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jonasrosland [Method 2 - RetroFreak] 		carts:nintendo:nes [2021/10/14 03:01]
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 ===== Methods ===== ===== Methods =====
  
-  - Sanni Cartreader +  - [[#Method 1 - Sanni Cart Reader|Sanni Cart Reader]] 
-  - RetroFreak+  - [[#Method 2 - RetroFreak|RetroFreak]]
  
-==== Method 1 - Sanni Cartreader ====+==== Method 1 - Sanni Cart Reader ====
  
 To read Nintendo/Famicom cartridges you need the [[https://github.com/sanni/cartreader/tree/master/pcb/adapters|NES(or Famicom) to SNES adapter PCB]] and have the configuration switches set like so: To read Nintendo/Famicom cartridges you need the [[https://github.com/sanni/cartreader/tree/master/pcb/adapters|NES(or Famicom) to SNES adapter PCB]] and have the configuration switches set like so:
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 Once you've turned off the RetroFreak, you can take out the SD card and look the contents and verify your unencrypted dumps. Once you've turned off the RetroFreak, you can take out the SD card and look the contents and verify your unencrypted dumps.
  
-They should have names such as `homebrewgame-decrypted.NES` and `awesomehomebrew-decrypted.SFC`.+They should have names such as `homebrewgame-decrypted.NES` or `awesomehomebrew-decrypted.SFC`.
  
-////Needs verification// You might also be able to use the above method to dump an unencrypted BIOS of your Famicom Disk System. Plug in the RAM adapter and follow the instructions above to save the encrypted BIOS on your SD card. Then start an FDS game that you have loaded onto the SD card and the BIOS should be dumped into the same location as mentioned above.// +//**Needs verification** You might also be able to use the above method to dump an unencrypted BIOS of your Famicom Disk System. Plug in the RAM adapter and follow the instructions above to save the encrypted BIOS on your SD card. Then start an FDS game that you have loaded onto the SD card and the BIOS should be dumped into the same location as mentioned above.//
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-===== Verification ===== +
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-Description of how to verify that is a dump is correct.+
  
 ===== Identifying Game Versions ===== ===== Identifying Game Versions =====
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 Most of the time, only one of the chips will have an incremented version number. There's not necessarily a direct link between the version number on the chips and the "cannonical" revision of the combined (PRG+CHR) ROM, but it can generally be worked out by looking at other information. And sometimes the chipped are bonded/globbed, so you can't see what is written on them (if anything). Some carts only have a PRG chip. Most of the time, only one of the chips will have an incremented version number. There's not necessarily a direct link between the version number on the chips and the "cannonical" revision of the combined (PRG+CHR) ROM, but it can generally be worked out by looking at other information. And sometimes the chipped are bonded/globbed, so you can't see what is written on them (if anything). Some carts only have a PRG chip.
  
-===== Gathering Dump Info ===== +===== Gathering and Submitting Dump Info =====
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-<code -> +
-Dumping tool:  +
-Dumper:  +
-Affiliation:  +
-Dump creation date:  +
-Dump release date:  +
- +
-Title:  +
-Region:  +
-Edition:  +
-Languages:  +
-Language Select:  +
-WikiData ID: +
- +
-Size:  +
-CRC32:  +
-MD5:  +
-SHA-1:  +
-SHA-256:  +
-</code>+
  
-  * General Note: If you are submitting this info to a person/group in order for them to add it to a database, you can skip the transcription of some things, and leave it to them. But it can make the process smoother if you do the transcription yourself.+See [[submission:nintendo-carts|Gathering and Submitting Dump Info for Nintendo carts]]
  
-===== Submitting Dump Info ===== 
-{{wst>submitting_dump_info_nointro}} 
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