Hardware GBA Krikzz teases a new flashcard for GBA

[Kioku]

It’s not because it “cost money,” it’s that they cost a ridiculous amount of money. You may have the money to drop 100$ to 200$ on a cart, but most of us don’t.

Make it sound like I’m rich.. I’m okay with supporting someone like Krikzz because I know I’m getting something of value. I have an Omega DE as well, but it’s had problems with corruption and other issues. You do what you gotta do. I stand by my statement, though. Nothing really worthy of being labeled as a competitor aside from something like the Summercart.

 

[SeventhSon7]

I think I'm good with my Everdrive GBA mini, but Krikzz never ceases to amaze me

 

[Flame]

You got that kind of money and not sending any this way? I see how it is

excuse me? how dare you speak to your pimp like that?

 

[Hanafuda]

I was interested until I realized it’s this dude again. His prices are way too damn high.

Black Friday sale should be coming up. Usually means 20% off. I don't expect this new GBA cart to be shipping until next year though.

 

[The Catboy]

excuse me? how dare you speak to your pimp like that?

Sorry, Daddy, love you, Daddy

Black Friday sale should be coming up. Usually means 20% off. I don't expect this new GBA cart to be shipping until next year though.

Tempting, ngl

 

[x65943]

The guy is an innovator

If you don't like it, don't buy it

He prices things as he sees fit, you can vote with your wallet

 

[Technicmaster0]

The guy is an innovator

If you don't like it, don't buy it

He prices things as he sees fit, you can vote with your wallet

I don't know if I would go as far as calling him an innovator. Flashcarts with SD slots existed before everdrives and also flashcarts with additional hardware (e.g. RTC for pokemon games) existed before everdrives. He kind of has to react to the offerings by EZ-Flash somehow and he can't compete in price, so he has to compete in functionality.
In my opinion and from my experience (owning both of them), the EZ-Flash OMEGA Definitive Edition is superior to the Everdrive GBA X5 Mini in every way (maybe except for power consumption). FRAM for saves, GBA Movie support, Rumble etc... the Everdrive GBA makes a really cheap impression in comparison. Also, the simplistic menu isn't helping that.

 

[x65943]

I don't know if I would go as far as calling him an innovator. Flashcarts with SD slots existed before everdrives and also flashcarts with additional hardware (e.g. RTC for pokemon games) existed before everdrives. He kind of has to react to the offerings by EZ-Flash somehow and he can't compete in price, so he has to compete in functionality.
In my opinion and from my experience (owning both of them), the EZ-Flash OMEGA Definitive Edition is superior to the Everdrive GBA X5 Mini in every way (maybe except for power consumption). FRAM for saves, GBA Movie support, Rumble etc... the Everdrive GBA makes a really cheap impression in comparison. Also, the simplistic menu isn't helping that.

"I don't know if I would go as far as calling him an innovator"

Maybe I'm wrong, what other gbacart does offer both gyro sensor and light sensor?

 

[Technicmaster0]

"I don't know if I would go as far as calling him an innovator"

Maybe I'm wrong, what other gbacart does offer both gyro sensor and light sensor?

There are some by insidegadgets for example, ofc for just one gba game at a time. They also have the same ligt sensor issue where it reacts to all light sources instead of just UV so it wouldn't surprise me if it uses the same sensor.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for including additional hardware into flashcarts so that they can have a true 100% game compatibility. But I don't think that the idea is anything ground breaking or even creative and in my definition of innovation, the idea must be something new.
Or would you say that if I imagine a "Supercard DSTWO flashcart with DSi and 3DS game support and IR blaster for pokemon and a gyro sensor for tony hawks and Bluetooth for pokemon typing adventure" that I'm also an innovator?

 

[x65943]

There are some by insidegadgets for example, ofc for just one gba game at a time. They also have the same ligt sensor issue where it reacts to all light sources instead of just UV so it wouldn't surprise me if it uses the same sensor.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for including additional hardware into flashcarts so that they can have a true 100% game compatibility. But I don't think that the idea is anything ground breaking or even creative and in my definition of innovation, the idea must be something new.
Or would you say that if I imagine a "Supercard DSTWO flashcart with DSi and 3DS game support and IR blaster for pokemon and a gyro sensor for tony hawks and Bluetooth for pokemon typing adventure" that I'm also an innovator?

yes in fact if a cartridge has all of those features, and one never had that before, I would call that innovation

 

[cearp]

He prices things as he sees fit, you can vote with your wallet

My wallet's not a citizen

 

[x65943]

My wallet's not a citizen

Just don't post about it on social media

Not only did this girl register her dog to vote, they even kept sending ballots after the dog died

https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/09/10/woman-charged-registering-her-dog-vote/

 

[emmanu888]

Or would you say that if I imagine a "Supercard DSTWO flashcart with DSi and 3DS game support and IR blaster for pokemon and a gyro sensor for tony hawks and Bluetooth for pokemon typing adventure" that I'm also an innovator?

Now that would be a game changer for anything DS related. Just not 3DS game support, we don't need that with Luma unless its similar to the Stargate 3DS.

Just a DS flashcart with gyro and IR would be nice from the get go.

 

[Skv0ra]

Ain't Everdrive still the only GBA cart that omits having that goddddddamn CR battery? That in itself is worth the money to me.

And moaning about good FC prices, especially in this collector economy - you're still getting an entire damn library of a console for joke of a price, and competition is ever available as well.

 

[Rune]

And moaning about good FC prices, especially in this collector economy - you're still getting an entire damn library of a console for joke of a price, and competition is ever available as well.

Its not so much about "you're getting an entire library for the price", but more the fact that theres other cheaper flash carts around. Whether Krikzz' cart has features that justify the price, is up to you to decide. But theres alternative options for almost all the features that the Everdrive line has to offer.

Having said that, if this new cart also has rumble implemented and the lower power draw like the previous carts, then this might be the undisputed best flash cart for the GBA. But that still remains to be seen.
And of course a price reveal.

 

[Skv0ra]

Its not so much about "you're getting an entire library for the price", but more the fact that theres other cheaper flash carts around. Whether Krikzz' cart has features that justify the price, is up to you to decide. But theres alternative options for almost all the features that the Everdrive line has to offer.

Having said that, if this new cart also has rumble implemented and the lower power draw like the previous carts, then this might be the undisputed best flash cart for the GBA. But that still remains to be seen.
And of course a price reveal.

100% compatibility, other similar system emu support, lower power draw, and lack of the dreadful CR batt were my draws to Everdrive. I've lost my old M3 to CR batt dying out, and saw zero reason for any modern cart to even have that aside from being a cheap clone of original h/w spec.

 

[aleksandyr]

Ain't Everdrive still the only GBA cart that omits having that goddddddamn CR battery? That in itself is worth the money to me.

And moaning about good FC prices, especially in this collector economy - you're still getting an entire damn library of a console for joke of a price, and competition is ever available as well.

The current crop of sd card based carts - Everdrive, EZ Flash Omega DE, EZ Flash Air - all have a battery but it's just for the RTC. If it dies, the RTC resets to 01-01-2000 on each boot. (The original EZ Flash Omega had save corruption issues and I think the battery was somewhat involved but that was before my time so idk.)

$40 for the Air is kinda nuts and yeah screw the "collectors" letting stuff rot.

If this new Everdrive keeps up Krikkz's overdesigned hallmarks (crazy low battery usage!) I might be tempted. Most of the time I just use EpicJoy clock carts ($20ish but you'll need a flasher or a DS with slot 1 flash cart to write games to it) - they hold one game at a time so it actually forces me to play things lol.

 

[Technicmaster0]

The current crop of sd card based carts - Everdrive, EZ Flash Omega DE, EZ Flash Air - all have a battery but it's just for the RTC. If it dies, the RTC resets to 01-01-2000 on each boot. (The original EZ Flash Omega had save corruption issues and I think the battery was somewhat involved but that was before my time so idk.)

That's not true. Both the ez flash air and the everdrive gba use battery backed sram for saves.
The omega uses that sram wizardry that can lead to corruption and the omega definitive edition uses fram which is not battery backed. Basically the omega definitive edition has the best solution by far.
If the new everdrive costs 200 bucks or more, it'd better have fram.

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100% compatibility, other similar system emu support, lower power draw, and lack of the dreadful CR batt were my draws to Everdrive. I've lost my old M3 to CR batt dying out, and saw zero reason for any modern cart to even have that aside from being a cheap clone of original h/w spec.

100% compatibility is not true. The everdrive doesn't support 64mb gba movie. Only the omega definitive edition does. That one on the other hand had problems with nes classic games because some patches were forgotten. I'm not sure if that issue fixed yet. But both of them have very similar compatibility.
Omega, omega de and air also support emulators. They are built into the menu. There are even alternative menus for omega and omega de that include more emulators and features.
Lower power draw is true.
The everdrive gba uses battery backed sram for saves. No battery = saves lost. Omega definitive edition uses fram which doesn't need a battery. It only uses the battery for rtc

 

[Nephiel]

I've lost my old M3 to CR batt dying out, and saw zero reason for any modern cart to even have that aside from being a cheap clone of original h/w spec.

The battery on many M3 models was actually a LIR rechargeable button cell, using the cart once in a while was enough to keep it topped off. Kinda neat they went that far, no other manufacturer did that. FRAM wasn't an option back then.

 

[ChronoCrossfangirl2002]

One of my biggest concerns is it potentially launching with a bunch of bugs and not being properly Ironed out, alot of flashcarts these days have this issue and it bugs me especially for the price it's at, i like EZFO DE but i can't deny it's bugs can be quite annoying to deal with.

Nevertheless i am pretty interested to see where this goes and try not to get too excited.