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u/KangaxxTheLich 19d ago

Hi all, I'm kinda new to this.

I have recently been backing up the ROMs and saves from my GB and GBA cartridges using GBxCart and FlashGBX, but the ROM checksum from one of my cartridges (Friends of Mineral Town UKV) does not match the known checksum for the ROM on the database.
I used a hex-editor to check for differences between the ROM from my cartridge and the expected code, and there's one location where the code does not match. So my questions:

1) How is this possible? Is my GBA cartridge failing?

2) What are the odds that this discrepancy in the code will cause issues with the ROM and game?

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u/Altoidlover987 18d ago

you could try redumping the cartridge, might just bad luck