Quote Originally Posted by kai123 View Post
I am thinking of turning my collection into a flash cart collection. I love playing on the original hardware and considering how well done a lot of the flash carts are these days it seems like a good investment of time vs hoping I can afford certain games or even being able to find it all. I can fill out the rest of my collection with carts that are not working on flash carts fairly easily. I feel like I spend more time looking for games vs playing them. I would love to buy Little Samson but that is a ton of money for one game. Thoughts?
Honestly, I prefer the flash carts to the original carts. The original carts require maintenance or replacement after 10+ years. I've had some carts where the battery goes out, the pins get weak, etc, etc.

With a flash cart, all your save games are stored on the SD card and flashed into memory. If the flash cart dies, your games are still preserved and you can just buy another flash cart and transfer the SD card. The only reason I can think of not to have them is as follows:

1. You are a collector and you get butt hurt when you see things that possibly devalue your collection. Can't help you with this one.
2. You can't afford the 100-150 price tag. For this I would say it's way more expensive to buy the individual carts. If you look over time on how much you spend, you'll most likely find that the flash cart is way cheaper in the long run.
3. Some of the games don't run on the flash cart. Yes, this is true. And yes, some of those games are worthwhile. The best alternative is to have the actual cart for these, or you can look into the alternatives. For example, the Super Everdrive does not play Mega Man X2 or X3, but you can get a copy of Mega Man X Collection for PS2 for $13-$15 on eBay. I see this as a worthy sacrifice.

Overall, I love flash carts. I will purchase these over the original carts any day for the preservation of classic games, and I will always pick these over emulation for maximum compatibility while playing on original hardware.