]]>]]>When I put the cart inthe gameboy, small startup sound, black line flashes on the screen, the power led is on but then dims, then nothing...
The gameboy is working with a game cartridge, any idea what's missing?
You're right that you shouldn't need to flash a sav file. Here are some things to try:
Put in fresh batteries
Test your lsdj.gb on an emulator to make sure it isn't corrupt
Clean your cartridge contacts (and the cartridge slot too, just in case)
Try another ROM on the cart
Do you see the Nintendo logo as the EMS cart starts to load, or do you see the "No Cart" black rectangle? If you got your EMS cart from Kitsch-Bent, it will probably have come with a small demo-ROM pre-flashed? If so, did this work correctly before you tried flashing LSDJ?
]]>I'm new in the chip tune world and I'm hitting a wall at the moment
My setup: gameboy pocket, ems smart card 64M (received today), lsdj
I'm trying to lash lsdj onto the smartcard from ubuntu...
I've followed the instructions on Lacklustre's ems-flasher page * it looks like it's working*
sudo ./ems-flasher --write --rom --bank 1 --verbose lsdj.gb
trying to find EMS cart
claimed EMS cart
base address is 0x0
Writing ROM file lsdj.gb
Successfully wrote 1048576 from lsdj.gb
I didn't write any sav files as I don't have any, I've even tried writing into bank2 although it shoudn't be necessary?
When I put the cart inthe gameboy, small startup sound, black line flashes on the screen, the power led is on but then dims, then nothing...
The gameboy is working with a game cartridge, any idea what's missing?
Thanks for your help! I'm hoping to get this runnng before tuesday as it's for a birthday present
]]>I'm missing some steps I believe. I can haz halp?
]]>1. I read somewhere that you neen somekind of "GB Transfer cable"(?) to transfer roms and saves from the computer to the card (and vice versa) - is this true? Or can you just use an odinary USB cable? Would I have to buy some extra stuff?
The EMS 64 USB Carts do indeed use a standard Mini-USB cable. You might have been reading about the older non-USB carts, which plugged into a flasher which connected to the parallel port instead.
4: This does function with the original gameboy, gameboy pocket, gameboy color, gameboy advance, and gameboy advance sp.
It's worth adding that while the cart will work on later Game Boys, it is still a Game Boy (not GBA) cartridge, so you won't be able to use GBA games/software.
materiaxmedica wrote:I don't trust unfinished software. Also, having tested it myself, it's a mess even for alpha code.
Are you kidding me? This 'alpha' code is lightyears beyond the windows mess EMS ships. I've used it both in Ubuntu and OSX and it's never failed, been more reliable, and overall easier to use than that abomination of a windows driver.
I just want to step in to second this. Calling Lacklustre's ems-flasher "a mess" hardly does it justice. I don't know what issues materiaxmedica had, but I have used ems-flasher on Linux for a while with no issues. (Note that it must be installed setuid root; I'm not sure if the documentation mentions this explicitly.)
]]>rygD wrote:I don't trust unfinished software. Also, having tested it myself, it's a mess even for alpha code.
Are you kidding me? This 'alpha' code is lightyears beyond the windows mess EMS ships. I've used it both in Ubuntu and OSX and it's never failed, been more reliable, and overall easier to use than that abomination of a windows driver.
]]>materiaxmedica wrote:Getting it working on Ubuntu is even more of a pain.
I don't trust unfinished software. Also, having tested it myself, it's a mess even for alpha code.
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]]>]]>Getting it working on Ubuntu is even more of a pain.
The software/driver stuff is finicky, but the cartridge itself is a good buy. I've used it for DMG, pocket, colour, and in advance/SP. Works best with DMG, pocket and colour whereas I prefer other things for advance/SP. If you get frustrated, just take a break and keep in mind that when you DO get it working, you've got a very nice little piece, particularly if it's used primarily for LSDJ like mine is. I imagine they're also very nice for flashing other things onto, but I'm not far enough along in my education in software to tool around with such things just yet.
As was noted above, nonfinite offers to include the cable along with it. That's where I got mine and I had them send me an extra cable along with it (though I have several already from my PS3 and a couple of digital cameras, which also often come with them as a means of file transfer.) If you prefer buy your cables separately, try the part of your chosen shop where they deal in digital cameras and you should find them. I notice that they tend to retail for under $10 USD but that, of course, may be different for you depending on which shop you like and where you live.
Good luck and have fun, friend. ♡
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