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sepalani edited this page Jan 2, 2017 · 3 revisions

If you don't know where to start here are some steps that can make it easier.

Prerequisites

  • Extracted filesystem
  • Appropriate decryption/decompression tools

How-to

Basic locations

Concerning DS, DSi, DSiWare games it's most of the time in the arm9.bin file or in the game's overlay files. Wii games store them mainly in the main.dol file. While WiiWare games store them in 00000001.app files.

Search for keywords

Here are keywords you might want to search in all files if it's in an uncommon location:

  • http
  • gamestats
  • .asp
  • game's internal name

You can use fgrep -lR ".asp" * on Linux for example. MadEdit can be used as well.

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