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1. DMG-A40-01 – PCB Photo – MBC7 + ROM (256/512/1024 KB) + RAM (512B) + Tilt There are more cartridges compatible with this adapter board, you only need to check the footprint of cartridge ROM is the same as the adapter board.
2. The first handheld in the Game Boy family, it was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989  (1989-04-21), then North America, three months later, and lastly in Europe, nearly a year after.
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Since the release of the Gameboy there have been shady companies producing flash carts, ROM duplication systems, ‘transferrers’ and cloned carts of the more popular game titles. The history of such companies and Nintendo’s response is an entertaining read which I recommend if you have a lazy afternoon spare.

GameBoy Memory Map The GameBoy contains an 8-bit processor, meaning it can access 8-bits of data at one time. To access this data, it has a 16-bit address bus, which can address 65,536 positions of memory. This address space is split into the following areas.

30 years on, a lot of these old devices occasionally surface on online auction sites, gaming forums or through word of mouth. When I stumble upon such items I typically try to snap one up not just for my collection but to pull it apart, see how it works and see how they tried to circumvent copyright laws of the day. Much of these carts can be re-purposed or hacked. This series will show how I go about reversing the hardware + software inside the ‘GeNiUs GB Pocket Station’

Some time post 1993 (latest date stamp on the IC’s within) Genius marketed this unique game ‘backup’ system. This self contained unit was designed to backup or clone your existing GB/C cart ROM and save file to its internal Flash ROM and SRAM allowing you to play your game without your original cart. This in itself would be useful and to take the functionality a step further, it has the option to store multiple ROM’s and Save files, even to switch saves between ROM’s. With no direct connection to a PC, ‘piracy’ in the sense of online downloading is avoided though illegal copying of a licensed Nintendo cart is still possible.

To the GB hacker this means 2 things:

• The Flash ROM can be written by the Gameboy during use, and therefore by an external cart flasher
• There is programmable logic within the cart to manage bank switching, ROM mapping, SRAM management and Cart Passthrough.

Where do we begin? We can take two approaches, the first being hardware based. This would involve reversing the PCB to generate a schematic or at the minimum a block diagram to see which lines are controlled by what. We still don’t know how the CPLD works and would need look into the code.

The second and somewhat simpler method is to reverse the software (BootROM) to identify which registers the programmable logic responds to and exactly what they do. I’ll be taking the second approach.

Dumping the Boot ROM

All GB carts must have the first bank accessible to the GB regardless of which mapper if any is used. The Gameboy begins executing this code after its own internal copyright check and this is where we begin the disassembly of the code.

Reading the header from the cart suggest a ROM size of 512kbytes so this is what we dump with Joey. Upon viewing in a hex editor we see that the entire ROM is repeated every $2800 bytes (10,240 bytes) Very unusual for a GB ROM. Likely an artifact of the mapper.

We load up our 512k ROM in our emulator/disassembler and step through the code. We see the code checking the GB type, DMG/Colour/Super-gameboy then it goes on to copy a block of code to RAM where it then passes control to. This is an indicator that bank switching or ROM writing is about to take place. You cannot run code from a Flash ROM that is being erased, remapped or written so it is instead run from the GB’s internal RAM.

Looking at the code we find the mapping registers at address:

• $0000 – Typically a SRAM enable/disable register found in MBC5 based carts
• $1100 – Although this address is also valid as an enable/disable address in MBC5 carts, this is not the purpose here.
• $4100 – Again, can be used for bank switching in an MBC5 but the $100 offset indicates it has another purpose
• $3100 – And again, can be used for MBC5 purposes but the offset $100 suggests otherwise.

The code starts by first initialising all these registers to $00 then setting them to a default state.

• $0000 < $0A – This is the stock SRAM Enable command
• $1100 < $80 – Not a standard MBC value/address
• $4100 < $90 – Not a standard MBC value/address

The emulator is expecting to see valid data in the ROM region which is not there so we can’t trace much further without it. We have a good start on the mapper registers and we’ll pursue these.

Where my Joey really performs above the rest is how versatile it is. You can inject custom address writes and therefore play around with mapper registers and see the effect in real time. This is exactly what we’ll do.

We do as the code does, clear all registers then set the above values and this is what we get when we dump bank0:

The first 2 bytes are important, we don't yet know what for. A bit more playing around we find this:

The carts's ROM + SRAM list and their address on the cart

We go further and zero $1100 and $0000 and we’re back at the boot ROM ‘GB SMART CARD’

Interesting…

Meanwhile, back in the emulator, we convince the ROM the cart is attached and the mystery bytes we found earlier are there. We now get access to the default boot screen as seen on the GB. This is a perfect opportunity to get to the basics, cart pass through mode. We select ‘Play Card’ and see what gets written to the CPLD:

• $1100 < $08
• $3100 < $C0
• Wait a few cycles
• $3100 < $C0 again
• Then jump to $0100. This is the code start point in the GB.

We confirm this with the Joey:

We have another go at the menu, this time selecting to boot Rom#3 & SRAM#1

• $1100 < $02
• $3100 < $DB
• Wait 2 cycles
• $3100 < $DB

We have another go at the menu, this time selecting to boot Rom#1 & SRAM#1

• $1100 < $00
• $3100 < $DB
• Wait 2 cycles
• $3100 < $DB

We have another go at the menu, this time selecting to boot Rom#2 & SRAM#2

• $1100 < $11
• $3100 < $DB
• Wait 2 cycles
• $3100 < $DB

We have another go at the menu, this time selecting to boot Rom#4& SRAM#3

• $1100 < $23
• $3100 < $DB
• Wait 2 cycles
• $3100 < $DB

Can you spot the pattern?

The high nibble of $1100 selects the 32k SRAM Block to activate

The low nibble of $1100 Selects the 512k ROM Block to activate.

We still don’t know what $3100 does or exactly how the other registers work. We also don't have the flash erase or write protocol, Mapper type selection if it can even support more than MBC5, Maximum SRAM access to a single ROM (LSDJ requires 128k). Once we get all this identified we can write a script in my Joey software to add Flash cart support for the 'GB Pocket Station'

In Parts 2&3 we are going to use a logic analyser to monitor the CPLD activity. We'll write values to it via Joey to fully reverse all the mapper registers. We'll go through the Flash IC datasheet and take a look at the erase+write protocols and we'll learn how to add support for this cart in Joey's script.

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Where it all began. The v1.6 is the first generation of my ElCheapoSD carts. It only supports ROM's up to 1mbyte in size, has enough SRAM for any currently available ROM. It is a little power thirsty so not very suitable for GB Pocket, or backlit DMG's without supporting mods.

I suggest the newer v1.9 cart, 4mbyte ROM handling, Lower power (Especially with the Low Power Modded version) and auto palette selection. If you want an entry level SD based flash cart to play all your original DMG games and a few Colour, and you want it cheap, this is the cart for you! If you want every GB+GBC game ever made on one cart, get the v1.9

An SD, GB/GBC flash cart for less than half the price of an Everdrive?!?!?!

This little guy supports GB and GBC ROM's (No RTC support) 1mbyte or smaller.

Update!: Added multi MBC support (1/3/5) as of 26/7/2016.

Specs:

• DMG compatible (Notched)
• 1Mbyte Game ROM max
• 128kbytes Save RAM max
• Load/Save to SD for save games/LSDJ saves
• 1Mbyte per minute transfer speeds from SD card (double when used on a GBC/GBA)
• Save files are unique and not attached to the ROM file name. Multiple saves per ROM
• Short File Names recommended
• The first 128 ROM's and Save's are accessible via the GB.
• Firmware upgradable via SD
• Replaceable battery version (Battery Is now included! CR1216/CR1220)
• Sticker Included
• Shipped without SD Card. you will need a 2gb SD for lowest power consumption
• Folder support now added (expands the ROM count to thousands!)

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Most SD cards are now supported, FAT32 only. Larger cluster size the better.

Supplied in an enclosure. Please leave a note on checkout if you plan to re-home the PCB. They are very thin and fragile, if you flex them they will fail. No warranty is given to physically damaged PCB's. All items must be shipped back at your expense for repairs. There have been a few boards already damaged, parts ripped off, SD cards snapped in half. This is a delicate piece of hardware.

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Before updating make sure your batteries are charged etc... A failure updating firmware can lead to a bricked cart.

Blank Save Files (32k + 128k(LSDJ))

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Before you update, Be 100% sure you format your SD card to Fat32 with 4k clusters. Confirm the card works by writing a flash to the cart, the first ROM you try flash should NOT be the firmware!

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Update 1.63 Stable - Improved file&folder system. Files and Folders now in the one list, navigate through folders easier. Auto retry on Init failure, expanded support for large capacity SDHC cards. Improved Update tool.