Hacking What would be the best GBA Flash Cart to play Pokemon rom hacks?

[Nomi20]

I was not sure the omega could pull it off.

 

[Kazy]

Why wouldn't the Omega be able to pull it off?

 

[vree]

This stays a hit and miss for each individual romhack. Your best bet is the Omega or the everdrive.
So far been using the Omega and it seems to work fine. But not 100% sure, not that far into the pokemon romhacks games I have on there. They can always bug out in the end.

No sure way of knowing unless you play.
It's not that they wouldn't run (boot up/launch), but if the flashcard can't handle it then after a while story events ingame will bug out (don't trigger) and you will be blocked.

Had this problem with the EZ flash IV and Pokémon Glazed for example.

So yeah it booting up doesn't mean it will work out in the end. Just a heads up.

 

[migles]

as stated above, either an omega or an everdrive GBA

ez iv is fine, but doesn't have the RTC, i am only aware of 1 rom hack that uses the rtc either way, that is pokemon liquid crystal

They can always bug out in the end.

No sure way of knowing unless you play.
It's not that they wouldn't run (boot up/launch), but if the flashcard can't handle it then after a while story events ingame will bug out (don't trigger) and you will be blocked.

Had this problem with the EZ flash IV and Pokémon Glazed for example.

blame the rom makers for developing and testing the games mainly in general emulators... emulators are usually not very accurate and theese rom hacks might rely in emulator bugs that don't happen in real hardware

 

[vree]

blame the rom makers for developing and testing the games mainly in general emulators... emulators are usually not very accurate and theese rom hacks might rely in emulator bugs that don't happen in real hardware

Yeah I know this, that's why it stays a hit or miss with romhacks.

 

[FAST6191]

Are pokemon hacks that bad these days?

I know there were a few that coloured outside the lines, and I helped someone sort an "emulators OK, hardware less so" issue for a GBA hack the other month, but I was under the impression the GBA was anything but like the SNES or NES and relying on inaccurate emulation or odd tweaks as far as the hardware goes. Obviously there is the RTC to contend with but most of the time you can still use a patch.

That said if some of the assembly hacking "guides" I have seen come from pokemon hacking circles over the years are anything to go by I would not be surprised.