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Discussion in 'Non-Emulation Help' started by Neon32, Jun 5, 2012.

  1. Neon32

    Neon32 Neo-Noir

    just had a doubt can we copy rom from its cartridge to the computer ?
     
  2. Devon

    Devon Well-Known Member

    Okay.
     
  3. Littlekill

    Littlekill Well-Known Member

  4. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    The guy's use of English is not that great but I think what he meant was...

    "Is there a way for him to play a game cartridge on his desktop computer?".

    Or maybe,

    "Can we copy a game cartridge onto a computer?".
     
  5. Duncan Idaho

    Duncan Idaho Well-Known Member

    he is asking how to make dumps of cartidrages.
     
  6. necr0

    necr0 Well-Known Member

    I concur.
     
  7. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Not exactly... well, we do call "making a copy of a game cartridge" as dumping but by his wording he is asking if it is possible to do something like that.
     
  8. Neon32

    Neon32 Neo-Noir

    sorry 4 the english but i meant both :

    "Is there a way for him to play a game cartridge on his desktop computer?".
    "Can we copy a game cartridge onto a computer?".

    please reply
     
  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes, thats how roms are made. How easy it is depends on the system though.
     
  10. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    You really can't physically insert a game cartridge into a computer but you can play games that were copied off of one on your computer. You can do this by getting a hold of a ROM or an ISO of the game you want to play & running it through an emulator.
     
  11. Neon32

    Neon32 Neo-Noir

    doesnt dumping means making a rom ???
     
  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes, dumping is the name given to the process of making a rom file from a game cartridge
     
  13. Hypr

    Hypr Well-Known Member

    Some informative reading for you.

    How to dump a DS ROM.

    Also, hardware used to "copy rom from the cartridge to computer": http://www.retrode.org/
     
  14. Neon32

    Neon32 Neo-Noir

    good links thnks