Forums · Translated roms, Gameboy Micro, and Flash Carts
I know there have been plenty of questions about flash cards and such but hopefully yall will be kind enough to answer one more :)
I was thinking of buying a flash cart soon, but I my main concern was if it could play fan translated roms. I've really been wanting to aquire the Mother 1+2 (and 3 when someone gets it translated) rom and hopefully a translating for it, but I don't know if the flash drive would accept the translation patch or not. Would this be possible?
Also, I'm still somewhat undecided on which type of flash cart I should get. Does anyone have a reccomendation for a good flash cart for the Gameboy Micro?
Thanks a bunch!
I was thinking of buying a flash cart soon, but I my main concern was if it could play fan translated roms. I've really been wanting to aquire the Mother 1+2 (and 3 when someone gets it translated) rom and hopefully a translating for it, but I don't know if the flash drive would accept the translation patch or not. Would this be possible?
Also, I'm still somewhat undecided on which type of flash cart I should get. Does anyone have a reccomendation for a good flash cart for the Gameboy Micro?
Thanks a bunch!
Some carts are better at accepting patched roms than others.
The supercard for instance, althought the cheapest will not let you patch roms with translations easily. I've got it working, but I don't suggest it for beginners.
The best cart I've used is the EZF Advance (not to be confused with the EZ Flash Advance). I have their first cart and it only has real time clock support (for pokemon games) but it is by far the best cart I own. Their more recent generations are a lot better too, and can connect to a pc via a usb cable without the use of a gameboy (the earlier ones don't use usb and need a GBA or SP to work). When flashing a patched rom to the card the program asks if you want to remove the patch because it detects them. If you click on No it will flash the patched rom to the card, no problem.
Here is their website and what their products are. I highly recommend them.
Here's a list of carts and their compatibilities with GBMirco for reference.
The supercard for instance, althought the cheapest will not let you patch roms with translations easily. I've got it working, but I don't suggest it for beginners.
The best cart I've used is the EZF Advance (not to be confused with the EZ Flash Advance). I have their first cart and it only has real time clock support (for pokemon games) but it is by far the best cart I own. Their more recent generations are a lot better too, and can connect to a pc via a usb cable without the use of a gameboy (the earlier ones don't use usb and need a GBA or SP to work). When flashing a patched rom to the card the program asks if you want to remove the patch because it detects them. If you click on No it will flash the patched rom to the card, no problem.
Here is their website and what their products are. I highly recommend them.
Here's a list of carts and their compatibilities with GBMirco for reference.