Guided practice runs
A guided run is a card that walks one browser workflow step by step on homebrew practice files. No commercial game data is involved, and nothing is uploaded.
Runs
| Run | Steps | Files |
|---|---|---|
| Apply | 4 | Waits for you to add files; the card offers the practice files |
| Apply cheats | 4 | Loads hello-world.nes |
| Bundle | 4 | Loads first-weave.zip |
| Create | 6 | Loads hello-world.nes and modified-world.nes |
| Create cheats | 4 | Loads hello-world.nes |
| Test | 2 | Loads hello-world.nes |
Guided Apply's steps are add your files, check your starting ROM (with the Simple and Detailed views), patches and cheats, and apply. Its Continue stays unavailable until a ROM and a patch are in. Your first patch in the browser follows it to a verified checksum.
A step that needs a control the page does not show, such as the Detailed switch, is left out. ✕ or Esc ends a run; files already added stay.
Where a run starts
- A link with
?guide=, as in the table above. It works even when New here? is hidden. - New here? below an empty drop zone: Apply offers Apply and Apply cheats, Create offers Create and Create cheats, and Bundle and Test offer their own run.
Hide this button in that menu removes New here?; the Show the "New here?" quick-start tips setting brings it back.
Ways files get into Apply
All of these feed 0x01 Inputs, which puts each file on its card.
| Route | Accepts |
|---|---|
| Drop files | ROMs, patches, archives, and bundles, several at once |
| Drop a folder | Every file inside, including subfolders; hidden files are skipped |
| Add files | The file picker; touch screens show Tap to choose files |
| Archives | ZIP, 7z, RAR, tar, and nested archives; see container formats |
| Use the practice files | Guided Apply only: loads first-weave.zip onto the bench |
| Download first-weave.zip | Guided Apply only: saves it to add by any route above |
Practice files
| File | Contents | New here? download |
|---|---|---|
first-weave.zip |
hello-world.nes, two IPS patches, and a bundle manifest |
Download a test bundle (Apply, Bundle) |
first-create.zip |
hello-world.nes and modified-world.nes |
Download samples (Create) |
hello-world.nes |
Homebrew NES ROM that shows HELLO WORLD |
Download the sample ROM (Test) |
The practice cheat catalog unlocks only for hello-world.nes, matched by checksum.