Everdrive GB X7 Ultimate Guide!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
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In this video I cover all aspects of the device. See the timestamps below if you want to skip to a certain section of the guide, and to check the links mentioned in the video.
Video Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:17 What is the Everdrive?
00:36 Version differences - X3 / X5 / X7 - Save States and Real Time Clock
01:37 Set up / SD Card Compatibility, Menus, how to add game roms
03:13 Gameboy Home-brew Games
04:29 Rom Hacks and how to apply IPS patches too Roms.
07:59 Translation Patches
08:42 Everdrive GB system compatibility
10:13 Unreleased Gameboy Games
12:48 Applying Cheats (Game Genie Codes)
14:16 Pricing and BenVenn El Cheapo SD Alternative
15:43 Wrap up
Spaceworld Demo unreleased content: tcrf.net/Proto:Pokémon_Gold_a...
Infinity unreleased game blog post: infinity-gbc.org
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The best guide for this on TH-cam.
I've been meaning to get one of these for a while now, so this will be very helpful.
Thank you! I made sure I covered everything :) let me know if you get one! I’m loving mine!
This was super useful Nick! Just grabbed a X7 and have been testing it with the pocket. Very easy to use. I had a niggle formatting the memory card but suspect it was due to its size. Cheers! 👍😊🕹️
awesome video, thanks!! i was always interested into one of this everdrive cartridges
Thanks, glad you found the video interesting!
Excellent video. New X7 carts have a button on the top right to enter the menu system and save/load state rather than squeezing the cart. I recently ordered an analogue pocket and look forward to using the x7 with it when the A-Pocket arrives in
this is a really good guide, thanks bro, im thinking of picking up an x5(due to the cost being decent) and im just looking forward to simply playing gb and gbc games(including some fun homebrew)
Hey thanks so much for putting this together - just loaded up an EverdriveGB X5 with LSDJ and my .sav files. Your video was the best reference I could find to get up and running. Been using the EMS Flash Carts on my original DMGs but the power draw was too much for the GBA SP so picked up an X5. Great video!
That’s great! Glad my video was useful to you! :) I really need to try using LSDJ more, I was excited to try it out but didn’t stick at it long enough to figure out how to use it properly..
@@RetroBreak LSDJ has a steep learning curve but once your mind adjusts to the interface and you memorize the button combos it becomes incredibly satisfying to bring a song into existence from scratch. Pain Perdu has some great tutorials on it on YT as does Nullsleep. If you can make videos of this quality i'm sure you can learn LSDJ in no time. Good luck!
Sounds great, I’ll check out some tutorials and give it a go this weekend! :)
Loving the intro... gives me good vibes
great timeless review. thx!!
This is really cool
Yep! I still use it all the time! :D
excellent video
Thank you so much!
Thanks for this, mate! I got the x5 GB today and it's great.
Just a quick question (sorry if you went through this in the video, still watching): how do you replace the battery in the x5/x7? Does it require soldering or can you just replace it by sliding it out or whatever? Thanks in advance!
a bit late but it's in a battery bracket, no solder required, battery is for real time clock only though, game saves are stores in the SRAM which doesn't require power to hold data^^ battery life is around 5 years
@@SirZanZa Thank you, friend!
You can mod in a 5V step up booster in the GB / GBP to fix the power issues when using a flashcart.
I have a CiB Super mario land DX. But i was surprised the footage you showed wasnt only a DX version but updated sprites aswell. Mine only has color added.
The one I was playing was a brand new hack at the time which improves the sprites and adds colour! The same person also made a mod of Mario land 2 as well!
About that hack, by toruzz:
gbatemp.net/entry/super-mario-land-dx-good-romhack.15777/
Download link to ips patch:
www.romhacking.net/hacks/4477/
Old sprites looks better honestly
You amazing. Great info. I got a everdrive gb pro plus. China. Said gameboy flash pro. Got every gba game hacks .all for 30 quid. And came in 2 weeks better than uk mail
hey, what is that gba you're playing on? Looks like an ips screen that has pixel mode?
Hi, It's an IPS V2 screen I installed myself. it's one of the basic ones so it doesn't have a pixel mode, maybe it's just the sharpness oft he camera making it look like that?
Hi! How is the cheats option in the cartridge menu used? What steps must be followed to write and activate the cheats? Help! Thanks for your tutorials
Ps just subbed please do more. Flash carts way forward. Got mine off ebay
Thanks! I’ve already done a few other flash cart videos, and got some more planned soon :)
Hey, on the GBC games that have extra features on GBA ( zelda oracle games and shantae) do those run in GBA mode on a GBA?
Hi, Retrobreak! My question is : Can the "Game Color" flash cartridge do save states, or is the Krikks X7 the only flashcart that is capable creating save states that you can save & go back to?
For anyone who has the same question, or if the commenter does read this, the Game Color does not support save states as it's a clone of the original EverDrive GB. The Everdrive GB X7 is the first of the ED GB line to support Save states.
@@jmfindorff Nice, thanks for the info. Squeeze the Gameboy!
Is it possible to get games on it like crystal version and the trading card one those are really the only ones I wanna play but og is well over $100
that unreleased game is a genius experiment of action rpg!
Do you know if there are power issues using the gb everdrive x7 with an ips v2 modded gameboy colour? I’ve heard of issues with modded pockets and original DMGs but not much about the GBC. Thanks!
As far as I know the GBC is fine, like you said I've only heard of issues with the pocket and original? Might drain the battery a bit faster than usual but that's probably it..
@@RetroBreak yes for anyone else interested, can now confirm it’s fine! I’ve been playing an ips modded gbc with a kritzz everdrive regularly for a couple of months with no issues:)
Cool video but my question is what's up with the aspect ratio? It's not filling up the whole screen. Is the Gameboy running the ROMs or is an emulator running the ROMs?
That’s just how Gameboy games look
too bad my gba only has the standard screen, i'm jealous over your backlit gba. is it the AGS-101 or the Funnyplaying IPS?
101, I have had this for years now before the ips displays were available! I think next time I get one I’ll go for ips though, they look great from what I’ve seen online!
I just recently installed an IPS screen which looks great, but seems to have problems with everdrives due to the combined power of the everdrive and the modern day screen.
Another great. video. dude!! Love this little thing. Using it on a GBA. Was wondering why it. added color to GB games that I thought would be black and white. Any insight into this? Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
That’s how original Gameboy games look on the advance. You can hold the d-pad or hold a button and the d-pad when loading a game up to change the colour pallet :) play around and see what one you like!
@@RetroBreak Amazing, thanks for the tip!! Now just have to figure out why the button on the back does not light up and allow me access to the in game menu for several games like Magical Chase, Battletoads, etc.
nice.
yo how to put a lightly scale lines on ips screen from the everdrive settings?
Question: if you plug the everdrive on a gba, can you use the L and R triggers to full screen them? like when you plug any other gb game?
Yes you can, it works the same as a regular gameboy game :)
@@RetroBreak many thanks!
14:03 thank you!!!!!!!!!
Um, quick point about the Pokemon TCG2 footage. The patch you used appears to be one of the many incomplete ones, and the name still in Japanese on some captions kinda lets that slip. There's a finished one out there (that uses a machine translation but not in a crappy way). Grimm Translations is working on a non-machine one however, they also have Shiren 1 GB almost done!
Great video otherwise!
Hey Retrobreak. I am wanting to get one of these, but want to be able to play game boy advance games as well. Will getting the EverDrive-GB X7 be able to emulate game boy advance games or will I need to get the EverDrive-GBA X5? I really like the features of the X7, but there is no version for the GBA. Any help is appreciated!
No it can only play Gameboy games. If you want gba you have to get the GBA X5
@@RetroBreak Thanks for getting back to me. I will get the GBA one for sure then.
I have the Omega Flash for my GBA games, and carry the Everdrive GB x5 for GB/GBC games. Kinda the best of both worlds. Can play GBA games, and my GB and GBC games are emulated and saved correctly. There are also RTC patches for the free games I need them for that the x5 can’t accommodate.
Here's my question, does the everdrive gb work with the n64s transfer pak and can I play my pokemon games in the gb tower in pokemon stadium 1 and 2?
Hello Retrobreak, your video looks very good but I have a question. I see that in the folders that you showed on the SD of your everdive there is a REGISTRY.BIN file, I have searched everywhere and I can't find it. Could you send a link to download it or someone who have it please😔😔😪.
Hi there I just got this ever drive can you tell me where would be a good place to get reliable Ramz thanks
Retrostic is a GREAT place to get roms
1:54 ow
is there a way to organize the .gbc files alphabetically?
thanks for the help..
Hello, I am having issues with my Everdrive Gameboy X7. It runs perfectly fine on a DMG and a Gameboy Color. However, whenever I insert the cartridge into my Japanese Super Gameboy, the cartridge can not be read. I have tried my copy of pokemon yellow, Megaman, and Pokemon Silver (which all are North American copies) on the Japanese Super Gameboy and they work fine. I am not quite sure why the Gameboy X7 Everdrive is not being read, I have spoken with other users and they have informed me that their copy of the cartridge works fine on their super Gameboy. Am I doing something wrong, if so it would be great to have a little help to figure out what the issue is with my copy of this Everdrive Cartridge? MY American copies of pokemon yellow, Megaman, and Pokemon Silver all work flawlessly on the super Gameboy. Can anyone help? Thanks
I don't know sorry, maybe there's something wrong with your super gameboy? Mine runs it fine, maybe you could try cleaning the contacts?
@@RetroBreak I figured ot out, the everdrive was not working well with the Japanese Super Gameboy. I used a American version and it worked perfectly. Thank you for taking g the time to respond though. I appreciate that. 👍
No worries, that is weird though I tried it on both my UK and Japanese Super Gameboys and it worked fine on both!
I know I'm late but even if I love the everdrive and I can see why the price is so high, I cannot justify spending 100 bucks on it, if you're interested in a cheaper option tho I would recommend getting the ez flash jr, it plays the games perfectly but it hasn't got the cheat functionality, otherwise it's basically the same thing for 30-40 bucks
I hate how expensive Everdrives are...HOWEVER its a lot cheaper than buying the actual Gameboy games and thats how I justify mine for the N64. The flash card you are talking about also doesn't have a clock, right? Curious because I'm considering buying that one too.
I’m thinking of getting one do you have to unzip the rom or just put the zipped roms onto the card
Unzip them into a folder on the SD card, you can put folders in folders though if you want to keep them organised :)
Cool ordered the x3
Will pokemon games work with the transfer pak on pokemon stadium through the x7? That would seal the deal for me because its a pain to replace the batteries on my original pokemon cartridges
That’s a really good question and something I didn’t think of! I’ll give it a try and let you know!
Hey RB, were you able to find out if pokemon games from the x7 work on pokemon stadium? I can't seem to find anyone talking about it. It's a great mystery 😭
Eat some Senzu beans sorry! I completely forgot! I’ll go and do it now and get back to you :)
Eat some Senzu beans sadly it doesn’t recognise it at all :(
great work ! I have a question : what about multiplayer games with link cable ? does it work with a gameboy running for example an Evedrive and another GB with an original game ? does it work with 2 Everdrive ? I would love to have this information ! anybody knows ?
I haven't tried it but seen people ask similar questions before and I think it works fine, once the game has loaded ups he gameboy treats it exactly like the original game so a link cable should work no problem :)
How do I use the save state feature? What do I need to press to access it?
WERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THE GAMES TO INSTALL THEM IN THE MICROSD? I ONLY FOUND DOWNLOAD GAMES FOR EMULATORS
My only complaint is the odd way of accessing the save states by squeezing the cartridge. They should've just put a button on the top instead.
Can you go over saves and arms and rtcs. I'm trying to get my Pokemon trading card game save to this everdrive it's not working,😞
Where did you get the store cabinet.
How do I put my save games in it? I mean, I exported from the cartridges my save games, they are in my PC as ".sav", tried putting them in the micro sd with the same name of the game, but the game does not recognize them.
Rename the file from a .sav to a .fla. Apparently the cart saves and reads sav files as flash files.
@@Antoto96 tried renaming it to .smr and it worked. Thanx by your help.
This video is GOOD!
+fl l thank you! :)
RetroBreak I just joined the X7 club 🤓
fl l awesome! I’m sure you’ll love it!
I recently got an Everdrive GB X7 and I works great, only issue I've seen so far playing any gameboy game in Pokemon Yellow, when ever you enter or exit a building as well as go up or down a floor, the tile in the top left becomes blank and the specific tile stays blank even if you move, but I can deal with it since it's not a game breaking issue at all. I haven't tried Pokemon Red or Blue yet though.
I have the same exact issue and it’s only with Pokémon Yellow. Nobody seems to know what the issue is or how to fix it lol
What micro sd is compatible with the everdrive gb x7? I bought a sandisk 32GB but it’s not working. I get a C4 error and says SD not found. I did some research and others are having the same issue. Thanks bud. Love the channel. Looking forward to adding some hombrew titles!
I think 32gb might be too big for the original game boy one, you only need 8gb or 16gb max, that’s more than enough space for every game boy game and Homebrew ever made
@@RetroBreak thanks bud. I actually forgot to edit my comment. Right after I posted that I found a 16gb in my old GoPro that worked fine! So I believe your exactly right! 🙂appreciate the reply
Awesome glad you got it working! I actually just had the same problem with the Megadrive Everdrive, using a 32gb card didn’t work, but a 16gb one did
Can anyone tell me if there is any benefit to buying the GB X7 if I already have the GBA X5 Everdrive with emulators for GB/GBC installed? Thanks in advance.
I know one thing, with the X7 you can use save states for all the emulator games. You can save whenever you want in game. Just with the emulator games, not for the GBA games. The X5 does not have that feature. For me, that means I need to get the X7
Hello is this everdrive x7 is better the ezflash?
Is there a function to to speed up gameplay? Thanks!
No I don't think it does sorry
If I have 2 gameboy with 2 everdrive x7, can I trade pokemon together with a link cable ?
I presume so, once you’ve loaded the game up it just treats it as if it’s running the normal cartridge. Not tried it myself though, hopefully someone else will be able to confirm?
@@RetroBreak I'm almost certain you can. I've yet to try it but I'd assume so.
I think you can trade between an Everdrive and a regular cartridge too.
Yo where's the best place to get one of these? I've been scouting the web but not sure of the sellers.
You can get them from the official everdrive store, or amazon
I can use it on my gameboy color?
Can the X7 emulates snes, mega drive and Sega master system?
Do you know if the Everdrive GB version can read GBA games? Or I have to buy both Everdrives?
The Everdrive GB is only for Gameboy and Gameboy Color games, you’ll need the GBA one to play GBA games.
RetroBreak thanks I asked because the Analogue Pocket will be my next purchase ahaha
Ah cool, I’m looking forward to the analogue pocket too! If you get the GBA one you can play Gameboy and Gameboy Color games on it, but it uses an emulator so it won’t be quite as good as using the actual Everdrive GB
RetroBreak thank you! I think I will buy the Everdrive GB and also GBA... x7! And I hope Analogue will release it this summer, i need it for my quarantine.
Is the battery easy to replace?
I've just received Everdrive X3. Now I've just put the exact file on the FAT32 formatted SD card, exactly as instructed. As soon as I turn it on (on the Gameboy color) it display, after the GAMEBOY loading screen, it says OS ' OS loading...' then about 1 second later it displays SD IO error. FFS thought this was supposed to be easy. Anyone know what's happening or a suggested fix? thanks in advance
edit: Btw the SD is Kingston CANVAS (does it matter which SD card?) Interestingly, I notice that when press the reset button after this error described above, it resets, the 'OS loading' screen stays for about 5 seconds instead of 1 second and then says SD card not found. Turning off and on again does the same as the first step.
AYO, it got fixed! My bro had a 32gb SanDisk card, and it worked like a charm (it didnt have this error and loaded the menu) now all I need to do is load some roms on there and it should be cool! cheers
8:59 Why is the display all crooked?
Can you play gba games in gbc using everdrive ???
Sounds like a dumb question because it is
@@TheDeathOfLucifer yes you do.
You are dumb !
No. You need a GBA flashcart like the EVERDRIVE GBA X5 and a GBA.
Hello can anyone asnwer this plz i got my everdrive but now i have the files on gba i changed to gbc but it says the rom is to big its only 8mb
What game are you trying to load? I don’t know of any Gameboy games that are 8mb!
Hey retrobreak okay i found the problem i cant run gba on the everdrive x7 i need to get the everdrive gbc x5
It doesn't come with ROM games? I'll take a while to download all the games
Si il y a un francophone ou un lusophone (ceux qui parlent portugais) qui passe es-ce qu'il pourrait me conseiller de bon fans-game game boy en français ou en portugais ?
my x7 crashes on gb color but works fine on gb advanced help
is there neo pocet emu for it?? pleas???
I recently got the EDGB X7 and, while it works perfectly for the GBA, I've been having issues with it running on the NTSC SGB. It only works when the menu "button" on the cartridge is held. Otherwise, the SGB only shows a cartridge read error. As soon as the button is released, it freezes, even if a rom is loaded and running fine. Does anyone know why this is the case? Could it be the micro SD card?
Could be the SD card, it should work fine in any super Gameboy. I don’t have an American one to test it on, but it works fine on my Japanese NTSC SGB2
@@RetroBreakAlright, thanks! I'm getting a Super Gameboy 2 soon, so I'll try it with that. In case that doesn't work, can you give me the details of the SD card that you are using?
It’s a Toshiba 16gb Micro SD Card
@@RetroBreak Thanks!
@@RetroBreak Thanks again for your help! As an update, the Super Gameboy 2 worked! I also got a SFC SGB to complete the set, and that worked as well. I think the problem with my SNES SGB is probably just due to dirty pins, as it often takes more times to get it to run with games than the other two.
will The Gameboy Everdrive X7 us model work on uk gba
+Sean William Lockett yes the Gameboy is region free so it will work fine :)
Probably a stupid question but can the X7 run roms that are .gbc or only roms that are .gb lol. I'm new at all of this.
Hi, yes it can play both Gameboy and Gameboy Color ROMs :)
Cool thanks for the quick reply.
No problem, always happy to help! Are you thinking of getting one? I still use it all the time :)
@@RetroBreak yeah I actually just ordered one lol. What SD card would you recommend for it?
Think I used an 8gb Sandisk one they are super cheap on amazon and 8gb is more than enough as the GB games are so small
can it be play on the super game boy adapter
yes but you'll only be able to run original gameboy games, gameboy colour games come up with an error just liiemif you were using the normal GBC cart on the snes.
What about the battery life?...I had an EZ Flash and the battery life took a massive hit with that
I don't have an EZ flash to compare, but from what I've read online the battery is much better with the overdrive. I've not noticed it drain the battery any faster than normal.
So the x3 doesn’t save at all?
This doesn’t support gameboy advance / GBA games does it?
No, this is just for GB/GBC games. In order to play GBA games you need the everdrive GBA Mini.
Are these still available to purchase, everything i'm seeing is sold out.
The developer has had to close his shop and stop shipments as he lives in Ukraine :(
@@RetroBreak Oh, that's unfortunate :(
And I saw one sold on eBay for nearly 300 pounds. So glad I have two that I bought in the past
@@RetroBreak That's a damn shame. I hope he figures something out at some point because I'd love to buy one of these from him.
Yea I got this
Does this work with the gameboy micro?!
No, only on Gameboy a that can play original Gameboy games. There is a GBA version which will work though :)
Oh thank god lol thank you!!
Will it work with a San Disk 32GB Micro SD card?
I presume so, but 32GB might be too big?
my EDGB works fine with a 32gb no name sd card that came bundled with a samsung phone that i got from ebay.
retrobreak is it easy to set up
+Sean William Lockett i show how to set it up in the video..
How do you press the button when playing on a gbc? Seems like bad design
You just have to press the top of the cartridge, it works the same on all gameboy types, it's not obstructed by any of the systems
@@RetroBreak i see, I couldn’t tell where you pressed it on the video, it seemed like it was in the middle of the cartridge
It’s the raised up bit at the top
can i add any game i want ?
Yep any gameboy or gameboy Color game will work on it :)
GBA Video runs with the Everdrive GBA x5, but not all of them. Shrek on GBA Video does not play. Does this title run on a x7? Thanks! Seems this title Is notorious…
This is a GB everdrive, not GBA, so it won't be able top play any of the GBA video files
@@RetroBreak Believe it or not. There is talk of using a GBx7 to load SNES roms through a Super Gameboy to run on a SNES. So far no go. Anything is pretty much possible when using an Everdrive. Thank you for the reply.
Game Genie cheats 12:50
How do you make or get the roms
look up “vimm” it’s got every rom o_o
The x7??
Yes?
@@RetroBreak my bad, i thought this was about the GBA everdrive at first
Ah yeah the GBA one only has X5 at the moment :) they did just release an X5 Mini though!
@@RetroBreak which is why i found my way to this video lol. I bought a EZ flashOmega because i didn't know about the mini now I'm trying to decide if i wanna get the Everdrive. My friend said he'd buy the Omega
I heard that the omega drains the battery twice as fast as the Everdrive on GBA so might want to bear that in mind
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You just said you wont show us how to get roms, were done now. Why did I waste my time if nobody shows how use a everdrive. Its a product with no games, and no way to get them. The Chinese version is better because it comes with games
I’m sure you can easily google a rom site! I didn’t want to say incase I got in trouble for showing it on TH-cam as it’s not entirely legal. The Everdrive is definitely better than the Chinese ones that come with games pre installed, it’s a much higher quality device. Don’t let the fact that this doesn’t come with its own games put you off getting one.
Edited as I mentioned adding your own roms. I don’t show that in this video but if you check my new Everdrive GBA episode you can see how to do that there :)
Waste dam money can't even setup this stupid gameboy everdrive x5 very angry
What problem are you having? I might be able to help?
I do not know how to set them up and annoying me now
I show how to set it up in the video? Just follow along with what I do. It will be the same on windows
Way over priced
There’s some other cheaper options if you can’t afford an Everdrive, have a look at something called ElCheapo SD
I hate setting these up very annoying