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[BillyGlenn]

How can i convert a gameshark ntsc code to pal?

i read something about

Quote:

GoldenEye 007 (801A0000-801E0000 region) NTSC-PAL N64 -18C70 in Hexdecimal GoldenEye 007 (Very Low in RAM) NTSC-PAL N64 -ABO or -AB1 in Hexdecimal GoldenEye 007 (80021000-80036000 region) NTSC-PAL N64 -4AB1 in Hexdecimal GoldenEye 007 (before 80021000) NTSC-PAL N64 -2148 in Hexdecimal

I tried it and it works but what about the other codes?

e.g. i want this code 81051D90 3FFF to PAL
(it increase the size of the enemies)

how can i see what this code does in ntsc and then search it in my pal game?

[Kode-Z]

Hey BillyGlenn,

Porting codes from NTSC to PAL in GoldenEye is a bit here and there. I myself have ported codes for PAL GoldenEye, and it can be tricky at times...

From my research years ago, there's also:
802XXXXX Region NTSC-PAL
-FEA0

8003XXXX Region NTSC-PAL
-15BB0

Like I said, porting can be a tricky business, and you're better off rehacking it, which is easier said than done, unfortunatly.

Anyway, as for those Enemy size modifiers, I ported these years back for my own use, and if I recall, I do have them laying about somewhere...

I'll post later if I can find them...

[BillyGlenn]

thank you thats great

i hope to get some ported by myself but it would be nice if you found that size modifier

[Kode-Z]

Hmmm... it appears I have totally mislaid those darn codes, or probably threw them in the trash years back. Sorry!

I'll port them for you, if you like...

Where did you find those codes, by the way?

[BillyGlenn]

hi,

you dont need to convert them i found them!
anyway thanks.

i found some nice old sides for PAL:

http://web.archive.org/web/20000303175355/www.barlow89.freeserve.co.uk/ARHQ/n64codes/goldeneye/goldeneye.html
http://homepages.tesco.net/~dr.milk/doctor.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20030223194735/www.gscentral.com/codes.pl?dev=ar&sys=n64uk&game=007
http://goldeneye.detstar.com/gameshark/actionreplay.asp
http://web.archive.org/web/20010516135119/ubb.arhqnet.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
http://www.lych.demon.co.uk/goldeneye/armenu.htm

PS: Size modifier

Enlarge Enemies (About 7ft tall)
80047EC1 00FF
Shrink Enemies (About 1/2ft tall)
80047EC1 0001
Enlarge Enemies (Gulliver Size)
81047EC0 3F80
Enlarge Enemies (House Size)
81047EC0 3E60

Last edited by BillyGlenn on Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:16 am; edited 3 times in total

[Kode-Z]

Ah, the memories!

One more thing about porting codes, which i'm sure you're aware of anyway, is that not all codes can be ported. For example, the Master Cheat Menu code (MCM for short), was deleted from the PAL version but kept in part in the NTSC version, therefore a port of the code would be useless.

To be honest, the MCM is one of few NTSC codes I can think of that PAL people would actually consider being worthy of porting, if it was possible.

[BillyGlenn]

year i noticed.
But there are some good porting tutorials on these websites

[Kode-Z]

There certainly are!

[mcbrainlegend]

by PAL do you mean action replay, and is NTSC the gameshark?

[mcbrainlegend]

BillyGlenn wrote:

hi, you dont need to convert them i found them! anyway thanks. i found some nice old sides for PAL: http://web.archive.org/web/20000303175355/www.barlow89.freeserve.co.uk/ARHQ/n64codes/goldeneye/goldeneye.html http://homepages.tesco.net/~dr.milk/doctor.htm http://goldeneye.detstar.com/gameshark/actionreplay.asp http://web.archive.org/web/20010516135119/ubb.arhqnet.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi http://www.lych.demon.co.uk/goldeneye/arcohome.htm http://www.lych.demon.co.uk/goldeneye/armenu.htm PS: Size modifier Enlarge Enemies (About 7ft tall) 80047EC1 00FF Shrink Enemies (About 1/2ft tall) 80047EC1 0001 Enlarge Enemies (Gulliver Size) 81047EC0 3F80 Enlarge Enemies (House Size) 81047EC0 3E60

I really dont know crap about all this stuff, but are these action replay codes u posted?

[BillyGlenn]

yeah it´s action replay.

but you can also use it for gameshark when you got a pal game

[zoinkity]

There's also a blanket way to take the 2 player NTSC stage codes - such as Facility BZ - and automatically get them working in PAL.

Let me quote from the GSCentral Archive:

Krijy wrote:

Krijy 02.28.2005, 04:36 PM As it stands at the moment the codes that allow you to play GoldenEyes solo arenas in multiplayer are very lengthy, and haven't been ported to PAL. They are also scattered all over the place and quite hard to find on the internet. I have hacked a code that allows you to play with all players using just the four player version of any solo arena in multi code. I have also hacked a code that allows you to play with all players in PAL using the NTSC two player version of any solo arena in multi code. This is both easy to do and saves the trouble of having to port the entire code. It is my hope that we can finish off all the solo arena in multiplayer codes for GoldenEye, and post them in this one topic so that we know where they all are. One of the main problems with the solo arenas in multi is that in different player modes the in-game level data is put in different places. This means that you end up with three different codes, one for two players, one for three players and one for four players. When you come to entering the codes into your cheating device it takes a long time to enter them all (especially if you don't have a link cable). Ideally you want just one code that works for all player amount modes (in both NTSC and PAL). [editor's note: NTSC-specific information is omitted here] Enabling all players in PAL with the NTSC two player version of a solo arena in multiplayer code PAL differs slightly from NTSC in several ways. The pointer that specifies the start of the in-game level data is located at 80056DD0 and has the value 80075700, the difference between each player mode is 2A70 instead of 2A80, and the in-game level data is usually put further down in the memory than in NTSC. You could simply modify 80075700 so that the in-game level data lines up with the NTSC four player code, but, the NTSC four player code is too far up in the memory and the code won't work. Instead you need to use the NTSC two player version as a base code, because it's further down in the memory and closer to where the in-game level data is usually put in PAL. The following code will work in most cases (if not all): All players in PAL using the NTSC two player version of a solo arena in multi code: (PAL ONLY) [editor's note: the finalized version of the code is listed here, not the one from the original document] 81056DD0 8008 81056DD2 8EA0 D1026A72 0002 81056DD2 E380 D1026A72 0003 81056DD2 B910 You can't simply bang the enable all players code onto any odd NTSC two player code. The code contains several parts that do not modify the in-game level data. These can be easily ported and are the level modifier code, skip intros and sky modifier. Any code that is obviously in the in-game level data part of the memory, like 811FXXXX or 811EXXXX you don't have to worry about. Any code that is less than 8008E360, you have to port. How to port a level modifier code from NTSC to PAL: NTSC Aztec Complex in Multiplayer: 8002A8F7 001C 81037556 5918 1. NTSC 8002A8F7 001C PAL 80025E47 001C Simply change the code but use the same value. 2. NTSC 81037556 5918 PAL 81032606 AFD8 To port the setup modifier subtract 4F50 from the code address: 81037556 - 4F50 = 81032606. You also need to change the value by adding 56C0: 5918 + 56C0 = AFD8. PAL Aztec Complex in Multiplayer: 80025E47 001C 81032606 AFD8 3. If the solo arena in multi code needs the skip intros code use the PAL version instead of the NTSC version: NTSC: 8102A932 0000 8102A93A 0000 8102A92E 0000 8102A92D 0000 PAL: 81025E82 0000 81025E8A 0000 81025E7E 0000 81025E7D 0000 How to port a sky modifier code from NTSC to PAL: NTSC Give Jungle a sky: 81044DC4 451C 81044DD4 1820 81044DD6 0001 81044DD8 459C 81044DDA 4000 81044DE0 437F 81044DE4 437F 81044DE8 437F PAL Give Jungle a sky: 8103E2B4 451C 8103E2C4 1820 8103E2C6 0001 8103E2C8 459C 8103E2CA 4000 8103E2D0 437F 8103E2D4 437F 8103E2D8 437F Simply subtract 6B10 from the code address.

The document goes on to list many of the original, GS/AR multiplayer stages converted to PAL. The above though describes the method for porting NTSC 2pl stages to PAL, allow the same code to be used regardless the number of players playing, and various offsets within the NTSC-21990 main compressed binary.
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[mcbrainlegend]

BillyGlenn wrote:

yeah it´s action replay. but you can also use it for gameshark when you got a pal game

i know codes differ between Gameshark and Action replay but do they also differ between an NTSC Action Replay and a PAL Action Replay?

[mcbrainlegend]

zoinkity wrote:

There's also a blanket way to take the 2 player NTSC stage codes - such as Facility BZ - and automatically get them working in PAL. Let me quote from the GSCentral Archive: Krijy wrote: Krijy 02.28.2005, 04:36 PM As it stands at the moment the codes that allow you to play GoldenEyes solo arenas in multiplayer are very lengthy, and haven't been ported to PAL. They are also scattered all over the place and quite hard to find on the internet. I have hacked a code that allows you to play with all players using just the four player version of any solo arena in multi code. I have also hacked a code that allows you to play with all players in PAL using the NTSC two player version of any solo arena in multi code. This is both easy to do and saves the trouble of having to port the entire code. It is my hope that we can finish off all the solo arena in multiplayer codes for GoldenEye, and post them in this one topic so that we know where they all are. One of the main problems with the solo arenas in multi is that in different player modes the in-game level data is put in different places. This means that you end up with three different codes, one for two players, one for three players and one for four players. When you come to entering the codes into your cheating device it takes a long time to enter them all (especially if you don't have a link cable). Ideally you want just one code that works for all player amount modes (in both NTSC and PAL). [editor's note: NTSC-specific information is omitted here] Enabling all players in PAL with the NTSC two player version of a solo arena in multiplayer code PAL differs slightly from NTSC in several ways. The pointer that specifies the start of the in-game level data is located at 80056DD0 and has the value 80075700, the difference between each player mode is 2A70 instead of 2A80, and the in-game level data is usually put further down in the memory than in NTSC. You could simply modify 80075700 so that the in-game level data lines up with the NTSC four player code, but, the NTSC four player code is too far up in the memory and the code won't work. Instead you need to use the NTSC two player version as a base code, because it's further down in the memory and closer to where the in-game level data is usually put in PAL. The following code will work in most cases (if not all): All players in PAL using the NTSC two player version of a solo arena in multi code: (PAL ONLY) [editor's note: the finalized version of the code is listed here, not the one from the original document] 81056DD0 8008 81056DD2 8EA0 D1026A72 0002 81056DD2 E380 D1026A72 0003 81056DD2 B910 You can't simply bang the enable all players code onto any odd NTSC two player code. The code contains several parts that do not modify the in-game level data. These can be easily ported and are the level modifier code, skip intros and sky modifier. Any code that is obviously in the in-game level data part of the memory, like 811FXXXX or 811EXXXX you don't have to worry about. Any code that is less than 8008E360, you have to port. How to port a level modifier code from NTSC to PAL: NTSC Aztec Complex in Multiplayer: 8002A8F7 001C 81037556 5918 1. NTSC 8002A8F7 001C PAL 80025E47 001C Simply change the code but use the same value. 2. NTSC 81037556 5918 PAL 81032606 AFD8 To port the setup modifier subtract 4F50 from the code address: 81037556 - 4F50 = 81032606. You also need to change the value by adding 56C0: 5918 + 56C0 = AFD8. PAL Aztec Complex in Multiplayer: 80025E47 001C 81032606 AFD8 3. If the solo arena in multi code needs the skip intros code use the PAL version instead of the NTSC version: NTSC: 8102A932 0000 8102A93A 0000 8102A92E 0000 8102A92D 0000 PAL: 81025E82 0000 81025E8A 0000 81025E7E 0000 81025E7D 0000 How to port a sky modifier code from NTSC to PAL: NTSC Give Jungle a sky: 81044DC4 451C 81044DD4 1820 81044DD6 0001 81044DD8 459C 81044DDA 4000 81044DE0 437F 81044DE4 437F 81044DE8 437F PAL Give Jungle a sky: 8103E2B4 451C 8103E2C4 1820 8103E2C6 0001 8103E2C8 459C 8103E2CA 4000 8103E2D0 437F 8103E2D4 437F 8103E2D8 437F Simply subtract 6B10 from the code address. The document goes on to list many of the original, GS/AR multiplayer stages converted to PAL. The above though describes the method for porting NTSC 2pl stages to PAL, allow the same code to be used regardless the number of players playing, and various offsets within the NTSC-21990 main compressed binary.

So when porting to PAL do i write the NTSC codes into the PAL Gameshark?

[BillyGlenn]

i think it doesn ´t make any difference if you got a gameshark or an action replay they are the same hardware.
The only important think is that if you got a ntsc game you need gameshark codes and if you got a pal game you need action replay codes.

The gameshark is produced for usa and the action replay for europe (i dont belive that you can buy a ntsc action replay)

i´m using a gameshark and have a pal game so i need the action replay codes.
You could also enter gameshark codes into an action replay if you have a ntsc game.

(i hope so)