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I recently setup USB Loader GX (r1271) and created an emunand with it. I have been able to successfully run many VC games (NEOGEO, TurboGrafx, Genesis) and a few WiiWare (Contra ReBirth and Cave Story) using "clOS emuNand" mode, and able to Castlevania ReBirth with neek2o (both from USB Loader GX game overrides or directly from the neek system menu). However, I have been unsuccessful in getting Gradius ReBirth from running (either version 0 or version 257). Launching results in a black screen. I have tried clOS emuNand mode and neek mode. I tried all the suggestions made by Cyan in a post from April 2018 regarding getting this game to run. The game apparently needs IOS55, and I believe I have the latest version of it.

Here is my SysCheck:

Spoiler

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)

Drive date: 09.07.2006
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 38703127
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 69 titles.
Found 46 IOS on this console. 14 of them are stubs.

IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6400): Stub
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 6912): Stub
IOS80 (rev 6944): No Patches
IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 02/04/2019.

The SHA-1 of my Gradius Rebirth (USA) (v257) wad is 88CD16F68C0A55FA0BE05FBD098E974C757E8E84.
The SHA-1 of my Gradius Rebirth (USA) (original version) wad is DC93136AA47BA04D9303F776F1B0E492A85D59E7.

I am also having problems getting World of Goo WiiWare to run from my emunand (either clOS or neek modes). Any recommendations? Thank you.

 

I also tried installing wads LostWinds and Mega Man 9 wads thru USB Loader GX and same issue (black screen after running the game from either clOS emunand or neek).

 

Can i play ntsc games on my softmodded pal console? And which websites you guys are using to find wii games? Cuz i cant find the games i looked for.

 

Yes, but you will need to force some options like force pal60, and we can’t talk about those kinda sites here it is a rule.

 

I tried to play a ntsc game on my console and it actually worked pretty well. And i didnt do that force pal thing i guess. Is it possible without it?

 

It will not be the case with all games, some will work, some won’t.

 

I tried installing the wad of Gradius ReBirth to my system nand and I was able to play it. Now I am curious if the game will run if I create a fresh emuNand dump and run the emuNand copy (and/or pack the wad from the fresh dump and then add it to my previous emunand).

 

Ok thank you so much

 

@bikerspade
yes it will work.

 

curious. did wii64 ever get gameshark support or is it as is?

 

Just got a wii from goodwill for 10 bucks complete dont have an external hdd can I use usb stick to load games after hacking the wii? Can I also load gamecube games off usb? It's the model that has gamecube ports

 

Hello

@budtoka420

Do not use USB keys, it works badly or not with the Wii .prefer an external hard drive in FAT32 for better connectivity (larger capacity)

Yes, you can load Gamecube games and even on SD cards

 

I'm using a Sandisk Cruzer USB 2.0 stick and it's working without issues (my emunand and Wii wbfs files are playing fine from it). Paired with a 256gb SDXC card for Gamecube ISOs and Homebrew Channel apps.

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I redumped my system nand to a new emunand and I'm now able to play all WiiWare games I've install to the new emunand. Very happy everything is working now!

 

They can work, I've used them myself. But if/when issues arise the first problem will most likely turn out to be your flash drive. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, and sometimes they work for a bit and then just stop working (mostly due to the constant writing to the flash drive which has a limited lifespan).

Around here using a flash drive is a crapshoot and generally not recommended due to the number of issues they cause. If your flash drives does work I'd use it only temporarily until you can get an external HDD setup for it. This will save you much grief.

 

Thanks to all that answered will be using a usb stick till I can get an external hdd in closure. You all were very helpful

 

Good afternoon. This is my first time ever hearing or using GBATemp but I was referred to here regarding a question about making my own AR Codes via Cheat Manager on Dolphin from a discussion board on Gamefaqs (Which I never used until now because this was always on my mind). I'll try to be brief. On Youtube, there's this user named CosmoCourtney who shared a guide video to making your own codes without really using anything for the most part in the least most convoluted fashion possible. It was rather straightforward and I was able to locate certain addresses I was looking for to create AR codes and using a certain program to help me create codes. However, I've came at an unfortunate snag at the end of it and I can't figure out why... I'm using a program called "GCNPCCv1.2" (I hope this is okay to address) Where you would take two addresses from your game by locating what you're searching for, dumping them, and following the instructions in order to create your finalized code (Disclaimer: I do not know anything about hex's and such yet I've somehow managed to find what I was looking for...). My problem was that the moment I inserted a Value to go with the Addresses, (I was looking for HP/Digivolution Bars off of Digimon Rumble Arena 2) it claims that "1.Bin was not found" Yet I made sure to rename them according to what was directed. This is really the only obstacle that's stopping me from finishing up the code I've created. For many years, I've been wanting to learn how to create codes and mess around with my box of old Gamecube games for a long time (Paper Mario TTYD forever) but it always required some kind of device, using the internet publicly or something from a program which I honestly couldn't afford to do, etc. With Cheat Manager, I was able to locate Addresses (Somewhat) and was able to create my own codes that would work but I had to make sure they were fully operable considering the Addresses change each time you start up again. Long story short, can someone please explain to me what I'm doing wrong? Apologies if this is rather long... I was wondering if posting this in the "Emulation" subject would be better but I came across this sticky and was wondering if this is acceptable. Thank you to anyone who took their time out of reading this.

 

Which particular new external HDD would your recommend purchasing today?

 

MyBook

I use Western Digital MyBooks, they come with an AC adapter. You can get the size you think you might need 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 6TB or 8TB. I used 4TB drives for a long time and am currently using an 8TB, but that takes a little extra to set up.

I'd stick to a 4TB or under, it'll hold every Wii game, but not enough to also hold all GameCube games at the same time.

I have a spare 10TB MyBook that I haven't tried yet, but would expect it to work as well. I've also been meaning to see how one of my 4TB Western Digital Passport drives with Y-Cable works, this way it could just sit on top of the Wii, but haven't gotten around to that yet either. I need to move the files off it and then play around to see how it works, maybe this weekend.

 

Thanks, I'm very curious about the WD Passport with a y-cable for power, let me know how it works out.

 

Will do. Brought my white one in to work today so I could move the 2TB currently on it to another drive. Will format it afterwards and then try it out tonight to see how it works out.