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Sundowner
01-30-2013, 12:05 PM
I'm looking for an original or color game boy flash cart. I'm not interested in a GBA or DS flash cart. Does anyone know if such a thing still exists or if someone can point me in the right direction of a reputable seller I would really appreciate it. I've searched the internet, to the best of my ability and I stumbled across this http://www.smartboycart.com/ which would be perfect, but the site doesn't seem to be updated frequently and I don't even see a section where you can purchase? If anyone has any info or recommendations on something like this I'm all ears. Thank you

Camp
01-30-2013, 01:21 PM
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/drag-n-derp-cartridge

Sundowner
01-30-2013, 02:38 PM
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/drag-n-derp-cartridge

:) Thank you! I'm gonna buy the one in the first link. For $40 I think it will be well worth it. I also believe I have an extra cord laying around that I can use. I'll come back once I get it to let anyone else who would be interested what I think of the product. ;)

Drixxel
01-30-2013, 04:38 PM
There was some discussion of the USB 64M Smart Card a year and a half ago, might be worth a read if you're thinking of buying it: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?155085-Apparently-there-IS-a-decent-GB-GBC-flash-cart-out-there

I ended up buying one as a gift for a buddy of mine. Be forewarned, it is a bit of a finicky device with its share of quirks.

- Low storage capacity, unexpandable
- ROMs are broken up over two "pages" that you flip between by powercycling
- only one save file can be maintained at a time
- the need to use some fairly crummy proprietary software to manage the contents of the thing
- driver issues that might give you a bit of a headache
- some games experience weird graphical glitches (worked around by having the ROM in question be the only one on that page)

That $100 flash cart sounds way, way smoother, although it appears to be designed to have only a single ROM loaded onto it at a time.

c0ldb33r
01-30-2013, 08:44 PM
Are there that are easy as the ever drive?