Unnofficial SNES9X GX Edition - Snes Emulator for Nintendo Wii

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April 4th, 2008, 22:27
Ryan915

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Originally Posted by rc11982

OK I have read thru the thread and need some help I am new to the Wii Homebrew... To run this Emu this is what I need to do right?

Install the LOZ: TP Hack... Just like and other game save

Then place the rename the SNES.elf to boot.elf and place it on the main part in no folder on the SD card

Ex J:\boot.elf

and a roms folder

J:\roms

Right?

I have been looking for a guide on how to do this if anyone knows where there is one please point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Yeah that sounds right to me, give it a go and post back if you have any problems.

Edit: Uploaded a pic of my SD card if it helps, and added a video on youtube which briefly shows loading the rom once you've got the emulator loaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un-AP...?v=un-APi34ri0

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7978/wiisddr9.th.gif
April 4th, 2008, 22:54
myownfreeworld

Great app! I'm loving super mario allstars
April 4th, 2008, 23:55
vicious1988

Just so you guys know I am working on a guide right now. I should have it complete and available by later tommorow (4-6pm ET).
April 5th, 2008, 00:07
h2923j42n2

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Originally Posted by DimensionT

Now I remember why I don't come here often anymore.

Yeah. The fact that there is a seventeen page thread on GameFAQs, linking to this thread, doesn't help matters either.
April 5th, 2008, 00:22
vicious1988

Wow, usually stuff I release goes about 3 pages and never jumps forums.
April 5th, 2008, 00:29
klub242

Hey vicious, do you have a few minutes you could maybe help me figure out what's going on with my gamecube memory card? I've tried playing a rom and saving the sram but it doesn't seem to work. It says __ bytes save succesfully and ___ bytes loaded succesfully (the number in the blank depends on the game i try to save), but it never actually loads the save file because it never shows up in game. When I look at the saves on the memory card with the save data manager on my wii, it shows one file for each game i've tried saving that takes up 1 block and the file name is all y's. Seems like it is saving corrupted. It's a 128mb nyko card.

Do you think there is any way to fix that?
April 5th, 2008, 01:05
vicious1988

I seen you posted about that on tehskeen. I'm not sure why that happens. Someone else had a problem with their card on Slot A and it worked fine on Slot B. Maybe try that?

Your could probably try formatting your card, might help.
April 5th, 2008, 01:07
klub242

how do i format a gamecube memory card? Sounds like a good idea to me... but i have no idea how to do that :P
April 5th, 2008, 01:13
vicious1988

Its in the Wii options.
April 5th, 2008, 01:15
klub242

oh awesome thanks... i never noticed that option lol *feels dumb*
April 5th, 2008, 01:18
vicious1988

BTW I just release the guide for new users that way you don't have to ask the same question 100 times here. Finished it sooner than I figured I would.

http://dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthr...post2148045696
April 5th, 2008, 01:52
klub242

Hmm well i never did find that format button, oh well.

I could get a game to load, play, hit the save sram button, then hit reset emulator, and the save would still be there. however if i hit load sram and try playing it again the saved stuff never shows up XD

Should i just give up until the next devkit update is out?
April 5th, 2008, 02:24
vicious1988

I guess the Wii doesn't have a format button. I know you can format it on a gamecube though.

I really don't know what to say. I see no reason why it doesn't save properly. It save all y's right? It doesn't make sense.
April 5th, 2008, 05:05
Nintendog66

I need help with this, how do i do it and what do I need? I already have an SD card...
April 5th, 2008, 05:36
h2923j42n2

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Originally Posted by Nintendog66

I need help with this, how do i do it and what do I need? I already have an SD card...

- Wii version of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
- SD Card, which you say you already have.
- A way to access your SD card on a computer.

Download the Twilight Hack by clicking here, and follow these instructions on how to install it onto your SD card, and then copy that file over to your Wii.

EDIT: If you have any problems with the above Twilight Hack (3a), try 3b by downloading it here

Next, download SNES9X (newest version here). Rename the .elf file to 'boot.elf'. Make a folder named 'roms', and place your ROMs in there. I believe filenames are limited to fifty characters, including the .smc extension. Now, place the SD card into the Wii, start up Twilight Princess, select 'Twilight Hack' on the character selection screen. When the game starts, either talk to the other guy in the area, or run backwards. The ELF loader will start, and the emulator should boot up.
April 5th, 2008, 05:46
Nintendog66

sorry you had to go through all that when I just clicked the link above from vicious and followed the instructions lol

But I have a problem, when the emulator starts I go "Play game" and the screen goes all weird and some green and red lines show, with something I suppose is a "command" or something below that shows for a couple of seconds, last time I only got to see "corrupted rom" or something like that, along with other characters that didn't make sense... I can go back into the snes9x menu by pressing L+R+Z(actually i don't know the exact combination so i just press them all =P).

If the Rom's are the problem then where can I get ROMs that would work?

any ideas?
April 5th, 2008, 06:00
h2923j42n2

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Originally Posted by Nintendog66

sorry you had to go through all that when I just clicked the link above from vicious and followed the instructions lol

But I have a problem, when the emulator starts I go "Play game" and the screen goes all weird and some green and red lines show, with something I suppose is a "command" or something below that shows for a couple of seconds, last time I only got to see "corrupted rom" or something like that, along with other characters that didn't make sense... I can go back into the snes9x menu by pressing L+R+Z(actually i don't know the exact combination so i just press them all =P).

If the Rom's are the problem then where can I get ROMs that would work?

any ideas?

When you load the emulator, did you select "Load New Game", "Load From Front", and selected the game you wanted to play, first? Also, Z+R takes you back to the SNES9X menu.
April 5th, 2008, 06:05
Nintendog66

Ohhhh!!!! I didn't know I had to "load" the rom first, hehehe I'm so stupid :P

Thank you VERY VERY MUCH! :D
April 5th, 2008, 06:15
Nintendog66

oh and just one more question(I SWEAR this is my last one :P), will I ever be able to update my Wii again? because nintendo bricks my wii if it finds something fishy going on in it... like the twilight hack...
April 5th, 2008, 06:25
h2923j42n2

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Originally Posted by Nintendog66

oh and just one more question(I SWEAR this is my last one :P), will I ever be able to update my Wii again? because nintendo bricks my wii if it finds something fishy going on in it... like the twilight hack...

The newest update contains a fix for an exploit on the Wii firmware, which allows things like homebrew channels to be added to the Wii. It is unclear what will happen if a homebrew channel is installed when that fix is activated. The Twilight Hack does not alter anything on the Wii, so it will not cause a brick. I suppose a new update could possibly patch the Twilight Hack, by making it check Zelda saves to make sure the horses name (Epona) is correct. They can't patch the exploit that exists on already issued discs, however.
April 5th, 2008, 06:28
Nintendog66

Great thanks again. I never really owned a SNES, I ddi a jump from the NES to the N64, sometimes played teh SNES on my friends but I never really owned one now it time for some delicious gaming :P
April 5th, 2008, 08:11
footballer62

wow! i just tried this, and got it working in about 10 minutes, its amazing!!!!!!!! i cant wait till full sd card support is available! im lovin this! keep up the amazing work!
April 5th, 2008, 18:46
kingslime80

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Thanks to the bits of information collected and made public by the wiibrew.org and libogc communities we have been able to write a block driver to use SD cards through the Nintendo Wii front SD card slot. The driver provides read /write support and performance is fine (2.1 MB/s reads on my normal SD cards) compared to the classic SD card adapter driver.

Does this mean we'll be able to save our games soon?:thumbup:
April 5th, 2008, 19:31
tehnoir

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Originally Posted by kingslime80

Does this mean we'll be able to save our games soon?:thumbup:

Do people think that if they keep asking over and over that it will come sooner?
April 5th, 2008, 20:01
ringo20000

I was wondering which version of Seiken Densetsu 3 is the best translation? Is it this one: Seiken Densetsu 3 (J) [T+Eng1.01_NCorlett+LNFT][h1][f1] (bug fixes).smc? I really liked the original Secret of Mana and thought I would finally play this one.
April 5th, 2008, 22:18
kingslime80

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Originally Posted by tehnoir

Do people think that if they keep asking over and over that it will come sooner?

Not really, but it pays to hope. :cool:
April 5th, 2008, 22:36
kingslime80

Can we get the next release to read the full Rom name? Having Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart and Super Mario All-Stars it's tough to tell which one is which.
April 5th, 2008, 22:46
ringo20000

If I have more than one sram file on my memory card and I try to load the sram for super punch out I am getting no save file found and I also can't save the sram getting an unable to create error. My other sram saves seem to load correctly it is just this one that I can see for now.

I also found that if I do a move or copy between an unofficial and official memory card I get an unable to mount memory card when I go into the emulator. Removing the memory card and reinserting seems to allow it to be read.
April 5th, 2008, 23:23
myownfreeworld

Yeah, full rom names and support for files with different symbols would make it perfect ^^
April 6th, 2008, 00:23
Jay6

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Originally Posted by ringo20000

If I have more than one sram file on my memory card and I try to load the sram for super punch out I am getting no save file found and I also can't save the sram getting an unable to create error. My other sram saves seem to load correctly it is just this one that I can see for now.

I also found that if I do a move or copy between an unofficial and official memory card I get an unable to mount memory card when I go into the emulator. Removing the memory card and reinserting seems to allow it to be read.

I have the same issue with Seiken Densetsu 3. I try to load its save, and it says there isn't one. I try to save over the file, and I get "Error Create: -7 0" All others work fine.
April 6th, 2008, 02:30
ringo20000

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Originally Posted by Jay6

I have the same issue with Seiken Densetsu 3. I try to load its save, and it says there isn't one. I try to save over the file, and I get "Error Create: -7 0" All others work fine.

That's interesting because it starting happening after I created a Seiken Densetsu 3 sram file. It seems like that sram file corrupts something. Try making that the only sram file on the memory card and see if that works.
April 6th, 2008, 04:17
Shiro786

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Originally Posted by OutPhaseIccy

It was just in my roms file when I downloaded the files found on the first page of this topic.

As for it being a rare occasion that SD cards don't work, could it be that my card is actually a Micro SD card in a normal SD Card shell? Its essentially an SD card, its just smaller, so I don't see what the problem is.

Wrong. No.

I'm using a MicroSD card with an SD Card Adapter (Kingston 2GB Japan, just in case you're wondering), and it works flawlessly. You either have a bad memory card, or you're doing something wrong.
April 6th, 2008, 05:49
mothball

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Originally Posted by Jay6

I have the same issue with Seiken Densetsu 3. I try to load its save, and it says there isn't one. I try to save over the file, and I get "Error Create: -7 0" All others work fine.

Open the ROM in a hex editor, find the ROM name and change one letter to something else. Then try it again. Super Mario RPG did the same thing, so I did that and now it works perfectly.
April 6th, 2008, 06:25
gamer4250

Hey guys, I currently don't own a 3rd party memory card, and I'm wanting to go and buy a used one for cheap. Does anyone know which specific brands/products work, and maybe some recommendations? Thanks for the help.

Oh, and I'm using a micro SD card with an adapter and the emulator works like a charm.

EDIT: Also, will there be support for front slot SD card SRAM saving in the future? And anytime soon?
April 6th, 2008, 06:54
h2923j42n2

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Originally Posted by gamer4250

Hey guys, I currently don't own a 3rd party memory card, and I'm wanting to go and buy a used one for cheap. Does anyone know which specific brands/products work, and maybe some recommendations? Thanks for the help.

Oh, and I'm using a micro SD card with an adapter and the emulator works like a charm.

EDIT: Also, will there be support for front slot SD card SRAM saving in the future? And anytime soon?

I have a Datel memory card, and have had no problems so far saving to it. I have also heard that you can save to an Action Replay memory card, but I can't confirm that. Support for saving to the front SD will most likely be added when the libraries are updated. I don't know when the updated libraries will be released.
April 6th, 2008, 06:57
OutPhaseIccy

There's only one problem I'm having with the emulator (other than saving because it doesn't work lol)

When I go to load a rom, it shows the first 6 or 7 roms, then when I go to view more by just going down, after the last rom on the screen, the cursor will just disappear, but I can still pick the roms. Say for example, I have 10 roms. The first 7 show. When I go to select the 8th, the cursor will dissappear from the 7th, but the list of games won't go to the 8th. However, if I pressed the A button, it would load the 8th.

Basically I can't see what I'm picking if I'm picking through more than 7 or so roms.
April 6th, 2008, 07:02
Jay6

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Originally Posted by OutPhaseIccy

There's only one problem I'm having with the emulator (other than saving because it doesn't work lol)

When I go to load a rom, it shows the first 6 or 7 roms, then when I go to view more by just going down, after the last rom on the screen, the cursor will just disappear, but I can still pick the roms. Say for example, I have 10 roms. The first 7 show. When I go to select the 8th, the cursor will dissappear from the 7th, but the list of games won't go to the 8th. However, if I pressed the A button, it would load the 8th.

Basically I can't see what I'm picking if I'm picking through more than 7 or so roms.

On the Load from Front screen, on the D-Pad, press right to view the others if you have more than 7 or 8. Also, saving is only supported by 3rd party gcn memory cards.
April 6th, 2008, 07:02
h2923j42n2

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutPhaseIccy

There's only one problem I'm having with the emulator (other than saving because it doesn't work lol)

When I go to load a rom, it shows the first 6 or 7 roms, then when I go to view more by just going down, after the last rom on the screen, the cursor will just disappear, but I can still pick the roms. Say for example, I have 10 roms. The first 7 show. When I go to select the 8th, the cursor will dissappear from the 7th, but the list of games won't go to the 8th. However, if I pressed the A button, it would load the 8th.

Basically I can't see what I'm picking if I'm picking through more than 7 or so roms.

Press Left or Right on the GameCube controller to be able to see the rest of the ROMs.
April 6th, 2008, 07:13
gamer4250

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Originally Posted by h2923j42n2

I have a Datel memory card, and have had no problems so far saving to it. I have also heard that you can save to an Action Replay memory card, but I can't confirm that. Support for saving to the front SD will most likely be added when the libraries are updated. I don't know when the updated libraries will be released.

Alright, thanks.

Can you give any sort of estimate, as in by the end of the summer, by the end of april, etc etc
April 6th, 2008, 07:20
Jay6

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Originally Posted by mothball

Open the ROM in a hex editor, find the ROM name and change one letter to something else. Then try it again. Super Mario RPG did the same thing, so I did that and now it works perfectly.

Tried this, didn't work. Should I try changing a different letter, or... what?

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