REIN DS

REIN
General
Author	SaTa
Type	Savegame Tools
Version	r17
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2006/10/12
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A homebrew utility that can backup/restore game saves on the NDS cartridges.

Developed for GBA Movie Player (GBAMP).

Features

• Backup/Restore game save.
• Edit Band Brothers score files (BB Tool).
• Calendar.
• Clock/Thermometer.

Installation

Requirements:

• Nintendo DS with PassMe.
• GBA Movie Player (GBAMP) or Adomovie, M3.
• CompactFlash card (16MB–512MB). Only FAT16 is supported.

Method 1 (direct boot):

• Rename rain.nds to _BOOT_MP.NDS and copy it to the CF card.
• Insert the CF card into the GBAMP and power on the NDS.

Method 2 (through selector):

• Copy rain.nds to the CF card.
• Insert the CF card into the GBAMP and power on the NDS.
• In the multiboot menu, select rain.nds to boot.

If booting fails, quickly turning the power off and on and try again.

Controls

D-Pad - Move up and down

A - Execute/Select

B - Cancel

Other controls will be displayed on the active screen.

Compatibility

Supports:

Admovie
GBA Movie Player (GBAMP)
M3-CF or M3-SD

Changelog

r17A_TEST 2006/10/12 (ADAJ/APAJ Pokémon Diamond/Pearl Exclusive)

• A special version created for ADAJ/APAJ Pokémon Diamond/Pearl (4Mbit) because it was mistakenly detected as 2Mbit, resulting in only half of the data being saved. This version enforces 4Mbit saving.
• Please do not use with other games.

r17 2006/09/04

• Displayed the recognized device next to the title, e.g., "REIN r17 (dev)."
• Added new game names:
  • {"AFFJ", "FF3", "ファイナルファンタジーIII", 0x0000, 6, "cd1000"}
  • {"AWTJ", "GAMEWATCH", "GAME&WATCH COLLECTION", 0x0000, 6, "GBG_DS"}

r16 2006/08/08

• Preliminary support for M3 Professional miniSD (no protrusion).
• Added new game names:
  • {"ARSJ", "RUSO", "カイトウルソー", 0x0000, 4, "RUSO"}
  • {"A2DJ", "NEWMARIO", "ニュー・スーパー・マリオブラザーズ", 0x0002, 7, "Mario2d"}
  • {"ANGJ", "EIGODUKE", "エイゴヅケ", 0x0000, 4, "\xBC\x13\x6A\x4E"}
  • {"UBRJ", "BROWSER", "ニンテンドーDSブラウザー", 0x0174, 4, "\x68\x00\x74\x00"}
  • {"A4VJ", "ORYOURI", "しゃべる!DS料理ナビ", 0x0000, 7, "ORYOURI NAVIA4V"}

r15 2006/05/08

• Improved device recognition order.
• Renamed from "RAIN" to "REIN."
• Added a note about cleaning the DS slot.
• Added new game names:
  • {"AOZJ", "OZAWARINA", "オサワリタンテイ オザワリナ", 0x0000, 8, "OZAWA_RINA_MAGIC_20050124"}
  • {"ATRJ", "TETRIS", "テトリスDS", 0x0000, 2, "V4"}
• Works: GBAMP (CF), M3-SD, M3-miniSD, SC-miniSD, SC-CF
• Untested: M3-CF, SC-SD.
• Doesn't Work: MK2/MK3.

r14 2006/03/30

• Added support for M3-SD.
• Added a message for unsupported hardware.
• Works: GBAMP (CF), M3-SD.
• Untested: M3-CF, SC-SD, SC-CF.
• Doesn't Work: MK2/MK3.

r13A_TEST 2006/03/28

• Added support for writing functionality with M3-SD.

r13 2006/03/23

• Imported gba_nds_fat_2006-03-03.
• Added game names:
  • {"AWZJ", "WIZARDRY", "Wizardry Astalisk -Hiiro no Fuuin-", 0x0000, 4, "\xE6\x5E\x85\x0E"}
  • {"ABFJ", "SB-FFGYU", "Style Book Fushigi Boshi Futagohime Gyu!", 0x0000, 4, "BLYS"}
• WORK: GBAMP(CF)
• UNTESTED: M3-CF, SC-SD, SC-CF
• DOESN'T WORK: M3-SD

r12 2006/03/02 (Version for those without the NDS Lite)

• Added game name:
  • {"ASEJ", "SEIKENDEN", "Seiken Densetsu DS CHILDREN of MANA", 0x0000, 8, "聖剣伝説DS"}

r11 2006/02/08

• Added support for the "Eigo Zuke" memory M45PE40 4Mbit (512KByte).
• Reorganized BB TOOL: Added functionality to read BBS files. Added bbtool.txt.
• Added game names:
  • {"AFPJ", "PRECURE-MH", "Futari wa Precure Max Heart DANZEN! DS", 0x0007, 6, "PMHxtm"}
  • {"ARMJ", "MLRPG2", "Mario & Luigi RPG2", 0x0000, 6, "MLRPG2"}
  • {"ANGJ", "EIGODUKE", "Eigo ga Nigatenai Otona no DS Training Eigo Zuke", 0x0000, 4, "\xBC\x13\x6A\x4E"}
• WORK: GBAMP(CF)
• UNTESTED: M3-CF, SC-SD, SC-CF
• DOESN'T WORK: M3-SD

r10b 2006/01/18

• Applied changes from gba_nds_fat_2006-01-04.zip (FAT_fwrite).

r10 2006/01/17

• Added power off function (a7poff) to a7sleep.
• The screen will power off (instead of sleep) 10 seconds after closing.
• Separated FAT driver into fat directory.
• Added new game names:
  • {"AZWJ", "SAWARUWARIO", "さわるメイドインワリオ", 0x0000, 4, "MIW\0"}
  • {"ANDJ", "NOU-DRILL", "脳を鍛える大人のDSトレーニング", 0x0000, 8, "NOU-DRILL-DS"}
  • {"ANMJ", "MOTTO-NOU", "もっと脳を鍛える大人のDSトレーニング", 0x0000, 8, "MOTTO-NOU-DS"}
• Added SuperCard.bat for development purposes.
• Generates rain.sc.nds from rain.nds.

r09 2005/12/26

• Changed "EEPROM" to "DS SAVE" in descriptions.
• Updated to gba_nds_fat-2005-12-10.zip.
• Added "M3-SAVE (DAT) MANAGER":
  • Converts (copies) between M3 DAT files and DS card saves.
  • Choose copy direction.
  • Insert DS card.
  • Select M3 DAT file.
  • Start copy process.
  • Conversion on M3-SD is not yet supported.

r08 2005/12/08

• Added new game names:
  • {"AMCJ", "MARIOKART", "マリオカートDS", 0x0000, 8, "MKDSSV10"}

r07 2005/12/01

• Added new game names:
  • {"AB6J", "BUBBLEBO", "バブルボブルDS", 0x0000, 8, "BUBBLEBOBBLEREVO"}
  • {"ARKJ", "LUCKYSTA", "ラキスタもえどりる", 0x0000, 6, "LS0019"}

r06a 2005/11/30

• Fixed issue where SuperCard SD driver was not enabled (in disc_io.c).

2005/11/28 18:41 r06

• Introduced SuperCard SD driver (operation with rain not confirmed).
• Added new game names:
  • {"ASCJ", "SONICRUSH", "ソニックラッシュ", 0x0000, 8, "sonic_rush"}
  • {"ADMJ", "DOUBUTU", "おいでよ 動物の森", 0x0000, 2, "\x32\x00"}

r05 2005/11/21

• Updated CF driver to gba_nds_fat (formerly gbamp_cf) version 2005-11-17.

r04e 2005/11/18

• Replaced gbamp_cf with SuperCard CF-compatible version.
• Updated development environment to devkitPro 1.2.0:
  • libnds-20051026.tar.bz2
  • devkitARM_r17-win32.exe
• Fixed DUMP size display.
• Added new game names:
  • {"ATGJ", "ASOBIDAI", "誰でも遊びたいぜん", 0x0000, 4, "\x60\x5B\x00\x00"}

r04d 2005/10/30

• Added support for TYPE 2, 512Kbit (64KB) for ASPJ.
• Note: Data written for size detection in TYPE 2 is reverted.
• Fixed display color issues for multi-screen file selectors.

r04c TEST Version 2005/10/24

• Identified ASPJ (Super Princess Peach) as TYPE 2, 512Kbit (64KB).
• Temporarily handled TYPE 2 as 512Kbit (64KB).
• Use r04c for ASPJ and r04b for other cases until size detection methods are clarified.

r04b 2005/10/22

• Fixed initialization failure for NEW TYPE 3.

r04a 2005/10/21

• CardMe fix:
  • Updated cardmeChipErase to call cardmeSectorErase.
  • Enabled writing for NEW TYPE 3 GAME: AKAJ (Silk Screen: C05-01).

r02 2005/10/06

• Displayed save data contents for backup and restore operations.
• Adopted game names for backup file names.
• Supported games include:
  • {"ABMJ" ,"BOMBERMA","ﾎﾞﾝﾊﾞｰﾏﾝ" ,0x0000,4,"BOMB",}
  • {"ACVJ" ,"AKUMAJO","ｱｸﾏｼﾞｮｳﾄﾞﾗｷｭﾗ" ,0x0000,4,"\xDF\xC0\xAD\xDE",}
  • {"AD3J" ,"NINDOGS","ﾆﾝﾃﾝﾄﾞｯｸﾞｽ" ,0x08F0,4,"?GOD",}
  • {"AGYJ" ,"GYAKUTEN","ｷﾞｬｸﾃﾝｻｲﾊﾞﾝ" ,0x0013,8,"GYAKUTEN",}
  • {"ALUJ" ,"LUNAGENE","ﾙﾅ ｼﾞｪﾈｼｽ" ,0x0000,8,"LUNARGEN",}
  • {"ABBJ" ,"BANBRA","ﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞﾌﾞﾗｻﾞｰｽﾞ" ,0x0000,8,"GBMDGSBB",}
  • {"APYJ" ,"PUYOPUYO","ﾌﾟﾖﾌﾟﾖﾌｨｰﾊﾞｰ" ,0x0400,8,"PUYOF_DS",}
  • {"AMTJ" ,"METEOS","ﾒﾃｵｽ" ,0x0000,4,"METO",}
  • {"ANOJ" ,"ANOTHER","ｱﾅｻﾞｰｺｰﾄﾞ" ,0x0000,7,"ANOTHER",}

r01c 2005/10/06

• Added a general-purpose menu, available in debug mode only.

r01b

• Added code for game detection from save data.

r01a 2005/10/04

• Fixed issue with TYPE 3 restore failure.
• Confirmed proper operation for CF backup and restore for TYPE 1, 2, and 3.

r01 2005/10/01

• Test version.
• Added support for backup and restore to SRAM.
• Limited to TYPE 1 and 2 only (TYPE 3 not supported).
• Changed memory allocation method to static.

r00k

• Updates from r00g.

r00i

• Implemented custom umalloc/ufree versions for memory allocation (umem.h/umem.cpp).

r00h

• Replaced mpcfio.cpp with the latest gbamp_cf (2005/09/26).
• Retained mpcfio.h for compatibility.

r00g

• Added LED control and other features.

r00d Preview Version 2005/09/25

• Based on NDS EEPROM TOOL, added KOYOMI (Calendar) and LAUNCH (NDS file launcher).
• Directory support added for file selection.

External links

• Author's website - http://www.pat.hi-ho.ne.jp/sata68/nds.shtml