#108568 - carterman - Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:15 am
As opposed to the M3 Perfect? I ask this because while I'm interested in getting a more competent CF reader for homebrewing, but ~$70 for the M3 Perfect is a little outside of my level of interest, but the GBAMPv2 at ~$20 is more in my range. Now, there's got to be a good reason as to why the M3 Perfect is that much more, but why? What's keeping me from using FlashMe and using homebrew with the GBAMPv2 that the M3 Perfect doesn't do? Thanks a lot, everyone who responds. :)
#108569 - tepples - Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:42 am
SuperCard and M3 can run full-size GBA homebrew. GBAMP v2 cannot.
SuperCard and M3 can take SD cards if you prefer to use those, and the homebrew support for SD cards will become stronger if and when wintermute manages to push out devkitPro r20. The GBAMP v2 SD, on the other hand, has not been cracked for use by homebrew file system code.
M3 has more GBA-mode compatibility than SuperCard.
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#108570 - carterman - Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:45 am
2 questions:
1) How important is GBA-mode compatibility?
2) How is compatibility with CF cards?
#108571 - tepples - Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:52 am
| carterman wrote: |
| 1) How important is GBA-mode compatibility? |
Without GBA-mode compatibility, you cannot play GBA homebrew. The GBAMP v2 can only run "multiboot" GBA homebrew such as LOCKJAW: The Overdose and the no-music version of Luminesweeper, not full-size GBA homebrew.
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| 2) How is compatibility with CF cards? |
It's taken all three CF cards I've thrown at it (PQI, PNY, SanDisk). If it's your first time, I wouldn't recommend using a card that's too small (smaller than 128 MB) or too large (larger than 4 GB) or too thick (Microdrive).
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#108573 - carterman - Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:24 am
Hmm. I haven't looked that much into GBA homebrew, so I'd have to consider it, but the GBAMPv2 with FlashMe would work fine with DS homebrew, right?
#108574 - tepples - Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:34 am
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| but the GBAMPv2 with FlashMe would work fine with DS homebrew, right? |
Correct, except for isolated cases from the early days of DS homebrew when ds.gba was all we had (e.g. TickleGirl and the ports of Heretic and Hexen) as well as for some emulators written by people who only own a traditional GBA flash card (*cough*SnezziDS*cough*).
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#108575 - carterman - Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:45 am
OK, that's what I'm most concerned with, as I'm sure GBA homebrew is really nice, but for an extra $50...I don't know if it's all that worth it. I'm going to consider it, thanks again tepples. :)
#108576 - tepples - Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:51 am
It's not $50 more. You can probably pick the SuperCard CF (it's getting hard to find; be froogle) and run GBA and DS homebrew in that.
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#108579 - carterman - Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:38 am
Well, now we're talking. Now, to look up if that site selling it for $35 is reliable or not...
#108595 - Sektor - Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:52 am
| tepples wrote: |
| carterman wrote: | | but the GBAMPv2 with FlashMe would work fine with DS homebrew, right? |
Correct, except for isolated cases from the early days of DS homebrew when ds.gba was all we had (e.g. TickleGirl and the ports of Heretic and Hexen) as well as for some emulators written by people who only own a traditional GBA flash card (*cough*SnezziDS*cough*). |
I added libfat to Hexen a few weeks ago, so it should work on GBAMP now. Unfortunately the DS source for Heretic wasn't released.
ComicbookDS is another program that won't work on GBAMP due to the appended file system.
I recommend a Supercard of some kind, just don't get the rumble.
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#108600 - felix123 - Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:44 am
And there's no extra 32MB of ram on the GBAMP, not that it is used much currently.