/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9222532
>disappointed it doesnt run GB games natively
Chinese EverDrive GB clones are literally $25 on AliExpress.

I’m holding out for something better than the Flashmasta for Wonderswan.
I know how to program, and solder. I’m wondering if I buy a breakout board if I can make something better myself. H88r2

For Game Boys you have more options than just Everdrives. In the case of GBA you're actually probably better off getting the EZ Flash Definitive Edition.
GBC emulation on GBA is okay but there are graphical glitches and slowdowns in a number of popular games. You really want to get a dedicated GB flashcart. It's a good thing there are many good options for GB flashcarts, then.
If you are emulating GBC games, make sure you know about jagoomba color. It breaks a few games but fixes more.

I have a supecard, has served me for 15 years. Should I finally upgrade?

>>9222691
Supercard GBA? Those are dogshit and introduce lags or worse bugs. You definitely want something better.

Both the high end GBA flashcarts (Everdrive and EZ Omega) use the goomba emulator for GB/GBC, and I'll be honest, it's let me down a bunch of times. Just like shit like music cutting out, things like that.
So eventually I just bought a completely separate flashcart for GB/GBC.

>>9222841
How bad was it beyond that? What's the absolute worst thing you noticed?

>>9222918
Absolute worst? I couldn't even get Super Mario Land 2 to run for some reason, no idea why
I mean my advice would be, if youre gonna get a GBA flashcart then just try to use goomba and if youre happy as can be, great. If it's frustrating you, well then at least you know for sure.

>>9222939
Thanks for the reply, been mulling over buying one.

>>9222918
Not him, but Shantae and Pokémon Crystal didn't work at all for me. They had gamebreaking issues.

>>9222952
>>9222939
Have you tried updating the Goomba emulator inside your carts? This compatibility list shows all those titles as working. (I'm not refuting what you're saying, just curious if it's possible.

>>9222968
shit forgot my link https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Goomba_Color_Compatibility_List

also this
https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php

>>9222972
one more https://www.dwedit.org/dwedit_board/viewtopic.php?id=728

Don’t use Everdrives to play anything than the console they’re supposed to be used with. They’re perfect for that but GB emulation on GBA and NES emulation on 64 feels like emulating on a phone in 2007. Just buy the separate cart and swap it out as you need to. Compared to owning hundreds of carts it’s not an inconvenience.

>>9223031
I havent tried it myself but NES emulation on the 64 is actually ffpga with the latest firmware which is really impressive. However I still wouldn't call it ideal since it still applies the N64's hardware anti-aliasing over everything.

found this thread as well, looks like there are updated Goomba emulators for GBA out there https://old.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/rx67b3/can_i_play_gbp_gbc_roms_in_an_ezflash_omega/

>>9223059
My issue was that it required an entire memory card to save NES games. But maybe that’s resolved with the latest patch too.

On my experience, Goomba runs GB games very well, but GBC is hit and miss. Some of the more complex GBC gamed have issues.

Why can't there just be a physical switch on the flashcart that both switches it into a GB mode and also extends out a plastic piece to push down the game boy slot button

>>9223225
apparently there were some old ones that did something like that at some point

I am very disappointed that this hasn't been a solved issue, the fact that it's emulation when the hardware is right there is a shame.

>>9223225
I agree it seems fairly simple. I think it's because its more profitable to get people to buy 2 carts than it is to design a solution like this.

>>9223225
You'd need to design your PCB to be tolerant of both 3.3V and 5V which is hard work.

>>9222918
Goomba has frame drops and slowdowns on most GBC games, it's tolerable for GB. But really just buy a GB flashcart from china, well worth it.

I just want a GBC flashcart that can do RTC stuff for Crystal and such. The Krikzzs one is just too much as the GBA one can do RTC for GBA games and is cheaper.

>>9224201
Just patch the ROMs so you can adjust the time on the fly.

>>9224243
That takes some of the magic out of it, but thank you for the suggestion! I will consider an x5 now.

>>9224201
EZ Flash Jr supports RTC, but it consumes a lot of your battery life. It's approximately the same price as the x3.

>>9222574
I don’t understand why the Flashmasta is the best we’ve got for Wonderswan and NeoGeo Pocket.

>>9222532
What happened to Krikzz? last I heard he left the Ukraine because of the war

>>9224640
I heard he’s still there and fighting off Russians with an AK47.

>>9224640
fled to Spain
or Italy
honestly don't remember which but he's safe and his staff all fled Ukraine as well.

>>9222532
Bro DON'T I bought one from krikkz bc i wanted to play vidya on a holiday, and the fuckin thing came broke, reddit says their customer service is good but they just ask you to fucking ship it back to them

so now I need to wait like a month for it to arrive to them (when I do ship it) just for them to MAYBE say no dude fuck you???

also the red screen issue is well documented online - Love the everdrive stuff they sell normally, but fuck them for clearly shipping broken carts and hoping it plays out

>>9225086
how long ago was this? I have an n64 x7 everdrive and it was perfect.

>>9225086
for the fucking hour it did work, it was actually really neat but the setup can take ages depending on how quick you can slam 15GB onto an SD card, only to find out there's a limit of 64 pages per folder, meaning you gotta arrange alphabetically

Can you tell I'm salty?

>>9225093
like 3 days ago? look it up dude the issue is common, also a N64 x7 is not a GBA mini, I had no issues with my n64 X7 whatsoever

>>9225095
good to know, i'm still debating between it and an EZ Flash DE so any info like this helps. Didn't know the GBA everdrive had these issues.

>>9225119
I bought an ED over anything else thinking like, oh the battery consumption would be better and I could trust the product

I was clearly wrong. Now I have never had issues with the ED64x7 or my SD2SNES, but in my opinion it's pretty clear the dude is taking broken carts and just shipping them back out, especially if the issue has been present since BEFORE the war.

Also like I said the customer service is fucking terrible I'm tempted to just do a chargeback and take my business elsewhere, but I paid by google pay so god knows what I can do

>>9225119
EZ Flash aren't perfect either. It's not super rare to be shipped a dodgy card. The most important thing is that you buy from a reputable dealer so you can resolve issues if you have them.

Make sure to update to the latest firmware if/when you get one, because this is known to resolve ingame problems.

>>9225135
You can get em on ebay so super easy to refund, I legit regret not buying one over an ED right now, because I gotta wait for people who are pretending to be in a warzone to reply

>>9225139
Yeah, I bought all three current gen EZ Flash carts through an ebay seller and received them all promptly. Never had issues but I see there are a decent amount of people having problems on forums so it's good to have that security.

>>9225151
yeah fuck it I might chargeback then just buy an EZflash on ebay

Also if anyone can get an everdrive on ebay for a not scalped price, thats also a good way to secure your purchase

Like legit, I just gotta rely on these fucks now to not bone me over, even tho they're asking me to send a BROKEN cart back - Like how about you just fucking send a replacement you hacks

krikzzstore on twitter sure has time to post stock announcements, but doesn't seem to have the time to reply to people with broken carts....

>>9222532
I use a DS one, it's some r4 cart I bought off ebay

>>9225161
It's cool how cheap and easy it is to get a DS flashcart, I wish all consoles had flashcarts which were so readily available.

>>9224530
Probably because they're small and niche markets. Even if I could rig something together I would probably just post the process somewhere and not bother manufacturing and selling. I wish we could get Everdrives or even something overpriced from Terraonion.
Flashmasta though… why not use an sd card? Why limit to 16 roms and 1 save file? What a waste. I’d shut my mouth if it were like $20-30, but it’s $100 and lacks almost every basic feature an Everdrive does.

>>9225161
>>9225163
It probably has a software timebomb on it, you should consider swapping the firmware to ysmenu

Reminder that flashcarts destroy your hardware.

>>9225192
proofs?

>>9225192
only ones without the right resistors, which is dead simple to check unless you're totally braindead

>>9225185
Wait for RetroOnyx

Just get both

>>9225192
Probably the chink ones, yeah

>>9225242
all of them actually

>>9225192
Nah, you're a retard parroting rumors.

>>9225242
Chinese carts are very battery hungry but don't destroy shit.

>>9225252
wrong

>>9225273
prove it

>>9225223
I’ve looked into it, but there are literally no details besides the e-ink display that I can find. Looking at the prototype I didn’t see an sd card slot, but it didn’t show every angle so who knows. If it sidesteps the 15 game limit and save issue then I’m down for it.

>>9225202
>>9225292
The guy who makes everdrives literally confirms it if you go on his forums except he says it's so slight as to be inconsequential.

Actual clarification on flash cart voltages

https://gekkio.fi/blog/2021/power-consumption-of-game-boy-flash-cartridges/

>>9225482
Actually, since anyone parroting “flash carts destroy hardware” rumours probably can’t read: the conclusion clearly states the modern Everdrive GB range is perfectly fine to use on hardware. The original EGB is best avoided.

>>9225485
This comparison says nothing about hardware longevity, only power consumption.

>>9225502
I wonder if those two things have anything to do with each other
Or do you have absolutely anything to demonstrate whatever point you’re trying to make

>>9225517
>Or do you have absolutely anything to demonstrate whatever point you’re trying to make
That's what I'm asking you.

>>9225525
You: flash carts destroy hardware
Me: here’s an article demonstrating effect on consoles in detail, they’re fine
You: okay but how do we know they’re safe
Me: in what way
You: prove to me they’re safe
I don’t even know what you’re concerned about. If a modern EGB is about the same strain on a game boy than an actual cart, what do you think is affecting the hardware’s longevity?

>>9225535
>You: flash carts destroy hardware
No.

>>9225078
I ordered a flashcart from their website last week and it shipped from Khust, Ukraine. Which is pretty much as far west as you can go in Ukraine.

>>9224527
What are you then looking at, compared to a stock GB/GBC?

I bought an ez omega off amazon and I haven't had any issues.
Tested 2 games I own and then I played them again on the ez to test and never had any issues, music never dropped, it never crashed or anything.

>>9225292
Burden of proof is on you, retard

>>9225517
Man, game boys got cartridges with all kinds of weird shit like fish radars and rumble, just because flash carts eat more power than generic game cart doesn't mean it's something gameboy itself isn't designed to handle. It might become a problem if you install a backlit screen as well but that's fixed by installing newer power regulator.

>>9224243
But berries don't grow that way, do they?

>>9226509
Half to two thirds of original battery life. It's a big deal. I'd say the battery life is the
#1 reason to get a modern Krikzz cart.

>>9227113
You started it so no.

>>9225192
There's not a single broken piece of hardware on the planet to back up this nonsense.

>>9227376
>You started it so no.

>>9225192
>Reminder that flashcarts destroy your hardware.

>>9225192
Not buying your emulation cuck boxes, friendo.

>>9222532
if you want to use palpark to move pokemon to the ds games get the ez flash omega definitive edition its the only one with that feature

>>9228427
You could also just use save editing.

>>9228510
And you could also play on an emulator

>>9228519
???

>>9222532
GBA games run excellent, of course.
The GB/GBC emulator in it is decent, but eventually you will find the odd game that just doesn't "feel" right.

I'm a sucker for krikzz products so I got the GBC everdrive a year later and that fixed all my issues.

>>9226202
Makes sense to move to some middle of nowhere town which probably wouldn't get targeted.
Ruskies seem to have spent a lot of their fancy stuff on the first days for almost no gain.
Hope nukes don't follow.

>>9228521
Save editing in Pokemon is fucking cancer

>>9228548
I did this exact same thing and I don't regret it. I got one of the last GB X3 carts on Amazon around the time they temporarily closed the business earlier this year.

>>9222537
I bought one recently and it works great. I'm actually surprised.

>>9229806
Glad to hear it anon. I bought one and a GB Boy Colour for a friend who likes retro games but doesn't know about flashcarts, clone consoles, etc, and it blew his fucking mind for $60 all in. I bought a real X3 years ago and it works great, but the chinese clones have the exact same compatibility, and they have an actual backaup battery if you forget to dump your SRAM to the SD card, something the X3 lacks. I've owned a chinese flashcarts for Genesis, SNES, GB, and NES at this point and all of them have been perfectly functional. It's an awesome time to be playing retro games.

>>9229831
I have legit Everdrives for Mega Drive (pro for CD support) and Famicom. I got Chinese clones for PC Engine and Game Boy and I can't tell a difference desu.

>>9230060
You can tell the difference with Game Boy because it takes a lot longer to switch games and eats more power.

Still a good option for poorfags though.

>>9230067
It seems fine to me

Kinda unrelated but I have a gamecube and a modded wii, is it worth the money to buy a gameboy player and 2 memory cards for playing gameboy player on a soft modded gamecube in s video vs a soft modded wii in component emulating gba?

>>9231228
Game Boy Player with Game Boy Interface will be better than emulating, but it's probably not worth the money over a consolized GBA or even a MiSTer.

>>9231587
Consolized gba doesn't provide easy output in 240p to a crt. Mister would work though, just need to justify the price for that given I'd probably only use it for nes, gba, and maybe arcade pcbs as consoles I don't have or have no easy component out since I can just emulate otherwise.

anyone have info about this new kryzsio flashcart for nes? only place ive seen it mentioned is this youtube vid so idk if its larp or not

>>9231782
> just need to justify the price for that given I'd probably only use it for nes, gba, and maybe arcade pcbs as consoles I don't have or have no easy component out since I can just emulate otherwise.
youd probs spend that on hardware/flashcarts for those systems if you dont have them already

Is there any type of software unbrick for those clone MD everdrives? I know you can desolder the flash memory and reflash it, but I have no means to do that.

>>9235035
Yeah, buy a real Everdrive

>>9231587
Discless GB Players are pretty cheap.

>>9235178
>t. krikzz bootlicker
How about not posting? Nobody is going to give you upvotes here.

dont get that ez flas iv. piece of fucking save erasing fuck bullshit chinese assdicking my face

>>9235254
Fine, but the idea of asking for ways to fix a $30 bootleg flash cart vs just paying $150 or whatever for the real one is mind numbing to me

>>9235273
Or just spend 30 more for another chink cart and don't brick it next time. That's the cheaper solution than giving to the Ukrainian jew with his advertising army.

>>9235282
That answers the question then. Chinese bootleg users are pol posters with no money

>>9235287
Why would I pay more for something that comes out of China anyway? The carts are made in the same factory and krikzz even sells to the native Chinese market for cheap. You can get it for less than half the price he sells it to everyone else for. Thats wrong imo just taking advantage of the price the basedboys will pay and defend him for it like an apple product

>>9235307
Because of the post we’re both replying to-the krikzz cards don’t brick

>>9235307
>krikzz even sells to the native Chinese market for cheap
Huh, where?

>>9235309
Just buy the krikkz cards through taobao and save some cash if you are that worried about it. Never had a Chinese flashcart brick

>>9235273
There's actually any difference between the bootleg and the real thing. Besides the real thing is always out of stock. Fuck Kikezz for intentionally bricking chink bootlegs.

Damn, can't find the seller anymore. I had seen on krikzz forums that they were an authorized reseller and flashed it with official firmware fine. Can't find them now. Must've been shoah'd. This was a super everdrive China version


https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1-c.w4004-1197810513.21.2996623fqNkICi&id=9700719669

>>9235325
Can't open that link. Is there even an english version of that website? And to they ship outside China?

>>9235325
Actually the link works just too lazy to translate. Junfan shop is a krikzz official reseller.

>>9235328
No, you need to use a taobao forwarding service and a VPN or something to browse the site for the item. Taobao forwarders are on ebay afaik.

>>9235272
Can you elaborate? I have pic related and it's constantly saving to the SD card?

What's a reasonable price to pay for a AGS-101? I have an EZ-Flash Omega and a AGS-001, but the screen quality is pretty poor.

>>9235346
i dont know but i have the clear see-through one and if you much as budge the sd card its erasing everything, forget about fucking adding games past the initial encounter. Even then ill wake up one day and its all fucking gone and ive gone through 4 mini sds. Fuck this piece of shit

>>9235351
50 bux max
You have to look for normies that are just selling their old shit, not scalpers who blow up the price pretending 101 is rare.

>buying from a tax-evading draft-dodging hohol

>>9222537
>supporting China and not Ukraine
Fuck off and die.
>>>/pol/

>>9236486
Quality post.

>>9236486
low quality bait
i rate it niggerfaggot/10

>>9235645
I see them online through normies (Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist) and on eBay. Usually near the same price, $100 - $150.

What are my options for the Genesis? Everdrives are out of stock everywhere other than Amazon where it's inflated to hell. I'm considering the MegaSD but it's on pre-order only so I won't be able to get them until December anyway. I did consider the chink options but the ability to play Sega CD games using the former two is something I'm very keen on.

>>9236727
chink everdrive is cheap and works well

>>9236828
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit

>>9236727
Calculate how much a segacd + chink everdrive would cost and consider the fact that it is mechanical hardware and make your decision accordingly. Those are you choices, I prefer the original hardware plus burning disks but I see the appeal of the all in one solution

>>9235703
cry more faggot

>>9236727
Order directly from krikzz.
Only way to get what you want without paying the scalper prices every where else.

>>9236847
Honestly, I don't even have that many games I want to play on the Sega CD. Can probably list about 5 tops. The attachment isn't cheap either from what I've gathered either, so there's that as well.

>>9236941
I'm stalking their Twitter accounts for news of a new drop, so we'll see.

>>9236947
I was the same way with sega Cd and decided to just emulate and play the like 3 games I cared about for it, snatcher, sonic Cd, shining force Cd.

>>9236953
Also popful mail

>>9236960
There’s more
Try Eye of the beholder and terminator

>>9236953
I definitely want to try Snatcher and Flashback, at least. I did consider Lunar 1 and 2 but I think I'd prefer the PlayStation versions anyway.

>>9236953
3 games certainly isn't worth the investment. I have a working MCD so burning games I don't own is my best option.
Hell if you're going to emulate even a N3DS is a pretty good system to play those.

>>9237516
I’d hardly call it emulation, majority of the work is still done on the original hardware, the CD drive does an extra layer and is able to translate the discs data

>>9226202
I ordered one a month ago and it's been in Kiev of all places for 3 weeks. Should I be worried bros?

>>9237597
Yes, Russians have seized your cart and are playing it on their Dendy’s in occupied elementary schools

>>9235035
how did you brick it?

what a coincidence i find this thread, ive run into the same issue recently. wanted to play GBC games on my GBA ED but it wouldnt save for the life of it. asked around everywhere trying to find some awnsers, none. i gave in in the end and just bought the GBC ED as well, in part because i heard the goomba emulator isnt really good anyways. if you do decide to buy a separate GB flashcart you should look into the microsd cards it supports. the GBC ED doesnt support sandisk for whatever reason, even though pretty much every other does. had to get a different brand just for that

Is it worth shilling out an extra $30-40 for a Ez Flash Junior for my GBC? Or should I just get one of those cheap flashcarts off Aliexpress.
I dont need RTC or any fancy features outside of saves

>>9238637
Using official firmware (V2 and up).

>>9242835
I paid less than 30€ for my EZ Flash Jr a mere 2 years ago, I just checked and it's fucking crazy how it's double the price now.

>>9242856
I'm glad I got my EZ Flashes when I did. Now I have to get Everdrives too.

>>9242835
Both carts are cheap enough that you shouldn't really be splitting hairs over price.
EZ Flash Jr loads games instantly which is a big perk - Everdrive GB clones take a couple minutes to switch games. But the EZ Flash Jr can be a bit buggy, apparently some GBCs don't support it. Also, both carts are battery hungry.
If you can afford to get an official Everdrive then do that instead. Otherwise, just ask whether you want the hassle of potentially having to return it.

>>9242850
oooh nooo
yea upgrading is a no-no on bootlegs. GDEMU is another infamous example. You just have to pray the flash memory or chink FPGA doesn't go out and never update them. were you trying to get new features with the OS update?

As far as i know there's no easy recovery process other than maybe chip swapping some parts. You're better off buying another chink clone.