gba-save-extractor

Custom cart-swapping ROM for extracting save data from original GBA cartridges with a GBA flashcart.

How to use

Download gba-save-extractor.gba from the latest releases, and add it to a flashcart of your choice;
Insert the flash cart, turn on the GBA and load gba-save-extractor.gba;
Press A to continue, then remove the flash cart;
Insert the game cart with the save you want to extract, press A to continue;
Once extraction is complete, remove the game cart from the GBA;
Insert the flash cart once again, and press A to write the extracted save to the flashcart;
Turn off the GBA, and copy the save file from the flashcart to the PC via the SD Card.

https://github.com/Lorenzooone/Pokemon-Gen3-to-Gen-X: Template for cartridge swappable ROM and reading save state from Pokemon Emerald.
[https://felixjones.co.uk/mgba_gdb/vscode.html](GDB Debugging with mGBA | Felix Jones)

All Pokémon names, sprites, names of related resources and the Japanese font are © Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc.

Everything else, and the programming code, is governed by the MIT license.

Docker allows easily building without having to install the dependencies.

To build for the GBA, while in the root of the project, run: docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/home/builder/gba-save-extractor matbonet/gba-save-extractor:gba_builder