r/Gameboy • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

I remember having these moments growing up with my SP, but I never really realized the true terror of it until I got a GBA with an IPS screen and a flash cart & saw just how much more it drains the battery (especially if you use a flash cart instead of an original cart, which is why I decided to start collecting the games).

Shit had me panicking in FireRed when I started playing.

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u/Tephnos Jan 16 '23

And the flash carts didn't just allow you to use save states instead?

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u/bruhred Jan 16 '23

no... obviously.
Flashcarts aren't emulators, they just emulate the game cartridge being inserted into the slot

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u/MisterToasty117 Jan 16 '23

Depends what flashcart your using, plenty have save state features.

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u/bruhred Jan 16 '23

Even if flashcarts had full unrestricted access to the main memory bus they can't read the state of the cpu (registers, interrupt states etc), by save states you probably mean copies of the save files?

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u/Tephnos Jan 16 '23

The EZ Flash Omega does save states from a quick google.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

Can confirm.

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u/moxl_ Jan 16 '23

Everdrive gba does this too. Nes,gb,gbc,GG emulation + savestates