I'm still working on the N64 stuff.
A BETA tester brought up a couple preexisting issues with the firmware. The Config file defaults to using ".n64" for the N64 ROM extension when it should actually be ".z64" to reflect the native big-endian format. I'm changing the default to "z64" in the next release. The other issue is that Paper Mario is overdumped. I checked the N64 cart heuristics and it overlooks the 20MB and 40MB sizes. There are only 3 titles affected - Donald Duck Goin' Quackers, Paper Mario, and Ogre Battle 64. This will also be fixed in the next release.
While fixing the missing N64 ROM sizes, I ran into an interesting problem that I need some help with. I picked up a copy of Donald Duck to test the 20MB size. This cart is listed as using an EEPROM4K save. When I tried dumping my EEPROM4K save (not with the Retrode), it refused to respond. I opened up the cart and there is no EEPROM.
Does anyone have a copy of Donald Duck Goin' Quackers/Quack Attack that they'd be willing to open up? I'd like to see if their cart lacks the EEPROM. Either it was an oversight on my cart or else the existing cart save lists are incorrect.
Thanks!