Hacking GBA (slot2) Problems

[Sullo]

I brought this.... http://www.bamboogaming.com/flash-cards/m3...-/prod_125.html

I have an R4, I assumed in getting this I would be able to play GBA games via using the boot slot 2 option on the menu, but when I do it says it cant find any nds or gba games. Is this correct or have I made an error and is it impossible to do?

 

[Destructobot]

You were in error when you assumed the cart would work that way. Fortunately for you, Rudolph has added support for the M3 GBA expansion pack to GBA ExpLoader. Get it here: http://kotei.blog.so-net.ne.jp/

 

[Sullo]

I love you....Is there anyway to maximise the screen when its on the top screen?

 

[Destructobot]

I assume you mean you want the GBA game to take up the full screen, and no, that's not possible on the DS.

 

[striderx]

I brought this.... [url=http://www.bamboogaming.com/flash-cards/m3...-/prod_125.html]http://www.bamboogaming.com/flash-cards/m3...-/prod_125.html[/url]

I have an R4, I assumed in getting this I would be able to play GBA games via using the boot slot 2 option on the menu, but when I do it says it cant find any nds or gba games. Is this correct or have I made an error and is it impossible to do?

You're incorrect in assuming that the "R4" itself lets you play GBA games without some additional hardware. Since while the R4 is in place the DS boots directly to the R4 interface, the Slot 2 choice from the menu is the only way to launch a legit GBA cartridge inserted into the DS.

And the posts are many and quite heated about the topic of running GBA games from the R4... Don't go there unless you wear asbestos underwear.

That said, there is a reasonably simple and inexpensive solution and that's the EZ-Flash 3-in-1 Slot 2 device along with a freeware homebrew called GBA ExpLoader by a Japanese programmer that goes by the name Rudolph. As I write this the current version is 0.56. Older versions of the application were called Rudolph's 3in1 Expansion Pack Tool. GBA ExpLoader replaces that and more.

So go order the EZ-Flash 3-in-1 and report back...

striderx

Ahh... I didn't follow the link you posted so I thought you believed you could run GBA games from the R4 alone. My mistake...

I don't know if this works with the R4. The EZ-Flash 3-in-1 certainly does...

Posts merged

QUOTE(Destructobot @ Apr 15 2008, 09:36 PM) Posting the same question in three forums is not going to get it answered more quickly, it's just going to make people tell you not to post the same question in three different forums.

Hmmm... didn't see that you posted in three forums.

Shame...

striderx

 

[aerowalk]

aren't they the same ?
ie. M3 DS Real GBA Expansion Pack = one of EZ-Flash 3-in-1 clone

edit: nvm, u edited ur post lol
edit2: oo i always thought they r the same

 

[Destructobot]

aren't they the same ?
ie. M3 DS Real GBA Expansion Pack = one of EZ-Flash 3-in-1 clone

No, there are not currently any 3-in-1 clones on the market, and the M3 GBA expansion is not a clone of anything.