Tutorial! Backup those precious N64 save games!
Posted: June 27th, 2019, 8:49 pm
posted by Madsmaten on Dec 10, 2014:
Hey there everyone!
If you are like me, then the Nintendo 64 is your favorite console!
And then you probably played some of it's games for hours and hours.
Inside the N64 cartridges sits a battery, which contains your save file, once the battery's dead all of your saved content will be gone as well.
I figured is was time we found a way to backup those saves, and here you have it!
So let's get started then, shall we?
You will need a couple of things to begin with.
A N64 Passport or Gameshark with a memory manager. In this turtorial I will be using the Passport III.
A N64 game you want to back up a save from (In this case: Goldeneye).
A Everdrive 64.
A N64 controller Memory Pak (It does not need to be official Nintendo).
A Hex Editor on your PC.
These guys make a great team, don't they?
1: You should start by checking you actual game cartridge, to make sure that the save is intact.
2: Put you game on top of the Passport, and turn on the Nintendo.
Go to your memory manager. Then select Gamepak on the left, and controller 1 (or where you have your memory pak plugged in) on the right.
3: Copy the content. It will take a few seconds.
4: Now then remove the Passport, and plug in your Everdrive 64.
Press "Z" and find the CPAK Manager option.
Save the file to SD.
Remove your SD card from your Everdrive and put it in your PC.
Go to your ED64 folder, and find the CPAK directory.
In there you will find a file called "JOYPAD1.MPK"
Copy it over to pc.
Now you will need to download this file: https://www.mediafire.com/?p3d2rbqb8d7obvp
It contains a zip folder of N64 save games.
You will also need to download a HEX editor program.
It should be easy enough to find one for free. I will be using Hex Workshop, but anything goes really.
You should find the save file that matches your game.
Now then open up your Hex Editor, and open the "JOYPAD1.MPK" and the "eep" save game from the folder we just downloaded.
Take notices of what the eep says at the begining.
It will be different from game to game, on Goldeneye it says: ".$83.RxHB".
Start scrolling in the JOYPAD1.MPK hex file until you see a matching set of characters.
Copy everything from that point, and paste it in to the "EEP" save we downloaded.
Save it, make sure it is saved as a "eep" file.
Make sure to rename your new file, to whatever your rom names the save as, and make sure you put it into the right directory.
I tested mine on a Emulator.
Succes!
I hope some of you could use this!
Let me know if there is any problems!
NOTICE: A huge shout out to rso and sanni! They were the guys helping me figure all of this out!
Thank you for joining!
- Madsmaten
Hey there everyone!
If you are like me, then the Nintendo 64 is your favorite console!
And then you probably played some of it's games for hours and hours.
Inside the N64 cartridges sits a battery, which contains your save file, once the battery's dead all of your saved content will be gone as well.
I figured is was time we found a way to backup those saves, and here you have it!
So let's get started then, shall we?
You will need a couple of things to begin with.
A N64 Passport or Gameshark with a memory manager. In this turtorial I will be using the Passport III.
A N64 game you want to back up a save from (In this case: Goldeneye).
A Everdrive 64.
A N64 controller Memory Pak (It does not need to be official Nintendo).
A Hex Editor on your PC.
These guys make a great team, don't they?
1: You should start by checking you actual game cartridge, to make sure that the save is intact.
2: Put you game on top of the Passport, and turn on the Nintendo.
Go to your memory manager. Then select Gamepak on the left, and controller 1 (or where you have your memory pak plugged in) on the right.
3: Copy the content. It will take a few seconds.
4: Now then remove the Passport, and plug in your Everdrive 64.
Press "Z" and find the CPAK Manager option.
Save the file to SD.
Remove your SD card from your Everdrive and put it in your PC.
Go to your ED64 folder, and find the CPAK directory.
In there you will find a file called "JOYPAD1.MPK"
Copy it over to pc.
Now you will need to download this file: https://www.mediafire.com/?p3d2rbqb8d7obvp
It contains a zip folder of N64 save games.
You will also need to download a HEX editor program.
It should be easy enough to find one for free. I will be using Hex Workshop, but anything goes really.
You should find the save file that matches your game.
Now then open up your Hex Editor, and open the "JOYPAD1.MPK" and the "eep" save game from the folder we just downloaded.
Take notices of what the eep says at the begining.
It will be different from game to game, on Goldeneye it says: ".$83.RxHB".
Start scrolling in the JOYPAD1.MPK hex file until you see a matching set of characters.
Copy everything from that point, and paste it in to the "EEP" save we downloaded.
Save it, make sure it is saved as a "eep" file.
Make sure to rename your new file, to whatever your rom names the save as, and make sure you put it into the right directory.
I tested mine on a Emulator.
Succes!
I hope some of you could use this!
Let me know if there is any problems!
NOTICE: A huge shout out to rso and sanni! They were the guys helping me figure all of this out!
Thank you for joining!
- Madsmaten