GB and GBC repro cart questions

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Looks like the 2010 Smart Boy Cart.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/14...nt-flash-cart-the-best-gbgbc-development-kit/
smartboy gbc2.jpg smartboy gbc.jpg

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You would need cartridges specific to the flasher's software. I believe your best bet is BennVenn's Reader/Writer "joey-joebags". It can flash to the chrp Chinese knock-offs. I have one, I'm just too stupid to get it to work, though.

https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/products/reader-writer-gen2
 

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I'm not willing to part with it just yet. I'm able to read/dump, but I haven't been able to reflash anything yet. That's only been with the Windows .EXE, though. I haven't had time to bother with the proper Python installation.
 

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This looks like a clone of this flasher, which the Smart Boy is a clone of, too. You'll have to either get a Smart Boy cart or build a cartridge according to specs at that site to use it.
 
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