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[ryanng2]

Hello, I'm fairly new at this but i have been doing some searching and no such luck as to what i'm doing wrong. So here is the thing. I can't get any GBA games to play on my miniSD.. I can get all the NDS games to work perfectly but not the GBA. Here is what i'm doing.

1) I download the supercard software, version setupsdV2541en and i update my miniSD to version UPGRADEsd162.

2) I check for the compatability of GBA games, i know that now all games work perfeclty so i picked the one that would actually work. The game i chose was 0001 - F-Zero (J).

3) I use the program Super Card, (after i installed it of course) and to extract 3 new files. Which are the .sav, .sci and the .scz files.

4) I put the 3 files, (.sav, .sci, .scz) onto my miniSD

5) I put it onto my supercard MiniSD and then boot with GBA mode. (I'm not sure what GBA mode really is, but isn't it jsut the screen where you can pick NDS games, picochat, ds download play and at the very bottom it says Start GBA game) Well, i chose Start GBA game from that menu.

6) Once i chose that options, it load up the SuperCard MiniSD but only the top screen is showing while the touchscreen is off.  So from here, i saw the game i wanted and press A to continue and play the game.

THe thing i notice is, it takes such a long time to load the GBA game. A lot longer than the NDS games, it's like 05000k or so...

But i was still patient and waited, when it was finally completed, it jsut shows a blank white screen.

Now i have tired many games and it all give me the same results. Can anyone please help me play GBA games on my DS.

Some additional information about my DS:

Firmware: V6 (I read somewhere that saying you dont' really need to upgrade to V7, because V7 are more for DS Lite, but correct me if i'm wrong)

note1: I did not use passme or passme2 to flash my NDS firmware, but i use wifi to flash it.

note2: When i was playing nintendo ds games, the supercard says to get to the menu, press L+R+select+Start and it should get it to the menu, but for me it does not work, i have to press L+R+A+B+X+Y

Can anyone help me waht is wrong with my DS? Thanks a lot.

Ryan

[ryanng2]

wow, 23 views but no one know what is wrong?

[MasterMan]

All the things you say are abosolutely normal.
Your GBA games don't work due to the 1.541 version of SuperCard patcher has a bug wich prevents compressed roms to work.
In the patcher (Super Card program), add the rom you want, right click it and choose "properties". Uncheck "enable compress" and click OK. Press "out" to process. In the options tab, leave the compress option unchecked.
Now you should have 3 files, a *.sav, a *.sci and a *.gba intead of a *.nds. Move/copy it to your SD and boot the DS holding START (this is the true GBA mode).
Your GBA rom should work fine and load faster than the SCZ. But take note that the GBA rom is bigger than the compressed SCZ.

Some notes.

5) I put it onto my supercard MiniSD and then boot with GBA mode. (I'm not sure what GBA mode really is, but isn't it jsut the screen where you can pick NDS games, picochat, ds download play and at the very bottom it says Start GBA game) Well, i chose Start GBA game from that menu.
Pictochat, download'n play, etc. screen is the DS setup menu. At some point, you'll see a option where you chose how DS will boot, if it'll aways show this screen (manual) or if it'll boot automaticaly depending of the slot where there's a cartridge (auto). In a flashed DS with 1.62 SC it'll aways boots in DS mode. But see the chart:

Code Select Expand

+--------------+----------+----------+
|-Hold---------|-Manual---|-Auto-----|
| START        | GBA mode | GBA mode |
| SELECT       | DS setup | GBA mode |
| START+SELECT |  ------  | DS setup |
+--------------+----------+----------+

6) ...but only the top screen is showing while the touchscreen is off...
Wellcome to GBA
Also in the DS options, you can choose in what screen GBA will show.

THe thing i notice is, it takes such a long time to load the GBA game. A lot longer than the NDS games, it's like 05000k or so...
For DS roms, SuperCard loads only the header of the rom and streams the rest from the CF/SD. Assuming the rom position is checked for CF/SD in the patcher. The bigger DS roms have 1Gb / 128MB, but just a little part of it get loaded.

For GBA games, SuperCard must load all the rom for the SC's builtin RAM. The bigger GBA roms has 256mb / 32MB, and must load all of it.
Note that it takes longer if the firmware has to decompress the SCZ rom while loading, so the GBA uncompressed rom loads faster.