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Hey all, I've been trying for the last few weeks to copy my N64 cart saves to my computer so that I could load them into my everdrive64 (and then proceed to sell my original carts since I won't need them anymore).

I've been trying the method talked about on AssemblerGames where you use a Passport Plus 3 to read the cart data and copy it to a controller pak, then copy that controller pak data to an SD card via the ED64, and then use a hex code editor to cut the game save data out of the controller pak data and insert it into a dummy save file for the game you want.

The problem I'm running into is that my memory cards are not being read correctly. I can copy almost all of my game's save files (save for SRAM games unfortunately) without any issue. I successfully did this already for Mario Party 2. Anymore however, the copies are not working as expected. I can delete all data off the controller pak with an in-game editor, or I can even format it with ED64, but the result still seems to be residual data on the pak, and it seems that the copies are not working as a result. Or alternatively, the data isn't being copied at all now, and it's just stuck with the same garbage data.

Is there anything I can do to fix this matter? The only thing I've thought of in the span of writing this post is to try saving more data to it and then deleting it, or alternatively, making an empty 32kb file (all 0s) and writing it to the controller pak. I'm not above buying a new controller pak if need be.