atari2600land's Blog

Why not just get a GG flash cart?

I have an Everdrive, but I still want to collect games for the Game Gear because it's such a cool handheld console.

Your statement about having a flash cart and wanting to collect games is silly. You can just test for yourself what you like. Why do you have a flashcart?

Since you have a flash cart can't you just play the games you are missing and make a determination as to what you consider good or bad? Then purchase what you find to be good?

I have a flash cart to test the games I program for the Game Gear. And if someone can find a good ROM site with no dumb pop-ups or misleading download ads, please tell me it.

1. google search "game gear romset"

2. choose an option and download the ONE zip file. you'll have to deal with ads & links. boo hoo.

3. extract the file to get the collection of zip files contained within

4. extract the *.gg files from those zip files onto your SD card.

5. repeat steps 1-4 using "sega master system romset", since the game gear plays it too.

6. use a program called DriveSort to sort the contents of the SD card. the Everdrives (and Harmony carts) do some wonky shit when you're filling the SD card and some stuff gets put out of sequence.

 

my Everdrive GG came in a week or so ago and i already have both collections on my sd card. it's now essentially two systems in one.

 

my root directory looks like this:

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0

gg (A-L)

gg (M-Z)

sms (A-F)

sms (G-L)

sms (M-R)

sms (S-Z)

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my "0" folder has my five favorite GG and five favorite SMS titles, listed as 10 items on one screen.