Wii NTSC to PAL ISO Patcher released - BUT BE CAREFUL!

**Zeus** · 02-25-2007 06:48 PM

Hacking group SYNDiCATE has just released an awesome new tool which patches NTSC game images and allows them to be playable on Wii units. The patcher now offers the same functions as offer by the Wiikey but will support any modified Wii unit. The patcher reportedly works on 70 percent of game images and EVEN works with Japanese NTSC games. The tool modifies a section of the game image that contains region information, interestingly the talked about section is UNENCRYPTED! Download and discuss this release <A href="http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=51009" target="_blank">here</a>. *WARNING* - Several forum members have ALREADY reported that this release is in actual fact crippling their mods, so use it with EXTREME CAUTION. We will not be held responsible for any potential damage caused.

**tommasi** · 02-25-2007 06:57 PM

great news

**Rockman_Joey** · 02-25-2007 06:57 PM

Amazing!!!!!

**Friks** · 02-25-2007 06:59 PM

Hay Caramba !! Thanks !!

**ASSPOP** · 02-25-2007 07:02 PM

I would definitely not use this, as to some forum members have had there wii stop playing backups...

**montana90** · 02-25-2007 07:19 PM

Nice release for us stuck with PAL.

Apparently if ur wii wont boot backups after you just have to unplug the wii for a bit and then restart and everything will be lovely jubbly after but i cannot personally confirm this as i havent tryed it yet.

Would of thought syndicate will fix this in their gui release tho...or maybe wab will hav a go.

**CZroe** · 02-25-2007 07:25 PM

Another scary thought: If these things *can* zap your mod chip, Nintendo can too. "Stealth" doesn't mean much.

**ModderFokker** · 02-25-2007 07:32 PM

I have to confirm that after you cycle the power a couple of minutes everything is working again.

However after I again insert a NTSC game into the wii it wont read any backups anymore (after you played the game).

So if it means i have to cycle the power from my wii everytime i want to play a ntsc game.........

J-JONY · 02-25-2007 07:42 PM

I found the source code i think

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>


struct PARCHE {
   DWORD offset;
   char  valores[17];
   int nbytes;
} parche[]= {
   { 0x04E003, "\x02",0x01},                              // Parche 1
   { 0x04E010, "\x00\x80\x80\x06\x03\x03\x04\x03\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0x10 }, // Parche 2
};


void main(char *argv[],int argc) {

    FILE *fichero;

    system("cls");
    printf("\n\n\t\t --------------------------------\n");
    printf("\t\t|    SYNDICATE Region Patcher    | \n");
    printf("\t\t| dissasembly reconstructed code | \n");
    printf("\t\t --------------------------------\n");

    if ( (fichero = fopen("backup.iso","rb+") ) != NULL) {

        for (int i=0;i<(sizeof(parche) / sizeof(struct PARCHE));i++) {
            fseek(fichero,parche[i].offset,SEEK_SET);
            fwrite(parche[i].valores,parche[i].nbytes, 1,fichero); 
        }

        printf("\n\t\t     Us game is now Pal !\n\n\n");
    }

    else printf("\n\t\t     No backup.iso found !\n\n\n");

    system("PAUSE");
}

Thx to Glicer

**CZroe** · 02-25-2007 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by J-JONY

I found the source code i think

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>


struct PARCHE {
   DWORD offset;
   char  valores[17];
   int nbytes;
} parche[]= {
   { 0x04E003, "\x02",0x01},                              // Parche 1
   { 0x04E010, "\x00\x80\x80\x06\x03\x03\x04\x03\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0x10 }, // Parche 2
};


void main(char *argv[],int argc) {

    FILE *fichero;

    system("cls");
    printf("\n\n\t\t --------------------------------\n");
    printf("\t\t|    SYNDICATE Region Patcher    | \n");
    printf("\t\t| dissasembly reconstructed code | \n");
    printf("\t\t --------------------------------\n");

    if ( (fichero = fopen("backup.iso","rb+") ) != NULL) {

        for (int i=0;i<(sizeof(parche) / sizeof(struct PARCHE));i++) {
            fseek(fichero,parche[i].offset,SEEK_SET);
            fwrite(parche[i].valores,parche[i].nbytes, 1,fichero); 
        }

        printf("\n\t\t     Us game is now Pal !\n\n\n");
    }

    else printf("\n\t\t     No backup.iso found !\n\n\n");

    system("PAUSE");
}

Thx to Glicer

Wow! That's super-simple. I only know a little VB and Java, but I understood every line of that.

macleodchang · 02-25-2007 09:03 PM

Does it mean that we can convert "PAL to NTSC" in the same way,
but use NTSC code?

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define REGION_AREA	0x04E003	// 00: NTSC JAP, 01: NTSC USA, 02: PAL

struct PARCHE {
   DWORD offset;
   char  valores[17];
   int nbytes;
} parche[]= {
   //{ 0x04E003, "\x02",0x01},                              // Parche 1
   { 0x04E010, "\x00\x80\x80\x06\x03\x03\x04\x03\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0x10 }, // Parche 2
};


void main(char *argv[],int argc) {

    FILE *fichero;
    char regstr[5];

    system("cls");
    printf("\n\n\t\t --------------------------------\n");
    printf("\t\t|    SYNDICATE Region Patcher    | \n");
    printf("\t\t| dissasembly reconstructed code | \n");
    printf("\t\t --------------------------------\n");

    if ( (fichero = fopen("backup.iso","rb+") ) != NULL) {

	fseek(fichero, REGION_AREA, SEEK_SET);
	fread(regstr, 1, 1, fichero);
	printf("\n0: NTSC JAP, 1: NTSC USA, 2: PAL\n\n");
	printf("Current: %d\n", regstr[0]);
	printf("Set to : ");
	gets(regstr);
	regstr[0] -= '0';
	fseek(fichero, REGION_AREA, SEEK_SET);
	fwrite(regstr, 1, 1, fichero); 

	printf("Patch the rest? [y/n] ");
	gets(regstr);
	
        if(regstr[0] == 'Y' || regstr[0] == 'y')
        for (int i=0;i<(sizeof(parche) / sizeof(struct PARCHE));i++) {
            fseek(fichero,parche[i].offset,SEEK_SET);
            fwrite(parche[i].valores,parche[i].nbytes, 1,fichero); 
        }

        fclose(fichero);
        printf("\n\t\t     Patch completed !\n\n\n");
    }
    else printf("\n\t\t     No backup.iso found !\n\n\n");

    system("PAUSE");
}

Remove attachment, it makes ppl think as another release.
It's sure NOT.

**orangeman** · 02-25-2007 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by macleodchang

Does it mean that we can convert "PAL to NTSC" in the same way,
but use NTSC code?

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define REGION_AREA	0x04E003	// 00: NTSC JAP, 01: NTSC USA, 02: PAL

struct PARCHE {
   DWORD offset;
   char  valores[17];
   int nbytes;
} parche[]= {
   //{ 0x04E003, "\x02",0x01},                              // Parche 1
   { 0x04E010, "\x00\x80\x80\x06\x03\x03\x04\x03\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0x10 }, // Parche 2
};


void main(char *argv[],int argc) {

    FILE *fichero;
    char regstr[5];

    system("cls");
    printf("\n\n\t\t --------------------------------\n");
    printf("\t\t|    SYNDICATE Region Patcher    | \n");
    printf("\t\t| dissasembly reconstructed code | \n");
    printf("\t\t --------------------------------\n");

    if ( (fichero = fopen("backup.iso","rb+") ) != NULL) {

	fseek(fichero, REGION_AREA, SEEK_SET);
	fread(regstr, 1, 1, fichero);
	printf("\n0: NTSC JAP, 1: NTSC USA, 2: PAL\n\n");
	printf("Current: %d\n", regstr[0]);
	printf("Set to : ");
	gets(regstr);
	regstr[0] -= '0';
	fseek(fichero, REGION_AREA, SEEK_SET);
	fwrite(regstr, 1, 1, fichero); 

	printf("Patch the rest? [y/n] ");
	gets(regstr);
	
        if(regstr[0] == 'Y' || regstr[0] == 'y')
        for (int i=0;i<(sizeof(parche) / sizeof(struct PARCHE));i++) {
            fseek(fichero,parche[i].offset,SEEK_SET);
            fwrite(parche[i].valores,parche[i].nbytes, 1,fichero); 
        }

        fclose(fichero);
        printf("\n\t\t     Patch completed !\n\n\n");
    }
    else printf("\n\t\t     No backup.iso found !\n\n\n");

    system("PAUSE");
}

Run this app to patch NTSC games to run on PAL, and now NTSC-J
on NTSC (note we have not tested this, but people requested). You
could patch PAL games to NTSC as well, but since they dont boot
at all don't bother even trying.

Heres the GUI version as promised.

Have fun and dont support rip-off chips!

Stevemaster · 02-25-2007 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by macleodchang

Does it mean that we can convert "PAL to NTSC" in the same way,
but use NTSC code?

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define REGION_AREA	0x04E003	// 00: NTSC JAP, 01: NTSC USA, 02: PAL

struct PARCHE {
   DWORD offset;
   char  valores[17];
   int nbytes;
} parche[]= {
   //{ 0x04E003, "\x02",0x01},                              // Parche 1
   { 0x04E010, "\x00\x80\x80\x06\x03\x03\x04\x03\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 0x10 }, // Parche 2
};


void main(char *argv[],int argc) {

    FILE *fichero;
    char regstr[5];

    system("cls");
    printf("\n\n\t\t --------------------------------\n");
    printf("\t\t|    SYNDICATE Region Patcher    | \n");
    printf("\t\t| dissasembly reconstructed code | \n");
    printf("\t\t --------------------------------\n");

    if ( (fichero = fopen("backup.iso","rb+") ) != NULL) {

	fseek(fichero, REGION_AREA, SEEK_SET);
	fread(regstr, 1, 1, fichero);
	printf("\n0: NTSC JAP, 1: NTSC USA, 2: PAL\n\n");
	printf("Current: %d\n", regstr[0]);
	printf("Set to : ");
	gets(regstr);
	regstr[0] -= '0';
	fseek(fichero, REGION_AREA, SEEK_SET);
	fwrite(regstr, 1, 1, fichero); 

	printf("Patch the rest? [y/n] ");
	gets(regstr);
	
        if(regstr[0] == 'Y' || regstr[0] == 'y')
        for (int i=0;i<(sizeof(parche) / sizeof(struct PARCHE));i++) {
            fseek(fichero,parche[i].offset,SEEK_SET);
            fwrite(parche[i].valores,parche[i].nbytes, 1,fichero); 
        }

        fclose(fichero);
        printf("\n\t\t     Patch completed !\n\n\n");
    }
    else printf("\n\t\t     No backup.iso found !\n\n\n");

    system("PAUSE");
}

Its The new version??

Anyone have problems with this program same ModderFokker??

**nsdothack** · 02-25-2007 11:38 PM

I dont believe any of these methods work when it comes to NTSC JAP because I have Naruto EX and it only shows the display screen on the wii dash and when you select to play the game you get a black screen. There must be something else to look for in the hex when it comes to NTSC Jap titles because I have tried everything. Im not wasting anymore disc I will wait for my WiiKey to arrive now.

**Perkele** · 02-25-2007 11:58 PM

For those that would rather just hex edit their ISO's, offset 0x04E003 contains the region code...

00 = NTSC JAP
01 = NTSC USA
02 = PAL

Offsets 0x04E010 to 0x4E01F need to contain the 16 bytes from any other game in your region.

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