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Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge? - Page 1

Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-02-06 15:38:38
Does anybody know what ways might be possible for writing save files to Game Boy Advance cartridges?

So say you memory edited a Pokémon in an Emerald ROM to have the stats for Pomeg data corruption instead of EV training, could you then apply the changes to a cartridge?

I think there is an obscure Game Boy Advance save backup tool in Japan called Save Data Bank, but I'm not aware of any others.

I suppose one could try disassembling the cartridge and physically replacing the save but not sure how that would work.

Or maybe you could use an elaborate cheating device-GameCube Game Boy Advance Link exploit to write a save.

Thanks.  :)

Re: Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Háčky
Date: 2018-02-06 16:28:56
With a Nintendo DS that has the GBA slot and a DS flash cart, you can use GBA Backup Tool.

Re: Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-02-07 06:12:10

With a Nintendo DS that has the GBA slot and a DS flash cart, you can use GBA Backup Tool.


That's awesome! Thanks Háčky. :)

Re: Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2018-02-07 06:49:39
For what it's worth, since you asked about the GC-GBA link cable, you can do that with a modded Wii: https://github.com/FIX94/gba-link-cable-dumper

Re: Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-02-07 08:07:53

For what it's worth, since you asked about the GC-GBA link cable, you can do that with a modded Wii: https://github.com/FIX94/gba-link-cable-dumper


Neat! Thanks Zowayix. :)

Re: Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-05-10 12:40:16
*bump*

I've never used a flash card before and I'm wondering what would be a good Nintendo DS flash card to install the GBA Backup Tool? I still have an original Nintendo DS and DS Lite.

Thanks.

Re: Means of loading a Game Boy Advance save file from your computer on cartridge?

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2018-06-08 20:13:08

*bump*

I've never used a flash card before and I'm wondering what would be a good Nintendo DS flash card to install the GBA Backup Tool? I still have an original Nintendo DS and DS Lite.

Thanks.
Any of them should be fine, but if you're wondering about the most popular/trusted one it would either be Acekard 2.1 or DSTWO. (The DSTWO can do more, like run GBA/SNES ROMs, but has a less durable design, drains battery faster, and costs twice as much).