Backup game boy save to pc

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Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted November 1, edited. Here is a step-by-step visual guide to ultimately achieve the goal of backing-up or restoring your GameBoy Advance save files: If you don't have an Xboo cable, you will need to make one If you do have one, then skip to the end : About the Xboo cable: An Xboo cable is a special cable that lets you connect your GameBoy Advance or GameBoy Advance SP to the Parallel port on your computer to allow you to send small ROMs.

About the Parallel port: A Parallel port is a physical hardware socket inside a computer. A voltage meter Solder A Soldering Iron Scissors Now for those of you who don't know what scissors are, here is a picture of everything you will need: Here is what a 25 pin male d-sub connector looks like You can buy these at Radio Shack.

Example shown below: STEP 3. Make sure the plastic or rubber insulation is stripped off the part of the wire you want to solder so that you see the copper end. There should be a drop of solder on the end of each metal contact you wish to solder together.

Hold the ends of both tinted metal contacts in place for about 20 to 30 seconds to allow it to cool and harden. Check that the soldered connection s are silver colored and DO NOT have any black or brittle looking spots.

If they do, heat up the soldered connection, and melt the exising solder off, and then complete this list of 6 steps again. STEP 6. Edited November 2, by arhacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Delta Blast Burn Posted November 2, Posted November 2, You may have noticed that smiley face in there.

For some reason, it won't go away Anyways, it is supposed to say:. That sure fixed it! You're very welcome, thanks for pointing out this thread. Poryhack Posted November 2, Poryhack: You are correct, those are much easier, in fact the next guide I plan to write is how to make your own GBA flashcart. Icelordcryo , Mar 7, InsaneNutter , Mar 7, Icelordcryo , Mar 8, InsaneNutter , Mar 8, Got it working! InsaneNutter likes this. Joined: Apr 1, Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0.

Joined: Dec 31, Messages: 66 Likes Received: Lexi , Apr 7, Joined: Dec 21, Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0. Last edited: May 3, Lexi , May 3, Joined: Jun 11, Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0. So, I'm late to this conversation, but it's the only one I've found in days of searching discussing this.

I recently got a device like this mine's called a Flash Boy and was bought on Ebay for the specific purpose of backing up save games to PC so they aren't wiped by battery loss if it isn't already too late, which it probably is.

But back to the point I can't get the thing to work. I've installed the suggested drivers, and right after an install and reboot I'll get the bot that says: GB Cart Flasher version 1. Check COM port connection with the program having switched to COM4 even though the device is still plugged into USB Rebooting the computer doesn't always fix, and sometimes I've had to reinstall the drivers and reboot, but I'm still not getting anywhere.

What am I doing wrong? Do I have a bad device or is it a driver issue? I've tried multiple cartridges. Stacy , Jun 12, To find your IP address go to start menu and search:. Make a note of this number. Make sure you do not copy the Default Gateway, which has a similar format. When your finished it should look something like this:. Make sure the port is 21 and that the username, password and IP address are correct. Return now to the smallftpd program.

Make sure the program reads FTP server is running, if it does not say this, click the play icon to the left. You want to put the Micro SD card with the files back into your flashcard. Your firewall may try to block smallftpd, make sure the program has full clearance to run otherwise this may not work. With your smallftpd server running, put the flashcard into your Nintendo DS and turn on your system. Press B to continue. Now remove the flashcard and insert the game you want to back-up.

Once the switch-over has been made, press A. Once the connection has been made you want to press L and R to create a new. The program will now send the. You will now have the. You probably now want to send the edited save file back to your game or restore your backup, if that really is your reasoning. The touchscreen will now load the folder assigned to smallftpd. Use the D-Pad to navigate to the save file you want to load onto your game and press A.

Take out the flashcard and insert the game you wish to restore the save file to. Press A to start the transfer. This will delete the save file from the cartridge.

This is handy for games like Professor Layton and the Curious Village that do not let you delete save files. If you want the. Press L and R and the. From here you can put the. The touchscreen will now load the file system on the Micro SD card.