tokumaru wrote:
I did buy a EMS 64 GB Smart Card USB, but the difficulty of setting it up and the hacks in this thread really put me off, so I ended up never using it. Shortly after the EDGB came out and I got one, and from the little use I made of it (real life is kinda tough right now) it felt like a perfectly good flash cart.
Yes it is a hassle these days because after Windows XP it's more trouble to install the drivers needed to program it. The hacks to fix certain games are good and bad. The good thing is they can get a game working and playable just fine. The bad thing is there are games that no one has "fixed" or a fix might actually not be complete, or could break something else possibly. The whole problem stems from the fact that there is no protection of the Flash Card's registers, and secondly that there is no pre-MBC5 emulation mode. The second one isn't so bad but the first problem is serious and also something that could have very easily been fixed. The worse thing about it is that I've read things that seem to suggest an older design of the flash cart actually did have protection for the flash card's registers to prevent games from writing to them.
The EverDrive GB is quite a bit more expensive but definitely worth it. The Fixes and the replacement menu I made for the SmartCard I only made because at the time it was the best option available. With the EverDrive now available it is no longer worth the time. If anyone really wants to fix a game though this thread contains plenty of mentions about what problems come up and how to try to fix them.
I haven't bought a EDGB yet but I plan to in the future.
Muessigb wrote:
And I found another problem:
If you have multiple files on one bank and one on another if you save on the one w/o the menu, savegame will corrupt when leaving it and starting one from the bank with the multiple saves.
It is known and stated in the documentation that if you use the menu you need it on both banks. This is not a bug or problem, it is a limitation of the hardware.