GBA Backup Tool

GBA Backup Tool
General
Author	Rudolph (Emperor)
Type	System Tools
Version	0.21
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2008/10/26
Links
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Website

GBA Backup Tool is a tool that allows us to extract the rom and the save of original GBA cartridge. With this version, user can remove game saves that are formatted EEPROM.

Installation

GBA_Backup_Tool.nds is DLDI compatible, so patch it according to the research tool to be used.

Modify GBA_Backup_Tool.ini with a text editor according to the usage environment.

Copy GBA_Backup_Tool.nds and GBA_Backup_Tool.ini to the root of SD. If GBA_Backup_Tool.ini does not exist, the default operation will be used (usually it is okay to omit it).

User guide

Note: Please use at your own risk as problems such as corruption of SAVE data in GBA ROM may occur.

Start GBA_Backup_Tool.

Use L and R to switch between Save Backup, Save Restore, and Rom Backup.

Save Backup

A - Update the specified SAV file on the SD data with the content of the ROM SAVE.

B - Create a new SAV file and backup the content of the ROM SAVE. The name of the automatically created SAV file is GameTitle_GamecodeRomVer.sav (.sv0 to sv5). It will overwrite the oldest existing file if there are already 5 SAV files with the same names.

Save Restore

A - Restore (write) the contents of the specified SAV file to the ROM SAVE.

B - Initialize the ROM SAVE area with 0xFF.

Rom Backup

A - Update the specified GBA file with the dumped content of the GBA cartridge.

B - Create a new GBA file and backup the dumped content of the GBA cartridge. The name of the automatically created NDS file is GameTitle_GamecodeRomVer.gba. If you already have a file with the same name, it will be overwritten automatically.

Note from developer:

If the ROM SAVE type cannot be determined, unknown will be displayed.

The judgment of the ROM size of GBA ROM is sloppy. In case of over-dump, you can use other tools such as GBATA to trim/make it to the correct size.

Controls

Basic:

X - Replace the Slot-2 GBA ROM cartridge

Start - Exit program and turns off the power of NDS

A/B - Operations

L/R - Switch mode

Screenshots

Media

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Compatibility

Tested with Real and M3 DS game Pokemon Emerald, Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon Sapphire.

Changelog

Version 0.21

• The SAV file extension is changed to the small letter (Conform to GBA_ExpLoader).
• To use it for the file name when GameTitle and Gamecode are small letters, it changes.
• Trouble that SFN in the FAT library overlaps is corrected.

Version 0.2

• Corresponded to SAVE of EEPROM.
• Came from Mr. kzat3 about the access method to EEPROMteaching.

Credits

Thank you for Mr.kzat3.

External links

• Author's website - https://kotei.blog.ss-blog.jp/2008-10-26