Testing the new EZ-Flash Parallel

[boots_n_cats]

I kind of have all 3, my new 3DSXL is using cfw but my ds and dsi have the normal official stuff on them.

The Ace3DS X and Ace3DS+ clones are currently the best option for an unhacked DSi. For a DS and hacked 3DS literally anything will work.

 

[ultraforce]

ds is a mess, there's like 50 different kinds and it's impossible to track what's where and what the best places to get them from is

acekard 2i is technically the best, r4i gold 3ds plus (r4ids.cn branded) comes in second. good luck finding acekard these days though. r4i gold 3ds plus is more recent so maybe it's still in production at least?

stay away from anything ezflash, garbage tier support I dont think I have to elaborate on that. if you're going to spend $60 on a gba card you might as well do the extra $40 and get everdrive gba for $100 and have an actually good card. goomba/goomba color is pretty good and majority of games run full speed with minimal graphical problems, so you might be happy with just everdrive gba, play gb/c games in gba mode with the emulator. everdrive gb is more expensive if you absolutely want to play games in gbc mode or on gbc.

okay, so are the flashcarts not really particularly good if you want just a replacement to risking wearing out your actual cartridges? Since the way it sounds things are maybe worse then how they were when I was a kid and my dad used PASSCARD + M3 NDS&GBA Movie Player. Since for that there were a few games that wouldn't save but most games ran at what seemed like full speed without graphical problems.

 

[boots_n_cats]

okay, so are the flashcarts not really particularly good if you want just a replacement to risking wearing out your actual cartridges? Since the way it sounds things are maybe worse then how they were when I was a kid and my dad used PASSCARD + M3 NDS&GBA Movie Player. Since for that there were a few games that wouldn't save but most games ran at what seemed like full speed without graphical problems.

Flashcarts are a great option if that's what you want to do. That guy is really overly negative about the situation and is pretty out of date on what's good at what isn't. These days, any slot-1 DS flashcart will play 99+% of games at full speed with no issues. The best place to buy them is AliExpress and they cost like $10.

 

[stl25]

okay, so are the flashcarts not really particularly good if you want just a replacement to risking wearing out your actual cartridges? Since the way it sounds things are maybe worse then how they were when I was a kid and my dad used PASSCARD + M3 NDS&GBA Movie Player. Since for that there were a few games that wouldn't save but most games ran at what seemed like full speed without graphical problems.

If you want a flashcart Ace3DS+ or X will work and are relatively cheap. Or you could just use TWiLight Menu on hacked DSi/DSi XL/3DS. Just have to check game compatibility.

Would definitely steer clear of EZ Flash Parallel though. Not ready for the limelight that one.

 

[ultraforce]

Flashcarts are a great option if that's what you want to do. That guy is really overly negative about the situation and is pretty out of date on what's good at what isn't. These days, any slot-1 DS flashcart will play 99+% of games at full speed with no issues. The best place to buy them is AliExpress and they cost like $10.

Main thing I would want is to be able to inject events/rom hacks in games I own and being able to take extracted saves from my actual cards so that I don’t need to be using a case and swapping 6 cartridges in 12 minutes.

 

[4d1xlaan]

it sounded like you didnt have any and were looking for one. if you already have them though then they're good to use. acekard 2i with akaio and r4i gold with wood r4, you cant beat that.

i'd happily be proven wrong about ezflash for gba and gbc though

 

[ultraforce]

it sounded like you didnt have any and were looking for one. if you already have them though then they're good to use. acekard 2i with akaio and r4i gold with wood r4, you cant beat that.

i'd happily be proven wrong about ezflash for gba and gbc though

I have one that kind of works for the ds and ds lite but it requires using the gba slot for the actual sd card. Huh seems the m3 is actually pretty decent for just game boy stuff

 

[boots_n_cats]

I have one that kind of works for the ds and ds lite but it requires using the gba slot for the actual sd card. Huh seems the m3 is actually pretty decent for just game boy stuff View attachment 437627
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That is ancient. Keep it as a collectable but do yourself a favor and get an Ace3DS X for DS games. While the M3 is probably fine as a GBA cart, DS game compatibility is poor and not worth the hassle when slot-1 carts don't require manual ROM patching and support essentially every DS game ever made as well as most ROM hacks.

 

[4d1xlaan]

depends, does m3 gbamp run commercial gba roms? compability probably shouldnt be an issue if it does, but I'm trying to figure out if it uses a battery for saving. looks like it does? it's probably dead by now, and it's soldered on. but apparently the m3 gbamp used a rechargeable battery?

I mean, there's no harm in trying and seeing what runs and what doesn't, if it works and plays gba games well enough for your needs then stick with that tbh. it might even be good enough for gb/c with goomba color. but dont expect good ds game compatibility with a slot-2 card, these stopped being supported pretty early in the ds's life span so any games that came out after the last software update likely won't work (games need to be individually patched to make them read their data from slot 2 instead of slot 1, no patch = no game)

 

[ultraforce]

depends, does m3 gbamp run commercial gba roms? compability probably shouldnt be an issue if it does, but I'm trying to figure out if it uses a battery for saving. looks like it does? it's probably dead by now, and it's soldered on. but apparently the m3 gbamp used a rechargeable battery?

I mean, there's no harm in trying and seeing what runs and what doesn't, if it works and plays gba games well enough for your needs then stick with that tbh. it might even be good enough for gb/c with goomba color. but dont expect good ds game compatibility with a slot-2 card, these stopped being supported pretty early in the ds's life span so any games that came out after the last software update likely won't work (games need to be individually patched to make them read their data from slot 2 instead of slot 1, no patch = no game)

I don't know is there a way to check if it does or doesn't before I get my Joey Jr.?

 

[BuddhaHunterMac]

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