Everdrive GBA Group Buy
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The patching was something that was a minor annoyance, the loading is another big one that's been bugging me, compatibility is -really- starting to irk me. Some games just won't be loaded by my EZ flash, no matter how many different versions that all load fine in emulators I try, like Ninja 5-0. What about running GBC games through Goomba? I find on the EZ Flash, most of em go alright, but some games, like Mega Man Xtreme 1/2, or RE Gaiden run unplayably bad. I'm starting to lean more and more to wanting to upgrade. The Everdrive I got for my Fami was an absolute godsend. While my EZ flash was much cheaper, it's seeming like it's another case of you get what you pay for.
Worse comes to worse I suppose I could also buy a GB Everdrive to compliment it, but I'm still very curious about everyone's findings!
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My prediction is that the X3 and/or X7 will be the same size as a normal GBA cart. Though the bit jutting out doesn't bother me, reminds me of playing GB games on the GBA.
Can't wait to get mine in!! Thanks again Travis!!
Got mine today, GBA has worked as expected, the Nes emulator seems a little flakey, had a few crashes, once playing a game and once just browsing the list of games. I was playing in the GB folder and realized you left Tetris off :-) Tetris 2 is on twice but no OG Tetris haha. (Not complaining but literally was the first game I went to play out of the billion games you put in here).
Sound got a little wonky just for a second on Mother 3 under translations when I created a new team, maybe it was saving? Other then that everything has been perfect and I tried lots of games. I have only been using a GameCube GBA player so far but I tested with the official GBA start up disc and the GBI software, both worked great. Surprised how well the NES emulator works on the GBA (the two crashes aside, but after several more games no crashes since. Here is a pic of the screen when it shits the bed.
Very happy with this and it's miles better over the ezflash I bought but never used as it was such a PITA to use and slow to load games. This loads large games in seconds and keeps the save files nice and tidy in a folder for me.
Thanks again for getting this setup and now I will have a lifetime of games to try out as they made so many great games on this system that I'll never be able to even try a fraction of them.
Sound got a little wonky just for a second on Mother 3 under translations when I created a new team, maybe it was saving? Other then that everything has been perfect and I tried lots of games. I have only been using a GameCube GBA player so far but I tested with the official GBA start up disc and the GBI software, both worked great. Surprised how well the NES emulator works on the GBA (the two crashes aside, but after several more games no crashes since. Here is a pic of the screen when it shits the bed.
Very happy with this and it's miles better over the ezflash I bought but never used as it was such a PITA to use and slow to load games. This loads large games in seconds and keeps the save files nice and tidy in a folder for me.
Thanks again for getting this setup and now I will have a lifetime of games to try out as they made so many great games on this system that I'll never be able to even try a fraction of them.
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It is there, it is in the World rom folder, the rom of tetris is the same worldwide.
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My prediction is that the X3 and/or X7 will be the same size as a normal GBA cart. Though the bit jutting out doesn't bother me, reminds me of playing GB games on the GBA.
Can't wait to get mine in!! Thanks again Travis!!
What is this x3 & x7?
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Funny thing is all CA orders had ETA of Saturday, so you should get it tomorrowFuck, I still don't have mine, and I'm in Cali too.
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Krikzz's new naming scheme is x3 super basic, x5 middle line, x7 premium. GBA x3, x7 are likely eventually, but AFAIK, nothing announced. I think x3 might be small enough if it takes out RTC, but RTC worth the battery IMO
Seems to me it sticks out just like the molding for Drill Dozer. That's hardly something to get upset over, unless you're keeping your GB Micro inside an old case for a nokia brick phone or the teeny right pocket within a pocket on jeans. I really should motivate myself to get one of these and toss my entire GB collection on there, NES, GG too. It would be good for on the go to have it all in one space.
Got mine today, just thumbed thru some game list & tried random games. Seem bad ass & the set Travis put on there should keep me busy for years. Truely money well spent. The cart sticking out doesn't bother me one bit.
Is there a way to go back to the menu after playing a game or is doing the power cycle he only way?
Is there a way to go back to the menu after playing a game or is doing the power cycle he only way?
So I've had a couple of save issues.
Suikoden card Stories in Translation folder...saved at the Inn after the intro..nothing saved.
Rhythm Heaven Silver in Translation folder..saved to SRAM..when loading the game a second time got a Data I/O error. Started the game over and the second time around was able to successfully save and then load the new the save.
There is some grumbling over on the Everdrive forums about Data I/O errors 9seemingly for most it is that they can't see/load games)..so there may be a bug in the software that is causing fluky saves.
Suikoden card Stories in Translation folder...saved at the Inn after the intro..nothing saved.
Rhythm Heaven Silver in Translation folder..saved to SRAM..when loading the game a second time got a Data I/O error. Started the game over and the second time around was able to successfully save and then load the new the save.
There is some grumbling over on the Everdrive forums about Data I/O errors 9seemingly for most it is that they can't see/load games)..so there may be a bug in the software that is causing fluky saves.
There actually is a 1.0 Tetris that was only released in Japan for Game Boy. It has a different Type A music called "Minuet". IMO, it's not as good as the Type A music we got here but, there is more than one version of it.
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Okay, so a little more digging on the save issue. in the diagnostics menu (select on main menu) I get an "Error: D3" on the disk test. Googling seems to indicate that this is a SD card or FAT32 formatting issue that is "incompatible" with everdrives. Probably explains the inconsistent saving. Does anyone/everyone else have the same diagnostic error?
Okay..just tried the EDGBA in my DS Phat...It gives a FAT formating error and won't even boot to the directory. Works fine in my OG GBA though....not sure what is up. Okay weird... DS boots the ED now. Maybe it needed to charge a bit
Okay..just tried the EDGBA in my DS Phat...It gives a FAT formating error and won't even boot to the directory. Works fine in my OG GBA though....not sure what is up. Okay weird... DS boots the ED now. Maybe it needed to charge a bit
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Got mine yesterday. It only slightly juts out from the top.
I got the Error: D3 on the disk test but it hasn't affected anything yet as far as I can tell. I'll check on games others are having problems with.
But anyway the Everdrive works really well and the folder setup is excellent. Travis, thanks for an excellent group buy!
I got the Error: D3 on the disk test but it hasn't affected anything yet as far as I can tell. I'll check on games others are having problems with.
But anyway the Everdrive works really well and the folder setup is excellent. Travis, thanks for an excellent group buy!