DS File Format Information
NDS File Format
Header format
Field | Start | End | Size | Example data (Metroid demo) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game title | 0x000 | 0x00B | 12 | "FIRST HUNT " |
Game code | 0x00C | 0x00F | 4 | "AMFE" |
Maker code | 0x010 | 0x011 | 2 | "01" (Nintendo) |
Unit code | 0x012 | 0x012 | 1 | 0x00 |
Device code | 0x013 | 0x013 | 1 | 0x00 |
Card size | 0x014 | 0x014 | 1 | 0x07 (2^(20 + 7) = 128Mb = 16 MB) |
Card info | 0x015 | 0x01E | 10 | 0x00's |
Flags | 0x01F | 0x01F | 1 | 0x00 |
ARM9 source (ROM) | 0x020 | 0x023 | 4 | 0x00004000 (must be 4 KB aligned) |
ARM9 execute addr | 0x024 | 0x027 | 4 | 0x02004800 |
ARM9 copy to addr | 0x028 | 0x02B | 4 | 0x02004000 |
ARM9 binary size | 0x02C | 0x02F | 4 | 0x00081D58 |
ARM7 source (ROM) | 0x030 | 0x033 | 4 | 0x000B3000 |
ARM7 execute addr | 0x034 | 0x037 | 4 | 0x02380000 |
ARM7 copy to addr | 0x038 | 0x03B | 4 | 0x02380000 |
ARM7 binary size | 0x03C | 0x03F | 4 | 0x00026494 |
Filename table offset (ROM) | 0x040 | 0x043 | 4 | 0x000D9600 |
Filename table size | 0x044 | 0x047 | 4 | 0x11B6 |
FAT offset (ROM) | 0x048 | 0x04B | 4 | 0x000DA800 |
FAT size | 0x04C | 0x04F | 4 | 0x678 |
ARM9 overlay src (ROM) | 0x050 | 0x053 | 4 | 0x00085E00 |
ARM9 overlay size | 0x054 | 0x057 | 4 | 0x60 |
ARM7 overlay src (ROM) | 0x058 | 0x05B | 4 | 0 |
ARM7 overlay size | 0x05C | 0x05F | 4 | 0 |
Control register flags for read | 0x060 | 0x063 | 4 | 0x00586000 |
Control register flags for init | 0x064 | 0x067 | 4 | 0x001808F8 |
Icon+titles (ROM) | 0x068 | 0x06B | 4 | 0x000DB000 |
Secure CRC16 | 0x06C | 0x06D | 2 | 0xC44D |
ROM timeout | 0x06E | 0x06F | 2 | 0x051E |
ARM9 unk addr | 0x070 | 0x073 | 4 | 0x020049EC |
ARM7 unk addr | 0x074 | 0x077 | 4 | 0x02380110 |
Magic number for unencrypted mode | 0x078 | 0x07F | 8 | 0x00's |
ROM size | 0x080 | 0x083 | 4 | 0x00EE3E44 |
Header size | 0x084 | 0x087 | 4 | 0x4000 |
Unknown 5 | 0x088 | 0x0BF | 56 | 0x00's |
GBA logo | 0x0C0 | 0x15B | 156 | data |
Logo CRC16 | 0x15C | 0x15D | 2 | 0xCF56 |