Topic: Gba-sp (Read 73 times)

Anushian · « **on:** March 21, 2003, 01:45:00 PM »

Picked one up in North America or imported it? Dont they come out this Sunday?

barracuda · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2003, 02:23:00 PM »

Some retail stores are putting them out early.

Is the Black one coming out in the US on Sunday too??

I really wanted the black one but I'm not sure if its coming in the first batch...seems only Platinum and Cobalt(blue).

razorrifh · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2003, 07:32:00 PM »

only the blue and silver ones are coming out in america as of now. thats how my store is (funcoland/babages/gamestop)

Anushian · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2003, 05:48:00 AM »

The platinum one looks sweet. However, if i buy it itll only be for the looks as I already have a gba and hardly use it.

barracuda · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2003, 11:13:00 AM »

Aarrgghhh, I don't like either of those colors...but I guess I'll go for the blue one.

BTW, CompUSA is giving a free game(Guilty Gear x), Best Buy is giving a free carrying case(big f'n deal) and Circuit City is giving a free game(pick from 2 titles) w/purchase of GBA SP.

LepPpeR · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2003, 11:15:00 AM »

I am thinking about getting one, looks like it could be fun for class

xboxlord · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2003, 05:58:00 PM »

i'll probably buy the sp version that comes out with special limited edition colours that you have to buy from ebay or liksang only avail in japan...just to be unique...otherwise...im sticking with the one i have and hope the next gameboy they come out with has at least (i repeat, AT LEAST) n64 graphics...and that it is back to the horizontal alighment...and that the screen is backlit and the games are on cd or some new form of minidisc or something...

Evil Ryu · « **Reply #7 on:** March 28, 2003, 05:45:00 PM »

Would you guys by chance know of a forum or a good place to find info regarding 'flash2advance' and other flash cards like that. I'm very interested in purchasing a GBA-sp, but I don't really know anything about them (ie - can they be 'modded', how many games will fit on a 128M flash cart, etc).

Thanks!
ER

josser · « **Reply #8 on:** March 29, 2003, 10:09:00 AM »

check out

gbaemu.com and its message board

barracuda · « **Reply #9 on:** March 29, 2003, 12:43:00 PM »

Flash cards are awesome. A little expensive, but well worth the money. You don't even have to open the GBA.

Some info from a reply I gave in another forum:

I think the confusion about the flash carts is that they are measured in Mb (not MB). To get the MB size of a flash cart, divide the Mb size by 8. For example, my 256 Mb cart holds 32 MB of roms. (Windows will report file sizes in MB.)

GBA roms can be 4 MB, 8 MB or 16 MB. There will most likely be 32 MB roms in the future. The roms on the cart can be different sizes. Also, they do not need to be one of the standard sizes. For example, the PocketNES emulator for GBA can be different sizes depending how many NES roms are built into it. I have a few different PocketNES compilations that range in size from 6 MB - 15 MB.

You need to think of the card as having a # of 4 MB "banks" of memory. A 4 MB rom takes up 1 bank, an 8 MB rom takes up 2 banks and a 16 MB rom takes up 4 banks.

Since the minimum GBA rom size is 4 MB, any free space less than 4 MB cannot be used with a commercial GBA rom. You may be able to put a partial rom file in that space but it will most likely crash while playing.

But, I think, you can create your own games/homebrew-programs/roms that can be smaller than 4 MB and run fine on the newer flash carts that support small files.

plehem12 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 29, 2003, 01:24:00 PM »

QUOTE (xboxlord @ Mar 24 2003, 05:58 PM)

i'll probably buy the sp version that comes out with special limited edition colours that you have to buy from ebay or liksang only avail in japan...just to be unique...otherwise...im sticking with the one i have and hope the next gameboy they come out with has at least (i repeat, AT LEAST) n64 graphics...and that it is back to the horizontal alighment...and that the screen is backlit and the games are on cd or some new form of minidisc or something...

Some high expectations you've got there.

Evil Ryu · « **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2003, 01:27:00 PM »

Thanks for the site josser... and thanks for the excellent explanation barracuda!

ZildjianKX · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2003, 07:07:00 PM »

Okay, I consider myself a gameboy expert... so here we go...

Don't buy the flash2advance, the developers totally don't support it... which makes it a pain in the ass. Buy an XG2 when it comes out, or something similar.

Nintendo has stated before they're not going to go over 128 megabits... so don't be expecting a 32 megabyte game... the JPN version of Golden Sun 2 was 128 megabits... and 128 megabit games are pretty rare and far between... like Sonic Advance 2, Golden Sun 2, and the last two pokemon games (which can almost be cut to 64 megabits)... among a few others.

And lastly, who wants N64 graphics on a portable? Portables rock because they're 2-D... screw 3-D. And the Gameboy SP rocks!!

Anushian · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2003, 03:07:00 PM »

Is it worth trading in my GBA and paying $80 CAD for a new GBA SP?

Ill187 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2003, 08:08:00 PM »

Change the chanel Marge

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