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Everdrive/Flashback carts for NES and SNES
FritzWhite:
Thank you, this is very informative. I think I'm mainly interested in the SD2SNES cart and then I'd probably look into one for NES games too eventually. It would be nice to just be able to play everything off of one cart
KalessinDB:
Aside from the SNES, wherein the SD2SNES (designed by ikari, manufactured by Krikzz) just beats the pants off of the Super Everdrive (100% by Krikzz), the Everdrive stuff is all top of the line, you really can't go wrong.
If you're obsessive and truly want absolute 100% compatibility, you will be disappointed occasionally, especially with the SNES carts. Nintendo just opened Pandora's Box by letting companies add on other chips, so it's a much more difficult proposition for a flash cart to reproduce all of the chips completely perfectly. Ikari's making a good go of it with the SD2SNES, we'll see if it ever happens (it should be pointed out, he did make it open source so in theory others can contribute if they can figure out how to make a chip work). But even for the ones that as far as I can tell are perfect, I'm sure a fanboy of the system can find some game that doesn't quite work absolutely perfectly.
However, if you want something that plays well over 98% of all games, flash carts are generally the way to go. And even the most expensive ones, with all the bells and whistles (cases, cart shells, stickers, sd cards included) that some resellers add on (Stone Age is a great example -- I have every Deluxe Edition he's put out, personally), it's STILL cheaper than buying 1-2 of the most expensive carts loose for the equivalent system.
KMSoulja:
I have
SuperCard DSTwo
Game Boy Everdrive
NES Everdrive
SD2SNES
N64 Everdrive
Genesis Mega Everdrive
and they all rock in terms of compatibility.
the SD2SNES has the least amount of compatibility
but its only a matter of like 12 english games and like 20 japanese games that it can't play at the moment.
TDIRunner:
I don't own any flash carts yet, but I plan to eventually one one for each system that I own (which is most of them). With that said, I hate to pay extra for the label and case with a custom cover considering that I like doing that stuff myself (surprise, surprise). However, I'm surprised that I haven't seen any flash cart (Everdrive or otherwise) label or covers on this site. Do they not fall under the guidlines? I know TCP doesn't host covers that can be used on pirated software, but I wasn't sure where flash carts fall under that rule.
Arseen:
They do = Ability to play illegally downloaded ROMs.
That said few covers can be found on the boards.
N64, SNES and NES (maybe others) Everdrives, R4 and SD2SNES come to mind.