GBA V. another GBA problem blank screen help

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GBA V. another GBA problem blank screen help

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So, I just finished wiring my GBA cartlidge and I inserted a GB color game, which was pokemon yellow and it worked. Then, I inserted a dragonball z game which, was a GBA game and it worked. I then inserted the game Final Fantasy advance and it loads goes past the Gameboy nintendo logo and then the screen goes blank.

WHY??????????

lol, there better be a fix. Thats the only reason I did a GBA with N64.

Edit: A few minutes later: I placed my game in another gameboy advance and it worked? Whats up with that?
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Blow on it and re-insert it. :P
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already tried that
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take a Q-tip or cotton swab, add a bit of rubbing alcohol and clean the contacts a little bit lol just make sure that it drys completly before putting the game back into the gameboy
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I don't see how that would help. It works in one gameboy advance and not another. Meaning if it works in one the cartridge can't be dirty in any form.
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looks like i misread something :D
i don't know then :/
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did you try other GBA games in the GBA?
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Yes, other games work. But, that one seems to not want to work.
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maybe FFA uses traces not used by every game and they haven't been wired correctly
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Is there a guide or something that tells you what pins each of the game uses? So, I know which one is done incorrectly?
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For what it's worth... I have a FFA cartridge which works on a real GBA but not on my DS, and it has a similar behavior on the DS. But I believe it is a pirate cart. Perhaps it's the same pirate cart and the errors are related?
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