gba emulator on gba!!

s8n

Lads,

Is there anyway (i.e. the easiest), to play GBA roms on a gba??

thanks

S8n

zAbbo

Yes, use a Flash rom card, and a linker cable

the kinda gear needed is here : http://www.consoleplus.co.uk/index.php?cPath=32_66

s8n

Thanks Bazh,

total noob here. Which ones would you recommend??

128 or 256 and whats the best linker cable usb or parallel??

Do I load the roms straight onto the card or install the emu onto the card first??

any help is appreciated.

thanx

zAbbo

well very dicey conversation this is indeed

But heres the deal

the flash rom cart is the same as a GBA game, u aquire a backup of a gba rom(on ur pc) using the linker cable send the rom to the flash rom cart.

Im sure a quick google will yield results.

You`ll want a 256mb cart, with a USB cable(faster). Do some research first before you buy anything.

I`ll have a look around and maybe pm you my gba links i have somewhere

s8n

Thanks a mill.......however, pm not working so mail me on s8n_99@yahoo.com.

much appreciated.

Mr E

128Mb (128 megabits -- roughly 16 megs) is currently the biggest size ROM. So if you want to play one ROM at a time, that should be fine.

A 256Mb cart will hold 2 128Mb ROMs (no, really!), but bear in mind that it will also hold 4 64Mb ROMs (8 megs each), or even 8 32Mb ROMs (4 megs each).

To give you a rough idea of sizes, Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem etc. are 128Mb. The majority of games seem to be 64Mb. A bunch of games (including SNES remakes/remixes) are 32Mb. There are very very few games smaller than that.

Hope this helps,
Dave.

(Note, you must own the originals to legally use backups, blah blah blah...)

Placebo

i thought, a gba game was 8mb so you could fit 128/8 in it ?
dang !

http://www.consoleplus.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=529&osCsid=0f94eba0c53f4956788a4dfad4799b18

linker and cart together, thats all i need yeah ? granted rom is in my pc .

zAbbo

The flash rom cards are 128/256+ MegaBit, as opposed to the roms which can be 2/4/8 MegaByte i think

Placebo

whats he saying then

even 8 32Mb ROMs (4 megs each).

if they are 4 megs (mb?) then do they expand when sent to flash card or what ?

zAbbo

Well its to do with the way that we`re dealing with MegaBits(rom card) and MegaBytes(rom files as shown in windows)

I prolly didnt explain it right either

32MegaBit = 4MegaByte

Placebo

ohhhhhhhh ok, thanks.
do you have one of these flash cards ? worth it ?

zAbbo

Was about to buy one, when my girlfriend got me an xbox. So ive ordered a mod for it instead.

It seems to be well worth it, remind me to get those links tomorrow

s8n

consider yourself reminded

**thanks for the all the info people**

zAbbo

right well

This has info on it.

Ebonyks

For all your gear the place to go is here

Success-HK

I recommend the Flash2Advance Ultra 512M Cartridge with USB linker set, it works out to €135 and the shipping is around a tenner, probably the best value. But i suppose the 64M (€45) version is fine if you don't want to load up multiple roms.

ROMS: well theres a good few places but one of the best would be,

http://www.google.com

....just my 2c on the subject

Ronan|Raven

Seem to have missed this thread for some reason. Anywho lads please dont go linking to sites that contain roms. Also BazH I know your site wasnt directly hosting roms and it was providing good information on the flash link but alas thats the way the cookie crumbles! I will be reviewing the charter soon to see wether to allow the linking to sites that dont host roms and only have links ot places that do.

Ebonyks

Sorry about that there Ronan, charter COMPLETELY slipped my mind. Was dog tired at the time tbh