Hey everyone, I'm new to the flash cart scene and I wasn't sure where to post this, so feel free to redirect me. I made a program that might be very helpful for you NES PowerPak users out there. I got a PowerPak recently and it's great, but what really stepped it up a notch was the save state mappers from Kalle. The problem now is that if I want to save my save states to the CF card, I need to have a blank save file available for that game. Making blank saves for the few battery-backed NES games wasn't a big deal, but now I need to have multiple blank saves for a crap load of games... Wasn't looking forward to that, so instead I invested that time into a simple tool that solved the problem, and you might find it helpful as well. Basically, you tell the program where your NES ROM files are located (they all have to be together in one folder, as the app wont search sub-directories). You choose how many blank save files you want per game, and then add a (optional) prefix like your name, so your save files wont get mixed up with someone else's. The program then makes a folder called SaveStates. In that folder will be a bunch of folders named after your ROMs. Then inside each of those folders, you will find a bunch of blank save files named after the respective ROM file. Each file is numbered, and includes a prefix if you chose to add one. A sample file path/name might look like this: \SaveStates\Battletoads\Matt Save3 - Battletoads.sav The save files are 32KB, so you can still do regular battery saves, but also have enough room for a save state. I also included a collection of folders named A through Z in case you want to further organize your save files. VB6 source is also included if you want to tweak the program. Download: http://optiontwo.net/files/SaveMaker%201.0.zip NOTE: This program was coded in VB6, and I'm no expert programmer, so don't be surprised if you find a couple of quirks. You will also want to use a program like DriveSort afterwards to make sure your CF card gets sorted properly. Happy retro gaming! -Arrex85
