Hardware I gots a GBM :D

[bigsid05]

So, I'm having troubles with the saving. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga refuses to save and Mario World disappears after turning the Micro off. I used to software so I can't imagine why it won't save.

Mario World and its corresponding save file need to have a shorter file name (as does Mario Advance 4). You can do this manually in windows explorer, just make sure to name them both the same thing.

Mario & Luigi works fine for me without doing anything. I removed the '&' from the filename though just in case so that may have made a difference.

 

[Sc4rFac3d]

So, I'm having troubles with the saving. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga refuses to save and Mario World disappears after turning the Micro off. I used to software so I can't imagine why it won't save.

Mario World and its corresponding save file need to have a shorter file name (as does Mario Advance 4). You can do this manually in windows explorer, just make sure to name them both the same thing.

Mario & Luigi works fine for me without doing anything. I removed the '&' from the filename though just in case so that may have made a difference.

Oh of course. Forgot about that. Hopefully that will also fix mario world. Thanks man!

 

[TankedThomas]

Ah, I've been after the Mother 3 Deluxe box for ever. I finally find a new one for only US$200 (you can forget me telling you where, I won't. I'm evil. But it's probably gone now anyway). Now that I've finally found it, I can't afford it, because I went beefing up the rest of my action figure and gaming collection. Damn it. This e-reader thing is just SO addictive... But I really want a Game Boy Micro. They are so cool. I've played one before, but they ARE tiny, I'll admit. I just wish they have a longer life. In fact, Nintendo, reissue them (and give us some new e-reader cards, too. I love the e-reader. I can't help it. It's more addictive than Assassin's Creed II. Okay, that's pushing it).

 

[jalaneme]

Ah, I've been after the Mother 3 Deluxe box for ever. I finally find a new one for only US$200 (you can forget me telling you where, I won't. I'm evil. But it's probably gone now anyway). Now that I've finally found it, I can't afford it, because I went beefing up the rest of my action figure and gaming collection. Damn it. This e-reader thing is just SO addictive... But I really want a Game Boy Micro. They are so cool. I've played one before, but they ARE tiny, I'll admit. I just wish they have a longer life. In fact, Nintendo, reissue them (and give us some new e-reader cards, too. I love the e-reader. I can't help it. It's more addictive than Assassin's Creed II. Okay, that's pushing it).

LOL you want to sell your whole gaming collection for a gameboy micro, that is completely insane! the gba sp do the same thing and they are cheaper! don't loose sleep over it! i never brought one because i didn't need one, don't be silly!

 

[GizmoGC]

Love the GBM!

 

[Nathan576]

Am I the only supercard fan here?

 

[sn0wfish]

i had wanted to get a GBM when i saw GBA game cart prices.. then i went to look on amazon and its $160, dam more than a brand new DS

 

[Tanas]

Am I the only supercard fan here?

There's probably quite a few fans here of the worst gba flashcard ever to be released

 

[TankedThomas]

Ah, I've been after the Mother 3 Deluxe box for ever. I finally find a new one for only US$200 (you can forget me telling you where, I won't. I'm evil. But it's probably gone now anyway). Now that I've finally found it, I can't afford it, because I went beefing up the rest of my action figure and gaming collection. Damn it. This e-reader thing is just SO addictive... But I really want a Game Boy Micro. They are so cool. I've played one before, but they ARE tiny, I'll admit. I just wish they have a longer life. In fact, Nintendo, reissue them (and give us some new e-reader cards, too. I love the e-reader. I can't help it. It's more addictive than Assassin's Creed II. Okay, that's pushing it).

LOL you want to sell your whole gaming collection for a gameboy micro, that is completely insane! the gba sp do the same thing and they are cheaper! don't loose sleep over it! i never brought one because i didn't need one, don't be silly!

I most certainly would not sell my whole game collection to buy a GameBoy Micro. I never even suggested that. I Have a GBA SP, but I am a collector, therefore I WANT a Micro. They aren't identical - they are quite different. I like the Micro, and I want one for myself. I don't care if they are expensive, because when the time is right, I will be able to buy one. I'm not loosing any sleep over it though, and I'm not being silly. Just because you don't want one, doesn't mean I don't.
By the way, if you need a game console, then you're a loser. No one should NEED video games. You can survive without them. I don't need a GBM, or a GBA SP, or a DS, but I have the latter two, and I want a GameBoy Micro. Big whoop. Get over it.

 

[.Chris]

damn i wanted one T.T

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

In the mean time you can always pretend you own one while you wait for yours to arrive...

If you can't pretend without a visual aid you can use this:

Spoiler

 

[Liink]

Hey everyone. Just picked up a blue gameboy micro (blue faceplate but seems to be a black console, is this standard?) for $15 AUD! BARGAIN! 2 Games and charger as well, couldn't ask for much better! Waiting for it in the mail now but the pictures show that the faceplate is looking fairly used, few scratches and wear around the buttons, just hope the console itself isn't too bad! Hoping to clean up this console a bit so does anyone know of any online sellers where i could pick up some decent faceplates? The odds of finding them in an Australian store or Nintendo AU is pretty unlikely. Theres been a bit of talk in this thread about it but some date back to around a year ago, so anyone had any luck recently?
Looking forward to using this with my M3 Mini-SD adapter - do these adapters fit flush in the micro system?
This one:

Is this the same as the translucent one seen a few pages back - they all look the same to me...

 

[TankedThomas]

Hey everyone. Just picked up a blue gameboy micro (blue faceplate but seems to be a black console, is this standard?) for $15 AUD! BARGAIN! 2 Games and charger as well, couldn't ask for much better! Waiting for it in the mail now but the pictures show that the faceplate is looking fairly used, few scratches and wear around the buttons, just hope the console itself isn't too bad! Hoping to clean up this console a bit so does anyone know of any online sellers where i could pick up some decent faceplates? The odds of finding them in an Australian store or Nintendo AU is pretty unlikely. Theres been a bit of talk in this thread about it but some date back to around a year ago, so anyone had any luck recently?
Looking forward to using this with my M3 Mini-SD adapter - do these adapters fit flush in the micro system?
This one:

Is this the same as the translucent one seen a few pages back - they all look the same to me...

You could try eBay - I've seen them on there. Otherwise, just search around on the internet when you have some spare time. Sometimes I do that when I need things. It may take a while, but even if you find something way out of your price range, you might get a few ideas of what to look for and where to look for it.

As for the adapter - I believe they are bigger than a standard GBA cartridge, which would been that they stick out of the Micro too, but I'm not sure. They should still plug in and work fine, though.

 

[regnad]

Am I the only supercard fan here?

There's probably quite a few fans here of the worst gba flashcard ever to be released

I have a Supercard Lite in my DSL.

Is it the worst cart ever created? It loads every game I have wanted to play (except Advance Wars 2, which AFAIK doesn't work on any flashcart) with no problem, no slowdowns, no lost saves -- what else is there? What makes this cart so awful? Am I missing something?

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

It uses a slow SDRAM, which has a slow clock speed need for most games. Most of those games are those that require alot of movement or sprites where this issue is visible. It is easly noticable in games like gradius galaxies on hard mode. Other than that turn based games where movement is minimal, it is next to not noticable. The M3 perfect/pro are also affected by the use of SDRAM, they fix this mostly through patching the game in either hardware mode 1 or 2. It doesn't remove all of the issues but is less pronounced.

It more like the least used of the lot than the worst flashcart.


Pocketheaven documentation on the slowdown issues with the supercard is here:
http://www.pocketheaven.com/ph/wiki/SupercardGBASlowdowns

Also covers ways of mostly fixing the issues.

 

[defor]

Hey everyone. Just picked up a blue gameboy micro (blue faceplate but seems to be a black console, is this standard?) for $15 AUD! BARGAIN! 2 Games and charger as well, couldn't ask for much better! Waiting for it in the mail now but the pictures show that the faceplate is looking fairly used, few scratches and wear around the buttons, just hope the console itself isn't too bad! Hoping to clean up this console a bit so does anyone know of any online sellers where i could pick up some decent faceplates? The odds of finding them in an Australian store or Nintendo AU is pretty unlikely. Theres been a bit of talk in this thread about it but some date back to around a year ago, so anyone had any luck recently?
Looking forward to using this with my M3 Mini-SD adapter - do these adapters fit flush in the micro system?

Is this the same as the translucent one seen a few pages back - they all look the same to me...

See my previous post in this thread. I own this card in a blue gray (transparent) plastic - M3 Perfect Mini-SD (not PRO version!). It's the same as the model on your photo. It is a great GBA card. I belive it is the best you can get nowadays (comparing to Supercard and EZ-Flash IV) -- no ROM patching (if you do not need any additional functions), real-time save, real-time clock, 100% compatibility, no slow-downs. Older ones (e.g. EZ-Flash III, EFA Linker, ...) were possibly even better but they are hard to find now.
Btw. as you can see on my photos it perfectly fits into GBA Micro.
Hope this helps you.

 

[IgiveUgas]

Woohoo! I just wanted to "join the club" in owning a GBM. Picked mine up yesterday (black with silver faceplate) and it is very sexy! Looking forward to playing some games on this.

 

[Ozito]

Me too!!

I bought a Japanese Famicom version from ebay, it wasn't cheap but totally worth it!
It's so pretty that i don't really want to touch it.

 

[chrisman01]

What is this, a zombie thread? It just won't die!

 

[Psyfira]

Because the Micro is just that awesome. It's a system that did far better after being buried by the manufacturer so I guess a back-from-the-dead thread suits it just fine