ___________\  /:::::: :::: ::: :: :
                |                  |                  \/           
  _______      |      ___________|    __________________________________
/      //______|_ ____\\_        /____\\_                          ....  \_
_\______        /      /        /      /  riSiNG sUN pRESENTS!  ::::  /
\_    /        /      /        /      /    - ---------------- -  ::::  \
/______________\________________\_______\___________________________________\
- -diP------------------------------------------------------------------aSL- -
                                                                 
[-                        EReader Load 1.0 (C) Rising Sun                  -]
  __              ____
_\\_)_  _____ _ _/  _/  _____
_)    /_\\_  \_ \___\ _\\_  \_                          i    n    f    o
\____/    /    /____\    /    /
::::: ___/_____\:::_ __________\:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
 
 
country....: Japan/USA                        Japanese/English :.language(s)
rel. date..: 01/01/2003                            01/01/2003 :..store date
system.....: Gameboy Advance                      rs-eread.zip :....filename
size........ tiny ips                          Team Rising Sun :....supplier
             
                                    _____            ____          ___
                                  _\\_  \_  _____  /  //_ __    /  //_____
n    o    t    e    s        _)  /    /_\\_  \_/    _// //____\__      /
                                \__/_____\  /    /______\  _/    |_/______\
: :: ::: ::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::_ __________\:::_ _____\_____|:::::::::
 
Release Notes:
 
First of all, happy new year everyone!
Who would have expected that the useless ereader hardware dumps will be
useful some day? Now we are happy to announce they are.
Thanks to the one who made it possible to dump the actual ereader games.
And ofcourse thanks to the one who made it possible to play on hardware :)
Greetings to all my other RS guys, it was a great year, i love you all!
 
What is this?
=============
 
ERead 1.0 is a modification for the japanese e-reader+ rom, and the english
ereader rom.
This modification will let you fully run all ereader dumps/saves on real gba
hardware.
 
How does it work?
=================
 
Gameboy Advance Hardware:
 
1) Apply the included rs-erjpn.ips patch to the clean dump of the japanese
    ereader+ rom, released by batman.
 
    OR
 
    Apply the included rs-erusa.ips patch to the clean dump of the english
    ereader rom, released by ind.
 
2) Flash the patched rom image to your flashcard.
 
3) Flash a .e+ ereader save dump to your flashcard into the first 128 bank.
    Note: If your software cant flash 128 saves, you have to manually split
          the save to 2x 64 saves and flash them to bank 1 and 2.
 
4) Turn on your gameboy Advance, press A on our warning to continue.
 
5) Select the third japanese menu item to start the flashed game.
 
    OR
 
    Select the third menu item (Access saved data).
 
6) Enjoy!
 
Step 1-3 are only needed to be performed once.
 
General Notes
=============
 
From what we have tested the japanese ereader supports american ereader roms
and the american ereader supports japanese roms aswell.
Just load them as explained above. You might run into problems with
the fontset/gamenames as they are stored in another encoding method.
The method explained above will currently not work on emulators, however we
can confirm it working on the following flash-hardware:
 
Flash2Advance        128M
Flash2Advance        256M
Flash Advance Xtreme  256M
Flash Advance Turbo  128M
All Old Visoly Cards    *M
 
We dont have any XG/EZ hardware to test it on, however it might work with
those aswell.
 
Future
======
 
We dont plan to flood you with ereader dumps now, however you can expect some
in the next days.
 
The next step for our software will be a small menu system to let you choose
several ereader games on your flashcard, so you dont have to flash the save
all the time.
 
 
RS 2004 - we are the future!
 
  ___                _____              ________
_/ _/______  ____ _ _\\_  \_    ______ _\_    / 
_)  \_    /_\\_ /___  /    /___ /    /  /_____\    g  r  p  n  o  t  e  s
\____/_____\  _/    /________\  /    /______\
:::::::_ _____\_____\:::::_ ___________\:::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
 
If you're interested in joining RS, one of the most active gba scene groups,
you wont regret it!
 
Get in touch with us...
 
If you have free time during weekdays, and live near a gameshop such as eb,
saturn, mediamarkt, babbages, gamestop or similar, we need you!
 
If you work at a videogame magazine/distributor/etc and got access to pre-
retail handheld games, we need you aswell!
 
If you live in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, Thailand or similar asian
locations and either got access to new pirate carts (d-version) or live near
a videogame retail shop, apply aswell!
 
If you're a game addict and live in japan, china or korea write us too!
 
Site-ops running, *nix sites on atleast 40mbit feel free to
contact us aswell.
 
To contact us please write to: [email protected]
 
We DONT give any support on how to obtain our releases, roms, emulators or
anything like that. We dont give any technical support on how to train or
crack games. All Requests will be ignored.
 
                        ___                __              ____
                      _/ _/______  ____ _ _/ //____. __  _ _/  //_ ___
g  r  e  e  t  s _)  \_    /_\\_ /___  _/    |/ //____.    _//  //_____
                      \____/_____\  _/    /___\_____|  _/    |____\ \__      /
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::_ _____\_____\:::::_ _____\_____|:::_ ___/______\
 
 
        Greetings to all of the guys who supported us since the start,
                    and our friends in the following groups:         
                                                                     
          EURASIA - MODE7 - SUPPLEX - VENOM - WRG - CEZAR - SUXXORS!   
     
 
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
          ::                                                    ::
            : infofile b y ---------- d ipswitch / aerosol / sac :
            :                                                    :
You can search the forum. There's topic about it.
 

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You have to dump your e-Reader/E-Reader +. Then patch it with the .ips from risingsun (rs-eread.zip).

e-Reader saves are copyrighted, so you can't upload it on filetrip.

Code:
                . .______________. .                                 
                ._|              |_.
    ____      |  ___            |  _____
  _\\_ /___  __| /  //______  __ _|_\\_  \_ ____
  _) _/    /_(_//_\___      /_\\_)_    /    //  _//______
_ \_ \    \_    (_  /    /      (_  /    \  \_      / :::::: :::: ::: :: :
\  /__\_____/    /________\      /__\______\  /    _/ _:::::: :::: ::: :: :
:\/::::::: _______\::::::_ ________\:::::_ ___________\  /:::::: :::: ::: :: :
                |                  |                  \/     
  _______      |      ___________|    __________________________________
/      //______|_ ____\\_        /____\\_                          ....  \_
_\______        /      /        /      /  riSiNG sUN pRESENTS!  ::::  /
\_    /        /      /        /      /    - ---------------- -  ::::  \
/______________\________________\_______\___________________________________\
- -diP------------------------------------------------------------------aSL- -
                                                           
[-                        EReader Load 1.0 (C) Rising Sun                  -]
  __              ____
_\\_)_  _____ _ _/  _/  _____
_)    /_\\_  \_ \___\ _\\_  \_                          i    n    f    o
\____/    /    /____\    /    /
::::: ___/_____\:::_ __________\:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
 
 
country....: Japan/USA                        Japanese/English :.language(s)
rel. date..: 01/01/2003                            01/01/2003 :..store date
system.....: Gameboy Advance                      rs-eread.zip :....filename
size........ tiny ips                          Team Rising Sun :....supplier
       
                                    _____            ____          ___
                                  _\\_  \_  _____  /  //_ __    /  //_____
n    o    t    e    s        _)  /    /_\\_  \_/    _// //____\__      /
                                \__/_____\  /    /______\  _/    |_/______\
: :: ::: ::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::_ __________\:::_ _____\_____|:::::::::
 
Release Notes:
 
First of all, happy new year everyone!
Who would have expected that the useless ereader hardware dumps will be
useful some day? Now we are happy to announce they are.
Thanks to the one who made it possible to dump the actual ereader games.
And ofcourse thanks to the one who made it possible to play on hardware :)
Greetings to all my other RS guys, it was a great year, i love you all!
 
What is this?
=============
 
ERead 1.0 is a modification for the japanese e-reader+ rom, and the english
ereader rom.
This modification will let you fully run all ereader dumps/saves on real gba
hardware.
 
How does it work?
=================
 
Gameboy Advance Hardware:
 
1) Apply the included rs-erjpn.ips patch to the clean dump of the japanese
    ereader+ rom, released by batman.
 
    OR
 
    Apply the included rs-erusa.ips patch to the clean dump of the english
    ereader rom, released by ind.
 
2) Flash the patched rom image to your flashcard.
 
3) Flash a .e+ ereader save dump to your flashcard into the first 128 bank.
    Note: If your software cant flash 128 saves, you have to manually split
          the save to 2x 64 saves and flash them to bank 1 and 2.
 
4) Turn on your gameboy Advance, press A on our warning to continue.
 
5) Select the third japanese menu item to start the flashed game.
 
    OR
 
    Select the third menu item (Access saved data).
 
6) Enjoy!
 
Step 1-3 are only needed to be performed once.
 
General Notes
=============
 
From what we have tested the japanese ereader supports american ereader roms
and the american ereader supports japanese roms aswell.
Just load them as explained above. You might run into problems with
the fontset/gamenames as they are stored in another encoding method.
The method explained above will currently not work on emulators, however we
can confirm it working on the following flash-hardware:
 
Flash2Advance        128M
Flash2Advance        256M
Flash Advance Xtreme  256M
Flash Advance Turbo  128M
All Old Visoly Cards    *M
 
We dont have any XG/EZ hardware to test it on, however it might work with
those aswell.
 
Future
======
 
We dont plan to flood you with ereader dumps now, however you can expect some
in the next days.
 
The next step for our software will be a small menu system to let you choose
several ereader games on your flashcard, so you dont have to flash the save
all the time.
 
 
RS 2004 - we are the future!
 
  ___                _____              ________
_/ _/______  ____ _ _\\_  \_    ______ _\_    /
_)  \_    /_\\_ /___  /    /___ /    /  /_____\    g  r  p  n  o  t  e  s
\____/_____\  _/    /________\  /    /______\
:::::::_ _____\_____\:::::_ ___________\:::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
 
If you're interested in joining RS, one of the most active gba scene groups,
you wont regret it!
 
Get in touch with us...
 
If you have free time during weekdays, and live near a gameshop such as eb,
saturn, mediamarkt, babbages, gamestop or similar, we need you!
 
If you work at a videogame magazine/distributor/etc and got access to pre-
retail handheld games, we need you aswell!
 
If you live in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, Thailand or similar asian
locations and either got access to new pirate carts (d-version) or live near
a videogame retail shop, apply aswell!
 
If you're a game addict and live in japan, china or korea write us too!
 
Site-ops running, *nix sites on atleast 40mbit feel free to
contact us aswell.
 
To contact us please write to: [email protected]
 
We DONT give any support on how to obtain our releases, roms, emulators or
anything like that. We dont give any technical support on how to train or
crack games. All Requests will be ignored.
 
                        ___                __              ____
                      _/ _/______  ____ _ _/ //____. __  _ _/  //_ ___
g  r  e  e  t  s _)  \_    /_\\_ /___  _/    |/ //____.    _//  //_____
                      \____/_____\  _/    /___\_____|  _/    |____\ \__      /
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::_ _____\_____\:::::_ _____\_____|:::_ ___/______\
 
 
        Greetings to all of the guys who supported us since the start,
                    and our friends in the following groups:   
                                                               
          EURASIA - MODE7 - SUPPLEX - VENOM - WRG - CEZAR - SUXXORS!
 
 
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
: :: ::: :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::: ::: :: :
          ::                                                    ::
            : infofile b y ---------- d ipswitch / aerosol / sac :
            :                                                    :
You can search the forum. There's topic about it.
I can't find the patch that is mentioned in the NFO. I searched and found nothing. Unless this is ony Usenet haha.
EDIT: Found the thread but it goes to the same site I found the .bins but I doesn't look like the patch is on there.
 

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I still can't figure out how to convert .raw to .sav though :(. Unless this requires me to whip out the ol' firelinker 128 and flash the saves as .raw or .bin.
 

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I still can't figure out how to convert .raw to .sav though :(. Unless this requires me to whip out the ol' firelinker 128 and flash the saves as .raw or .bin.
Do you by anychance still have that patch?

EDIT: Nvm, found it on an old harddrive. Here's a copy of it so it's not lost again.
 

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Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I've found a few repositories and quite a few savs, but unfortunately not all the raws have corresponding savs. I found some homebrew that I think does what I want, but I'd have to dig out my old wii from storage. Anyways, thanks for getting back to me, I appreciate it!
 

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Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I've found a few repositories and quite a few savs, but unfortunately not all the raws have corresponding savs. I found some homebrew that I think does what I want, but I'd have to dig out my old wii from storage. Anyways, thanks for getting back to me, I appreciate it!
Send me the homebrew for the wii. Mine is hooked up right now.
 

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I can't link the github because I'm a new user, but the homebrew is called "ii-reader" by the user The Revvy.

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This is as close as I can get with emulation. You need to physically insert the e-reader into the gba for it to register, which just isn't possible in dolphin (yet). Good luck!
 

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