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Add documentation (at least GCN) #134

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TL;DR cannot find info on binary format of gamecube ac saves, please add or point to elsewhere

I cannot find any information on the binary format of GAFE01 save files.
The only thing I can find about the format is this source code, which is not an easy read.
Where did all this info come from? What is this project based on? where is the documentation?

If I open my own file in a hex editor, I can see what most all of the shared GCI stuff does, thanks to yagcd by groepaz. after that is a blurr.
I can some ascii of the letters in my mailbox, I can see what's supposed to be indexed images, and bitfields that don't mean much to me.
I remember a video about making custom e+ villager cards that say there is extra room for that in the save file.

Most of these binary files are just guesswork until someone documents it. By the way this code is structured it seems like that exists. Where?

Of course I am just ranting about GCN, but with the more obscure pre-gcn this is even less likely to be documented.
I haven't tried looking for the newer ones but if you are going to add documentation might as well do all.

I understand if this is out of scope. Y'all have all the right to say so. But I cannot find it, please show me where it is documented, if at all.

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