GameBoy Color Flashcart

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GameBoy Color Flashcart

Post by xXPunisher24Xx » Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:56 pm

Hey I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a gameboy color flash cart to play roms on

because im buying a GameBoy Color

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Re: GameBoy Color Flashcart

Post by jleemero » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:36 am

Wow, I suppose this is a wee bit sketchy ain't it?

Regardless...

It's been years since you average commercial flashcarts have been produced, so your selection is limited.

First off:
A 32Mbit cartridge will handle near any CGB game.
However, 16Mbit cartridges are about the only common flashcarts out there now, because they're used for LSDJ.

BleepBloop's USB Cart is essentially the top-of-the-line nowadays.
http://nonelectronics.com/catalog/index ... ucts_id=63
16Mbits unfortunately, BUT, on-board USB, no external programmer or anything.
It's also cheaper than getting one of his Non-USB carts + Programmer

About the only 32Mbit cartridge being made nowadays would be this: Smartboy
The Smartboy is actually a clone of something called the GBCartFlasher, the design of which is free and opensource.
If you have reasonable experience in electronics, you could make your own.

You can get old (and I do mean OLD), 32Mbit Smart Carts still, plus the programmer as well.
http://nonelectronics.com/catalog/index ... ucts_id=64
It'll do the job, but wouldn't be my first choice.

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Re: GameBoy Color Flashcart

Post by xXPunisher24Xx » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:09 am

Wow thanks for the info :wink:

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Re: GameBoy Color Flashcart

Post by xXPunisher24Xx » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:01 pm

I Have A Question Though. Why are they so expensive when they are for an old game console?

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Post by jleemero » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:07 pm

Because they're unconventional.
There's not a huge market for them, and these aren't old products, they're new.
DS Flashcarts are cheap because they make THOUSANDS of them at once.
These things are expensive because they're made by people/groups, not huge companies, and in very small amounts.

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