![]() SuperCard the SD which I will be reviewing and the Compact Flash (CF). Quantity of money and will also give you more storage space. Taking a unique approached to its storage medium, the Super Card uses Secure Digital (SD) memory cards instead of expensive proprietary internal memory chips which in turn will save you a large The SuperCard is now ranked is as an invaluable flash cart. High-quality solution for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) to a full blown multi-media and development unit. Since the debute of the it's Nintendo DS functionality the SuperCard has come from an inexpensive It’s a good product to be great, Super Card will need to improve their compatibility list.DS Rom backup cards that have "i" at the end of the name will work on both DS Lite and the new DSi.įree Shipping to USA & CA : Free Delivery in UK The native support for NES and SMS ROMs is nice as well. While the EZF offers more compatibility, the gigantic amount of storage possible on the Super Card is phenomenal. ![]() The new Super Card Mini is the same size as a real GBA cart.Īs the owner of an EZF Advance as well, I’m torn between the two products. The original Super Card SD (the one I ordered) is slightly longer than a real GBA cart, causing the cart to stick out the front of the cartridge slot a bit. The good news is the card is easily flashed with firmware upgrades which are continually improving compatibility, but that doesn’t help you if the game you really want to play isn’t currently supported. ![]() Some wouldn’t run at all others ran but with graphical glitches, or locked up during gameplay. Several of the GBA ROMs I tried flat out wouldn’t work. So what’s not to like? Compatibility issues, for one. Games can also be compressed on the SD card (trading free space for uncompressing load times), but with so many 4 meg games on a 256 meg, 512 meg or 1 gig card, I can't imagine needed to save space. After being patched and converted, the card also allows for save states, saving to/from the card, and dropping back to the menu without cycling the unit's power. Turning on your GBA reveals a simple text menu, at which the games can be selected. Copying each game over only takes a matter of seconds. ![]() The software will convert/patch your ROMs to work with the Super Card. Third, you’ll need to install the Super Card Software, which you can download from the Super Card site. Next, you’ll need a way to read/write to your SD card. First, you’ll need some Gameboy Advance ROMs (Google). Transfering GBA games to your Super Card is relatively simple. The real (illegal) reason most people buy these cards is to allow them to play downloaded Gameboy Advance ROMs for free on their GBA. The Super Card also has built in support for several types of emulation ROMs, including NES, GameGear/SMS, PC-Engine, and original Gameboy (but not GBC) games. The Super Card home page ( ) has utilities that will let you read e-books, look at JPG pictures, and even watch videos (after converting them to GBA Media Format) on your GBA. The Super Card lets you do some pretty neat things with your Gameboy Advance. However, like the old saying goes, “size isn’t everything.” For approximately the same price you can now get a Super Card and a 512 meg SD RAM cart (16x the amount of storage). Most GBA flashcarts start at 128 megabits of storage (32 megabytes) and cannot be expanded. The difference between the Super Card line of flashcarts and most other carts is instead of having on board memory, the Super Card has a slot where either SD RAM or CF RAM (depending on the model purchased) can be inserted into the cart. (I don’t currently own a Nintendo DS, so for this review the Super Card SD was only tested on a Gameboy Advance.) The Super Card SD is a flashcart for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS.
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