{"id":1159,"date":"2012-01-10T15:19:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T22:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superfamicom.org\/blog\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2013-11-26T10:04:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T17:04:51","slug":"will-your-satellaview-rom-run-on-the-powerpak-it-may-require-a-quick-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superfamicom.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/will-your-satellaview-rom-run-on-the-powerpak-it-may-require-a-quick-modification\/","title":{"rendered":"Will your Satellaview ROM run on the Powerpak? It may require a quick modification!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This thread on Digitpress has been bumped, and now someone is asking about getting a different game to load.<\/a><\/p>\n

I myself do not have a Powerpak, so I do not really know the details, but it appears that the Powerpak has issues with Satellaview ROM headers, even for games that could normally boot on their own on real hardware.
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\nFor reference;
\nHere is the technical info on a Satellaview ROM Header.<\/a>
\nCompare and contrast with this link, which has info on a standard SNES ROM Header.<\/a><\/p>\n

And here, is a visual comparison to give a better idea of what I mean:
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\nIn this specific example, the F-Zero ROMs are otherwise pretty much the same game – except that with that Satellaview header, the bottom one will not boot on a Powerpak. Also, as a reminder to mention, most Satellaview ROMs have Shift_JIS Kana headers instead of ASCII English headers. (F-ZERO appears to be an exception.)<\/p>\n

This picture should also give a good example of what you’d want to change for a ROM to boot on the Powerpak – in particular most of xFD0-xFDF. The most important thing, if I recall right, is replacing the Satellaview checksum with a standard SNES Checksum.<\/p>\n

Hopefully this is of help to you Powerpak users.<\/p>\n

(NOTE: This will -not- work on every game. Don’t be surprised if a Soundlink game or a magazine reliant on BS-X Fonts fails on this.)<\/p>\n