Rosenkrell
July 7th, 2010, 16:56
Hey, I've been getting the nostalgic urge to buy a GBA SP. I understand that I can also purchase a flash cart so I don't have to carry game carts around. I see that IC2005 has some of these in-stock--I am particularly looking at XGFlash 256M. Before I take the plunge, however, I have a few questions I was hoping some of you could answer.
--Is the gameplay of a GBA rom from a flash cart as good as if it was from the original game cart? In other words, is there any performance degradation /at all/? (I am really picky about getting the "full effect").
--Have any of you purchased from IC2005 before? Is it a reputable seller?
--A review for a flash cart I read had something that was a bit misleading to me: does 256M mean megaBITS or megaBYTES? (If it's the former, then how do these things have any use?)
--Can I also play gameboy roms from the flash cart, and is this performance also at 100%?
--There seems to be some mention of needing to do an EEPROM patch on games in order to get them to work on the flash cart; what exactly is this?
If you have any extra advice, particularly having to do with experiences with flash carts on GBA's, please let me know! Thank you very much.
--Is the gameplay of a GBA rom from a flash cart as good as if it was from the original game cart? In other words, is there any performance degradation /at all/? (I am really picky about getting the "full effect").
--Have any of you purchased from IC2005 before? Is it a reputable seller?
--A review for a flash cart I read had something that was a bit misleading to me: does 256M mean megaBITS or megaBYTES? (If it's the former, then how do these things have any use?)
--Can I also play gameboy roms from the flash cart, and is this performance also at 100%?
--There seems to be some mention of needing to do an EEPROM patch on games in order to get them to work on the flash cart; what exactly is this?
If you have any extra advice, particularly having to do with experiences with flash carts on GBA's, please let me know! Thank you very much.