So I got a GBA and a couple of games as a retro gift this christmas and when looking into some ways to personalize it with things like a new shell or a backlit screen I stumbled upon the fact that someone has made a semi-functional SNES emulator for the console. Now I have an old SNES and a super mario world cartridge for it so I figure it would be awesome if I could play super mario world on my new GBA.

From a cursory examination it looks like the standard method is to buy a special cartridge and then a special usb adapter to flash data onto that cartridge… which is frankly expensive as fuck… But I’ve also seen something about GBA cartridges that take an SD card and am wondering if that works just as well as a more accessable option?

This is my primary source of info

  • ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I can’t say that I’ve tried the emulator you’re talking about and don’t know how well it performs, but SMW did get an official GBA port as Super Mario Advance 2.

    As for flash carts, an EZ Flash Omega or EverDrive GBA are what you’re looking for. Both carts have two options with a more expensive model that has more features. I have an Omega Definitive Edition and I’m very happy with it.

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Aw hell yeh, much easier to just buy a regular cart. Still useful to know though if I want to try jank like putting tv shows onto cartridges.

      Edit: For the EZ flash or EverDrive do I need to get a seperate flashing device? in which case what would you reccomend?

  • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I have a number of EverDrives and they all work great, the support is excellent as well. When the 64x7 didn’t work with the analogue 3d earlier this year, the fix came out in like 3 days. Krikizz does great work. I will say, they are a little picky about which sd card you use but I will look to see which I have installed currently.

  • Elkenders@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Second sentence on your link: SNES Advance emulator works on all modern GBA Flash Cards. The ones that are not compatible are QBus QBoy flash cards, and SuperCard users have to remember to write roms to CF or SD card using the SuperCard software otherwise SNES emu will not work.

    These flash cards are the GBA cartridges that you’re talking about.

  • Classy Hatter@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    At the top of the page it says:

    SNES Advance emulator works on all modern GBA Flash Cards. The ones that are not compatible are QBus QBoy flash cards, and SuperCard users have to remember to write roms to CF or SD card using the SuperCard software otherwise SNES emu will not work.

    So, going by that, SD cards should be fine.