HELP GBA Flash Cards....

[Accordon13z]

I have a Gameboy Micro and I'm looking to buy a GOOD flash card to a couple play games, etc... Which Flash Card is better and PLEASE! where can i find some for cheap because they all seem expensive... I would like one that'll play GBA, GB(C), SNES, Genesis (if possible), and NES... give or take one or too but def. SNES and GBA... Hook this newbie up plz... because im GBA Flash Card Retarded...

[DanTheManMS]

The GBA runs at only 16 Mhz. Emulating the Genesis is impossible (though there are Sega Master System emulators out there), and SNES is rather iffy. If you want a video demo of some games running in Snezziboy, one of the SNES emulators for the GBA, go to

As you can see, there's no sound, and it's fairly slow, with graphical oddities. However, many games are indeed playable if you don't set your standards too high. See http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/Snezzib...atibility_List for a partial compatibility list.

NES emulation is pretty good via PocketNES.

As for actual cards to use, since this will be done on a GBM, you can go for a traditional NOR-based card like a Flash2Advance Ultra or the EZ Flash line, or you could get a NAND-based adapter like the M3 Perfect miniSD. Both will be very expensive.

[Accordon13z]

Thanx Man... so the best games to run are strickly GBA games? im ok with that... now whats better a Flash Cart using a MiniSD for the Reg. 256mb cart.? Where can i get some good prices? cuz im pretty much lost when it comes to shopping for these flash carts.

[DanTheManMS]

Many SNES games are enjoyable, just not perfect. NES is perfect for most games.

A miniSD adapter would be easier to manage. With NOR-based adapters, you have a very limited capacity (keep in mind that 256 Mb is 256 megabits and therefore is only 32 megabytes) and you must reflash the whole cartridge to actually delete files, though you can add files to the end of the cart if there's room. With NAND-based adapters, you can freely edit, delete, add, copy, and paste files to and from the card using a card reader. While you'll be losing some features like the Real Time Clock, you'll gain convenience. In addition, it's much cheaper to upgrade a NAND-based device, as you can just buy another miniSD card rather than buying a whole new cartridge.

Since you are going to be using this mostly for GBA playback, I suggest the M3 Perfect over the Supercard, as it has higher compatibility.

If you are getting a NOR-based cart, try Linker4U or the other stores listed in the Retailer Feedback section of http://forum.gbadev.org
If you are getting a NAND-based device, try RealHotStuff or DealExtreme or Gameyeeeah or other popular online stores.

EDIT: With SNES Advance and Snezziboy, games can be speedhacked to make them run faster. If there's a particular game you want me to attempt to speedhack, just let me know, as I'm able to do that. With SNES Advance, first download the updated SuperDAT file from http://boards.pocketheaven.com/viewtopic.php?t=3366 and put it in your folder. With Snezziboy, download that SuperDAT as well and rename it to snezzi.dat, which should work for most games. The patches in the existing snezzi.dat are mostly for games that require different patches than SNES Advance. I would suggest opening the original snezzi.dat file in Notepad, copying its contents into your clipboard, overwriting it with the renamed snesadvance.dat, and then manually copying back the original snezzi.dat settings for specific games you're going to play.

[TeenDev]

I'd go for DealExtreme if you are in the US. It has the cheapest prices.

[Accordon13z]

EDIT: With SNES Advance and Snezziboy, games can be speedhacked to make them run faster. If there's a particular game you want me to attempt to speedhack, just let me know, as I'm able to do that. With SNES Advance, first download the updated SuperDAT file from http://boards.pocketheaven.com/viewtopic.php?t=3366 and put it in your folder. With Snezziboy, download that SuperDAT as well and rename it to snezzi.dat, which should work for most games. The patches in the existing snezzi.dat are mostly for games that require different patches than SNES Advance. I would suggest opening the original snezzi.dat file in Notepad, copying its contents into your clipboard, overwriting it with the renamed snesadvance.dat, and then manually copying back the original snezzi.dat settings for specific games you're going to play.

LOL HUH... ok Imma learn all that but first i need to Find a cheap Flash Cart. but the one on DealsExtreme.com seems suspicious... I didn't really understand the 256mb.. you mean to tell me that when they write 256mb they actually me MegaBITS? Whats with that? So its actually only 32Megabytes? How many games does that hold? Which MiniSD Flash Cart. is the best value for the price? OH AND BTW I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP!!!

[TeenDev]

the best bet is: http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1021

but no one actually knows what it is yet... I emailed sales and they say they have yet to identify it...

[Accordon13z]

Any where else? I want the Best VALUED MiniSD Flash Cart... Where to buy?

[TeenDev]

gameyeeeah if you want to buy from china.... or try Natrium42.com

[DanTheManMS]

NOR-based carts are measured in bits, so a "1Gb" Flash2Advance Ultra is actualy 128 MB. MiniSD cards and other NAND-based media is measured in bytes, so a 1GB card will give you 1 GB of storage.

The maximum size for a single GBA binary is 32 MB. Commercial games range from 4-32 MB.

Again, I recommend the M3 over the Supercard or other miniSD adapters due to the GBA compatibility issues. If you were using it mostly for DS stuff, a Supercard would be fine, but since you're using it on a GBM, the M3 would be ideal