ROM Hack Super Mario Advance 4 : Super Mario Bros 3

xboxinoz · Apr 27, 2008

I really felt like playing through Super Mario Bros 3 and thought I'd do so on my GB Micro however I discovered that, when I went to play it on my EZ IV, I get a save game corruption error in both the U and EU versions.

Looking back at the release forums when this first came out I can see it was an issue back then and there is some mention of a patch but one old link didn't work and I things seem a bit hazy.

Can anyone advise what patch I need to apply to get this game to save without the corruption error and possibly point me in the right direction of the patch?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

FAST6191 · Apr 27, 2008

Use an 8:3 file name: smb3.gba or something.

xboxinoz · Apr 27, 2008

Thanks for the suggestion but tried and made no difference - still corrupted save.

FAST6191 · Apr 27, 2008

Odd, have you tried patching with GBATA (and keeping the 8:3 naming)?
GBATA if you did not already have it:
http://www.gbadat.altervista.org/tools.htm

Also replace the save with another (preferably blank) save file.

Scytheandsickle · Apr 27, 2008

What does 8:3 naming mean?

DarthNemesis · Apr 28, 2008

Vereux0 said:
What does 8:3 naming mean?

It's an old DOS filename length restriction - 8 characters for the name and 3 for the extension.
xxxxxxxx.yyy

Lumstar · Apr 28, 2008

Many flash carts lack complete support for 128 kilobyte (not kilobit) save files in GBA games. Even if they're fine with 256 and/or 512 kilobyte ones on DS games.

gizmo_gal · Apr 28, 2008

I thought this was actually about the game, but all the same I have a question. Why is the game called Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3?

Its Super Mario for GBA but it includes a port of SMB3 or is it JUST a remake of SMB3?

beautifulbeast · Apr 28, 2008

I heard that some Nintendo GBA games including Super Mario Bros. 3 need to be trimmed as well as patched for the saves to worl due to some special kind of protection.

Lumstar · Apr 28, 2008

Not really. It's just that nearly all emulators and flash carts were designed with 64 kilobtye or less saves in mind for GBA mode. So certain ones choke on some games that need 128 kilobyte.

Destructobot · Apr 29, 2008

The game needs to be save patched with the EZ4 Client. If you SRAM patch it with GBATA you will get the corrupt save error every time the game starts (the save will still work though). If you don't patch it at all you will get the same error and you won't be able to save.

Smef · Jun 25, 2008

Wow, I just found this randomly on google. I had been going nuts trying to get this to work. The EZ4 client fixed everything for me and the games (SMW and M3) are both working for me now.

Minox · Jun 26, 2008

Destructobot said:
The game needs to be save patched with the EZ4 Client. If you SRAM patch it with GBATA you will get the corrupt save error every time the game starts (the save will still work though). If you don't patch it at all you will get the same error and you won't be able to save.

Patching it with the EZ4 Client didn't work for me, and I'm using an EZ Flash IV...

Destructobot · Jun 26, 2008

I take it you ran the game at least twice without changing the save file? The first time you run the game it will always give you that error because the save data is blank, but it should work after that.

If you have an EZ-IV Lite Deluxe and a slot 1 cart in a DS you could try running the clean rom with GBA ExpLoader.

If it isn't saving at all you could just patch it with GBATA and deal with the error message. That should at least get the save working.

dexmix · Jun 26, 2008

Minox_IX said:
Destructobot said:

The game needs to be save patched with the EZ4 Client. If you SRAM patch it with GBATA you will get the corrupt save error every time the game starts (the save will still work though). If you don't patch it at all you will get the same error and you won't be able to save.

Click to expand...

Patching it with the EZ4 Client didn't work for me, and I'm using an EZ Flash IV...

patching works fine for me. I use the RESET loader, and the latest EZ4Client to patch.

Minox · Jun 26, 2008

dexmix said:
Minox_IX said:

Destructobot said:

The game needs to be save patched with the EZ4 Client. If you SRAM patch it with GBATA you will get the corrupt save error every time the game starts (the save will still work though). If you don't patch it at all you will get the same error and you won't be able to save.

Click to expand...

Patching it with the EZ4 Client didn't work for me, and I'm using an EZ Flash IV...

Click to expand...

patching works fine for me. I use the RESET loader, and the latest EZ4Client to patch.

I'll try to repatch it now.

Delirious17 · Jun 30, 2009

The screen still shakes after I GBATA sram patch it and even file size trim it! The save works fine on VBA and even my Dingoo...I'm using M3DS Real and EZ Flash 5 on DS Lite.

Fiesty Panda · Aug 17, 2009

gizmo_gal said:
I thought this was actually about the game, but all the same I have a question. Why is the game called Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3?

Its Super Mario for GBA but it includes a port of SMB3 or is it JUST a remake of SMB3?

The game is a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3. Nintendo's line of GBA remakes are called Super Mario Advance series. This is the fourth in their series of remakes.

codezer0 · Sep 6, 2009

I am having the same issue. I've tried 1.0 and 1.1, loaded both into the EZ4 client, as I have an EZ4 "phat" (so I can put it in my real SP). Every time I start any of the super mario advance (and keep in mind, the save patch option has always been checked on), it always starts me from scratch when I load up the game.

FAST6191 · Sep 6, 2009

Are you using 8:3 naming?; the EZ4 seems to have a problem with a handful games when loading the save back up if the name is longer than 8 characters of which the super mario games are known examples.

8:3 naming if you missed the DOS era are names with up to 8 characters for the name of the file and 3 for the extension.

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