glen-mac / gb-rom-header-reader

A C program that simply reads back important information from the header of a gameboy game binary

C GB Header Reader

A C program that simply reads back important information from the header of a gameboy game binary.

Requirements

You need a C compiler (e.g gcc)

Usage

Glenn-Mac:src Glenn-Mac$ gcc -Wall romData.c headerDef.c -o romData
Glenn-Mac:src Glenn-Mac$ ./romData <romFile>

Example Output

This is an example output running the program on my legal Pokemon Red backup:

Glenn-Mac:src Glenn-Mac$ ./romData poke.gb
*****************************************
*       C GB Rom Header Reader 0.15     *
*            Glenn McGuire 2015         *
*****************************************

ROM File Name:	poke.gb
ROM Name:	POKEMON RED
GBC Game?:	false
License Code:	0x3031
SGB Game?:	true
Catridge Type:	ROM+MBC3+RAM+BATT
ROM Size:	8Mbit = 1MByte = 64 banks
RAM Size:	256kBit = 32kB = 4 banks
Japanese Game?:	false
MaskRom Ver. #:	0x00
Compl. Check:	0x20
Checksum:	0x91E6

Glenn-Mac:src Glenn-Mac$

To-Do

Add proper HashMap implementation for the static lookup data (Catridgetype, ROMsize, RAMsize)

Copyright and License

This is free software, licensed under the MIT license.

Thanks

Thanks to all the detailed resources out there covering this old but gold system!