Help with Pokemon Red .sav file

[professorbill]

Hello everyone,

I have the game boy game ‘Pokemon Red’ spanish version. I started playing it when I bought it second hand in 2019, in my original game boy advance sp. I have never changed its internal battery since I bought it, so I deduce that the battery it has is quite old. It is worth noting that it has never given me save problems, I have been able to play the saved game for all these years. 

I have been able to play perfectly well in the saved game I had,  but just in case I made a back-up some weeks ago of the saved game in a .sav file using the EPILOGUE GB operator. 

Last day, I inserted my pokemon red game in a modified game boy pocket (with the IPS screen) and suddenly I wasn’t able to continue my game anymore on the cartridge. Having the back-up from some weeks ago I attempted to recover the save but the cartridge can’t seem to load it. The battery has a voltage of 2.935V between its two pins. In addition, I have also checked the voltage between the pins TB1 and TB2 to TB4 and they seem to have the right voltages.

I tried to check the save file using Poke HEX but I’m getting the following error:

What strikes me here is that the size seems fine. I have tried to load it in a HEX editor but I lack the expertise to detect if something is out of place. 

I am lost with this. I would appreciate any help or guidance on how to make the .sav file at least readable for Poke HEX. I have attached the ‘.sav’ file in case it is helpful. I will gladly provide any further details if necessary.

Thank you a lot in advance!

 

Pokemon - Edicion Roja (Spain) (SGB Enhanced).sav

[Dybala]

This sav file is obviously damaged, and if the cartridge itself is genuine and OK you can contact Epilogue to enquire about it

Edited July 29 by Dybala

[professorbill]

Thank you a lot for your rapid response!

Yeah ☹ that’s the reason of this post, asking for help if there is any way of restoring any amount of information out of this ‘.sav’ file. However, I have checked the internal battery of the game and its fine, so I don’t think that the problem is there. Also, I have saved '.sav' files with EPILOGUE GB of other pokemon games and they save it perfectly.

I wonder if is it possible to recover (ideally all of it) any kind information out of it. My pokemon team, pokemon in the boxes…anything.

 

Note: In any case, I will obviously contact epilogue gb as well. I am trying all possible ways to solve this. 

Edited July 29 by professorbill
Add a note to emphasize my commitment

[Dybala]

The corruption of this file is almost impossible to recover compared to a normal "sav" file

27 minutes ago, professorbill said:

非常感谢您的快速回复！

是的☹这就是我发这篇文章的原因，寻求帮助，看看是否有任何方法可以从这个“.sav”文件中恢复任何信息。但是，我检查了游戏的内置电池，它没有问题，所以我不认为问题出在这里。另外，我还用其他口袋妖怪游戏的EPILOGUE GB保存了“.sav”文件，它们保存得非常完美。

我想知道是否有可能恢复（理想情况下是全部）任何类型的信息。我的口袋妖怪团队、盒子里的口袋妖怪……任何东西。

 

[Dybala]

25分钟前，迪巴拉说道：

与普通的“sav”文件相比，此文件的损坏几乎不可能恢复

 

It's impossible to recover.

Edited July 29 by Dybala