.GBA File Format?

RobotGymnast · October 13th, 2009

Anybody happen to know a good place to learn the basics of the .GBA file format? I don't really want to reverse-engineer VBA.

Squall-Leonhart · October 13th, 2009

File format?

....fail.

its just the dumped data from a GBA cartridge.

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RobotGymnast · October 13th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

File format?

....fail.

its just the dumped data from a GBA cartridge.

*sigh* Does it have a code and data segment similar to ASM programs? Is it divided up in any way? How is it parsed and executed? It's still a file format.

Squall-Leonhart · October 13th, 2009

Specifications

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**Spacy** · October 14th, 2009

Look at the section "GBA Cartridge Header"

Aside from that header, there is no unified format. The GBA BIOS jumps to the ROM and the very first instruction in the ROM is another jump to the actual start position of the game program. Graphic data and such are placed wherever the game companie's tools wanted to place them if I am not mistaken.

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RobotGymnast · October 17th, 2009

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,899	File format? ....fail. its just the dumped data from a GBA cartridge. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,899	Specifications __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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Spacy GBA emulator developer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 392	Look at the section "GBA Cartridge Header" Aside from that header, there is no unified format. The GBA BIOS jumps to the ROM and the very first instruction in the ROM is another jump to the actual start position of the game program. Graphic data and such are placed wherever the game companie's tools wanted to place them if I am not mistaken. __________________

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