ROM Hack Change Region on GBA roms

[UmbertoElPerro]

Hi! I recently boguht a SuperCard MiniSD, and even if it works pretty good, it doesn't load any game from Europe, but it has no problem with US games. I have no problems with english, but I'd like to play some games in my native language. I looked for an .ips file with a translation to put on the US version, but obviously I can't find anything, because the translated version exist in the EU version of the game, and there is no need for additional translations. There is anyway to solve this? Is it possible to change the region of a game? Or to use the EU version to easily include my native language in the US version?

 

[Shadow#1]

Hi! I recently boguht a SuperCard MiniSD, and even if it works pretty good, it doesn't load any game from Europe, but it has no problem with US games. I have no problems with english, but I'd like to play some games in my native language. I looked for an .ips file with a translation to put on the US version, but obviously I can't find anything, because the translated version exist in the EU version of the game, and there is no need for additional translations. There is anyway to solve this? Is it possible to change the region of a game? Or to use the EU version to easily include my native language in the US version?

GBA is region free

 

[Liriel]

And the supercard is a old not full compatible card. Use ezflash or everdrive

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[Shadow#1]

And the supercard is a old not full compatible card. Use ezflash or everdrive

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Totally agree on that really loving my EZ-Flash Omega Definitive Edition

 

[Nikokaro]

Hello compatriot.
I have the exact same flashcart and it reads very well (E)(M5)(multilingual) roms.
I don't understand why they don't work for you?!?
Maybe the internal software is out of date and you need to update It.
The only problem with this cartridge is that some, rare, games slow down or the graphics flicker.
I am attaching a guide that may be useful to you.
Maybe specify which game is not working for you.

P.S. Don't listen to anyone who talks bad about this cartridge.
It is true that the material is of low quality and must be treated with delicacy, but it costs 1/5 of ezflash, and has normal saves, RTS, cheat codes, nes/gb/gg/sms internal emulators.
It's a little gem, I've owned it for 3 years and never had any problems.

 

[FAST6191]

P.S. Don't listen to anyone who talks bad about this cartridge.
It is true that the material is of low quality and must be treated with delicacy, but it costs 1/5 of ezflash, and has normal saves, RTS, cheat codes, nes/gb/gg/sms internal emulators.
It's a little gem, I've owned it for 3 years and never had any problems.

Every GBA cartridge that is not a supercard, supercard clone (team cyclops did some) or one of the very earliest attempts that was little more than GBC flash cart redone.
If it fits then it plays. Might need a patch if it has a weird save type or some exotic hardware like the tilt sensor or solar sensor.

Supercard. Many games don't work. Those that do often need speed patches and still suffer slowdowns. Saving a bit tricky (as opposed to save as normal in the game) and yeah.

If you found a supercard on the street or for pocket change then you can certainly have some fun.
As far as it being not bad if you treat it right... not even close.

 

[Nikokaro]

Every GBA cartridge that is not a supercard, supercard clone (team cyclops did some) or one of the very earliest attempts that was little more than GBC flash cart redone.
If it fits then it plays. Might need a patch if it has a weird save type or some exotic hardware like the tilt sensor or solar sensor.

Supercard. Many games don't work. Those that do often need speed patches and still suffer slowdowns. Saving a bit tricky (as opposed to save as normal in the game) and yeah.

If you found a supercard on the street or for pocket change then you can certainly have some fun.
As far as it being not bad if you treat it right... not even close.

You didn't say anything new; all things said and repeated hundreds of times. You said: "If it fits then it plays"; perfect, I agree, and I have to write this down to remember It..

"Many games do not work"; actually out of a hundred I tested maybe 2 or 3 didn't work at all, others just needed the RTS/ restart to be deactivated.

"..found on the street or for pocket change .."; what harsh, contemptuous, and snobbish words from a person I didn't expect them from, always being courteous and competent,
whose considerations I have always followed with interest.
Obviously not everyone has the economic possibility to spend €100 for something so marginal and unnecessary, as can do those who live in an opulent and consumerist society.

I apologize for my rusty and barely understandable English.
Greetings.

 

[FAST6191]

Your list must have skirted some of the good games on the GBA or been very lucky in its picks. I am still seriously kicking myself for not backing up that old https://web.archive.org/web/20081015031903/http://rothmans.joskeonline.com/supercardsite/ site that covered the failures of the supercard GBA compatibility but what little is on internet archive and maybe the changelogs for the firmwares can serve to illustrate how mediocre the GBA supercards were compared to basically everything else. This is as Supercard cheaped out on memory and the GBA needed fast memory which means it paid the price in compatibility, some of which was offset by the mountains of patches the devs of it made that may or may not conflict with translations and ROM hacks but nowhere near 100% and nobody is going back to make more today.

Not all good GBA flash carts are 100 Euros or equivalent. The heights in the likes of the EZFlash Omega DE and Everdrive might be at or above that depending upon what you get but there are far cheaper offerings available that will play essentially everything* just fine and have done for years, indeed as mentioned above then everything from the humblest firecard to the f2a to the m3 to the EZ 3 in 1 to the random things on http://www.gameboy-advance.net/flash_card/compare.htm nobody likely remembers today will run anything they fit on the cart just fine with possibly a trip to GBATA http://www.no-intro.org/tools.htm or equivalent and maybe another patch from the link below for the handful of exotic hardware and anti piracy laden games. I would not necessarily suggest any of those in that list over some of the things still available in shops or that were around to see the DS rise up but if push came to shove you could get it done where supercards will have failures. As far as I am concerned GBA slot Supercards are only really to be considered for the handful of DS homebrew that benefits from them (and now we have DSi and 3ds homebrew that can dump DS games and saves then that amounts to a handful of games that did not have the source code/active developer necessary to rebuild them when DLDI came on the scene). If you found one on the street then yeah you can use it to play at least a handful of some of the great games the GBA has at something more or less resembling playable recreation, I would not however suggest parting with more money than you would reach down a drain to get. When everything else is as it would be on the original hardware or better still then yeah I rank the GBA supercards as bad flash carts.

*my usual list of troublesome GBA games, and fixes
http://gbatemp.net/threads/buying-a-gba-flash-cart-in-2013.341203/page-18#post-4756995

 

[Liriel]

The supercard is old and not up to date.
It's complicate with patching every game and the compatible is bad too.
Every everdrive or ezflash omega are worlds better.
The difference is day and night.
Why people buy that crap? It's cheap and when you buy cheap you buy it a second time.

That 13€ thing is for the trash.

A ezflash omega cost 40 Euro!
The ezflash omega de is not needed.

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[Nikokaro]

Your list must have skirted some of the good games on the GBA or been very lucky in its picks. I am still seriously kicking myself for not backing up that old https://web.archive.org/web/20081015031903/http://rothmans.joskeonline.com/supercardsite/ site that covered the failures of the supercard GBA compatibility but what little is on internet archive and maybe the changelogs for the firmwares can serve to illustrate how mediocre the GBA supercards were compared to basically everything else. This is as Supercard cheaped out on memory and the GBA needed fast memory which means it paid the price in compatibility, some of which was offset by the mountains of patches the devs of it made that may or may not conflict with translations and ROM hacks but nowhere near 100% and nobody is going back to make more today.

Not all good GBA flash carts are 100 Euros or equivalent. The heights in the likes of the EZFlash Omega DE and Everdrive might be at or above that depending upon what you get but there are far cheaper offerings available that will play essentially everything* just fine and have done for years, indeed as mentioned above then everything from the humblest firecard to the f2a to the m3 to the EZ 3 in 1 to the random things on http://www.gameboy-advance.net/flash_card/compare.htm nobody likely remembers today will run anything they fit on the cart just fine with possibly a trip to GBATA http://www.no-intro.org/tools.htm or equivalent and maybe another patch from the link below for the handful of exotic hardware and anti piracy laden games. I would not necessarily suggest any of those in that list over some of the things still available in shops or that were around to see the DS rise up but if push came to shove you could get it done where supercards will have failures. As far as I am concerned GBA slot Supercards are only really to be considered for the handful of DS homebrew that benefits from them (and now we have DSi and 3ds homebrew that can dump DS games and saves then that amounts to a handful of games that did not have the source code/active developer necessary to rebuild them when DLDI came on the scene). If you found one on the street then yeah you can use it to play at least a handful of some of the great games the GBA has at something more or less resembling playable recreation, I would not however suggest parting with more money than you would reach down a drain to get. When everything else is as it would be on the original hardware or better still then yeah I rank the GBA supercards as bad flash carts.

*my usual list of troublesome GBA games, and fixes
http://gbatemp.net/threads/buying-a-gba-flash-cart-in-2013.341203/page-18#post-4756995

Thanks for taking the time to answer me.
Long, in-depth and aseptic technical discussion; nothing that I did not already know or to object.
But you have missed what for me is the important thing, the human, emotional factor; not what to say but how to say it, which I suppose you don't care at all, since you have increased the dose.
Even an apparently technical and scientific discourse can hide contempt and arrogance.
First of all, respect for everyone's choices and possibilities.
But I suppose this depends on difference in culture, education and personal sensibility.

 

[Nikokaro]

The supercard is old and not up to date.
It's complicate with patching every game and the compatible is bad too.
Every everdrive or ezflash omega are worlds better.
The difference is day and night.
Why people buy that crap? It's cheap and when you buy cheap you buy it a second time.

That 13€ thing is for the trash.

A ezflash omega cost 40 Euro!
The ezflash omega de is not needed.

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[Nikokaro]

At this address you will find the "real" gba compatibility list, dating back to 2006; with subsequent software updates, the compatibility is further increased.
Unfortunately it is in my language, but anyway it's easy to understand. Evidently the low compatibility is more a "prejudice" of someone, than a fact.
The list is incomplete but gives an idea of the proportion between working/ not-working/slowed-down games:
https://www.gbarl.it/index.php?showtopic=17414

Also I want to clarify that 32Mb games work perfectly and do not give any problems; I have personally tested the following:

Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari,
Yu Gi Ho! Double Pack,
Mother1+2,
Mother3,
Kingdom Hearts,
Urbz,
Sims 2,
Sims 2 pets,
Fire Emblem Sacred Stone,
Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire,
El-Hazard (PD).

All the Japanese gba games with the translation patch applied, available on Romhacking.net, also work perfectly; all personally tested.

Even the most modern, sophisticated and complex Fire Emblem Hacks available on FEUniverse website work very well, without slowdowns or sound errors.

Finally, even the recent conversions of classic PrBoom Wads work wonderfully:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/gba-doom-wad-conversions-open-for-suggestions.586037/page-2

All this to show that this flashcart is not so terrible and mediocre in terms of performance; instead it is so in terms of the materials it is made of...