NOTE: This repo has officially been deprecated. Please refer to https://github.com/Ninjiteu/N64SaveConverter for the latest developments on this project.
Converts n64 save files to all available types of n64 save formats.
Setup/Compatibility
- This app is only compatible with Android SDK 26 and above.
- This app can be cloned and built from any installation of Android studio.
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On original N64 hardware, there are 5 N64 save formats with the following sizes (eep 4kb, eep 16kb, sra 256kb, fla 1mb, mpk 256kb per memory pak).
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Emulators in general may not follow the exact size guidelines above. For each save format, they may expect larger save file sizes than mentioned above (In which case they pad the file with empty bytes at the beginning or end of the file).
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General Rule: Emulators can read save files which are larger (more padding at the end of the file) than the actual save file size that the emulator produces, but not smaller. Therefore, to be safe, it is encouraged to pad as much as you want at the end of your save file to increase compatablility across emulators. EXCEPT when creating Virtual Console saves. They expect exact sizes. Luckily, packed VC saves expect sizes which are equal to or larger than all other emulators.
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PC emulators are little endian, Wii emulators (Wii64 and VC) are big endian. But this only matters for fla and sra saves, not eep and mpk. So they require (32 bit) byte swapping to be compatible.
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My N64SaveConverter.exe can be run in 2 ways. By dragging and dropping a single file onto the executable or by running the executable alone which will search for all n64 save file in the current directory and process all of them.
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My save converter will do the following things: Pad all save formats to the Wii VC size format (the largest of all emulators). For sra and fla, it will also do a (32 bit) byte swap. And it will also create a separate retroarch formatted save (srm). If you run the exe with an srm save, it will create 4 save files (eep, sra, fla, mpk) without any byte swapping. Simply select the correct format and discard the others.
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For sra and fla, you cannot go from a retroarch save directly to a wii save and vice versa. You would need to run it with the srm and then run it again with the output file to do the byte swapping. For the other way, you would need to run it with the sra/fla to do the byteswapping (ignore the srm) and then run it again with the output to get the correct srm.
Super Mario 64 - NAAE Mario Kart 64 - NABE Ocarina of Time - NACE Star Fox 64 - NADE Paper Mario - NAEE F Zero X - NAFE Yoshi Story - NAHE Wave Race 64 - NAIE Sin and Punishment - NAJN Pokemon Snap - NAKE Super Smash Bros - NALE Kirby 64 - NAME Pokemon Puzzle League - NANE 1080 Snowboarding - NAOE Majoras Mask - NARE Cruisn USA - NASE Mario Tennis - NATE Mario Golf - NAUE Ogre Battle 64 - NAYE Mario Party 2 - NAZE Bomberman Hero - NA3E
Save Method Overview These are the 5 known saving methods:
Controller Pak (32,768 bytes) SRAM 4 Kilobits (512 bytes) EEPROM 16 Kilobits (2048 bytes) EEPROM 256 Kilobits (32,768 bytes) SRAM 1024 Kilobits (131,072 bytes) FlashRAM No Save (included at the bottom) The bottom four methods are for on-cartridge saving. They function basically the same to the end user. SRAM (Static RAM) uses a coin cell battery as it is a volatile form of memory. EEPROM and Flash RAM do not require an external power source to retain data.
There also exists one unique N64 game, Dezaemon 3D. It uses 768Kbit SRAM, thus also uses a battery.
NOTE: Sometimes a game uses both on-cart memory and the controller pak. Such games will be placed in each of the relevant lists.
Controller Pak .mpk Also known as a memory card. Most 3rd party games used this to save. Remember, N64 memory cards each use a battery. Within about 20 to 25 years from manufacture, their batteries will have to be replaced.
Aero Gauge Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage All-Star Baseball 2000 All-Star Baseball 2001 All-Star Baseball '99 Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. Army Men: Air Combat Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 Asteroids Hyper 64 Automobili Lamborghini Bassmaster 2000 Battle Tanx Battle Tanx: Global Assault Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs Beetle Adventure Racing Big Mountain 2000 Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. Blast Corps Blues Brothers 2000 Bomberman 64 Bottom of the 9th Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling Buck Bumble Bug's Life, A Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition Bust-A-Move '99 California Speed Carmageddon 64 Castlevania Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Centre Court Tennis (PAL) Chameleon Twist 2 Cruis'n USA CyberTiger Daikatana Deadly Arts Destruction Derby Diddy Kong Racing Doom 64 Dual Heroes Duke Nukem 64 Duke Nukem: Zero Hour ECW: Hardcore Revolution Excitebike 64 Extreme-G Extreme-G 2 F1 Pole Position 64 F1 Racing Championship (PAL) FIFA '99 FIFA Soccer 64 FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 Fighters Destiny Fighter Destiny 2 Fighting Force 64 Flying Dragon Forsaken 64 Fox Sports College Hoops '99 Gauntlet Legends Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Gex 64: Enter the Gecko Goemon's Great Adventure Golden Nugget 64 GT64 Championship Edition Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hexen Hot Wheels Turbo Racing Hybrid Heaven Hydro Thunder Iggy's Reckin' Balls International Superstar Soccer 64 International Superstar Soccer '98 International Superstar Soccer 2000 International Track & Field 2000 Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 Killer Instinct Gold Knockout Kings 2000 Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside Lego Racers Madden 2000 Madden 2001 Madden 2002 Madden 64 Madden '99 Mario Kart 64 Mia Hamm Soccer 64 Micro Machines 64 Turbo Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 Mike Piazza's Strike Zone Milo's Astro Lanes Monaco Grand Prix Mortal Kombat 4 Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness Multi-Racing Championship Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Nagano Winter Olympics '98 Namco Museum 64 Nascar 2000 Nascar '99 NBA Hang Time NBA In the Zone 2000 NBA In the Zone '98 NBA In the Zone '99 NBA Jam 2000 NBA Jam '99 NBA Live 2000 NBA Live '99 NBA Show Time: NBA on NBC New Tetris, The NFL Blitz NFL Blitz 2000 NFL Blitz 2001 NFL Blitz Special Edition NFL Quarterback Club 2000 NFL Quarterback Club 2001 NFL Quarterback Club '98 NFL Quarterback Club '99 NHL '99 NHL Blades of Steel '99 NHL Breakaway Hockey '98 NHL Breakaway Hockey '99 Nightmare Creatures Nuclear Strike 64 Off Road Challenge Olympic Hockey '98 Paperboy Penny Racers Perfect Dark Polaris Snocross Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue Premier Manager 64 (PAL) Quake Quake II Quest 64 Rainbow Six Rakuga Kids (PAL) Rally Challenge 2000 Rampage 2: Universal Tour Rampage: World Tour Rat Attack Rayman 2: The Great Escape Razor Freestyle Scooter Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 Re-Volt Road Rash 64 Roadsters Robotron 64 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA S.C.A.R.S. San Francisco Rush: 2049 San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing Scooby-Doo: Classic Creep Capers Shadow Man Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers Snowboard Kids South Park South Park Rally Space Invaders Spider-Man Stunt Racer 64 Supercross 2000 Superman Tarzan The World Is Not Enough Tonic Trouble Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Top Gear Hyper Bike Top Gear Rally Top Gear Rally 2 Toy Story 2 Triple Play 2000 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Turok: Rage Wars Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding Vigilante 8 Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense Virtual Chess 64 Virtual Pool 64 Wave Race 64 Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 WCW Backstage Assault WCW Mayhem WCW Nitro WCW vs. NWO: World Tour Wetrix WinBack: Covert Operations Wipeout 64 World Cup '98 World Driver Championship Wrestlemania 2000 WWF: Attitude WWF: Warzone Xena: Talisman of Fate
4Kbit EEPROM .eep The second most common form of saving. Most carts with internal saving used this.
AeroFighters Assault Air Boarder 64 (PAL) All-Star Tennis '99 Banjo-Kazooie Bass Hunter 64 Big Mountain 2000 Blast Corps Body Harvest Bomberman 64 Bomberman 64: Second Attack Bomberman Hero Chameleon Twist Chopper Attack Cruis'n Exotica Cruis'n USA Diddy Kong Racing Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers Dr. Mario 64 Earthworm Jim 3D F-1 World Grand Prix F-1 World Grand Prix II (PAL) Fighters Destiny Fighter Destiny 2 Glover GoldenEye 007 GT64 Championship Edition Hey you, Pikachu! Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Indy Racing 2000 Killer Instinct Gold Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Lode Runner 3D Loony Toons: Duck Dodgers Mario Kart 64 Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mickey's Speedway USA Mischief Makers Mission: Impossible Monopoly Multi-Racing Championship Penny Racers PGA European Tour Pilotwings 64 Premier Manager 64 (PAL) Rocket: Robot on Wheels Snowboard Kids 2 Space Station Silicon Valley Star Fox 64 Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth Star Wars Episode 1: Battle for Naboo Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Starshot Space Circus Super Mario 64 Taz Express (PAL) Tetrisphere Tom & Jerry in Fists of Furry Top Gear Overdrive V-Rally Edition '99 Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics Wave Race 64 Worms Armageddon
16Kbit EEPROM .eep As you can see, not many carts used this to save.
Banjo-Tooie Conker's Bad Fur Day Cruis'n World Donkey Kong 64 Excitebike 64 Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside Mario Party 3 Mario Tennis Perfect Dark Ridge Racer 64 Star Wars Episode 1 Racer Yoshi's Story
256Kbit SRAM .sra These carts have a battery to power the SRAM when not being played. Like the Controller Pak, these games will eventually need to have their batteries replaced.
1080 Snowboarding Dezaemon 3D (JPN, 768Kbit) F-Zero X Harvest Moon 64 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Major League Baseball featuring Ken Griffey Jr. Mario Golf New Tetris, The Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber Resident Evil 2 Super Smash Bros. WCW/NWO Revenge WWF: Wrestlemania 2000 Animal Crossing (JPN) is an odd case. Although this game uses Flash RAM, it needs a battery for the real time clock.
1Mbit Flash RAM .fla A few games used this rather fancy (and costly) save method.
Command & Conquer Jet Force Gemini Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Megaman 64 NBA Courtside 2 featuring Kobe Bryant Paper Mario Pokemon Puzzle League Pokemon Snap Pokemon Stadium Pokemon Stadium 2 Starcraft 64 Tigger's Honey Hunt WWF: No Mercy
No Save Surprisingly enough, quite a few N64 games do not save progress at all, not even with a controller pak. We're including these games for the sake of completeness, in case you wondered why some games are not on the above lists. A few of these listed games at least support saving the old fashioned way with passwords.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Charlie Blast's Territory (Password) Clayfighter 63 1/3 Clayfighter: Sculptor's Cut Dark Rift Elmo's Letter Adventure Elmo's Number Journey Jeopardy! Knife Edge: Nosegunner Mace: The Dark Age Magical Tetris Challenge Monster Truck Madness (Password) Mortal Kombat Trilogy Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X Traction (Password) Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt South Park: Chef's Luv Shack Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals War Gods Wheel of Fortune
Written by Andrew Gorbaty and Daniel Falk, 2019.