How Do I Get Roms Onto The Gp32


you could try using the hacked version of pc link that allows for longer file names.
as the standard pc link needs to meet set name requirements, so maybe thats why you cant get them on you smc.
 
The standard PC Link cannot copy files with long file names. If you want to use it you need to rename your ROMs to 8.3 format names.

Alternatively, you could try:

the hacked version of PC link (available on this site somewhere)

Squidges GPDrive (a program that lets your GP32 behave like a SMC writer - doesn't work on Win 98 or below)

An SMC read/writer
 
Guys - I don't use PC link cos I've got a mac, but I'm interested to know how the hacked version deals with longer filenames...

Does it chop the extra characters off, or can the GP32 actually handle longer names?
 
Gruntfuggly posted on May 1 2004 at 11:33 AM said:
Does it chop the extra characters off, or can the GP32 actually handle longer names?
if youre using gpdrive when you look at the smc through windows all the file names are correct but if, for example youre looking through fgen the file names will be:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (JUE) [!].zip ==> sonict~2
Robocop vs The Terminator (REV 670) (U) [!].zip ==> roboco~1
Gunstar Heroes (U) [!].zip ==> gunsta~1

get the idea?
 
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the gp32 have a normal fat12/fat16(dont remember) file system, so yes it can handel them, but the sdk lib works only as 8.3, but if you wirte your own smc code you can read long filenames. you can see that in some programms.
 
Vimacs posted on May 1 2004 at 10:53 AM said:
the gp32 have a normal fat12/fat16(dont remember) file system, so yes it can handel them, but the sdk lib works only as 8.3, but if you wirte your own smc code you can read long filenames. you can see that in some programms.
I thought it actually pulled the name out of the file when it seemed to read longer file names :huh:.
 
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THe hacked PC link automatically truncates the files names with ~1 to 8.3 filename.
 
whenever i would get roms i would just rename them, but then i got a SMC reader/writer for like $5 and it is a lot better
 
i have another question that is a little off topic. SNES roms have the extension .smc so would those GP32 roms work on the SNES emu? (im not going to try just curious)
 
Not at all :)
The extension of SNES roms just stands for the name of the dumper format used and there are several (sfc, smc, ...). This is not related with the smart media card dumps (.smc) that are, I guess, only a dump of the FAT12 partition on a smart media card.
It's just about names' collision ;)
 
sam fisher posted on May 1 2004 at 08:09 PM said:
Is it legal to dowlaod a rom of a game you own?
As I own super mario bros 1 , 2 and 3 on the nes.
Plus a couple others.
who cares? its not as if the authorities are gonna come round and confiscate your gp32.
 
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