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The Patchsystem and the z64patch.dat file

There are some patches that disable the copy protection or alter the required save chip.
Just copy the patch in the same directory and rename it like the rom you want to patch.
The Z64 then automaticly loads the patch when the game is started.
Some patches alter the required cic to 6102 so you should disable the bootemulation.

Following patches are already integrated in the Z64 bios:
1080_j 1080º Snowboarding USA/JAP
1080_p 1080º Snowboarding PAL
banjo Banjo-Kazooie USA
nba_cs NBA Courtside USA
nbapal NBA Courtside PAL
pro5 Pawafuru Puroyaku 5 JAP
vpw Virtual Pro Wrestling JAP
yoshi_e Yoshi's Story USA

All other important patches are collected in the z64patch.dat file.

This file is a collection of patches and cracks that didn't fit in the bios anymore.
Just copy this file in the rom directory and the patches will be automaticly loaded.

For NTSC the newest version is the z64patch 3.0U (z64pf30u.zip)
For PAL it's z64patch 2.7P (z64patch27P-unofficial.zip)

For all those who have both NTSC and PAL games there is a z64patch 3.0U that has some major PAL patches build in named z64patch 3.UP (z64patch30UP-unofficial.zip)

Z64patch.dat 2.7P *unofficial*
Based on the Z64patch.dat 2.6P from Visoly

Following patches were added:
- Zelda OoT Finalpatch
- Zelda MM
- Jet Force Gemini
- Mario Golf Savefix
- Donkey Kong 64 Savefix

The headers were taken from these rom versions out of the Goodmerge Set:

Donkey Kong 64 (E) [!]
Jet Force Gemini (E) (M4) [!]
Legend of Zelda, The - Majora's Mask (E) (M4) (V1.0) [!]
Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time (E) (M3) (V1.0) [!]
Mario Golf (E) [!]

They all are in the *.z64 format.

There are also these two files included:

DX-DKPSC.RAM - Donkey Kong 64 Savefile
DX-JFGCP.RAM - Jet Force Gemini Savefile

Copy them in the same directory as the Dk64 and JFG roms and rename them according the rom names,

Example:

jetforcegemini.z64
jetforcegemini.RAM
z64patch.dat

Z64patch.dat 3.0U

The z64patch.dat cracks following games:

Quote:

Filename Title TER Original Type
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
cc-usa Command & Conquer USA czn-ccuf.zip Z64(NS)
ebikeusa Excitebike 64 USA dx-ebcrk.zip B/S
dk64-usa Donkey Kong 64 USA dx-dkusc101.zip B/S
jfg-usa Jet Force Gemini USA dx-jfgc.zip B/S
kgsgood Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest GOOD USA czn-kgs2.zip* B/Z64(NS)
kgs-ags Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest AGS USA czn-kgs2.zip B/Z64(NS)
mglf-usa Mario Golf USA czn-mgzf.zip S(Z64)
mten-usa Mario Tennis USA dx-mtsav.zip B/S
nbac2usa NBA Courtside 2 USA hs_n2fx.zip Z64(NS)
swep1rus Star Wars: Episode I Racer USA czn-ep1f.zip S
zmm-usa Zelda: Majora's Mask USA dx-z2usc.zip B/S
zoot-usa Zelda: Ocarina of Time USA czn-zefc.zip B/S

The Bios Version 2.18 and later these:

Quote:

Cracks included in latest Z64 BIOS (v2.17/v2.18) (crack.zip):
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1080_j 1080º Snowboarding USA/JAP
1080_p 1080º Snowboarding PAL
banjo Banjo-Kazooie USA
nba_cs NBA Courtside USA
nbapal NBA Courtside PAL
pro5 Pawafuru Puroyaku 5 JAP
vpw Virtual Pro Wrestling JAP
yoshi_e Yoshi's Story USA

If you open the z64patch.dat you will find two files for each patch.

Quote:
you have to put the aps patch in the z64patch.dat file...
turok2.hdr
turok2.aps
the .hdr file is the header (first 64 bytes) of the rom in z64 format.
then it works great.
-att64

Z64patch.dat 3.0UP PAL Addon

Quote:

Following patches were added to 3.0U :

Title TER Filename
----------------------------------------------------
Command & Conquer Multi 2 PAL HS-CCMFX
Command & Conquer German PAL HS-CCGFX
Donkey Kong 64 PAL DX-DKPSC
Jet Force Gemini PAL DX-JFGCP
Mario Golf PAL CZN-MPZF
Yoshi Story PAL CZN-YPAL
Super Smash Bros. PAL HS-SBPFX
Zelda: Majora's Mask PAL DX-Z2PC
Zelda: Ocarina of Time PAL CZN-ZPFC