gba emulator on gba!!

s8n · 03-02-2004 03:56PM #1

Lads,

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

thanks

S8n

zAbbo · 03-02-2004 04:00PM

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 · 03-02-2004 05:13PM

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 · 03-02-2004 05:17PM

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 · 03-02-2004 05:52PM

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

much appreciated.

Mr E · 03-02-2004 06:08PM

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 · 03-02-2004 10:06PM

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 · 03-02-2004 10:09PM

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

Placebo · 03-02-2004 10:16PM

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 · 03-02-2004 10:23PM

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 · 03-02-2004 11:21PM

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

zAbbo · 03-02-2004 11:30PM

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 · 04-02-2004 12:43PM

consider yourself reminded

**thanks for the all the info people**

zAbbo · 04-02-2004 01:40PM

right well

This has info on it.

Ebonyks · 09-02-2004 02:06AM

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 · 09-02-2004 02:48PM

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 · 09-02-2004 03:02PM

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

gba emulator on gba!!

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