Dumping Nintendo 64 cartridges

Yeah, you need drivers to get access to i/o ports in Microsofts NT-based operating systems.

What I am talking about is the mode of the parallel port (standard SPP, IBM bidirectional, EPP 1.7, EPP 1.9, ECP, EPP+ECP etc.). V64jr requires the parallel port to be EPP 1.9 compatible. Other modes don't work AFAIK. So EPP 1.9 emulation in software is really nice (slow, but working) for those who don't have EPP 1.9 compatible hardware.

 

What about the other way out? There is some actual way for connecting EPROM's or similar to the N64 withouth using external hardware? With glue logic or a cheap CPLD it could be sorted out, or it's more extensive?

 

Yeah, you can make a N64 cartridge from EPROM, but EPROM only go up to 32Mbit and are extremely rare at that size.

 

no problem
http://n64.icequake.net/doc/cd64-ppa/parallelportadaptor.html
Mirror

 

For those of you interested in using a GameShark to dump, you can refer to this guide I wrote a year ago:
http://ts.death.angel.googlepages.com/gamesharkstuff

If anyone in Europe needs their carts dumped I am located in Norway

 

Damn, you are a Norwegian ? wow I thought there were only one from my northern neighbour country . Cool, now I know there are more Norwegians on board (sorry to go offtopic) carry on.

 

Thanks marshallh for this excellent guide, because of this we may get a banjo kazooie kiosk rom (it seems to have quite a bit of beta stuff in it).

 

hi,
im looking for an IPL-ROM cart of the 64DD dev unit.
After research in the web i was thinking about making an cart by myself with an flash cart. I found this http://www.ic2005.com/shop/product.php?productid=115&cat=0&page=1 . Im not sure if this works when i get my hands on a ipl-rom image from the dev cart?
Also im not sure if someone have an dump of the cart? Or was only the retail ipl image dumped?
Hope you guys can help me.
regards
Chris

 

Thanks so far! Maybe interested in the Partner-N64 env V2.0 ?

 

best dumping method is Z64 if you have it. Use to own one but had to sell it for money.
Work great for dumping the MASK ROM data or EMULATION playing

 

I recall requesting the GameShark ROM dump feature from the CMGSCCC guys before it was in the software. I mostly used it for accurate screen shots since I had much better ways to dump, but I thought it was an obviously useful feature for others.

You don't need a PAL N64 to dump a PAL game with a V64jr. You can run a 7101 PAL game on 6102, a 7102 PAL game on 6101 (StarFox 64 was the only one), and all the rest relate directly (for example, 6104 = 7104; 6105 = 7105). Even if you cant see it, the software will boot and the dump should still work.

Obsidian made a whole suite of excellent tools with EPP emulation (elim, evek, ziyal, etc). Dextrose blocked their tools because they believed the 8 bytes needed to support each CIC were copyrighted Nintendo code. This was silly because, even if it were protected by copyright, all utilities and homebrew for 6102/7101 games had the standard header bytes for 6102/7101 and no one pulled those. Also, copyright law typically provides an exception for necessary header duplication to allow for code execution. It's why Datel and others could put the Nintendo logo in their unofficial Gameboy stuff to get by the BIOS check on a Gameboy and a NHL Hitz header on the Gamecube.

That would be: YES!

As established earlier in this thread: No. It isn't. It doesn't even work with dev carts.

 

A memory dump from ROM uses code 127. IIRC, you can read any address from rdram or ROM using it from within the GS menus. Copied this from my third GS access demo. Stupidly, I did a disassembly of the possible commands, then got a list from one of the devs ;*) Still not brave enough to try uploading a BIOS.

Original was here, 16bit app built in TurboC 2 on win3.1:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?71ttht1tjyv85x3
I'll have to double-check this code, but if you were using HCS's code source as a base:

Some other random defines:

SH_ROM_DUMP is an interesting one. It dumps a given number of bytes from 80500000. So, if you use it, send the command, then a long size. Don't send an address. Not sure if it's targeting the shell or the trainer honestly.

This demo plays tricks with the trainer and isn't nearly as interesting.

 

G'Day I own a complete N64 pal game collection & am thinking about selling it off. Is there any new hardware out these days that would let me just copy each game cartridge directly to it without having to use a pc?
what would be my best way going about this? cheers,

 

Yes, you could just do that. Cheaper, faster, and much less hassle.

 

Gameshark with Parallel port, laptop (or desktop i guess too) with a parallel port, you're good to go

 

How's the Retrode with N64 protos? Anyone get good results? If anyone even has any n64 protos...

 

Would the GameShark (parallel port version) work with dumping dev carts?

 

It should, I think NESWorld used it to dump all his protos he once said? Too lazy to look for that quote, maybe it was this very topic.

 

Yes, a GS would work on most if not all of them. The only issue that could arise--and it probably wouldn't be an issue even if it were the case--would be something that used nonstandard PI access. The exception is one that's currently undumpable by any means: the N64 test carts.

Worst case, if it won't work by any means there's people here that would dump a proto for you.