Converting Nintendo N64 Mempak Saves to Emulator Saves?
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RetroPie Version 4.0.2
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie websiteHi all!
I've done a lot of Googling and can't seem to figure out how to convert downloaded Mempak saves to something usable by the RetroPie.The saves are downloaded from GameFAQs. They are DexDrive format with a .N64 extension. All the saves I found on other websites were also DexDrive saves.
Almost all of the forum posts on the topic of save file imports or DexDrive-to-emulator conversion are for PSX conversion.I have found Mempak tools for Project64. This script converts native Project64 saves to SRM but it doesn't support DexDrive files. Project64 also has a plugin which can read/write .N64 Mempak saves but doesn't seem to offer conversion abilities. There is a website that will convert Project64 .mpk Mempak saves to .srm format.
I have found nothing for any Mupen/Glupen64 emulator.
From what I have read there don't seem to be any popularly-accepted solutions.It might be possible to take a DexDrive save, move it into a different Mempak emulator format, then convert that into a compatible filetype? Something like (Akismet is blocking me--do a Google search for "n64 64scener parodius tools") or
The different Mempak file formats seem to differ in how the pages are saved. I haven't looked too deeply into converting DexDrive to something like EEPROM because forum posts seem to be mixed on their success. I also don't know how to get from there to Mupen/GLupen. It's a big ol' mess.
I'm hoping someone here knows a solution, but any advice is appreciated. :)
Thanks everyone, and have a great weekend! -
Grrrrr... I have more information but the forum's Akismet anti-spam keeps blocking me. >_>
EDIT: Figured Akismet out. There is a link being blocked by Akismet as spam, even though it's not. Added the rest of the info to the main post. :D -
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Any help on the N64 issue would be greatly appreciated!
If there's another forum I should post on that might have answers please let me know as well. :) -
This tool MPKEdit does what you want. load the .N64 file then save it as a normal .MPK which can then be converted to Mupen's .srm format with whatever tool you have.
Edit: OK so you're trying to extract EEPROM saves from an MPK file, not trying to use an actual controller pak save. Open the .N64 in MPKEdit, then Hold Control (save icons for note should turn red) and click the save icon. then rename it as required, convert it to SRM as required, etc.
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