Hi all. I'm kinda new to this whole thing so please excuse my ignorance. I have a hack of SMB that I would like to burn on a cartridge. I'm having a hard time getting it onto a cart though. I purchased an EPROM burner and some 27C256 ROMS:
THE BURNER: Flash Writer/Programmer With USB Interface
THE ROMS: 27C256
I went down to the local game exchange shop and got some Mapper 0 carts NES NROM256-02 (i think it was golf or baseball) and an NES NROM128-01 cart. I took off the CHR and PRG chips, put in a socket (i bought this socket: SOCKET) and I burned some of the 27C256 roms, put them into the socket and now i'm getting a gray screen. So really i'm going back and i'm trying to figure out where I went wrong - I think it is the way i've burned the 27C256 ROMS. My questions are:
1) The CHR and PRG files are much less than 32k (27C256 rom). I was reading that the CHR and PRG file may need to be burned multiple times on the ROM so they equal 32k (ie CHR 8k x 4 = 32k). If this is the case, what would be the best way to accomplish this. I'm on a MacBook (Tiger 10.4) but could do this in windows if it's easier.
2) Can I put SMB hack onto an NROM128 cart?
Also, are there any other recommendations or from the steps above does it look like i'm doing something wrong.
BTW - I really started getting into this because of an artist that taught a class on new media art at my college. If anyone hasn't heard of him, definitely check out his site - he is doing some great work:
Cory Arcangel
THE BURNER: Flash Writer/Programmer With USB Interface
THE ROMS: 27C256
I went down to the local game exchange shop and got some Mapper 0 carts NES NROM256-02 (i think it was golf or baseball) and an NES NROM128-01 cart. I took off the CHR and PRG chips, put in a socket (i bought this socket: SOCKET) and I burned some of the 27C256 roms, put them into the socket and now i'm getting a gray screen. So really i'm going back and i'm trying to figure out where I went wrong - I think it is the way i've burned the 27C256 ROMS. My questions are:
1) The CHR and PRG files are much less than 32k (27C256 rom). I was reading that the CHR and PRG file may need to be burned multiple times on the ROM so they equal 32k (ie CHR 8k x 4 = 32k). If this is the case, what would be the best way to accomplish this. I'm on a MacBook (Tiger 10.4) but could do this in windows if it's easier.
2) Can I put SMB hack onto an NROM128 cart?
Also, are there any other recommendations or from the steps above does it look like i'm doing something wrong.
BTW - I really started getting into this because of an artist that taught a class on new media art at my college. If anyone hasn't heard of him, definitely check out his site - he is doing some great work:
Cory Arcangel