Best solution for a GBA cartridge to play a ROMhack that isn’t an EZ flash or Everdrive?

[Enderpie]

Looking for a solution to play a ROMhack that doesn’t use an EZ flash Omega or Everdrive.

ROMhack has to have RTC and it appears insidegadgets and all other stores have been out of an RTC compatible flash cart for some time now (June 2022?!?!).

Repros sound super unreliable with their saves. Unless you have a source on a decent one that I can rewrite?

Official cartridges don’t allow you to rewrite the ROM. I’m thinking replace the ROM in a Pokémon Sapphire cart with a fresh one that allows it to be reflashed? I’m confident in my solder skills but I wouldn’t know what chip I would use…

I have an EZ flash but I miss the authentic feel of immediate boot, the longer battery life (2 hours max with Ez flash), the reliable saves that don’t require a 10 second countdown or else you corrupt your data, etc.

I feel I keep going down road after road and they are all dead ends with the current shortage in RTC carts.

Anyone have any solutions or suggestions? I still think swapping out my ROM in an old sapphire cart is the best idea but again I have no idea what chip I would get.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ChanseyIsTheBest]

What romhack is this? Some Pokémon romhacks incorrectly implement RTC which may cause some anomalies on hardware.

 

[Enderpie]

What romhack is this? Some Pokémon romhacks incorrectly implement RTC which may cause some anomalies on hardware.

Pokémon unbound!

 

[ChanseyIsTheBest]

Pokémon unbound!

That hack has proper RTC support on hardware I have trawled their Discord for answers. It seems like in the past there were some time drift issues in the past but those have been fixed. You couldn't choose a better romhack to put on a repo cart 10/10 taste. The only thing is that Unbound is still being updated? Can you reflash the cart so you can keep up to do with the game?

 

[Enderpie]

That hack has proper RTC support on hardware I have trawled their Discord for answers. It seems like in the past there were some time drift issues in the past but those have been fixed. You couldn't choose a better romhack to put on a repo cart 10/10 taste. The only thing is that Unbound is still being updated? Can you reflash the cart so you can keep up to do with the game?

Yeah it sounds like as long as another major update doesn’t come along like it did between v1 and v2, I can keep my save file and update the ROM file with each update. The game sounds like it’s in its final life span for updates anyway. Be perfect to dump into a dedicated cart if I could just find one!

 

[ChanseyIsTheBest]

Yeah it sounds like as long as another major update doesn’t come along like it did between v1 and v2, I can keep my save file and update the ROM file with each update. The game sounds like it’s in its final life span for updates anyway. Be perfect to dump into a dedicated cart if I could just find one!

Yeah it's just missing the last bit of the postgame in Cube Corp. to tie up some loose ends and some multiplayer functionality still isn't implemented in the Battle Frontier but it is essentially completed. Way more complete than the actual Pokémon games lol especially lately.

 

[Enderpie]

Oh and if anyone has a spare flash cart sitting around with RTC, I’d be willing to pay a pretty penny for one.

 

[metroid maniac]

It's expensive but you could use an EZ Flash Omega DE in Mode B.

 

[Enderpie]

It's expensive but you could use an EZ Flash Omega DE in Mode B.

Well that seems like it might work for the time being until a dedicated flash cart becomes available. Thank you