rumpelfilter
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I'm thinking about buying myself a Cart to load some GB software on. Mainly I'm thinking about mGB, Shitwave, LSDJ some games and some other pieces of music software.
I am working mainly on a mac computer and have both a first gen DMG and a newer GBC, but I like the DMG a lot better.
As far as my research goes the Drag 'n Derp seems to be the best cart around. Everdrive seems to have issues with LSDJ and the old EMS carts all need Windows.

So is there anything I need to know about the Derps? Also, is there any other alternative I am not aware of?

edit: since I have solved the USB cart problem, now let me add another question: what's a good backlight for the DMG?

Last edited by rumpelfilter (Aug 18, 2014 5:10 pm)

defPREMIUM
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this is what i used back in the day and it worked great and i think a lot of people use it too http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card

8BIT KIDD
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id would splash out and get the derp it rules

OmO
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defPREMIUM wrote:

this is what i used back in the day and it worked great and i think a lot of people use it too http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card

he/she said they were not looking for ems carts because they are using mac.

Drag n' Derp +1

rumpelfilter
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@OmO: I'm a he smile and yes I'm using a mac, though I have a windows computer too but it's not that practical for me to jump around between computers.

Seems like the Derp is the way to go. Not the cheapest, but it if works well I'm more than happy to spend the money. Also I like to support products from independent developers/makers.

Knife Crimes
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Derp.

defPREMIUM
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didn't realize those were called ems carts guess im a bad at chiptune

rumpelfilter
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I might be wrong, but I think they are called like that. I think it's because the company making them is called E.M.S.
Quick google search: http://www.gameboycarts.com/2009/12/ems … ard-64-mb/

This might just be one of the USB-programmer-based types around though...

sprusr
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If you have the cash, it's probably worth dishing out for a Drag n' Derp.

Just so you know, the EMS cart works absolutely fine with a Mac. I've never had trouble using this https://lacklustre.net/projects/ems-flasher/, although there may be reasons unbeknown to me that this is rarely mentioned when people ask about flashing an EMS on Mac OS.

J3wel
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I have two ems carts and have no problem flashing to and from them using a mac. Theres a tutorial somewhere and it just uses terminal.

egr
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Derps are wonderful but keep in mind you can only have one rom at a time on the cart. With ems you can have several but they all share the same ram so you don't want lsdj on there along with other roms that have save functions.

rumpelfilter
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Hmm, so basically the ideal thing would be to get a Derp for LSDJ and an EMS for the rest...
I had LSDJ but ended up selling it (ok I know some people will scream "how could you do that?") because it was one of those non-USB carts that needed a separate programmer.

I have the newer PCB-only Nanoloop cart, which works great!

I would still put LSDJ on the cart as an extra to have when I feel like using it, but for the rest it would be more for other things, smaller ROMs, like mGB or shitwave. Some of them fit on the Nanoloop cart, but the lastest version of mGB is already too big.

I read a lot about the EMS not working on Macs, but that apparently is old news. I guess I'll got that one then instead.

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rumpelfilter wrote:

Hmm, so basically the ideal thing would be to get a Derp for LSDJ and an EMS for the rest...
I had LSDJ but ended up selling it (ok I know some people will scream "how could you do that?") because it was one of those non-USB carts that needed a separate programmer.

I have the newer PCB-only Nanoloop cart, which works great!

I would still put LSDJ on the cart as an extra to have when I feel like using it, but for the rest it would be more for other things, smaller ROMs, like mGB or shitwave. Some of them fit on the Nanoloop cart, but the lastest version of mGB is already too big.

I read a lot about the EMS not working on Macs, but that apparently is old news. I guess I'll got that one then instead.

For an EMS on MAC... refer to these.

https://ucollective.org/forums/topic.ph … mp;tid=356
http://chainsaw.musho.org/stuff/ems-on-mac/

rumpelfilter
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thanks a lot everybody! This has all been all very helpful, I have decided to buy an EMS now and then see how it works! If it turns out that flashing on the mac doesn't work properly I can alsways turn on my windows machine and try from there.
Being limited to just one rom on the Derp is not working for me.

bitjacker
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do realize that lsdj consumes the entire cart. it wont allow other software to be present. unless you have a file manager or OLD version of lsdj.
if you can find a bleepbloop cart get one... dont even hesitate. i have ems, derp and bleepbloop. they all work. the bleepbloop cart sits on a shrine when it is not in my gameboy. the neat thing i guess is the bleepbloop cart has lsdj with a file manager (which gives me 6 different banks) so its like having 6 lsdj carts in one wonderful little plastic shell.

Last edited by bitjacker (Aug 18, 2014 12:41 pm)

kineticturtle
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Yo littleFM will allow you to hold multiple LSDJ banks with a drag 'n' derp. So far, derps seem to be more reliable than certain eras of bleepbloops, so I would take bitjacker's advice with a li'l grain of salt.

LittleFM:
http://blog.gg8.se/wordpress/2013/02/04 … -released/
(there's also an 0.5.1 but all it adds is experimental EMS support:
http://blog.gg8.se/wordpress/2013/03/04 … fects-you/ )