home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
- n64rom
-
- NAME
- n64rom - Tool for managing Nintendo 64 Rom files
-
- SYNOPSIS
- n64rom -{hvsSc} rom_file
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- This manual page documents the n64rom tool which can
- perform several actions on a N64 rom file.
-
- n64rom can do the following actions on a rom:
-
- - Display info header of a rom.
- - Swap between little/Big Endian rom format.
- - Verify the Checksum of a rom.
- - Regenerate the checksum of a rom.
-
- Actually rom images can be stored in 2 ways :
- Little or Big Endian, regarding the type of processor
- used to rip the rom.
-
- For example Dr V64 device save roms in Little Endian format
- and Mr backup Z64 device save roms in Big Endian format.
-
- This tool can swap between those 2 formats to allow
- to use a ROM ripped on a Z64 on a V64 for example.
-
- Another feature of n64rom is the ability to verify/recalculate checksum
- of roms, this is useful when you modify a rom file and want to make it
- usable or verify if you rom file is not corrupted.
-
-
- OPTIONS
- -h : display the info header of the rom which include
- several information such game name,game size and saved format.
-
- -v : verify the checksum of the rom.
- This option works for both Little/Big Endian formats.
-
- -s : swap the rom file format between Little/Big Endian
- this option use a lot of memory and is very fast.
-
- memory used is the size of the rom file to convert.
- if you try to convert a rom of 128MB you'll need 16 MBytes of
- free memory to be able to.
-
- if you don't have enough memory, the error message "malloc failed"
- will be displayed and the operation will be aborted.
- in this case switch to the -S option.
-
- Nota: Don't break the swap operation or risk your rom beeing damaged
-
- -S: swap the rom file format between Little/Big Endian
- this option use few memory ( 16KByte ) and is a little slow.
-
- a progress indicator will be displayed to show the operation progress.
- This option is here to allow few memory systems to convert rom files.
-
- Nota: Don't break the swap operation or risk your rom beeing damaged
-
- -c: Recalculate the rom checksum and write it to the rom file.
- This is useful when you have modified the rom file.
- This option works for both Little/Big Endian formats.
-
-
- BUGS
- none known.
-
-
- TODO
- - Display country of the rom (Japanese,Usa or Pal).
- - Include an IPS patcher.
-
-
- AUTHOR
- Salim Gasmi (salim@gasmi.net)
-
-