Flashcarts

[Anonymous No.9891687]

Do you own one?

[Anonymous No.9891696]

>>9891687
yes

[Anonymous No.9891701]

>>9891687
That GBA lens is not authentic, neither is the shell. Might be okay if the original GBA was worn, but it'll never be as good as a new authentic Nintendo one. At least you kept the buttons stock.

[Anonymous No.9891702]

>>9891687
Got an R4 for the DS since it's the only flashcart that costs $20

[Anonymous No.9891706]

>>9891702
Well MX4SIO is around the same price

[Anonymous No.9891720]

I own too many to list. All official from Krikzz too, no Chinese knockoffs. Easily the best investment you can make when it comes to retro gaming. I started buying them in 2015 because I was appalled people were asking 60 bucks for Sparkster on SNES. Once I got a taste with the original Super Everdrive I never looked back at buying original carts ever again.

[Anonymous No.9891723]

>>9891687
Yes I own several. Everdrive 64 X7, SD2SNES, Everdrive N8 Pro (both Famicom and NES versions), Mega Everdrive Pro, R4, R4 Gold 3DS, Sky3DS+, SuperCard SD, EZ Flash IV, EZ Flash Omega DE, EZ Flash Jr., and I just got my Turbo Everdrive Pro.

[Anonymous No.9891730]

I don't even play retro games anymore I just like to talk about them here with you all.

[Anonymous No.9891731]

>>9891702
You paid for yours? I found mine in a flea market box of assorted carts. I'd have paid if it had an SD card but it was effectively useless without. Thankfully I've got spares and the ability to find drivers for it.

[Anonymous No.9891734]

I own an Everdrive 64 x7, an FXPak Pro, a Mega Everdrive Pro, an Everdrive GBA Mini, an Everdrive GB x7, and a timebomb R4 Gold flashed with ysmenu

[Anonymous No.9891736]

If you don't you're either sentimental or a sucker

[Anonymous No.9891737]

>>9891723
Why would you need more than 1 for the same system?

[Anonymous No.9891741]

>>9891737

[Anonymous No.9891742]

>>9891737
Maybe they have more than one system, maybe they bought a cheaper version before upgrading... You can't imagine?

[Anonymous No.9891745]

>>9891742
Imagining is for bums. Men get answers.

[Anonymous No.9891747]

>>9891741
Don't support independent developers. Aye aye.

[Anonymous No.9891754]

>>9891745
No anon, imagining is for brains. Man get answer from brain. Ooga.

[Anonymous No.9891756]

>>9891687
i had one of those GBA carts back in the day that you could flash roms to from an R4 card on a DS. it was rad because you had the option of either just using it to run a game on the DS's GBA mode, or actually store a game on it and essentially make it into a cart of that game that will work on any GBA. for some larger games you had to go with the second option, but it was fine because you could reflash as many times as you want.
these days I just emulate on my phone tho. a million times more convenient and with the proper shaders it looks better than the real deal.

[Anonymous No.9891758]

>>9891737
New carts come out with new features, sometimes it's worth upgrading.

[Anonymous No.9891762]

>>9891737
The only systems I have multiples for are DS and GBA, both of which are really cheap. The R4 3DS was because the 3DS wasn't compatible with my original R4. And the GBA carts are because of design and feature improvements made over time.

[Anonymous No.9891767]

>>9891687
Well yes. I just got an ed64pro and Pokemon snap won't save after I do a mission. Ive even tried the reverse endianess of the .fla file. It will only save a brand new game without any progress. If anybody can give me some tips I'd be very appreciative

[Anonymous No.9891768]

>>9891747
I supported R4 and MX4SIO developers, hmmm

[Anonymous No.9891770]

>>9891762
I thought the R4 incompatibility was due to firmware. It's not like the 3DS couldn't play DS games, but it seemed to be aware of certain game IDs used in the manufacturing of R4 cards. If you hack a 3DS you can force boot on slot-1 with a bootloader negating any security that may have been there jsyk

[Anonymous No.9891771]

>>9891730
Yeah, that's fair. I've definitely played 90% of the games that get talked about here. It's nice to converse about common interests

[Anonymous No.9891772]

>>9891768
Damn you for stimulating the economy you bastard

[Anonymous No.9891774]

>>9891770
It's because Nintendo actually patched old R4 cards in the 3DS firmware, a new payload had to be made. There's now a firmware patch you can install that restores old R4 card compatibility, but at the time there was nothing like that available and it was only like $15.

[Anonymous No.9891787]

>>9891774
Man, it really must suck designing security for a system so easily exploited. I suppose that's the job of most admin security though

[Anonymous No.9891895]

>>9891687
I only own a R4 cart and a ED64 plus cart because they were cheap. Paying more than 60 dollars for one is fucking retarded and paying 200 dollars for one is absurd

[Anonymous No.9891914]

>>9891701
A lot of people are going for laminated screens because you can't fuck up the alignment (which would cause the pixels along one of the sides to be covered) and you can't trap dust in it.

These screens require either a custom shell or a heavily cut original shell.

Personally I think it's better to keep original equipment intact unless it's a dead system that's only useful for salvaging the parts.

[Anonymous No.9891965]

The only one i own is a Satiator and it’s awesome. Considering how stupid expensive Sega CD games are I’ll probably get Mega Everdrive for my genesis as well.

[Anonymous No.9891971]

>>9891687
Yes, but can't get PocketNes emulator to run for the life of me on the everdrive. Tried creating a multicart .gba of nes games and that won't load either. There used to be an atari 2600 emulator which ran on older gba flash cards but can't find it anymore

[Anonymous No.9892032]

>>9891701
ags-101 is superior anyways, let anon enjoy his poverty boy advance.

[Anonymous No.9892041]

>>9891687
>Do you own one?
I do. I own one dozen, one score even. Probably more than four score and seven.


>>9891702
>$20
What currency? I pay about US$0.5 for them, if they don't come in a DS I pay 5 bucks for.

[Anonymous No.9892053]

>>9892032
101 screen is trash.

[Anonymous No.9892079]

>>9892053
HAHAHAHHA oh dude you don't know what you're talking about, but it side by side with any chink ips or ita screen, IPS doesn't display gradients right or have natural pixel effect, ita screen has less vibrant colors, but can be set brighter, ags-101 is unironically still the best screen.

[Anonymous No.9892084]

It's ok if you didn't know the above though, I was told the ITA screens are amazing and ran off and modded a gameboy for myself, but then I put it next to my ags-101, and I realized the anon shilling it was fixated at brightness, and not the vibrancy of the colors. ags-101 is still the best.

[Anonymous No.9892086]

>>9892041
They sell for $15 on Ebay with the USB adapter. Enlighten me on how you get them for fifty cents.

[Anonymous No.9892089]

>>9892079
Ghosting sucks, colours are garish, it's trash. IPS is trash too. 001 or bust.

[Anonymous No.9892130]

>>9892053
Literal retard.

[Anonymous No.9892139]

I have an Acekard 2 for DS that's over 10 years old at this point.
Still works, but any better ones on the market I should look into?

[Anonymous No.9892189]

>>9892130
Hey man, if you like it, good for you. I know lots of people do. Personally, I really didn't like it when I finally got one. It makes me want to push back a bit against the dominant narrative that the 101 screen is unquestionably superior to the 001, when it's not that clear cut. The lack of ghosting, being better in sunlight, and more accurate colours are legitimate reasons to prefer the frontlit model. But for some people the brighter screen and more vibrant colours makes the 101 worth the trade-off. The problem I have is that the discourse seems to have forgotten it is a trade-off, treating it more like a straight upgrade.
>inb4 It is a straight upgrade tho lol

[Anonymous No.9892212]

Pretty much everything I can get.

Harmony Cart Encore (Atari 2600)
Atarimax Ultimate SD Multicart (Atari 5200)
Concerto Cart (Atari 7800)
Jaguar Gamedrive
Lynx Gamedrive

Colecovision Ultimate SD Cartridge

Everdrive N8
Super Everdrive
FXPAK Pro
Ultra Everdrive v3
2x Everdrive GBs (One original style, one x7)
Everdrive GBA
Hyperboy (Virtual Boy) (Ordered and waiting for a Hyperflash 32)

Master Everdrive x7
Mega Everdrive (old style, now called an x7)
Mega SD
Everdrive GG x7

NeoSD AES
NeoSD Pro AES
Neo Geo Pocket Game Drive

Super SD System 3

Want to get:
N8 Everdrive Pro
Ultra Everdrive x7
LTO Flash! (Intelevision) (Currently not in stock)
Maybe an NeoSD MVS Pro if they're ever in stock again.
Something for a Vectrex.

[Anonymous No.9892429]

I never use my actual gba due to mono audio. Why would I choose to play without two channels of audio when I have my DS lite. It's pretty disappointing because I like the gba. The fact that no one is printing shells with vents for a second speaker is strange to me. You can replace the screen but then no one cares about having normal sound?

[Anonymous No.9892808]

>>9892429
My guess is that they don't want to make shells for something few people will use. The stereo mods mess up the headphone jack which is probably why the modded GBA resellers don't make them, that and cutting holes by hand looks ugly

[Anonymous No.9892821]

>>9892808
Right I mean it would be nice if a shell already had the vent so it doesn't have to look like shit. The headphone issue would be easily solvable with a simple circuit or even a button switch. I don't think anyone with a soldering iron would buy the mono ones anymore if stereo was available

[Anonymous No.9893590]

>>9892212
LTO is made by some austrailian boomer in his garage. Some forum posts indicated he was going to make another batch but that was 3 years ago. I got lucky and found the last one from a collector site. When they appear on ebay they go for 4-500.

[Anonymous No.9893640]

2x Harmony Cart Encore (Atari 2600)
Atarimax Ultimate SD Multicart (Atari 5200)
Concerto Cart (Atari 7800)
Lynx Gamedrive

Colecovision Ultimate SD Cartridge
LTO Flash! (Intelevision)

Everdrive GB x7
Everdrive GBA mini
N8 Everdrive Pro
FXPAK Pro
Everdrive 64 x7
Forever Pak 64 nonvolatile memory card
Xeno Chip/Swiss Card for GC

Master Everdrive x7
Mega Everdrive x3
Mega Everdrive Pro
MegaSD
MSDEXP for 32xCD
TerraOnion MODE for Saturn
Everdrive GG x7

Turbo Everdrive
Super SD System 3

Xstation ODE for PS1

[Anonymous No.9893648]

do games like pokemon unbound run full speed on a flashcart?

[Anonymous No.9893693]

>>9893648
Flashcarts are the same hardware as original carts with increased re-writable memory.

[Anonymous No.9893695]

>>9893693
I falcone flaxseed widdit my man wooroo fook

[Anonymous No.9893708]

>>9892032
I mainly play on a 101, but I have a glacier GBA near-mint in box for the nostalgia factor. I love the unlit screen on it but don't want to cause any wear because it's so perfect. They're only new once.

[Anonymous No.9893715]

>>9891687
Yeah, but another color, yours looks like shit.

[Anonymous No.9893739]

>>9893590
RetroHQ showed interest in making a Intellivision flashcart as his third project after Poly Game Master and Wonderswan. But that is years away

[Anonymous No.9893769]

>>9893739
That would be nice. LTO uses ancient transfer and conversion software.

[Anonymous No.9893879]

>>9891687
Yeah, got one for every console I own and also ODE’s

[Anonymous No.9893916]

>>9892086
>Enlighten me on how you get them for fifty cents.
Don't be eBayby
Achieve enlightenment
Simple as
When will zoomies discover that there's a world that exists outside their phone?

[Anonymous No.9894430]

>>9892041
>What currency?
AUD

[Anonymous No.9894969]

>>9894430
So what's 20 hopping rat turds worth in a real currency like Congo pygmies?

[Anonymous No.9895106]

>>9891687

[Anonymous No.9897435]

>>9892212
LTO is in the dead nigger zone
I got a backbit pro for my Intellivision, it's pretty good and it uses a microSD like a normal cart and also works for vectrex
It does have some issues:
1)I had to patch all the games with non-default memory maps to get them to work by using some tool packed with Jzintv. I just followed what some atariage guy said. They were dealbreaker games for me so it's a good thing it worked out.
2)The official support forums are locked behind accountshit
3)If your intellivision cart slot has a death grip like mine then the adapter will come apart and you will need to learn to wiggle it back and forth to get it out. Not the best design.

[Anonymous No.9897437]

>>9892212
>Ultra Everdrive v3
>Ultra Everdrive x7
what are these?

[Anonymous No.9897443]

>>9891687
Don't even own a GBA op. I just emulate these on Chinese handhelds like my fake Switch

[Anonymous No.9897472]

>>9891687
yes the superior option these days when people try charging you $100 for a common game

[Anonymous No.9897601]

>>9892189
I've used the 001 when I was a teen, and when I got a 101 it was like night and day. I don't even use the backlight button, the regular brightness is enough. It's like defending the DMG and Color screen even if you can't see shit most of the time. The DMG screen is the reason why I started wearing glasses in the first place.

[Anonymous No.9897643]

>>9891687
god that thing is ugly

[Anonymous No.9897647]

An X5 Everdrive for the Genesis, an FX-Pack for the SNES, and an X7 Everdrive for the Game Gear.

I was gonna buy an Everdrive for the GBA, which I assume can also play older GB titles, but bills took priority.

[Anonymous No.9897650]

>>9897647
you assumed wrong unless you like half-assed emulation

[Anonymous No.9897667]

>>9891702
Aren't those the ones that are programmed to self destruct after a certain date

[Anonymous No.9897713]

>>9891687
Even the ones with so-called timebombs work perfectly when you put a community firmware on it instead, which you should do anyway because it includes anti-antipiracy fixes.

[Anonymous No.9897716]

>>9897713
>>9897667

[Anonymous No.9897746]

>>9893590
>>9897435
I'm not too concerned about the LTO. If I get it, great, if I don't I'll live. Backbit Pro looks interesting. Thank you for informing me about it.

>>9897437
I fucked up, it's actually called the Ultra Everdrive 64 v3. It's a flashcart for the N64. The v3 isn't made anymore and has been succeeded by the x7. The main difference I'm aware of is that the x7 can automatically change between a NTSC and PAL N64, where as the v3 has a physical switch you need to toggle. Older versions of the the v3 don't even have the switch, and are locked to the region they were purchased for.

[Anonymous No.9897816]

>>9891687
A few actually

[Anonymous No.9897825]

>>9895106
>Not just playing master system games on Genesis
Unless you really like the 3-D glasses, why?

[Anonymous No.9898184]

>>9891687
What’s the best flash cart?

[Anonymous No.9898190]

>>9898184
The ones you use

[Anonymous No.9898295]

Yeah. Got the phat gba cartridge. Almost got one for n64, but with the mister core I won't bother.

[Anonymous No.9898313]

>>9891687
EZ Omega DE > evercope GBA

[Anonymous No.9898319]

>>9898313
True, but the EZ flash jr is a turd.

[Anonymous No.9898326]

>>9898295
Yeah, I emulate most stuff too. Just get flashcarts for the systems I really love.

[Anonymous No.9898343]

>>9898313
There's literally nothing better about EZ Flash ghetto shit.

[Anonymous No.9898359]

>>9891687
I have one for my N64 and one for my DS.
I'm tempted to reshell my old beat up GBA, put an ITA screen in it, and get a GBA flashcart too, but I'm not sure I'd use it enough for it to be worth doing all of that.

[Anonymous No.9898368]

>>9898359
A chinkheld would be more worthwhile at that point.

[Anonymous No.9898429]

>>9898343
Rumble, expansion pak, 512Mb support, better compatibility, hella emulators, plenty of config options and modes, sick leds for optional status lights, does everything the evercope does.
>but muh half hour extra battery time

[Anonymous No.9898434]

>>9891687
No, because every time I try to buy one, they're always out of stock.

[Anonymous No.9898447]

>>9898429
The only feature it has is rumble which is a gimmick and not worth the faster battery drain and overall cheaper build quality.

[Anonymous No.9898457]

>have an NES and a famicom
>want a flashcart
>buying only one for two regions of basically the same fucking system is somehow an advanced alien concept that no adapter can properly contend with

[Anonymous No.9898496]

>>9898447
How about all the other features, evercoper?
I didn't even get into all the norflash features like connecting to Pokemon Colosseum.
I don't see or feel any lower build quality here, maybe it should have had that giant plastic tumor coming out of it like the X5 did before they released the mini?

[Anonymous No.9898542]

>>9898457
Everdrives work with both with the standard adapter for reg carts.

[Anonymous No.9898560]

>>9898496
>I didn't even get into all the norflash features like connecting to Pokemon Colosseum.
You don't need norflash for that, actually. It works even on the regular EZ Flash Omega which doesn't have Mode B.

[Anonymous No.9898562]

>>9898496
I own an EZ Flash Omega and the build quality is definitely substandard. The screwhole broke off so friction is the only thing keeping my shell together.

[Anonymous No.9898608]

>>9891687
I have an FXPAK Pro, Everdrive 64 x7, and a CycloDS Evolution. GBA and NES carts would complete my setup but I can't justify the price when emulation is good enough for those.

[Anonymous No.9898618]

>>9893739
how come we get flashcarts for everything but some ancient system is somehow sorcery and cant get a cheap flashcart made for it?

[Anonymous No.9898620]

got
snes - chink ver
nes - krikzz
sms - chink ver
gb/gbc - some weird one with maple leaf on the board

[Anonymous No.9898816]

>>9898618
Typical demand and enthusiasm levels I guess.
Looking at the list of BackBit Pro adapters, there are a lot that already had good flashcarts, but there are a shocking number of them that didn't already have one that wasn't long gone, always out of stock, vaporware, etc or just plain dogshit 4in1 flash the rom yourself tier.
Those older systems seem way less complicated too, at least compared to systems like Saturn, 3DO, or even NES with its lockout and mappers.

[Anonymous No.9898819]

>>9898542
>standard adapter
???

[Anonymous No.9898935]

>>9898368
I actually have a 351V already, I just don't like it as much for GBA stuff as I do for other systems.

[Anonymous No.9898943]

>>9898618
security by obscurity

[Anonymous No.9898967]

>>9898819
you can buy a famicom to nes or nes to famicom adapter for a few dollars. Black box games had famicom versions inside the cart with an adapter.

[Anonymous No.9899608]

Bro i just got a fucking everdrive mini in today and within 30 fucking minutes i shit you not im getting a red fucking screen.

[Anonymous No.9899718]

>>9899608
Bad At Games

[Anonymous No.9899771]

>>9891687
No. I think I'll get an N64 on for my first, but I don't know which to get.

[Anonymous No.9900805]

How long does a gba sp charge last with the omega DE? Can I get 10 hours with it?

[Anonymous No.9900809]

>>9900805
with the omega de and rtc turned off you're looking at about 70% stock battery life.

[Anonymous No.9902797]

Is it worth almost $200? I really want to have most of the GB, GBC, GBA library with me. I have a hacked 3DS, but I'd rather carry around a GBA that I'm not too worried about it getting worn 'n torn.

[Anonymous No.9902823]

>>9902797
It can only handle GBA games natively. GB and GBC games are emulated. The same is true of other GBA flashcarts like EZ Flash.
Isn't it much cheaper from krikzz?

[Anonymous No.9902834]

>>9902823
You're right, $104 from Krikzz directly. How simple is emulation on a flash cart?

[Anonymous No.9902838]

>>9902834
If the required emulators are present on the SD card, then emulatable games can be played just by selecting them in the file browser like a native game.

[Anonymous No.9902848]

>>9902834
Whilst being able to play GB and GBC games via Goomba emulator is convenient, especially for all the games that used password systems instead of battery saves, you do compromise with some performance and sound accuracy.

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

For some reason nobody seems to have taken up improving the GBC emulation on GBA, it's open source but this is all we have.
As compared to Project Nested, a curious NES emulator for SNES, which is still under active development and getting surprisingly good results.
https://github.com/Myself086/Project-Nested
Of the two, Nested is much less practical than Goomba.

[Anonymous No.9902853]

>>9902848
>For some reason nobody seems to have taken up improving the GBC emulation on GBA, it's open source but this is all we have.
Jagoomba Color exists which is fairly recent and incorporates fixes for some of the popular games like Pokemon Crystal.

[Anonymous No.9902867]

>>9902853
Ah cool, I was just thinking people would contribute to Goomba, rather than fork it.
Thanks for the heads up, will check it out soon.

[Anonymous No.9902868]

>>9902848
>For some reason nobody seems to have taken up improving the GBC emulation on GBA, it's open source but this is all we have.
There are limits to what is possible on the GBA. With the GBA's CPU hardware acceleration is needed to reach playable speeds, but the GBA's PPU isn't flexible enough to emulate all the GB PPU's corner cases. So some amount of graphical glitches are sadly inevitable.

[Anonymous No.9902882]

>>9902868
It's a shame that GBA flashcarts don't seem to have any way to do GBC pass-thru or something, just boot into GBC mode natively from a GBA form-factor flashcart.

[Anonymous No.9902891]

>>9902834
Chip shortage is cucking krikkz hard, a lot of the components he uses on his boards are way pricey, and he'll have to redesign his entire board.

[Anonymous No.9902893]

>>9902848
I'd rather people put in work on gbarunner2.

[Anonymous No.9902896]

>>9902882
Even though the connector looks the same, GB and GBA cartridges work in a very different way. You'd probably have to design a cartridge with a physical toggle, which also may hit the switch inside the GBA slot depending on its position.

>>9902891
EZ Flash already had to redesign the Omega DE to account for the parts shortage. On the plus side, the new Rev B seems to be pretty competitive in terms of battery life, which was previously the Everdrive's killer feature.

[Anonymous No.9902941]

>>9891687
I want one for my gameboy micro, but none of the options seem great. I guess I’ll get an Ez flash iv eventually.

[Anonymous No.9902946]

>>9902941
EZ Flash IV is impossible to find these days. Newer carts are your only option.

[Anonymous No.9903271]

>>9891687
Yes, I owned a Supercard Lite and Supercard Mini. Dogshit slow SDRAM, so GBA games ran like ass, but NDS games were fine.

[Anonymous No.9903284]

>>9903271
That's old school. It's pretty crazy that you can still get these, but not better carts from that era like the EZ Flash IV.

[Anonymous No.9903286]

>>9891767
Anybody

[Anonymous No.9903314]

Most of my flashcarts came from AliExpress and they're bretty good, the only krikkz one I own is a mega everdrive x5 I got for like 50$ on sale. funny enough that would be the only one I would recommend people buying at full price for, or maybe a pro if you use a Sega CD a lot. Otherwise you're just gonna be spending a lot of money for no reason when the AliExpress stuff werks jus as gud. Like for instance, the N64 everdrives are perfectly usable on krikkkzs X3 firmware which most Chinese flashcarts use, x7s are literally pointless. they offer no other feature other than reset saving, which isn't even a big deal

[Anonymous No.9904176]

>>9891687
I own a couple.
EZ-Flash Omega for the GBA, an Everdrive GB v.1.2 for my GBC, and an Everdrive 64 V1 for my N64.

[Anonymous No.9906043]

>>9902941
>none of the options seem great. I guess I’ll get an Ez flash iv eventually.
why is an Ez flash iv better?

[Anonymous No.9906739]

>>9902797
Buy it directly from krizz.Ukraine

[Anonymous No.9907929]

>>9902941
the ez flash iv was made for the d, what you are looking for is ezflash omega DE

[Anonymous No.9908013]

>>9907929
The EZ Flash IV is still an acceptable cart for palying GBA games if it's all you've got. I used one back in the day.

But yeah Omega DE is what you want if you're buying new.