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Xplorer64 not read.

Open Nes-player4Life opened this issue 3 years ago • 12 comments

Cheat devices, Xplorer64 (Xploder64) not read.

Nes-player4Life avatar Apr 28 '22 23:04 Nes-player4Life

What happens if you try to dump it?

sanni avatar Apr 29 '22 10:04 sanni

Dumps an empty file. GPERROR. Thousands of lines of 0

Nes-player4Life avatar Apr 29 '22 11:04 Nes-player4Life

Can you make a picture of the Xplorer64 PCB (front and back)?

sanni avatar Apr 29 '22 11:04 sanni

20210721_140800 20210721_140823 20210721_141212 20210721_141241 20210721_140850 20210721_140909

As you see some of the chips look like the gameshark chips.

Nes-player4Life avatar May 01 '22 02:05 Nes-player4Life

Maybe do a complete 64MB dump and then search for Xplorer64 in the file using a hex editor to locate where the bios starts. For example with the Gameshark the bios gets read starting from offset 0xC00000. It could be similar with the Xplorer64.

sanni avatar May 04 '22 10:05 sanni

Ill have to try that. I have done it with the 4 and 8 MB options but it doesn't show even mashed up data. These roms should only be 256kb, is there a way to make an option for <4MB in the software?

Nes-player4Life avatar May 05 '22 01:05 Nes-player4Life

I just got one of these carts and it did not dump as well. I haven't had time to troubleshoot but will see if I can get it to work.

Quick thought, jugging from the cleanliness try giving the contacts a good cleaning before trying to dump again. Most of my read problems stem from this issue.

majorpbx avatar May 13 '22 17:05 majorpbx

As as side note, I have successfully dumped GameShark v1.05-3.3, Pro & Action Replay versions, Passport & Plus verisons, and Equalizer. These all have the same if not similar ROM chips.

majorpbx avatar May 13 '22 17:05 majorpbx

You dumped the passport with this device? Very cool. And the 1.0.5 gs that is a very early version sweet!

Any chance of tossing those archives in a zip? With pictures of the carts themselves.

Nes-player4Life avatar May 14 '22 03:05 Nes-player4Life

I did. I cleaned Xplorer64 and it did not dump ☹️ and tried Super Mario 64 (USA) cart and got a blank dump with random data in it.

I also have a Game Killer to dump but this uses a completely new single chip. Uses a PIC16C558-04/S0 chip and looks to be much simpler logic board. I'm guessing for this Game Killer it might need a new method for dumping.

majorpbx avatar May 14 '22 23:05 majorpbx

What version of xplorer64 do you have? I have the orange 1.0.6. E i think it is.

Nes-player4Life avatar May 15 '22 03:05 Nes-player4Life

My version info is below. Press and hold Z and you should get something maybe?

Xplorer N64 Version (C) 1997/9 FCD Release 1.000E England

Build 1834 Compiled: Mon Aug 15 12:10:59 BST 1999

majorpbx avatar May 16 '22 04:05 majorpbx