Are there flash cartridges for all of the old systems?

Veovis · Post by **Veovis** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:07 am

A few months ago I saw something about flash cartridges for the GBA, and it reminded me that I had heard about them for other systems. But, I've searched everything I could think of, and I still can't find them, so I'm questioning their existence. I don't see why they couldn't exist, but I can imagine that maybe they aren't publicly available. So if anyone has any links to where I could find some, or even just a definitive answer as to whether or not they exist, I would greatly appreciate it.

nitro2k01 · Post by **nitro2k01** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:19 pm

Try Rob Webb's shop. They have some items at least.
But it was not until the late 1990's that flash chips became cheap enough for widespread use. So, to the best of my knowledge, Gameboy (Not advance) was the first system to get really functional backup devices.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:57 pm

Hmm what system are you looking for?

If its a DS look up "supercard"
If its older than an N64 or PSX then probably no dice.
If its an N64 than good luck you will have to shell out.
If its newer than a PSX they are called "blank discs"

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:17 am

GBA flash carts here

http://www.gameboy-advance.net/

sega genesis one here

http://www.xinga.com/mall/product.php?p ... 128&page=1

more out there. just look.

Veovis · Post by **Veovis** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:54 am

Thank you all, and to answer your question timmeh, I am looking for the following systems:

NES (Found)
SNES (Found)
Genesis (Found)
32x (Found)
DS (Found)
GBA (Found)
GBC/GB (Found)
Game Gear (Found)

N64
Atari 2600

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:18 am

Veovis wrote:N64
Atari 2600

N64? I don't know. Marshallh was making one a while back, <a href="http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?p=245682">he even built a serial interface for it</a>, but I'm not sure if he made the cartridge.

http://retroactive.be/tech_flash64.php

There used to be one for the 2600 called the <a href="http://www.atariage.com/software_page.h ... >Krokodile Cartridge</a>, but I don't see any in AtariAge's store.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:36 am

Aye, there have been several attempts at a N64 one, some of them working, all of them FPGA based. All of them DIY projects.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:32 pm

I remember something which connected to a PC via parallel port to copy ROMS onto a SNES cart and another one for NES carts. Something I read about ages ago.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:21 pm

tototek.com used to have snes ones I do think they have some others though

they still have the sf7 or whatever it is for the snes