#nds #metadata #nintendo-ds #ntr

bin+lib nds_cart

NDS file header library and utilities

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Uses new Rust 2024

0.2.0 Dec 20, 2025
0.1.0 Sep 11, 2024

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This crate contains routines to read and write Nintendo DS ROM internal headers.

This has a companion cli application crate that will read a NDS ROM file and print out its information and extract its banner graphic.


nds_cart

nds_cart is a module for reading NDS ROM metadata stored in the ROM itself. It also inclueds an example application that reads the metadata and prints it to standard output as a JSON string.

Example Application Usage

The module includes an application which parses GBA ROMs and prints their metadata.

cargo run [ROMs...]

The example application prints the parsed header metadata as a JSON string, with an array holding a number of objects equal to the number of ROMs successfully parsed. Any errors are reported to standard error. metadata.

License

This module is released under the following licenses:

  • GPL v2 or later
  • LGPL v2.1 or later
  • MPL 2.0

Refer to the LICENSE file for more information.

Dependencies

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