Re: Here is how I proceed...

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This message was posted by smacky, posted on June 09, 2001 at 04:33:21 coming from 64.169.2
This message is a reply to Re: Here is how I proceed... posted from Artemis posted at June 09, 2001 at 04:00:10
Some game have country lock. I use segatools.exe (genny) and snestools.exe to patch the files to remove the protection. the "fix" doesn't works everytimes but it's worth a try. You may want visit the following address :

http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone8/index.htm

they have a bunch of utilities for SNES ans Genny.

I only use UCON to convert from .smd to .008 because it seems to be kind of flicky for other formats. For example, when I try to convert .bin to .smd with UCON, the smd doesn't work; but If I run another conversion program like supconv.exe on the same .bin, the .smd file works perfectly. UCON looks only good for splitting MGH images I suppose.

in 99% of the time if you get a black screen, it means that the file format conversion didn't work or that you had a bad dump to begin with.
If it says "That game is only intented to work on NTSC machine" then you need to patch it.

hope it helps. I can't help you much with the SNES part of the MGH, cause I only use it for my Genny; I have a super wild card DX2 for my SNES.

> Thanks for the help! I tried it, and I managed to run the games i tested, without using splitting.

> Then, I tried the splitting, on Crusader of Centy, NTSC rom .. and you know what happened?

> I loaded the game into the MGH, and it starts the game "produces by or under blalbalbla Sega" .. and after "For use with NTSC Genesis only" . That's not good.

> Do you have any problems running PAL only roms?

> And what about the SNES-gaming? I just renamed some 8 mbit roms into sfxxxx and tried them on the MGH, and they both worked. But then.. I tried splitting Secret of Mana. First, the rom was Super Wildcard format, then I converted it into Multi Game doctor II, and split it with UCON.

> I got 2 files:

> sfmana_a
> sfmana_b

> great, I thought, and copied them both to a diskette, and tried running it. Nothing happened, all black.

> Something else, that's wierd, is that both roms I tried on the SNES (Atraiser and Addams family) that worked, are NTSC. Hmmm

> Any help?

>
> > I have an MGH, and I found the following.
> > For files that fit on 1 floppy :
> > Only use SMD dump on your MGH don't use .bin. You always have to rename the file with the prefix MD and remove the extension; otherwise the MGH won't see it. for example :
> > aleste.smd -> mdaleste.

> > For images that don't fit on one floppy, I use UCON to convert the image from SMD to .008 and then split the .008 into two files. (you get one file with the extension .008 and another file with ext .078)

> > Hope it helps. I have an NTSC geny so I can't speak about the PAL issues.

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Message	> Some game have country lock. I use segatools.exe (genny) and snestools.exe to patch the files to remove the protection. the "fix" doesn't works everytimes but it's worth a try. You may want visit the following address : > http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone8/index.htm > they have a bunch of utilities for SNES ans Genny. > I only use UCON to convert from .smd to .008 because it seems to be kind of flicky for other formats. For example, when I try to convert .bin to .smd with UCON, the smd doesn't work; but If I run another conversion program like supconv.exe on the same .bin, the .smd file works perfectly. UCON looks only good for splitting MGH images I suppose. > in 99% of the time if you get a black screen, it means that the file format conversion didn't work or that you had a bad dump to begin with. > If it says "That game is only intented to work on NTSC machine" then you need to patch it. > hope it helps. I can't help you much with the SNES part of the MGH, cause I only use it for my Genny; I have a super wild card DX2 for my SNES. > > Thanks for the help! I tried it, and I managed to run the games i tested, without using splitting. > > Then, I tried the splitting, on Crusader of Centy, NTSC rom .. and you know what happened? > > I loaded the game into the MGH, and it starts the game "produces by or under blalbalbla Sega" .. and after "For use with NTSC Genesis only" . That's not good. > > Do you have any problems running PAL only roms? > > And what about the SNES-gaming? I just renamed some 8 mbit roms into sfxxxx and tried them on the MGH, and they both worked. But then.. I tried splitting Secret of Mana. First, the rom was Super Wildcard format, then I converted it into Multi Game doctor II, and split it with UCON. > > I got 2 files: > > sfmana_a > > sfmana_b > > great, I thought, and copied them both to a diskette, and tried running it. Nothing happened, all black. > > Something else, that's wierd, is that both roms I tried on the SNES (Atraiser and Addams family) that worked, are NTSC. Hmmm > > Any help? > > > > > I have an MGH, and I found the following. > > > For files that fit on 1 floppy : > > > Only use SMD dump on your MGH don't use .bin. You always have to rename the file with the prefix MD and remove the extension; otherwise the MGH won't see it. for example : > > > aleste.smd -> mdaleste. > > > For images that don't fit on one floppy, I use UCON to convert the image from SMD to .008 and then split the .008 into two files. (you get one file with the extension .008 and another file with ext .078) > > > Hope it helps. I have an NTSC geny so I can't speak about the PAL issues.
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