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Marco Pisellonio - 26 Dec 2003 01:38 GMT
Hi to all, i'm planning to buy an xgflash2lite for my gba sp.
The main reason: I would really like to try emulators like ArcadeAdvance, but I
read the xgflash is not suggested for such purposes. I would also like to run
games (such as the patched version of winning eleven: I'm tired of japanese
names.....) but that's just a plus: no emu, no flash cart.
So, why is flash2advance your preferred device for downloading software on gba?
I don't know, easiness of use, compatibility.... I've searched this ng with
deja.com but I haven't found an answer.

Btw, the reason I'd go for the XG2lite is simply availability.... it's the only
one I've found in Europe, if I had to order it oversea i may well abandon the
idea. If anyone knows about a european online shop selling F2A or any other good
flash kit, the info would be very appreciated of course.

Thank you

P.
SweetFA - 27 Dec 2003 12:31 GMT
F2A 256MegaBITS USB is the best bet for emulation, import it.
I'd recommend SUCCESS-HK.COM simply because you can pay with PayPal
at no extra cost.
XG are rubbish, the best alternative is EZ-F aka EZ-Flash Advance.
Note that there is also EZ which is a different thing to EZ-F....
See the emuboards site in my sig for loads of flashcart info.

The advantage with F2A is it supports a program called Pogoshell.
Pogoshell is a GUI like Windows that works on Flash Carts and it
compresses save files so you can have many more than the 4 that
you'd otherwise be limited to.
It also allows plugins, and some emus are available as plugins which
means you just put the NES or SMS rom on the card and when you run it
it loads the emu plugin with the game running - the game doesn't need to
be precompiled to run (injected in emu-speak).
Pogoshell is great.

Another good thing with F2A is that all the other carts have rechargable
batteries for the game saves and they invariably run down and lose the
saves without warning - XG have a bad reputation for battery problems.
The F2A has a long-life lithium battery that will run down and need
replacing eventually but by that time you'll not really care too much,
we're talking years.

I love Winning Eleven too - what do you mean by "patched"
Winning Eleven by the way?
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Marco Pisellonio - 27 Dec 2003 16:06 GMT
Il 27 Dec 2003 12:31:47 GMT, SweetFA ha scritto:

>F2A 256MegaBITS USB is the best bet for emulation, import it.
>I'd recommend SUCCESS-HK.COM simply because you can pay with PayPal
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>be precompiled to run (injected in emu-speak).
>Pogoshell is great.

Thank you very much for your explanation!
However, in the meantime I've found this page:
http://www.success-hk.com/news/end_oversea_newsletter20030729/

It's a comparison between F2A and XGF2, and EZF as well. It's very hard to
choose a winner, based on that page..... and as you can see, it states that XGF2
now has its own working pogoshell (and, yes, it runs NES roms). I also read
elsewhere that battery saving has been much improved from XGF1 to XGF2. The only
thing that stops me from going for xgf2, now, is that emulators programmers
don't even seem to consider it. I think I'll wait to see if things change.

>I love Winning Eleven too - what do you mean by "patched"
>Winning Eleven by the way?

I've found a patch that translates the name of ALL players in the game. The
menus are still in japanese, but that's not a major problem for me; besides, the
patch came with a faq that ends with an almost complete translation of all menus
and options (and I completed it myself with trial and error, anyway). Too bad I
cannot play this thing on my gba: I can only use it as a reference.
I can send it to you if you want, it's just a few kbytes.

P.
 
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