Gaming Revo K101. Problems with loading saved games.

[lordgoober]

btw how do you update the firmware on this device anyway?

 

[SpikeSpiegel03]

!! WARNING !!!

1. Download the firmware update file "K_FW.bin"
2. Copy "K_FW.bin" to your TF card and be sure to put the file under root directory
3. Keep pressing and holding the SELECT button and switch on your device's Power switch
4. You will see the following message shown on the screen:

New firmware loaded.
B: Abort & test firmware
START: Update firmware to SPI

5. Press "START" button to update Or Press "B" button to quit and test the new firmware

6. If you choose "START", you will see the following message:

Updating SPI...
K_FW.BIN

7. When finished, please switch off and then power on your device again.
8. Everything should be done now.
(9. If something wrong, repeat the update procedure again.)

 

[SpikeSpiegel03]

Questions:

What does it means P into title (http://www.advanscene.com/) ?

0870 P The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past & Four Swords

It seems that problem comes with this kind of games.With the new firmware save states seems working better with mario kart super circuit, but when i saved into zelda all my savestates are destroyed (strange and not normal).

On http://www.advanscene.com/, there is another rom:
0870 The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past & Four Swords

Save type is marked as Patched: Eeprom v122 - 64 kbit (Patched)
What does it means ?

Can someone confirm that there is still an issue with new firmware ?

Thanks.

 

[alexei_gp]

I will test the new firmware,i hope they fix the save issue on the revo

 

[Another World]

the problem is not that we can not save, the problem is that saves are disappearing. the games save perfectly, we can usually load those saves many times. then, for no reason, we power up, launch the game, and the saves are missing. the issue is completely unrelated to the size of the rom. the issue, again, is not with saving but with saves being deleted or corrupted, etc, at some point.

i always verify my roms by CRC before testing. that way i can rule out the rom as being the problem. the same roms save fine with various flash kits and emulation. the issue must be revo related.

Save type is marked as Patched: Eeprom v122 - 64 kbit (Patched) What does it means ?

its possible the rom was released patched for sram, as so many flash kits were using it.

http://gbatemp.net/threads/gba-tools-and-software.4562/

i don't know how the revo is handling the different save types. if they are simply creating a virtual sram, then perhaps some files need to be patched for sram before we use them.

-another world

 

[SpikeSpiegel03]

Thanks, another world you right, the problem is not that we can not save, the problem is that saves are disappearing.
And it's the same issue with the new firmware (see my last posts).

 

[alexei_gp]

I have the same problem every game i used to save,the save is corrupted.this new fimware update doesnt fix the problem of thr saving issue.

 

[ruilong]

Feedback on saving games for this game:

Super Mario Advance 3 - Yoshi's Island

The manufacture had tried to play this game on Revo k101. And it can be saved well. Here is what they done:

Simply turn off the K101 and the game is saved to the TF card. This is because Revo K101 is designed with "Soft" Power On and OFF. You guy can try this way to check if the game can be save of not.

To format the TF card, we did it under Windows XP. Selected FAT16/32 to format the TF card. DON'T USE NTFS!

The manufacture mentioned a tool called " GBA Tool Advance "- short called "GTA“ to make the plus to all Roms. This make sure all the save files to the SRAM memory mode. You can also try it.

 

[Fluto]

If it helps I have also been a victim of the random save deletion.
It happened to two games for me so far:
-Pokemon Emerald
-Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
I'm afraid to play, since losing game progress is a major downer (like the The Walking Dead save bug)

I'm using the TF card provided with the system.

 

[Another World]

the end-user should be not responsible for sram save patching their gba roms. the firmware should automatically do this when the game is loaded from msd into dram. i will double check all my roms, patch for sram, and see if saves are still deleted. i hope the problem is as simple as save type detection.

-another world

 

[Parasite X]

I don't know if it's just me but does anyone else notice the lag in certain parts of Super Mario The Last Quest and the buzzing in Super Mario Bros 4.

 

[alexei_gp]

Any progress for the revo k101 saving issue?the last firmware doesnt fix the problem.im waiting for the real solution of this problem.

 

[Dr0zD]

I can not save in 32Mb games, is it right? Will it work with original cartridge?

 

[Xuio]

You can save in 32Mb games, you just don't have access to special-revo-menu, in them.

 

[Dr0zD]

I can't save in "Turtles 1". May I be doing something wrong? What is a "soft on and off"?

 

[Xuio]

I have no problem with saving in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (I've patched rom for sram like another world said in #50). If I understand correctly, "soft off" means that when you turn off revo with power button, console will write save file on the microsd card automatically. What is "soft on" - i have no idea

 

[ruilong]

I have no problem with saving in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (I've patched rom for sram like another world said in #50). If I understand correctly, "soft off" means that when you turn off revo with power button, console will write save file on the microsd card automatically. What is "soft on" - i have no idea

You are right. That is what "soft off" means.

 

[Xuio]

Unfortunately i'm too having despairing - saves issue, with Metroid - Zero Mission (U), to be precise. I couldn't patch it for sram, because gba-tool didn't allow me to do so (?). I don't know if it helps, but i've played some gb/nes/sms games before i've load metroid zero mission (i haven't restart revo because i was using softmenu option *+L).

ps. i'm running revo with newest firmware

 

[alexei_gp]

I have no problem with saving in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (I've patched rom for sram like another world said in #50). If I understand correctly, "soft off" means that when you turn off revo with power button, console will write save file on the microsd card automatically. What is "soft on" - i have no idea

You patched your games with sram and dont have saving delete? Im glad to hear the saving issue is gone...so my games will be patched with sram.Any tools for gba patching sram? gba tool is okay but i want another patching tools.

 

[Another World]

I couldn't patch it for sram, because gba-tool didn't allow me to do so (?)

probably because the game already uses SRAM.

Rom Info:
Internal Name ZEROMISSIONE
Serial AGB-BMXE-USA
Version 1.0
Crc32 5C61A844
Complement 1D
Size 64 Mbit
Save Type Sram v113 - 256 kbit

-another world