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2 ROMs that do not work with Snes9x!
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:00 am
by XICO2KX
Hello!
From my
SNES ROM collection, there are 2 ROMs that unfortunately don't work with
Snes9x...
I'm using the latest version
snes9x-1.52-win32.fix4.
When I load either one of these ROMs, there's only a black screen and nothing happens...
I've uploaded them here: -link removed; linking to ROMs is against the rules-
And here's the info...
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File: Primal Rage.smc
Name: PRIMAL RAGE
Speed: 31/FastROM
ROM Map: HiROM
Type: 00
Kart contents: ROM
Header ROM Size: 32Mbits
Calculated ROM Size: 24 Mbits
SRAM size: 0Kbits (0Kbit)
Actual Checksum: BD32
Header Checksum: BD32
Header Checksum Compliment: 42CD
Output: NTSC 60Hz
CRC32: 3753E4B6
Licensee: Konami
ROM Version: 1.0
Region: USA/Canada
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File: Yoshi's Island.smc
Name: YOSHI'S ISLAND
Speed: 20/SlowROM
ROM Map: LoROM
Type: 15
Kart contents: ROM+RAM+BAT+Super FX
Header ROM Size: 16Mbits
Calculated ROM Size: 16 Mbits
SRAM size: 256Kbits (256Kbit)
Actual Checksum: E10B
Header Checksum: E10B
Header Checksum Compliment: 1EF4
Output: PAL 50Hz
CRC32: 7BDC6A78
Licensee: Nintendo
ROM Version: 1.0
Region: Oceania, Europe, and Asia
Can the problem be fixed so they can be played?
Thank you very much!
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:41 am
by the_randomizer
Yoshi's Island works perfectly, as I've used it many times on that version.
SnesPurify will make the ROM clean, or in other words, make it so it doesn't have any weird headers in it, hopefully making it usable -
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b54ch75 ... purify.rar
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:45 am
by OV2
Primal Rage is a known bug, it will be fixed in the next version.
Yoshi's Island should have no problems, you probably have a bad rom.
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:10 am
by XICO2KX
OV2 wrote:Primal Rage is a known bug, it will be fixed in the next version.
Yoshi's Island should have no problems, you probably have a bad rom.
Ok, I'll wait for the next version then!
the_randomizer wrote:Yoshi's Island works perfectly, as I've used it many times on that version.
SnesPurify will make the ROM clean, or in other words, make it so it doesn't have any weird headers in it, hopefully making it usable -
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b54ch75 ... purify.rar
I've downloaded the latest
snespurify v05 from the
official website and it renamed the file to
.sfc but it still doesn't load in
Snes9x!
Can you please tell me other good
rom-fixing tools?
Thanks!
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:47 am
by badinsults
Have you checked to see if the ROM image is interleaved? If it is, then it won't work.
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:34 pm
by adventure_of_link
Just as a heads-up, don't link to ROMs (even if they are bad and you want them verified). Link removed. Posting the ROM info and/or a CRC32 is more than enough.
and to expand on badinsults's post, the ROM info (the text that comes up when you first load a ROM) should be white for both games. Yellow may run (though it shouldn't be yellow; the checksum seems good on both games), but any other color won't. Cyan, orange, and green mean the ROM is interleaved in some way. Red means the ROM was TOTALLY hacked and won't run at all.
Also, you can try NSRT to fix the ROM. the link is in my sig.
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:01 pm
by kolechovski
A reminder, what does interleaving do exactly?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:02 am
by adventure_of_link
kolechovski wrote:A reminder, what does interleaving do exactly?
IIRC it arranges the ROM parts in a format the copier can understand.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:41 pm
by XICO2KX
adventure_of_link wrote:Also, you can try NSRT to fix the ROM. the link is in my sig.
NSRT fixed the ROM and it now works great!
Thanks!
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:12 pm
by adventure_of_link
XICO2KX wrote:adventure_of_link wrote:Also, you can try NSRT to fix the ROM. the link is in my sig.
NSRT fixed the ROM and it now works great!
Thanks!
No problem buddy.
Enjoy the game!!!
HELP!
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 9:50 am
by mrjonang
Hi
Just registered so i can reply to this thread. I been having a problem with Yoshi's Island to run on my emulator for my DS. My problem seems to be consistent with the OP. I get this black screen and I figure the rom is bad. I been searching for a legit copy but to no avail. I even tried that NSRT but I have some confusion on how it works.
Can you please help me as the whole reason I bothered to run an emulator was to play Yoshi's Island!!
And all other games work btw. Just not yoshi
Re: HELP!
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:21 am
by adventure_of_link
mrjonang wrote:Hi
Just registered so i can reply to this thread. I been having a problem with Yoshi's Island to run on my emulator for my DS. My problem seems to be consistent with the OP. I get this black screen and I figure the rom is bad. I been searching for a legit copy but to no avail. I even tried that NSRT but I have some confusion on how it works.
Can you please help me as the whole reason I bothered to run an emulator was to play Yoshi's Island!!
And all other games work btw. Just not yoshi
first off, I'm surprised a lowly DS can run Yoshi's Island, as that's a superfx game (see: need a big badass beefy CPU for it; the DS IIRC isn't that).
next, there is an NSRT frontend you can download and install -- search Google for it.
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:58 pm
by SparroHawc
It depends on how you deal with the chip. The DS's emulator may be using the ARM7 to emulate most of the SNES (as if it were a GBA, which can do most SNES games) while the ARM9 emulates the SuperFX chip. typically it's having to emulate both at once that winds up being a CPU hog; some intelligent use of both processors can compensate for a lot.