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noha420 Paragoomba                  Since: 05-17-06 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6347 days |
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| Hi, I got a used Game Doctor SF7 on Ebay, but there were no instructions. I just want to know how to boot an SNES ROM from the floppy disk. I found a scanned instruction manual on a website, but it's not very readable, but I read something about the filename needing to end in "A", or something else. Can anyone help? | |||
MathOnNapkins  1100  In SPC700 HELL    Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| Yeah... the rom has to have the proper header at the front. To do this, find the command line program ucon64 online. It can change your rom into a game doctor compatible rom. It will most likely say it is for a Game Doctor SF3, but it will work for SF6 or SF7 too. Then after the header is in place copy that file to a floppy. Now, this assumes the size of the rom in question is less than or equal to 1 megabyte. It also assumes the rom is from a game with no special chips installed (e.g. Megaman X2, Super Mario RPG). If the rom is larger than 1 megabyte, it will have to be spread over several different floppies. I can provide you with details on that if you PM me. I'd rather not discuss it here b/c my memory is shaky on that part. I have one at home but I haven't used it in a while. (I'm at work right now.)
If you hold R while the SNES is powering up with the Game Doctor in place, you can do a lot more than just powering it up normally. You'll have access to a menu with myriad options for playing and backing up cartridges. Regardless, if you just hit power it will attempt to read the floppy disk and load the game into the system memory, then it will attempt to run the game. An option I like better is using a parallel cable in junction with the game doctor to blit my roms directly off of my computer onto the game doctor. I haven't tested out yet though I supposedly have all the proper materials to attempt it. I'm just lazy but it sounds a lot better than all the floppy disk hassle I've gone through so far. Blitting the games from a PC of course requires ucon64 or some other program capable of interfacing with the game doctor. |
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noha420 Paragoomba Since: 05-17-06 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6347 days |
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| Thanks a lot for the info! I'll probably tinker with it within the next few days, and I'll also look into loading games larger than 1MB (I know what to look for now), but if I don't have any luck, I'll be sure to message you! Playing ROMs directly from computer sounds cool too, but that'll have to wait. Thanks again! | |||
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noha420 Paragoomba Since: 05-17-06 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6347 days |
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| Ok, so I got Ucon64, when I start it up, A window opens, and scrolls down a list real fast, then closes. I assume I probably have to use "command Prompt"? Even then, I think I'd still be lost. In the readme regarding the SF3, it says this:
Game Doctor SF3(SF6/SF7)/Professor SF(SF II) --xgd3 send ROM to Game Doctor SF3/SF6/SF7; --port=PORT this option uses the Game Doctor SF3 protocol --xgd6 send ROM to Game Doctor SF6/SF7; --port=PORT this option uses the Game Doctor SF6 protocol --xgd3s send SRAM to Game Doctor SF3/SF6/SF7; --port=PORT --xgd6s send/receive SRAM to/from Game Doctor SF6/SF7; --port=PORT receives automatically when SRAM does not exist --xgd6r send/receive saver (RTS) data to/from Game Doctor SF6/SF7; --port=PORT receives automatically when saver file does not exist Does this mean I have to connect the SF7 Doc to my comp, or do I type one of these commands into the Ucon64 program along with the ROM, or when I start up the program with command prompt? Sorry, but I get so confused with all this DOS stuff, soon it will all click! If you want to give me an example of what I should type in, we can assume I have the program titled Ucon64.exe in a folder titled Ucon64 directly on my C: drive, and my roms (lets say mario.smc) in a folder titled roms on my C: drive. Please help if you can, Thanks! |
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MathOnNapkins 1100 In SPC700 HELL Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| If you're in Windows 98 it's a bit easier, just navigate to the folder in windows that has Ucon64 in it. I mean the exact folder containing ucon64.exe. Then hit Windows-R to bring up the run dialog and type command. Hit end and it will bring up the command prompt which is the same as the black box that was closing on you but this time it stays up.
To use the program you'd type on the "command line" something like ucon64.exe -gd3 myrom.smc This command will change a rom into a game doctor headered rom. the xgd3 commands all seem to be transfers directly to a game doctor via parallel port but that's not what you are trying to do. Since windows98's version of DOS is older it's best to keep the names of the files shorter than 8 characters. E.g. I might have SuperMetroid.smc but I'd change it to sm.smc just temporarily to make things easier. It's also easier to have the rom in the same folder as ucon64 so you won't have to specify a different folder path. Trust me on this. Windows XP is a bit different since you'll actually have to navigate to the folder containing ucon64 via DOS. Windows XP's version of DOS always starts you off in your My Documents folder, which is hella annoying, but whatever. It's the same idea really. To navigate you use the command cd which means change directory. Example: to move up one folder type cd .. and to move down a folder type cd dirname where dirname is the name of the directory you want to go into. Keep in mind that if the folder name is longer than 8 letters you'll have to use some kind of shorthand. e.g. let's say you're in C:/ You want to get into Documents and Settings but DOS only allows 8 letter file and directory names. So you have to type cd docume~1. |
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noha420 Paragoomba Since: 05-17-06 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6347 days |
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| Cool, I appreciate your help! |
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