EverDrive GB and EverDrive GBA X5 Review - Flash Cartridges for Gameboy and Gameboy Advance
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
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VIDEO INDEX:
01:39 - Hardware Overview: Everdrive GB
01:48 - How to load games onto the cartridge
02:09 - Card format must be FAT32
02:32 - Battery backup for save states
03:23 - Cartridge size
03:33 - Everdrive GB system compatibility - no Retron 5
03:57 - Everdrive GBA hardware overview
04:12 - Everdrive GBA cartridge size
04:39 - Everdrive GB: Loading games
06:39 - How it handles save games
07:00 - How it backs up save game files
07:47 - Everdrive GB game compatibility
08:35 - Options for loaded ROMs
08:41 - Mapper support
09:42 - Game Genie code entry
10:08 - Everdrive GBA overview
10:41 - Everdrive GBA game compatibility
11:06 - Everdrive GBA: ROM hex viewer
11:34 - Addtional features unique to the Everdrive GBA
11:45 - Everdrive GBA NES and Gameboy Emulation
12:46 - Running original gameboy games on the GBA
14:03 - Everdrive GBA hardware compatibiltiy
14:37 - Price and final thoughts
15:15 - Why playing on original hardware is important to me
15:47 - Commentary: Why Gameboy was an important system
This one turned out to be longer than I thought! I love retro games and I really love modern hardware that connects to old stuff like this.
These two cartridges from Krikzz make it very easy to get both old and new code over to your Gameboy devices for an authentic game play experience.
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Man this would've been a wet dream when I was a kid.
EposVox I know right, this wouldave been the best
They actually had Game Boy/GBC, and GBA flashcarts back when those systems were released.
I owned them back then, and still own them today.
They were typically much more expensive, and required parallel port connections to flash linker (the part where the flashcart would dock in order to allow you to copy roms over).
The one I own for the Game Boy is called the Doctor MDG3. It contains 64 Megbits of flash storage, and allows you to copy quite a few roms over which will then be selected from a list menu.
The GBA flashcart I own is called the EZFlashII, it was actually very advanced for it's time, and even now has some features that aren't found on the Kirkzz carts, such as the ability to reset back to the menu with a button combination. It's a 1Gigabit flashcart, supports SRAM saves, and even RealTimeClock functionality.
The emulators were available back then as well. I used the GB, SMS, NES, and even a very limited, but playable SNES emulator, which played a handful of games. Good times. :)
EposVox even better we have them when we're 40
I must have been living the dream back in the late 90s then. I had a flash cart with parallel port reader/writer, must have cost around $100. As well as loading roms, you could use it to rip the images off of the GB camera.
Yes and no. I have an EverDrive GB and I find myself bouncing from game to game. As a kid I was forced to play games to mastery.
If you are interested in playing your SP, Lon, you should really get the 101 advance SP - it has a much, much better screen.
Yes I just read about that one the other day! I had no idea such a thing existed and I need to find one now :).
Lon.TV Apparently Retro-Bit is gonna be making a new version called the Super Retro Boy. It looks like an OG Gameboy, but it plays everything from GBA on down. Also, backlit screen is there, so no issue.
I was just looking into the GB x7 and wanted to see how these devices work. After a fair amount of reading I check TH-cam and of course Lon has done a video of it and of course it answers all my questions. I don't know how he does it, but I swear he has a review of about every piece of tech I own or plan to buy
I had no idea these existed! These are really cool.
Thank you, specially for showing in such detail how the gbc support works. This is the only video I found it shows this and the difference vs using the specific everdrive for gbc.
Would love to see more on the Everdrives line of products. Been looking at the N64 and Megadrive ones for a while now, but haven't fully convinced myself yet.
Could you please make a comparison video between the EverDrive X5 and the EZ Flash IV Omega ???
"homebrews" because thats all people use em for haha :P
I love your focus on which tech you choose to review. Part practical geek-tech, part nostalgic-gamer-geek tech. Right up my alley. Happy to support ya on Patreon. You are consistently one of the best tech reviewers on TH-cam, very professional, almost CNET/ZDNET like. ZDNET is that even a thing anymore? Still I appreciate the effort you put in, it shows and it pays off. Cheers.
Thank you Pete!!
The everdrive gb works on the Super game boy for the Snes. And both works on the game Boy player for the gamecube.
Filipe Lana, Thank you. That’s what I was wondering.
Give Pokemon Prism a try on this.
Sir Justin of Port Town of Parm
Yhasssss
I've been hesitating on buying one of these. But I've been a fan of yours for a while, and I trust your judgement. Time to get one of the GBA Everdrives!
Do the GB/ GBA-Cartridges work on the GC Gameboyplayer?
love those geeky gadgets, keep it up!
thumbs up for eneloops
So I’m curious, could I theoretically use that cartridge on my Gameboy DMG (original Gameboy) and be able to side load GB Color/GBA games on it?
Or does the cartridge in general not readable on a Gameboy DMG/Gameboy Pocket.. 😥😖
Tokyo In Texas nope. You womt be able to play gbc games on original gameboy. The hardware is not capable.
Hey. I just bought my second Everdrive from Krikzz. The GB X3 Everdrive, my first was the GBA X5.
I just wanted to ask you if I can use the same FAT32 formatted Micro sd card, that I use for my GBAX5, it's 16GB, so a lot of room.I mean download the OS, and everything else the GB Everdrive requires on the same sd card? Thanks, Big Fan!
Wow, the everdrive has hit Lon TV. Been a fan of these for a long time. Krikzz is the real deal.
If the battery dies inside the cartridge and I replace it will my Pokémon save still be there?
It should cause it saves in the SD card itself
Are the savegames saved in the sdcard or in the internal battery? The ezflash omega saves the games in the sdcard so you dont risk losingnyour saves when you need to change the internal batteries (theyre only used for the real time clock).
It will copy the save games back to the card when you load the next rom.
does this have a timer? i mean in harvest moon at example. if you give your tool to a dwarf thing, he says you shall come in 24 hours to get your tool upgraded. and if the battery is empty, the timer doesnt continue, so thats why you will never ever get your tool back. how is this in this everdrive ? or in pokemon gold silver, does the clock work?
No traditional emulator style "save states"? Only IF the actual original game supported saves?
Hello. On a different video of yours, I asked about a good micro sd card for the GBA Everdrive x5. Your advice was appreciated, I just wanted too also ask that I heard that the card shouldn't be class 10 cards, rather class 3-5 or something. I'm also debating on getting a 32gb or a 16gb. What do you think? It's just I know those games aren't very large. Thanks
I'm just waiting on delivery. I ordered it 20% off! I can't wait, wanted the GBA Everdrive x5 for quite sometime.
Wait does the x5 model work with gbc games? Id love to know.
It's actually very easy to format any SD card with FAT 32 on OSX :)
Thank you so much! Very comprehensive explanation! A big help!
Thanks for this review, I love your channel!
I own both these cartridges,
run a bios such as the debug gba bios?
Hey, first
i love your video, longue time i am following you.
I was wondering are the cartouche working on the DS "the Tank on"
first generation one.
Have a nice day.
Lon.TV: After Dark
It helps that it's 3:28am
Nice video! You actually can format drives into fat 32 on macs btw.
Macs support formatting of exFAT but not FAT32. They do format FAT16 which I suppose will work but not if you have a lot of files in the directory.
I really hope these will work in the upcoming Analogue Pocket
they do
So did I get it right that you can load up e.g your Pokemon Blue save file on your sd card and have it save even if the internal battery runs out ? If I then replace the battery it should then work just fine right ?
Great overview.
Hi Lon I have a flash cart name usb 64m smart card I was dissapointed because it eat batteries like hell, I have a question is the everdrive gb flash cart eat batteries too quickly? thanks
+superjerjer1 I haven't noticed any batter issues so far.
Since this uses flash memory it must have a limit until it dies?
The everdrive gba is just way too expensive and it doesn't even support cheats which are supported by far cheaper cards like the supercard sd
Mllr hr just download the hacked version. Although i do agree this thing is over 200 bucks. Fuck that.
But can you still use the multiplayer cable?
is this compatible with link cable?
What's the main differences between the x5 & x7 as the x5 is significantly cheaper
So I think the x7 adds save state support which is lacking on the x5.
x7 has RTC and savestates
The GB everdrive is an fantastic flash card, but the GB camera rom does not work properly because if i want to transfer foto’s from my real gb camera to the gb camera rom, it just will not save them permanently.
Also 1 homebrew game i tryed does not work,because after loading it into the memory, it does not pass the startup screen,all i get is a blank screen but maybe i have to try the ‘load only’ option to change some settings for that individual game to get it work.
johneygd Huh. I thought it didn’t work because it didn’t have a camera
TheMamaluigi300 well, the rom of the gameboycamera does work on the everdrive EXCEPT the camera lens,you cannot see and cannot shoot any foto with it.
6:15 That is 8 MegaBITS.
Actually, the biggest rom (in megabytes) is one called Densha de Go! 2, a japanese game about driving a train, and it's 8 megabytes. Shantae isn't 8 megabytes nor megabits (which would be 1 megabyte), it's 4 megabytes :P.
Would have been nice until I saw the price tag. Not worth that for me. I'll just play emulators
Can someone give me a link where I can download game roms for gbc? Thanks in advance!
Sorry don't have time at the moment to watch all 20 minutes so I hope you didn't mention it. But does the cartridge work on a DS?
I didn't mention it - I should have tested that! I believe the Gameboy Advance cartridge works on the DS and DS Lite. The Gameboy cartridge does not.
Hey. Never mind, I figured it out. I am able to use the same micro sd card. Thanks anyway:)
Can you use the EverDrive GB on your Gameboy Advance?
Yes but it'll only play the original gameboy games.
Cut a hole in the side of the gameboy soder a SD micro port or wire a floppy disk drive power with two nine volt battery or wire a hard drive or wire a PSP drive or wire a usb Flash drive or install dosbox on your gameboy and use no$gmb or dboy emulator
Pq
Max sd size supported?
does this work with the clone GB boy colour?
Note: If it's a clone console. There's a less than 2% chance of it booting up
Did anyone tried with a pokemon red/blue save on the pokemon stadium gameboy on N64 ? Thx!
Still waiting for the GBA X7
Mine is different. It's EZFlash Reform flash cart.
Amristar mine too
Is the Game Boy Everdrive region locked?
superarsenal009 nope
It's the same thing just download the download the ROMs on the everdrive gbc gba
funciona para la game boy clásica ?
Carlo vicenciio si lo traducias al inglés te respondían más rápido xd
ser, workin fol geim boi clasiqqq? tens...
u r a smart boi lon
Can you rub gba games on a gbc with that?
No
That's like asking if you can run N64 games on the SNES.
Practical product.
i dont mind sponsored reveiws content so long as its honest
no savestate support :/
Majoras If you wanna play on original hardware that means you have to deal with at some original hardware limitations. I feel like emulation for the GB family is good enough to not need to carry around a device specifically for GB games but thats just me. I rather carry around one of the many devices that can play GB games and much more. I totally understand that some people want to play GB games on a real GB tho.
yes but other flashcarts do have savestate support? also, generally i agree with you about the all in one device its why i love my gpd xd, gcw etc. but android doesn't have much for gb palette customizing so i tend to just play on pc or a real gb
TacticalPower88 for which gb game would you need that anyway? They're either or short or have a built in save feature...
👍
You lost me with the price 80 bucks to 100 bucks in a GameBoy games I can buy with that
Everdrive blows. Dumbed down carts for non-sceners. I'd rather use my 128 Turbo.
Too bad they don't ship to Korea. :(
Check on the Krickzz site I have linked below they have resellers all over the world.
Didn't notice the other dealers page. Thank you!
just breath....
Thanks
Wont work with a gb micro
They are for your legal game back-ups not roms
0th!
the gba one is overhyped and overpriced.. you could just get the ezflash for a fraction of the price
inb4 yes they basically work the same so don't say they are too different
Kintah perhaps but the Everdrive is easier to use and it loads the software quicker. From a consumer standpoint that validates the price ALWAYS.
Ease of use seems quite same as of 2.01 version EZ-Flash IV firmware. The PC client isn't necessary anymore, the cart does all it needs, SDHC slot too and the emulators are supported too, tho I think this is the only case on new firmware where you'll need the client, as the cart doesn't patch .NES files for example.
Sure it's quicker, that's one thing I saw. But the EZ-Flash's speed isn't horrible at all, not counting 1st boot without patched game. Any other launch is a lot faster, also you can get some games on the NOR storage for instant load.
The real big advantage over the EZ-Flash would be the RTC clock chip that the EZ-Flash lacks. I would go further to say the Supercard Mini SD, the cheapest flash cart you can find, is also worth it's (small amount of) money, but I wouldn't go all the way spending 2~3x the EZ-Flash's price on an Everdrive.
Everdrive GBA has more features, and until recently you had to patch games to work on the EZ Flash IV. Not to mention failure rates.
But... Not as much compatibility, I have a EZ-Flash IV it takes forever to load a file bigger than 16MegaBytes. Among other small problems
The GBA uses a 32 Bit ARM CPU, not RISC :)
ARM CPUs are RISC processors.
Mostly correct, ARM CPUs improve upon RISC, thus the A for Advanced in ARM
Are you promoting software piracy?
Nope.
Yeah but with videos reviewing product like this, I have to doubt it.
Don't get me wrong I really like your videos and your style of reviews, but videos like this can be hugely misleading.
괴ᄌ I don't see how this video is promoting piracy in any way other then saying that you can download a rom and put it in the flashcart
괴ᄌ the thing is pirating games that are no longer sold doesn't really hurt as the money is going to some random ebay seller who is charging way too much not the dev, for recent software I would never pirate it because I can buy it and support the development of future versions, but for old software that is no longer sold I can buy it and support some scalper on ebay or I can simply download it online
Does the Gameboy advanced one work on the original Nintendo DS or DS lite ?