Open AGB Firm Save Issue

[sonictopfan]

Since I deleted my GBA injects (as I mentioned in a previous thread) I decided to use AGB Firm to play my GBA collection instead... unfortunately I noticed most games do not read my saves, what am I doing wrong? Is there a specific setup or a tool to convert my saves to wirk on AGB Firm?

 

[Kwyjor]

unfortunately I noticed most games do not read my saves

What exactly did you do with your saves..? I hope you backed them up before you deleted your VC injects.

open_agb_firm stores save data on the SD card, while VC injects install saves to the NAND. You should have no trouble finding abundant documentation about this.

 

[yaketyJack]

The save files have the bytes reserved, you need to convert them, using this tool:

https://exelotl.github.io/gba-eeprom-save-fix/

 

[sonictopfan]

The save files have the bytes reserved, you need to convert them, using this tool:

https://exelotl.github.io/gba-eeprom-save-fix/

Thank you, will test this later.

Post automatically merged: Jun 24, 2025

The save files have the bytes reserved, you need to convert them, using this tool:

https://exelotl.github.io/gba-eeprom-save-fix/

Yeah no, this did not work, if anything it broke the games that were already working, thanks though.

 

[yaketyJack]

Then you probably have your saves in a strange format, not the normal GBA saves format. You probably need to extract saves from the 3DS format to GBA format. Try to see if saves work in a GBA emulator

Post automatically merged: Jun 24, 2025

Also, there are eeprom saves and battery saves. So that might be the reason some work, some dont.