Hacking Nintendo Switch "Cartridge Backup/Backup Loader" Discussion

[Cava]

Amazing. How can produce .nsp from xci?

 

[pOOB73]

# Rename all *.xci to *.nsp
for f in *.xci; do
mv -- "$f" "${f%.xci}.nsp"
done

Amazing. How can produce .nsp from xci?

 

[Cava]

# Rename all *.xci to *.nsp

So funny.

 

[pOOB73]

So funny.

Tried asking Alexa?

 

[Zumoly]

A backup loader has to have a signature check of some kinda before a /CFW can even load a flashcart/FC dump XCI file, but there isn't one those yet.

But in the homebrew section people are able to run NES/SNES/Megadrive/NeoGeo titles without signature checks. Maybe the backup loader doesn't need to go through the usual Horizon route. What if it's developed as a homebrew instead?

 

[Cava]

Tried asking Alexa?

Only Siri

 

[Zumoly]

I am kinda in the same boat as you man!
I mean an emulator (as homebrew) for the megradrive games would be qualified as piracy right? Then again it's accepted and used. But when it comes to the native Switch games, it's frowned upon? Maybe for the sake of protecting themselves they don't endorse piracy in public statement. Rather they would imply that "you can pirate but with moderation" and discreetly.
Otherwise I don't see the need to crack open the console just to be told: "no you don't need/won't have this particular feature cause it's bad!"

Are you kidding me? I practically LIVE for philosophical debates. What I find incredibly ironic is how pro-developer GBATemp as a whole acts. And by developers, obviously I'm referring to those who come up with the hacks, homebrew, and hexadecimal code. Those same people usually loathe the "real" developers that work at Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft making the same games that this community cracks wide apart. Yet, whenever piracy is brought up into the mix, they do a morality shift and start defending them. I realize I'm oversimplifying the process and the same people who detest Nintendo devs aren't the ones who defend them in these types of discussions. But its like people want to claim the moral high-ground whenever they have the chance without regards to their morality when it comes to everything else. You may not pirate games but, for example, getting more change than you're supposed to and not doing anything are equally as bad in principle.

 

[fixingmytoys]

thinking it might be eshop stuff ie like PKG files from PSN but from ninty eshop , i could be wrong

 

[noX1609]

Ah ok but Games are dumped as a xci right? So would be great if we could run this files That was meant by „installing the xci“ (thought the xci need to be installed). Or is there a method to dump my games as a nsp so i can install it and don‘t habe to carry around all the cards.

 

[riahc3]

Not that long
A meme gift from Rei will be deliver to you soon.

Thats MAME, not a backup loader.

 

[Wurztha]

So now we have the ability to play backups. Is there a way for us to dump our owned cartridges to SD so that they can be played without carrying them all around?

 

[Wierd_w]

So now we have the ability to play backups. Is there a way for us to dump our owned cartridges to SD so that they can be played without carrying them all around?

WAINCartDumper

Dumps carts as XCI files. Works.

 

[Rel]

So now we have the ability to play backups. Is there a way for us to dump our owned cartridges to SD so that they can be played without carrying them all around?

Yes using gcdumptool and SX OS to load the .XCI files https://gbatemp.net/threads/gcdumptool-yet-another-nintendo-switch-game-card-dump-tool.508343/