Concatenating (sp?) .NES roms
I used TNINES on my other computer, but since I've set up a work area with an old laptop with vista, it does not work! I am not in the mood to reinstall a new OS because I am quite happy with my set up, but what is a good way to bump up the PRG and CHR to fill up an EPROM? For example, my CHR is 16kb, and the EPROM i'm using is a 512, I need to stack my CHR 4 times!
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copy /b a.bin+a.bin+a.bin+a.bin b.bin
Now onto my most recent problem!
So I am trying to put Extra Mario Brothers onto a cart, it has a 64kb PRG file and 16kb CHR file.
Super Mario Bros uses an NROM which from my understanding mean no rewiring, simply drop in replacements, correct?
Anyways, I pop off the chips, get two blank 512 eproms, then I burn the PRG which is already 64kb, then I copy my CHR 4 times (via thefox's method), burn that onto another blank 512, solder them in place, and instead of going to the main screen, it starts up with a very glitchy and unplayable final boss fight with huge bowser. The screen scrolls back and forth along with the ground that mario stands on, and even though I can move and jump eventually it glitches bowser into me and you cannot avoid it and die.
Why is this happening? Chips were blank, file was copied to the correct size (64kb) and they were soldered in just fine, dare I say, perfectly! Any clues as to why this is happening?
The board I am using is an NROM-256 and my chips are generic 27C512 and my donor cart is SOCCER
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=63070
SMB uses nrom, but the patched rom uses MMC3 (mapper 4). Not sure if it requires wram (TS) or a battery on board (TK).
And if it does use MMC3, Is there an NROM board that supports that chip? Also, why would SMB require WRAM or a battery?
3Gen, I drop my roms onto ReadNES3 for it to split them, how to I copy them onto eachother? Currently I am copying them to my Windows 7 computer and using DOS because I do not think Vista uses DOS
Thank you for the replies!
lol, Vista has MSDOS. type CMD in your run command or in your search box.
ReadNES3 is done in MSDOS for example you do READNES3 Mario2.nes 2 2, this would double the PRG and CHR for example, if you don't want to do the copy /b moment within dos.
READNES3 splits the .nes file and doubles it, it's a very nice program.
Emulator programs tend to tell you what kind of donor you should use as well.
Originally posted by: ThrashOmen
Lincoln, how do you know that it uses MMC3 after the patch? And do you mean the Extra Mario Bros patch or are you talking about a seperate patch that allows it to be played on a cart? (ie. I know there is an MMC3 patch for SMB2j)
And if it does use MMC3, Is there an NROM board that supports that chip? Also, why would SMB require WRAM or a battery?
3Gen, I drop my roms onto ReadNES3 for it to split them, how to I copy them onto eachother? Currently I am copying them to my Windows 7 computer and using DOS because I do not think Vista uses DOS
Thank you for the replies!
I looked at the rom after patching. The rom header specifies which mapper the game uses. A decent splitter (famirom included) will tell you that info when you load the rom.
NROM is no mapper, it's just direct access to PRG and CHR from the cpu. MMC3 games use the TxROM series of boards. SMB doesn't require ram or a battery, but you're not dealing with SMB any more after you patch the rom. Hacks sometimes make use of ram to allow for advanced features, and some build a save system in requiring a battery (and ram). For example, there is a Metroid hack that replaces the password system with savegames in ram, which means that version of the rom requires a battery in the cart, where the original doesn't.
Originally posted by: Gorillazero
lol, Vista has MSDOS. type CMD in your run command or in your search box.
Windows 98 (possibly ME) was the last Windows that used DOS. Windows 2000 and up (XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012) all have a command line/shell interface. Just an FYI
Also, the RUN box is great, but if you want to see the results after you execute a command, you're better off dropping into a command prompt, otherwise the shell window will just disappear.
It would be fantastic if it was simple and could suggest donor carts! Also, I enjoy windowed mode