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poot · 10-20-2003, 03:39 AM

Anyone bought one of these and used it extensively? Just wondering if it's worth the $150+ to buy a kit that lets me play downloaded ROMs.

Ganguro · 10-20-2003, 06:56 AM

well considering the downloaded roms are illegal..
sure it's worth it if you are a criminal.

CyCo PL · 10-20-2003, 09:34 AM

I guess it depends on if you play at home, or actually like to take advantage of the GBA's portability.

If you stay at home, you might as well just use an emulator on your comp, but if you like to play your GBA all over the place, the flash cards might be a good (albeit illegal) investment.

nothingx · 10-20-2003, 04:48 PM

don't think these things are actually illegal. There is a huge community out there that is developing rather good quality "homebrew" free games for the GBA. These are lots of fun to play. You can also do cool things like turn your GBA into a little bitty webserver.

Nintendo might not like them because they can be used for doing bad things, but thats really up to the user. In terms of legality, it's no different from when the VCR came out. Owning one of these doesn't make you a criminal... Soemone that owns one of these and makes and plays homebrew games is a million times more legal than someone that doesn't own one and downloads commercial games off the net and plays them with an emulator.

A nice thing about getting one of the larger cards is that you can fit multiple games on it. Say you have four games that you like to play all the time, you can download the ROM images from your games and write all four of them to the card. Now you can take your GBA wherever and not have to worry about swapping cards when you want to play a game. The flash link software even generates a nice little multiboot menu for you. Oh! ... another thing you should definately check out is PocketNES. Its a NES emulator that runs on the GBA hardware. So like, you can put all your old classic NES games in the palm of your hand. Cool, eh?

Lasereth · 10-20-2003, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by nothingx
don't think these things are actually illegal. There is a huge community out there that is developing rather good quality "homebrew" free games for the GBA. These are lots of fun to play. You can also do cool things like turn your GBA into a little bitty webserver. Nintendo might not like them because they can be used for doing bad things, but thats really up to the user. In terms of legality, it's no different from when the VCR came out. Owning one of these doesn't make you a criminal... Soemone that owns one of these and makes and plays homebrew games is a million times more legal than someone that doesn't own one and downloads commercial games off the net and plays them with an emulator.

A nice thing about getting one of the larger cards is that you can fit multiple games on it. Say you have four games that you like to play all the time, you can download the ROM images from your games and write all four of them to the card. Now you can take your GBA wherever and not have to worry about swapping cards when you want to play a game. The flash link software even generates a nice little multiboot menu for you. Oh! ... another thing you should definately check out is PocketNES. Its a NES emulator that runs on the GBA hardware. So like, you can put all your old classic NES games in the palm of your hand. Cool, eh?

Sure, it's not illegal to play homemade games using the Flash linker, but the big thing today is to play the commercial games released on it. That is illegal, and is very widespread. I don't play pirated games; I feel that if I think a game is good then the developers deserve the credit for it.

You can buy one, but playing illegal ROMs on it is bullshit. Don't ripoff the people that are creating great games!

-Lasereth

IckUber · 10-22-2003, 07:15 AM

Your hardly ripping off anyone, if at all.

nanofever · 10-22-2003, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by Lasereth
Sure, it's not illegal to play homemade games using the Flash linker, but the big thing today is to play the commercial games released on it. That is illegal, and is very widespread. I don't play pirated games; I feel that if I think a game is good then the developers deserve the credit for it.

You can buy one, but playing illegal ROMs on it is bullshit. Don't ripoff the people that are creating great games!

-Lasereth

It doesn't matter if 99% of people use Flash readers for illegal purposes as long as the readers have a legitimate purpose.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm · 07-13-2004, 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by Lasereth
Sure, it's not illegal to play homemade games using the Flash linker, but the big thing today is to play the commercial games released on it. That is illegal, and is very widespread. I don't play pirated games; I feel that if I think a game is good then the developers deserve the credit for it.

You can buy one, but playing illegal ROMs on it is bullshit. Don't ripoff the people that are creating great games!

-Lasereth

I understand where you're coming from, but I think that the free distribution of software is only going to make games better.Granted, it is important to be concious and actually buy the game if you like it, but how many times have you spent $50 on a piece of shit game? Think of it like buying the game and returning it if you don't like it. Maybe if we stop buying shitty games, they'll stop making shitty games.

hirosada · 07-13-2004, 11:40 AM

Well there's always the <a href="http://www.gameboy-advance.net/flash_card/game_bank.htm">G-Bank</a> instead of using the Flash Linker and a blank cart. While I'm not really the biggest fan of portable gaming, this is the unit I'd go with. While it may look bulky you can hold pretty much all your games depending on how big of an SD card you have. As for the legitmacy of these devices, if you break the law, you have no excuse if caught. But I can't really preach stealing games is bad, when I grab mp3's here and there.

10-20-2003, 03:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
poot Upright	Flask linker/ROM cards for Gameboy Advance. Anyone bought one of these and used it extensively? Just wondering if it's worth the $150+ to buy a kit that lets me play downloaded ROMs.

10-22-2003, 07:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
IckUber Funran Location: Norman, OK	Your hardly ripping off anyone, if at all. __________________ How much is y'all Piolkles?

10-20-2003, 06:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ganguro Army of Me	well considering the downloaded roms are illegal.. sure it's worth it if you are a criminal.

10-20-2003, 09:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I guess it depends on if you play at home, or actually like to take advantage of the GBA's portability. If you stay at home, you might as well just use an emulator on your comp, but if you like to play your GBA all over the place, the flash cards might be a good (albeit illegal) investment.

10-20-2003, 04:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
nothingx undead Location: nihilistic freedom	don't think these things are actually illegal. There is a huge community out there that is developing rather good quality "homebrew" free games for the GBA. These are lots of fun to play. You can also do cool things like turn your GBA into a little bitty webserver. Nintendo might not like them because they can be used for doing bad things, but thats really up to the user. In terms of legality, it's no different from when the VCR came out. Owning one of these doesn't make you a criminal... Soemone that owns one of these and makes and plays homebrew games is a million times more legal than someone that doesn't own one and downloads commercial games off the net and plays them with an emulator. A nice thing about getting one of the larger cards is that you can fit multiple games on it. Say you have four games that you like to play all the time, you can download the ROM images from your games and write all four of them to the card. Now you can take your GBA wherever and not have to worry about swapping cards when you want to play a game. The flash link software even generates a nice little multiboot menu for you. Oh! ... another thing you should definately check out is PocketNES. Its a NES emulator that runs on the GBA hardware. So like, you can put all your old classic NES games in the palm of your hand. Cool, eh?

07-13-2004, 11:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
hirosada Tilted Location: Washington	Well there's always the <a href="http://www.gameboy-advance.net/flash_card/game_bank.htm">G-Bank</a> instead of using the Flash Linker and a blank cart. While I'm not really the biggest fan of portable gaming, this is the unit I'd go with. While it may look bulky you can hold pretty much all your games depending on how big of an SD card you have. As for the legitmacy of these devices, if you break the law, you have no excuse if caught. But I can't really preach stealing games is bad, when I grab mp3's here and there.