| 2obvious 2004-09-09, 10:14 pm |
| For any one else's future edification:
Through trial, error, and personal expense I have learned that one can
only flash ROMs via F2A using a GBA. While you may then play the ROMs
on GBC and plain ol' vanilla GB (using the Bridge), to even get
started you /must/ have a GBA.
It works like this:
You place the flash cartridge directly into the GBA.
You flash the GB/GBC ROM into the cartridge.
You remove the cartridge, sticking it in the GB Bridge.
Once in the Bridge, you can play the ROM using any flavor of Gameboy.
But it MUST BE IN THE BRIDGE, else you will not be able to access the
GB/GBC-specific ROM(s).
Now clearly, my concern is niche. 99% of people with a GBA could care
less about the older versions. GBA (specifically, GBA SP) trumps all
former Gameboys handily in every aspect...
....save two:
1) no headphone jack
2) weak, less predictable speakers
/I/ bought the F2A linker specifically to port LSDJ. LSDJ is probably
the one exception when the clunky gen 1 Gameboy is king: you simply
cannot beat the decibel output of four AA batteries.
And I was able to get it working. Yes, ladies and gentleman, I have a
portable LSDJ using F2A. (I so pompously blazon this because no one
else has. Oh, I know it's been done before--the LSDJ site makes a
single, buried reference to how buggy it is on F2A. And after much
Web scouring I found a passing mention on the LSDJ yahoo! message
board, taking it for granted that LSDJ works on F2A but never
explaining how. So if anyone ever needs to know specifics, contact me
and I'll fill you in on a setup that works (in XP).
--E.
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