Hacking Virtual Console - Mega Drive/Genesis Rom Injection Guide

[Jacobeian]

it means they can emulate sms too, because you know the hardware is very similar and the megadrive was retro-compatible

I'd use an emulator as well, genplus has perfect emulation of micromachines 2 (including saving your stats and player names, which even kega cannot do) and you can play up to 4 players


if you REALLY can't use anything but VC channels, try injecting the ROM into a WAD that is known to have SRAM support, maybe the game is hanging because of this.

 

[StillBlue]

I am currenty playing the game in GenPlus, but obviously it would be nice to have it right there on the system menu.

I think I will bit by bit give it a go at trying to inject it into all VC MD games.

Back in the day this was about the only game I ever played with my friends, all the others stayed in the box and we would play this for hours on end!

Not looked at GenPlus too closely yet, but guessing I couldnt set that up in a channel with some set variables so it loaded straight up into MM. Give it the feel of a VC game.

 

[G0dLiKe]

Well, I did inject a lot of games on Genesis, NES, SNES, N64, SMS, C64, MSX/ MSX2, PCE and for the nature of some games giving different errors, like black screen, freezing, garbled gfx and/ or sound...

I also tried Micro Machines 2 but no matter what, it refused to work.

Your best guess is to stick with emulators for that one and who knows, maybe it will see an official release

 

[StillBlue]

I'd been reading this post.

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=164071

And found Dteyn research into the different emulators in the wads.

I did think that it might be worth following on from what he had done and listing the rest of the md wads to see if there were more emulators than the 12 he had managed to find.

Might make injection easier for others too, as at the moment I am looking at 73 different wads, when in reality there may only be 12 true emulators in these wads.

 

[StillBlue]

OK, I have the 73 MD (Pal) .wad's that exist so I will unpack and run get the md5sum for the emulator app inside them for all 73. This way I will be able to tell which of the 73 games have a unique emulator inside them. I will post my findings here. Not holding out a lot of hope for MM2, but worth a go, and might be of some help to others if it narrows down the search a bit.

 

[Jacobeian]

It would definitively be interesting. What would be also interesting is the content of the config file for each of the VC releases (or only each of the different emulators)

Not looked at GenPlus too closely yet, but guessing I couldnt set that up in a channel with some set variables so it loaded straight up into MM. Give it the feel of a VC game.

in the SVN version, there is an option labeled "Auto Load ROM" or something like that: it will make the emulator automatically launch the first file in your history list.
There is also an option to automatically load saved state, like the VC does. This is not as practical as VC though because you cannot have multiple channels loading separated games.

 

[StillBlue]

Time consuming, but worth doing I would think.

Only stumbling block I have hit straight away is that I have just done a couple including Alien Soldier and Altered Beast which are on Dteyn's list and come up with a different md5sum.

Hmm.......Is this because he has done NTSC & I am doing the PAL releases?

Mine are definately all EU ones.

Well, have some actual work to do now, but will start on mine later.

 

[Dteyn]

I'd been reading this post.

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=164071

And found Dteyn research into the different emulators in the wads.

I did think that it might be worth following on from what he had done and listing the rest of the md wads to see if there were more emulators than the 12 he had managed to find.

Might make injection easier for others too, as at the moment I am looking at 73 different wads, when in reality there may only be 12 true emulators in these wads.

I had only looked at 25 NTSC WADs in my research, I imagine there must be more emulators in the entire VC collection across regions. If I had the time I would go a step further and look into ALL Genesis WADs ever released by Nintendo, regardless of region. According to wikipedia, there are 73 PAL, 72 NTSC, and 90 NTSC-J for a total of 235 Genesis/Megadrive WADs. I would start by sorting the entire list of 235 and grabbing all the unique titles and looking at those, some of the Japanese games are likely to contain more of the unique emulator apps such as what MUSHA contains.

I had a few minutes so I put the list of games into TextPad and used a few macros to clean it up. Here's a list that should help narrow down which games are unique:

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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (NTSC)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (PAL)
Alex Kidd: Tenku Majou (Alex Kidd: Sky Castle) (JAP)
Alien Soldier Treasure (PAL)
Alien Soldier (JAP)
Alien Soldier (NTSC)
Alien Storm (JAP)
Alien Storm (NTSC)
Alien Storm (PAL)
Altered Beast (NTSC)
Altered Beast (PAL)
Bahamut Senki (The War Chronicles of Bahamut) (JAP)
Bare Knuckle II: Shitou he no Chinkon Uta (Bare Knuckle II: The Apprentice's Written Requiem) (JAP)
Bare Knuckle III: Tekken Seiten (JAP)
Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken (Bare Knuckle: Furious Iron Fist) (JAP)
Beyond Oasis (NTSC)
Bio-Hazard Battle (NTSC)
Bio-Hazard Battle (PAL)
Bonanza Bros (PAL)
Bonanza Bros. (JAP)
Bonanza Bros. (NTSC)
Boogerman (PAL)
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (NTSC)
Chameleon Kid (JAP)
Chelnov (JAP)
ClayFighter (NTSC)
ClayFighter (PAL)
Columns (JAP)
Columns (NTSC)
Columns (PAL)
Columns III: Revenge of Columns (NTSC)
Columns III: Revenge of Columns (PAL)
Columns III: Taiketsu! Columns World (JAP)
Comix Zone (JAP)
Comix Zone (NTSC)
Comix Zone (PAL)
Crack Down (JAP)
Crack Down (PAL)
Crying (JAP)
Dai Makaimura (Great Demon World Village) (JAP)
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (NTSC)
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (PAL)
Dragon Slayer: Eiyu Densetsu (Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes) (JAP)
Dragon Slayer: Eiyu Densetsu II (Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II) (JAP)
Dyna Brothers (JAP)
Dyna Brothers 2 Special (JAP)
Dynamite Headdy (JAP)
Dynamite Headdy (NTSC)
Dynamite Headdy (PAL)
ESWAT: City Under Siege (PAL)
ESWAT: Cyber Police (JAP)
Earthworm Jim Shiny Entertainment (NTSC)
Earthworm Jim (JAP)
Earthworm Jim (PAL)
Earthworm Jim 2 (JAP)
Earthworm Jim 2 (NTSC)
Earthworm Jim 2 (PAL)
Ecco Jr. (JAP)
Ecco Jr. (NTSC)
Ecco Jr. (PAL)
Ecco the Dolphin (JAP)
Ecco the Dolphin (NTSC)
Ecco the Dolphin (PAL)
Ecco the Dolphin 2 (JAP)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (NTSC)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (PAL)
Eternal Champions (JAP)
Eternal Champions (NTSC)
Eternal Champions (PAL)
Forgotten Worlds (JAP)
Forgotten Worlds (NTSC)
Forgotten Worlds (PAL)
Gain Ground (JAP)
Gain Ground (NTSC)
Gain Ground (PAL)
Galaxy Force II (JAP)
Galaxy Force II (NTSC)
Galaxy Force II (PAL)
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (NTSC)
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (PAL)
Gley Lancer (JAP)
Gley Lancer (NTSC)
Gley Lancer (PAL)
Golden Axe (JAP)
Golden Axe (NTSC)
Golden Axe (PAL)
Golden Axe II (JAP)
Golden Axe II (NTSC)
Golden Axe II (PAL)
Golden Axe III (JAP)
Golden Axe III (NTSC)
Golden Axe III (PAL)
Gunstar Heroes Treasure (NTSC)
Gunstar Heroes Treasure (PAL)
Gunstar Heroes (JAP)
Gynoug (JAP)
Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu (Fist of the North Star: The New Legend of the Century's End Savior) (JAP)
Ichi Tanto-R (JAP)
Juoki (Beast King's Chronicle) (JAP)
Juso Kihei Leynos (Assault Suit Leynos) (JAP)
Kid Chameleon (NTSC)
Kid Chameleon (PAL)
Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou (JAP)
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (NTSC)
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (PAL)
Langrisser (JAP)
Langrisser II (JAP)
Light Crusader (JAP)
Light Crusader (NTSC)
Light Crusader (PAL)
Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu (Lord Monarch: The Solid Battle Legend) (JAP)
M.U.S.H.A. (NTSC)
M.U.S.H.A. (PAL)
Mega Turrican (NTSC)
Mega Turrican (PAL)
Mercs (NTSC)
Monster World IV (JAP)
Musha Aleste: Full Metal Fighter Ellinor (JAP)
Party Quiz Mega Q (JAP)
Pepen ga Pengo (JAP)
Phantasy Star II (NTSC)
Phantasy Star II (PAL)
Phantasy Star II: Kaerazaru Toki no Owari ni (Phantasy Star II: The End of the Lost Age) (JAP)
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (NTSC)
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (PAL)
Phantasy Star IV (PAL)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (NTSC)
Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni (JAP)
Phelios (JAP)
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (JAP)
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (NTSC)
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (PAL)
Powerball (NTSC)
Pulseman (JAP)
Pulseman (NTSC)
Pulseman (PAL)
Puyo Puyo (JAP)
Puyo Puyo 2 (NTSC)
Puyo Puyo 2 (PAL)
Puyo Puyo Tsu (JAP)
Puzzle & Action: Tanto-R (JAP)
Rent-A-Hero (JAP)
Ristar Sonic Team (PAL)
Ristar (NTSC)
Ristar the Shooting Star (JAP)
Rolling Thunder 2 (JAP)
Rolling Thunder 2 (NTSC)
Rolling Thunder 2 (PAL)
Senjou no Okami II (Wolf of the Battlefield II) (JAP)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (JAP)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (NTSC)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (PAL)
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (NTSC)
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (PAL)
Shining Force (NTSC)
Shining Force (PAL)
Shining Force II (PAL)
Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing (NTSC)
Shining Force II: Inishie no Fuin (JAP)
Shining Force: Kamigami no Isan (Shining Force: The Inheritance of Gods) (JAP)
Shining and the Darkness (JAP)
Shining in the Darkness (NTSC)
Shining in the Darkness (PAL)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (NTSC)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (PAL)
Sonic & Knuckles (JAP)
Sonic & Knuckles (NTSC)
Sonic & Knuckles (PAL)
Sonic 3D Blast (JAP)
Sonic 3D Blast (NTSC)
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (PAL)
Sonic Spinball (JAP)
Sonic Spinball (NTSC)
Sonic Spinball (PAL)
Sonic the Hedgehog (JAP)
Sonic the Hedgehog (NTSC)
Sonic the Hedgehog (PAL)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (JAP)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (NTSC)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PAL)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (JAP)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (NTSC)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PAL)
Sonic! Software Planning (JAP)
Sorcerian (JAP)
Space Harrier II (JAP)
Space Harrier II (NTSC)
Space Harrier II (PAL)
Splatterhouse 2 (NTSC)
Splatterhouse 2 (PAL)
Splatterhouse Part 2 (JAP)
Street Fighter II Dash Plus: Champion Edition (JAP)
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (NTSC)
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (PAL)
Streets of Rage (NTSC)
Streets of Rage (PAL)
Streets of Rage 2 (NTSC)
Streets of Rage 2 (PAL)
Streets of Rage 3 (NTSC)
Streets of Rage 3 (PAL)
Super Fantasy Zone (JAP)
Super Fantasy Zone (NTSC)
Super Fantasy Zone (PAL)
Super Thunder Blade (JAP)
Super Thunder Blade (NTSC)
Super Thunder Blade (PAL)
Sword of Vermilion (NTSC)
Sword of Vermilion (PAL)
The Hybrid Front (JAP)
The Revenge of Shinobi (NTSC)
The Revenge of Shinobi (PAL)
The Story of Thor (PAL)
The Story of Thor: Hikari o Tsugu Mono (The Story of Thor: A Successor of The Light) (JAP)
The Super Shinobi (JAP)
The Super Shinobi II (JAP)
ToeJam & Earl (JAP)
ToeJam & Earl (NTSC)
ToeJam & Earl (PAL)
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (NTSC)
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (PAL)
Toki no Keishousha: Phantasy Star III (The Successor of Time: Phantasy Star III) (JAP)
Vectorman (JAP)
Vectorman (NTSC)
Vectorman (PAL)
Vermilion (JAP)
Virtua Fighter 2 (JAP)
Virtua Fighter 2 (NTSC)
Virtua Fighter 2 (PAL)
Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS (PAL)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (JAP)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (NTSC)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (PAL)
Wonder Boy V: Monster World III (JAP)
Wonder Boy in Monster World (NTSC)
Wonder Boy in Monster World (PAL)
Wrestleball (JAP)

Hope that helps. I wish you luck!

 

[sio]

When I use the "VC Save Icon Injector/Save text Editor" to make MegaDrive/Genesis game icons, the Icons all appear in the top left of the icon box on the Wii, leaving a white boarder on the bottom and right edge of all the icons.

Am I missing something important to get the whole picture fitting the icon box?

 

[Vahkiti]

I know this is a VERY old topic, but I have to ask.. I just got finished spending 4 hours hex editing a banner all the while knowing these tools exist(ed?) but nobody bothered to keep a functional mirror alive. Does anybody have one of those? :/

 

[RadioShadow]

I am just getting into this, and the guide is fantastic. However, what I am trying to achieve is to Inject Micro Machines Turbo Tournament, and although I have tried a number of wads, I always get just a black screen when I try to start the game.

I have tried doing it with a hex editor and Auto Injectuwad Injector v3, but the same with both.

I don’t know if this is a case I am doing something wrong, or if nobody has had any success with Micro Machines TT.

Any help would be fantastic.

First I'm aware this post is two years old.

A lot of Electronic Arts games don't work because the games are set up to use a special checksum instead of the default one. This seems to cause them to not work. One game like "Road Rash" would not work when injected (would just load a red screen). Also if you edited the rom, it would fail to run (on any emulator for that matter). Of course, if you modified the rom to ignore the special checksum, you could edit the rom as much as you like and it works (sort of) if you inject it. Of course there is no sound and crashes during the gameplay, so the fix is useless for that game.

Disabling the special checksum in Micro Machines 2 might fix the problem. Although I got to figure out how for that game.

The Electronic Arts SNES versions of the game work fine however. This includes Micro Machines 2. Also injecting the rom into "Natsume Championship Wrestling" (has to be compressed into LZH8) will allow the use of four controllers and will run in PAL60 for Europe Wii owners. So it is not all bad news.

When I use the "VC Save Icon Injector/Save text Editor" to make MegaDrive/Genesis game icons, the Icons all appear in the top left of the icon box on the Wii, leaving a white boarder on the bottom and right edge of all the icons.

Am I missing something important to get the whole picture fitting the icon box?

Don’t use that thing. It is best to replace the banner images and edit the text manually. See the guide for details.

I know this is a VERY old topic, but I have to ask.. I just got finished spending 4 hours hex editing a banner all the while knowing these tools exist(ed?) but nobody bothered to keep a functional mirror alive. Does anybody have one of those? :/

I can easily upload the tools I use again. I’ll try and get that done tomorrow.

 

[Vahkiti]

I know this is a VERY old topic, but I have to ask.. I just got finished spending 4 hours hex editing a banner all the while knowing these tools exist(ed?) but nobody bothered to keep a functional mirror alive. Does anybody have one of those? :/

I can easily upload the tools I use again. I’ll try and get that done tomorrow.

Awesome, thanks! I downloaded the one set I could find in the TurboGraphx topic, but that contained neither the CCF Tool, (although I did find a slightly less functional command line version on Zophars's Domain) nor the Wad packer referenced in the tutorial here. With these tools I can get as far as editing the save data but doing that causes the game to crash on startup.

EDIT: If it matters, I'm injecting Sonic 3 Complete (Romhack) into a Sonic 3D Blast wad.

 

[Kirä69]

I will say the same thing here. I need CCF Tool 2.0 but I can't find any working link to download it. Will someone do me a favor and upload it? Thank you.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

I will say the same thing here. I need CCF Tool 2.0 but I can't find any working link to download it. Will someone do me a favor and upload it? Thank you.

Found this, it says v1.0 but I'm not sure which version it actually is cause the file modified date is late 09
http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/651/

 

[BITBURGER]

Mega Drive

<div align="center"><!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Virtual Console - Mega Drive/Genesis Rom Injection Guide - By RadioShadow<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></div>

<div align="center"><!--sizeo:2--><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF THE WAD YOU EDITED BRICKS YOUR WII WHEN YOU INSTALL IT ONTO YOUR WII. PROCEED TO FOLLOWING THE GUIDE AT YOU OWN RISK!</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></div>

<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Required Files:<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
- A Mega Drive/Genesis ROM in ".bin" format.
- A Wii Virtual Console Sega Mega Drive/Genesis WAD (doesn't matter what region).
- <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/af2d4h2/n/Mega_Drive_zip" target="_blank">These tools.</a>

<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Stage 1 - Unpacking the WAD Files<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

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<b>Step 1:</b>
- Place the WAD file in the “Mega Drive” folder.
- Place the Rom file in the “Mega Drive” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/image001.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 2:</b>
- Rename the WAD file to: in.wad
- Then click on “WAD Unpacker.bat”.
- Press any key to close the Command Prompt when it has finished unpacking.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/image003.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 3:</b>
- This will have created a new folder with a 16 character long title in the “Mega Drive” folder. This guide will refer to it as the “WAD Folder”.
- Inside the “WAD Folder”, you should have the similar files as shown in the image below:
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/image005.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Stage 2 - Making the Image Files<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

Spoiler

<b>Step 1:</b>
- In the “Gens Emulator” folder, open “gens.exe’.
- Set up the controllers by clicking on Option - > Joypads…
- Open the ROM file by clicking on File -> Open Rom
- Load the ROM file located in the “Mega Drive” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagea.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 2:</b>
- Play the game until you reach the title screen.
- Click Graphic -> Screen Shot to take a picture of the title screen.
- Close the “Gens Emulator”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagea2.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 3:</b>
- Inside the “Gens Emulator” folder is the BMP image file of the title screen.
- Copy the BMP image.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagea3.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 4:</b>
- Paste the copied BMP image into the “Imager Maker” folder.
- Rename the BMP image to: image.bmp
- Then open “VC_Icon_Gen.exe”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagea4.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 5:</b>
- In the “Source:” textbox Type: \image.bmp
- In the “Dest:” textbox, type: \created\
- In the “Select Console” dropdown box, select either:
“Mega Drive (JP)” – If you are going to installing the WAD on a JPN Wii.
“Genesis” – If you are going to installing the WAD on a USA Wii.
"Mega Drive” – If you are going to installing the WAD on an EU Wii.

- Then press the ‘Make’ button.
- Then close the “VC Save Icon Maker”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagea5.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 6:</b>
- You now have all the required image files. These are stored in the “created” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagea6.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Stage 3 - Editing the Banner and Icon Files<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

Spoiler

<b>Step 1:</b>
- In the “WAD Folder”, delete the “00000000.app” and “00000004.app” files.
- In the “Mega Drive” folder is a folder called “Sega VC files”.
- Copy the “00000004.app” over to the “WAD Folder”.
- Copy the “00000000_XX.app” over to the “WAD Folder”:
Copy “00000000_JP.app” if you are going to installing the WAD on a JPN Wii.
Copy “00000000_US.app”iIf you are going to installing the WAD on a USA Wii.
Copy “00000000_EU.app” if you are going to installing the WAD on an EU Wii.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 2:</b>
- Rename the “00000000_XX.app” file to: 00000000.app
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb2.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 3:</b>
- In the “Mega Drive” folder, open the “U8Tool.exe”.
- Click on the top right “…” button and open the “00000000.app”.
- Then click on the “Extract” button.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb3.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

This has created a folder in the “WAD Folder” called “00000000_app_OUT”. Inside the folder is a “meta” folder. Inside that folder are three files:
- banner.bin
- icon.Bin
- sound.bin
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb4.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 4:</b>
- Do what you did in Step 3 but “Extract” the “icon.bin” file.
- This has created a folder in the “meta” folder called “icon_bin_OUT”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb5.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 5:</b>
- Inside the “icon_bin_OUT” folder, click on the “arc” folder.
- Then the “timg” folder.
- Copy and paste the “IconVCPic.tpl” file in the “Mega Drive” -> “Image Maker” -> “created” folder, replacing the one in the “timg” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb6.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 6:</b>
- Click on the “Pack” button in the U8 Tool.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb7.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 7:</b>
- Do what you did in Step 3 but “Extract the “banner.bin” file.
- This has created a folder in the “meta” folder called “banner_bin_OUT”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb8.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 8:</b>
- Inside the “banner_bin_OUT” folder, click on the “arc” folder.
- Then the “timg” folder.
- Copy and paste the “VCPic.tpl” file in the “Mega Drive” -> “Image Maker” -> “created” folder, replacing the one in the “timg” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb9.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 9:</b>
- In the “Mega Drive” folder, open “vcbrlyt.exe”.
- Open the “banner.brlyt” which is located in the “banner_bin_OUT” -> “arc” -> “blyt” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb10.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 10:</b>
- Change the “Name” of the game you are injecting.
The first line can consist of a maximum of 40 ASCII Characters
The first line can consist of a maximum of 20 UNICODE Characters.
To have text appear on the second line, use the ASCII character: ^
The second line can consist of a maximum of 40 ASCII Characters
The second line can consist of a maximum of 20 UNICODE Characters.
You can use a mixture of ASCII and UNICODE characters.

- The “Year” the game was released. If you’re not sure, <a href="http://www.gamefaq.com" target="_blank">www.gamefaq.com</a> is the best place to find out.
Use ASCII Characters if editing the US or EU 00000000.app file.
Use UNICODE Characters if editing the JP 00000000.app file.

- The number of “Players”. Just enter a ASCII number between 1 – 99.
- Then press the following buttons that are circled blue in the below image:
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb11.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

- Then press the “Save Changes” button.
- Close the VC “brlyt Editor”.

<b>Step 11:</b>
- Click on the “Pack” button in the U8 Tool.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb7.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 12:</b>
- Click on the top right “…” button and open the “00000000.app”.
- Click on the option button: IMET(Banner Info)
- In the “Titles” frame, enter a title in the text boxes.
Keep to a maximum of 20 ASCII Characters.
Keep to a maximum of 10 UNICODE Characters.
You can use a mixture of ASCII and UNICODE characters.

- Click on the “Pack” button.
- Close the “U8 Tool” open.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imageb13.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

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Spoiler

<b>Step 1:</b>
- In the “Mega Drive” folder, open “U8Tool.exe”.
- Click on the top right “…” button and open the “00000005.app”.
- Then click on the “Extract” button.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

This has created a folder in the “WAD Folder” called “00000005_app_OUT”. Inside the folder is a “data.cff” file.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef2.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 2:</b>
- In the “Mega Drive” folder, open “CCF_tool.exe”.
- Open the “data.ccf” file by clicking on the top right “…” button.
- Then click on the “Extract” button.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef3.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

This has created a folder in the “00000005_app_OUT” folder called “data_ccf_OUT”. Inside that folder, you should see the following type of files as shown in the image below:
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef4.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 3:</b>
- Open the “config” file in Notepad.
- Change the “country” if necessary to:
“jp” – If you are going to installing the WAD on a JPN Wii.
“us” – If you are going to installing the WAD on a USA Wii.
“eu” – If you are going to installing the WAD on an EU Wii.

- Click on File -> Save.
- Close Notepad.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef5.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 4:</b>
- Delete the “man.arc.zlib” file in the “data_ccf_OUT” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef6.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 5:</b>
- Make a copy of the “.SGD” file name.
- Rename the ROM file in the “Mega Drive” folder with that name (including its file type).
- Then copy the ROM file to the “data_ccf_OUT” folder, overwriting the original.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef7.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 6:</b>
- Using the “CCF Tool”, open the “misc.ccf.zlib” file by clicking on the top right “…” button.
- Then click on the “Extract” button.
- This will create a folder in the “data_ccf_OUT” folder called “misc_ccf_zlib_OUT”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef8.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 7:</b>
- Inside the “misc_ccf_zlib_OUT” folder, delete all the “.wte” files.
- Copy and paste all the “.wte” files in the “Mega Drive” -> “Image Maker” -> “created” folder, into the “misc_ccf_zlib_OUT” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef9.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 8:</b>
- Open the “banner.cfg.txt” file in Notepad.
- Edit the Save Banner titles for each language.
Keep to a maximum of 20 ASCII Characters.
Keep to a maximum of 10 UNICODE Characters.
You can use both ASCII and UNICODE.

- Click on File -> Save.
- Close Notepad.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef10.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 9:</b>
- Going back to the “CCF Tool”, click on the “Pack” button.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef11.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 10:</b>
- Click on the top right “…” button and open the “data.ccf” file.
- Click on the “Pack” button.
- Close “CCF Tool”
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef12.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 11:</b>
- Going back to the “U8 Tool”, click on the “Pack” button.
- Close “U8 Tool”.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagef13.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

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Spoiler

<b>Step 1:</b>
- In the “Mega Drive” folder, right click on “WAD Packer.bat” and click “Edit”.
- Look for the four letters “CGM1”.
- Replace these four ASCII letters with your choice. Just use the letters A-Z and 0-9.
- Then click File -> Save
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagel.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

I advise you keep of note of what these four characters are. Each Channel has its own ID and it’s important to use a custom one and not be the same as other Wii Channels, otherwise it will just overwrite that Channel with that same ID on your Wii when you install the custom WAD.

<b>Step 2:</b>
- In the “WAD Folder”, delete the “00000000_app_OUT” and “00000005_app_OUT” folders.
- Then copy all the files in that folder.
- Paste them into the “Mega Drive” folder.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagel2.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 3:</b>
- Click on the “WAD Packer.bat” file.
- Press any key to exit the Command Prompt when it has finished packing.
- An “out.wad” folder will have been created.
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagel3.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>Step 4:</b>
- Rename the “out.wad” to a name of your choice.
- Now go and install the WAD onto your Wii.
- Have fun! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/RadioSonic/Mega Drive VC Inject Guide/imagel4.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

is this a new way to make tutorials?
man o man what i crap on this way with al the /n align shit things in it
and where do you find the mega_drive_zip file not on that link

 

[BITBURGER]

Has anyone the File

Mega_Drive_Zip where RadioShadow over speaks
i can not found it on the net

 

[SaulFabre]

dead link to the tools

@RadioShadow gave me the tools via PM, @BITBURGER requested it

New link: https://gbatemp.net/download/mega-drive-wii-injection-tools-by-radioshadow.37123/

Greetings