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I just bought the ezflash omega. i watched the tutorial on youtube, i have a 4gb micro sd that i formatted to fat32, i installed the software, then extracted the game files, but litterally all i can see when i start it, are the save files i already have from playing on my emulator on my computer, i cant see, find, or play any .gba game files. please help me
 

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I own an everdrive, so I don't know if this will be helpful. maybe they need to be in a specific directory? I have mine in a folder called roms, but I don't think they have to be in that folder as you can show the folder structure at root.
 

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I own an everdrive, so I don't know if this will be helpful. maybe they need to be in a specific directory? I have mine in a folder called roms, but I don't think they have to be in that folder as you can show the folder structure at root.
yeah i literally have them all in a folder called roms too
 

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Did you unzip your roms? I know emulators can play them zipped.

true about that. mine are unzipped, but I assumed the op's were as well since he mentioned .gba files. I dunno.
yes i used 7 zip to extract the files.

do you think i need to use a different SD card? man i just got a new gba sp, and this ez flash omega cart, and i just want to play some games that i used to have that i don't have anymore.

i followed everything on a youtube video called;

ez-flash omega gameboy advance flash cart unboxing and set up guide

im going to go to the store and get a 32gb micro sd card and try again. the instructions say you can get their support and contact them but their website doesn't even have that option.

i just want to play my gameboy, and this is really frustrating. sorry for venting guys.
 

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possibly. I think the everdrive is compatible with up to 128GBs or so I read, but I don't know about the ez flash omega.
 

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possibly. I think the everdrive is compatible with up to 128GBs or so I read, but I don't know about the ez flash omega.
hey dude, if i try this and it doesn't work, do you think if i send this back and purchase the everdrive cart, you would be able to walk me though setting it up when i get it please?
 

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I'd wait for someone with more experience with the ez flash omega than I. I've never owned one.
but i mean, you own a gba sp, and an everdrive cart, and youre able to play your .gba games on it right? i mean if you could help me set that up, i would greatly appreciate that man. i don't care what cart i have just as long as i can get it to work and play my games on it.
 

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yes, it's not that hard to setup really. however, the everdrive is more expensive than the ez flash omega. I'm sure there's something not right about your setup though.
 

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The archive flag needs to be set on ROMs.
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i got an EZ Flash Jr. and im not sure if its the same or not but in order to set mine up i had to unzip the firmware files, and put them on the root of the SD card, then it just works i suppose. Dunno if this applies to the omega but i hope you can get it working.
 

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