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Dumps the created date from the GBA cartridge (.gba and .sav file) #23

Open dfv54gdmsnsecfzsmfwhermkml opened 3 years ago

dfv54gdmsnsecfzsmfwhermkml commented 3 years ago

Hello,

is it possible when the user dumps the files (.gba and .sav) from the original GBA cartridge to get the original created date?

For NDS cartridge it is possible to dumps the created date and on Windows 10 with appropriate external file manager sofware that preserves timestamps for created date + modified date, because Windows Explorer does not preserve the created date when copying and preserves only the modified date. This is also one of the reasons why I use external file manager sofware (e.g Multi Commander) and robocopy.exe.

An example of exactly what I mean at NDS.

I have the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team original NDS cartridge (Europe version) and the release date is 10.11.2006 (Day.Month.Year).

But when I dump this NDS cartridge it shows me (.nds and .sav) this timestamp under Windows with external file manager software 01.01.2004 01:00:00 for created and modified date. This is exactly what I want with GBA, if it is possible.

insidegadgets commented 3 years ago

Hi there,

As far as I'm aware, the GBA games aren't embedded a release date in them. We would require a list of game titles, maybe a checksum of the header and the release date. Someone informed me that the reason the NDS dump was 2004 may be because the date/time on the NDS device was reset back to the default.

ghost commented 3 years ago

@insidegadgets

We would require a list of game titles, maybe a checksum of the header and the release date.

Is there such a release date list for GBA? You can add it for GBxCart-RW? It would be very handy if there is an option that is enabled by default and can set the release date for created time and modified time when extracting from the GBA cartridge.