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[Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver] Emulation Help Thread

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    There's been too many threads asking for help on how to run and save Heart Gold/Soul Silver with emulators, so one general thread would be much better. From now on, every thread posted in Emulation about this will be moved here.

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    When I try to play HeartGold on NO$GBA when the game starts it goes all black and nothing happens.
     
    I have only one problem.

    the game doesn't Save.
     
    There's my site where you can get the Roms fully fixed and No$GBA configured.
    Just download it from there and as far as i know Soul silver is my upload so its sure to work!!
     
    The link isn't vaid. It says,"Not found."
     
    My screen goes black after the intro with prof oak.
    I don't want English at all. Neither semi English nor full English
    Can you help me, please?
     
    Anybody who is having the black screen after Oak issue, follow the megaupload link posted below:
    https://www.megaupload.com/?d=XYATR5X1

    This is a download for the pokefix patcher. Simply follow the instructions that come bundled with.

    This does not contain the rom, ofcourse.

    Anybody who is having saving issues, I don't really know what to tell you. Make sure you have your NDS Cartridge Backup Media set correctly in the No$GBA setup. I have mine set to "Flash 512KBytes."
    After the patch and making sure it's set correctly saving turns out just fine for me.
     
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    I need some help. Everytime I play, eventually after like 20 minutes I get a "ROM Image has crashed" and even if I saved, it won't say I did and I have to start from a random save point before. How do I stop this?
     
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    I need some help. Everytime I play, eventually after like 20 minutes I get a "ROM Image has crashed" and even if I saved, it won't say I did and I have to start from a random save point before. How do I stop this?

    You may have a bad rom, which is a little hard to believe.

    Another thing; Under your no$GBA emulation settings (if that's what you're using), if you are playing the patched version of HG/SS make sure you have it set under Reset/Startup Entrypoint to GBA BIOS (Nintendo Logo).
    Make sure the save type is set to Flash512KBytes under NDS Cartridge Backup Media too.

    I've had the rom image crash error before, but it was because my computer had too much running which resulted in the rom running incredibly slow until it just crashed.

    The only other thing I could recommend if it still doesn't work is just try it with another emulator.
     
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    1. In your emulator, go to your emulator settings(F11). In Reset/Startup Entrypoint, choose GBA BIOS(Nintendo Logo). Then press OK. After that save the settings.
    2. Get biosnds7.rom(16 kb)* , biosnds9.rom(4 kb)* and firmware (It is a bin file. 256 kb)* If you are a pro in DS hacking, get the files directly from it, otherwise download it.
    Now if open your emulator, it will show the ds starup and menu. But still, the game won't work.
    3. Get eNDryptS Advanced*, place the rom in the directory where you have stored eNDryptS Advanced. Open eNDryptS and choose the first option. The rom will be encrypted.
    4. Open the encrypted rom and have fun!!!
    NO$GBA is much faster than desmume and ideas.

    Also, remember to save often. It may freeze sometimes. You won't be able to use the reset option after this.
    *Linking to these files is illegal

    When I do this, I get to the main DS startup screen. I click the Game, and I get a "Rom crashed" message.

    EDIT: Also, when I do NOT do this, my game freezes after I KO a pokemon (in my first battle)
     
    You may have a bad rom, which is a little hard to believe.

    Another thing; Under your no$GBA emulation settings (if that's what you're using), if you are playing the patched version of HG/SS make sure you have it set under Reset/Startup Entrypoint to GBA BIOS (Nintendo Logo).
    Make sure the save type is set to Flash512KBytes under NDS Cartridge Backup Media too.

    I've had the rom image crash error before, but it was because my computer had too much running which resulted in the rom running incredibly slow until it just crashed.

    The only other thing I could recommend if it still doesn't work is just try it with another emulator.
    When I do that, it says it crashes everytime it opens in No$GBA and I cant get to the settings so I have to re-download. ;;
     

    When I do that, it says it crashes everytime it opens in No$GBA and I cant get to the settings so I have to re-download. ;;

    Sorry, I wish I knew what more to tell ya. D:
    Everythings working fine for me.
    Have you tried searching google for rom crashing fixes?
     
    Sorry, I wish I knew what more to tell ya. D:
    Everythings working fine for me.
    Have you tried searching google for rom crashing fixes?
    Mhm, I just did it again and it said running Ulimated MHz Disaster 10% can cause it..is that true? o.o It makes sense..
     
    There's my site where you can get the Roms fully fixed and No$GBA configured.
    Just download it from there and as far as i know Soul silver is my upload so its sure to work!!

    I downloaded your soulsilver, but it freezes during my first battle (with a pidgey) right as I reduce the opponent's health to 0.
     
    Has anyone gotten this to work on a DS flash cart or R4?
    If so let me know! That's basically the only way that I'll play it
     
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