Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

[Request] OutRun (Switch port) restoration

ShadowOne333

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Aug 9, 2020

I am redirecting this request from a friend at RHDN, which is requesting a hack for the port of OutRun on Switch.

Basically, a graphics hack for the official Switch port of OutRun that will restore the original appearance of the car where it looked like the Ferrari Testarossa Spider:

Including change the appearances of the alternate colored cars to look like the Testarossa as well.
It's a great port, but it's not the same without the Testarossa. Hopefully this is possible to make.

Including change the appearances of the alternate colored cars to look like the Testarossa as well.
Including restore the original appearances of the Porsche car and the Marlboro lookalike sign as well.
My friend found out they were also censored in this port from this article he read: http://reassembler.blogspot.com/2014/04/3ds-outrun.html
It's a great port, but it's not the same without the Testarossa along with the other stuff they changed. Hopefully this is possible to make

Also, if it's possible to restore the USSR references back to Zangief in Ultra Street Fighter II, especially you can grab some of the content from HD Remix.

Last edited by ShadowOne333, Aug 23, 2020

ROM Hack [Request] OutRun (Switch port) restoration

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