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[mainnine]

Hey, I'm already a ds flashcart user having had a variety of cards and now the SCDS (ONE), but I have been looking at both of these carts for gba rom support now. Im looking for a card that sits PERFECTLY flush with the ds lite (white) and matches the colour (im weird about these things lol) and has great gba support. I want a cart that will save my gba files automatically and not needing a button config like the supercard lite.

As i said im am looking for gba support from these two not nds as i have my supercard ds for that. So which of the two is the best? Any tips greatly appreciated.

Also is the EZ Flash IV DELUXE compatible as a ram pack for the Opera Browser?

[PharaohsVizier]

EZ Flash IV has great compatibility, almost 100% for GBA, and M3 Lite has almost perfect as well, but if I had to rank it in terms of GBA, it'd go slightly lower than the EZ Flash IV.

In terms of sitting flush however...  the EZ Flash IV Deluxe fits great and all, however it does look a bit off.  I am not too sure about the M3 Lite though.

I'm not too sure about the ram pack question sorry.

If I can make a suggestion, I'd say go for the G6 Lite.  G6 Lite fits flush, it has great NDS and GBA support and is probably exactly what you want.

[mainnine]

thanks for your reply, does the g6 lite act as a normal mass storage device (mac user here) and do any of the roms require patching?

[NT]

thanks for your reply, does the g6 lite act as a normal mass storage device (mac user here) and do any of the roms require patching?

yes and yes

[what]

I believe that all micro SD GBA solutions require a button config or a qpc to save the game on the micro sd. non of them have auto save like what you see on their ds capabilities. as for the two options, if you don't need rtc (real time clock such as those in pokemon ruby, saphire and emerald), the eziv is the way to go. But if you need it, you may as well get the m3 since it's the only lite version with rtc.

Me myself I have an sc lite for gba with minimal slowdown, an extra sd card slot, homebrew and the ds web browser while I use my old EZ2 power star for gba games that have severe slowdowns in the sc lite (ff6) and rtc (pokemon emerald)

[Rob_Threat]

EZ4 Deluxe (or any EZ4 incarnation) is a very very good deal. If you don't care about the slight ripoff cost of M3Lite Perfect... get it.

It's easier than you'd think getting GBA to run on M3. No software needed other than a blank save *.dat file. I don't use the M3 software for GBA ROMs... unless I want RealTime saves. EZ4 runs GBA very well, but not as well or easily (you need their patcher & some ROMs require loading onto NOR RAM) as M3 (nothing but a blank save). Everything that a quality GBA flashcart can run, runs 100% on M3Perfect (M3Pro does good with tiny ROMs as well). Not being forced to use M3's patching client (for GBA, DS still needs it of course) is also a plus for Mac users without the ability to run WinSoft.

EZ4 doesn't work as a Opera RAM pack... nor does G6Lite. My li'l sister has DSLink & G6Lite, poor kid. Only SCs w/GBA RAM and M3Perfect SDs (SD/miniSD/TF) work with the Triforce Opera patch.

M3Lite isn't quite the same colors as DSLites, but is very close, shiny, and a 99.44% perfect fit. EZ4 Deluxe sticks out a tiny tiny tiny bit.

For GBA Micro/SP use... the M3 is also a nifty media player. M3 does mean MoviePlayer 3 after all. Watching Reborn! eps on my Micro is killer. M3Lites now come with a GBA sized case like G6Lite.

EZ4 Deluxe is really cool and a great deal, but M3Lite Perfect is better for GBA uses... and Opera.

Last point: you can easily buy M3Lite Perfect from SCDev's sponsor, RealHotStuff.com - but he doesn't carry EZ4.

edit: Both EZ4 and M3 have SRAM that auto-saves to the media on the next boot... nothing like SuperCard's GBA saving method.

[mainnine]

Wow, thanks for taking the time to write such a thoughtful response Rob; you pretty much answered every question I wanted answering, including ones I hadn't even posted!  :lol:

M3 Lite Perfect sounds better for me (no patching required, etc) It's just a shame about the price..