Anyone know how to play your old GameBoy games in the DSLites slot 2?

[jeremysart]

Silly question, but it was imprinted in my brain that you could play your old Game Boy carts in the DS Lites slot 2. I mean, it makes sense.. the GBA plays them, and GBA games.. the DS Lite has a GBA slot, should it not fit Original GB games?

 

But I recently tried to pop in my Super Mario Land, and it was a no-go, it does not fit in there. It appears there are two little tabs or something in the way. Is there a simple mod to get rid of those?

 

Anyone find a way around this?

[BDW]

It wont work regardless. AFAIK, The DS doesn't have a chip that is required to play GB games.

[shadow460]

The two tabs have something to do with the voltage applied to the cart in a Game Boy Advance. What it boils down to is what Brandon posted--the necessary hardware is not present.

 

Might I recommend a Game Boy Color or an SP?

[+RevEng]

The other alternative is to get a flash cart (~$10 from deal extreme) and play your GB games through emulation. The GB and GBC emulation quality on the DS is quite good!

[SoulBlazer]

The first two have allready been said, but there are five options available to you:

 

1) Get a eariler Game Boy system. My personal suggestion is a GBA SP.

2) Get a flash cart and play the games through emulation on your DS Lite.

3) Play them through emulation on your PC (what I personaly do -- I use a NES pad for it.

4) Pick up one of the 'clone' systems that will play older Game Boy games.

5) Get a Game Boy Player and play the games through your GameCube.

[Austin]

The first two have allready been said, but there are five options available to you:

 

1) Get a eariler Game Boy system. My personal suggestion is a GBA SP.

2) Get a flash cart and play the games through emulation on your DS Lite.

3) Play them through emulation on your PC (what I personaly do -- I use a NES pad for it.

4) Pick up one of the 'clone' systems that will play older Game Boy games.

5) Get a Game Boy Player and play the games through your GameCube.

6) Use a Super Game Boy on your SNES or clone system for b&w titles ;D

[fiddlepaddle]

The first two have allready been said, but there are five options available to you:

 

1) Get a eariler Game Boy system. My personal suggestion is a GBA SP.

2) Get a flash cart and play the games through emulation on your DS Lite.

3) Play them through emulation on your PC (what I personaly do -- I use a NES pad for it.

4) Pick up one of the 'clone' systems that will play older Game Boy games.

5) Get a Game Boy Player and play the games through your GameCube.

6) Use a Super Game Boy on your SNES or clone system for b&w titles ;D

Or my favorite:

7) Get an original Game Boy, a boom-box, a big glass of ice tea, and go sit on the back porch in a lawn chair on a sunny day (might want to wait for spring to get here).

[shadow460]

Super Game Boy units are plentiful, so if you have a SNES, that might be the best option.

[Austin]

Super Game Boy units are plentiful, so if you have a SNES, that might be the best option.

 

Indeed.. I picked up a complete one on eBay for about $15 last week, free shipping.. Granted the box isn't in great shape, but the point is you can pick up a used one, cart only, for ten bucks, tops.

[jeremysart]

Hehe, well, I already own

Game Cube w/ Gameboy Player

Original Gameboy

Gameboy Advance SP

and Super Gameboy..

 

Im just nerdy and wanted to know if there was a way to cram a GB cart into the DS. Too bad, it really is a rockin' hand held for classic emulation. I was thinking about getting an EZFlash 4 from DE. I just figured i'd find out if it was possible before getting into emulation.

[monzamess]

Hehe, well, I already own

Game Cube w/ Gameboy Player

Original Gameboy

Gameboy Advance SP

and Super Gameboy..

 

Im just nerdy and wanted to know if there was a way to cram a GB cart into the DS. Too bad, it really is a rockin' hand held for classic emulation. I was thinking about getting an EZFlash 4 from DE. I just figured i'd find out if it was possible before getting into emulation.

 

EZ Flash IV is a slot 2 device. By itself it can only launch GBA games (which could include a GB emulator, but the GB emulator on the GBA isn't as good as the one on the DS). You need a slot 1 device, example Acekard 2, to run native DS games and emulators. EZ Flash IV can be used as "extra memory" for some slot 1 devices but I've never seen the point of that if you have a decently large mem card in the slot 1 device. FWIW the EZ Flash IV is probably the best option (and one of the few options left) if you DO want a GBA-compatible flash card.

[Bruce Tomlin]

Support for GB/GBC games was primarily removed because the cartridges require a 5 volt power supply. With everything going 3.3V, they would have had to include a power inverter in addition to the necessary backward compatibility circuitry (or emulator). All this to run games that were nearly 20 years old.

 

The plastic tab is to keep you from wasting your time on something that won't work.

[+RevEng]

EZ Flash IV is a slot 2 device. By itself it can only launch GBA games (which could include a GB emulator, but the GB emulator on the GBA isn't as good as the one on the DS). You need a slot 1 device, example Acekard 2, to run native DS games and emulators...

Agreed on all points. Acekard 2 is an excellent budget option too.

 

I don't know about EZ Flash IV, but some slot 2 cards would let you run DS games if you had flashme firmware installed. But that route is a hassle and likely less supported by the homebrew community these days.

[carmel_andrews]

If your handy with software and hardware hacky...get with it and roll your own GB/GBC emu and stick it in some sort of cart adapter (a 'la 52=2600 type thing)

Edited December 24, 2009 by carmel_andrews

[Tr3vor]

The first two have allready been said, but there are five options available to you:

 

1) Get a eariler Game Boy system. My personal suggestion is a GBA SP.

2) Get a flash cart and play the games through emulation on your DS Lite.

3) Play them through emulation on your PC (what I personaly do -- I use a NES pad for it.

4) Pick up one of the 'clone' systems that will play older Game Boy games.

5) Get a Game Boy Player and play the games through your GameCube.

6) Use a Super Game Boy on your SNES or clone system for b&w titles ;D

 

 

super gameboy . the sound is higher pich and really annoying. gba or gbc, depending of what kind of game you want to play.

 

arnt the tabs on a gba or gba sp used for letting the system know if it is a old gb or gba game, i think those one push down. yeah, the gba has the old gbc's cpu in it so it is compatable with older games. the ds and ds lite lacks this processor.

[jeremysart]

I have an R4 card which is a pretty good budget card, although primitive to the AK2, it does what I need it do.

Thanks for the input.

 

Now that I think of it, I believe there is a GB emulator for a slot 1 device out there. It wouldn't surprise me, as I have a GB emulator on my PSP.

[brak]

DSTT card for the DS pretty nice. it sometimes freezes up when loading DS roms, but beyond that it's good. i play a lot of NES roms on it. havn't tried Game boy yet. best part the DSTT is CHEAP. cost me $6, free shipping on dealextreme, took 2 weeks to get it, but hey for $6, what the hell.

[Ace_1]

super gameboy . the sound is higher pich and really annoying.

 

Never mind just the sound pitch being too high, but the games also run TOO FAST! The difference in speed is small, but it's a notable difference. Why? Because the CPU in the Super GameBoy runs too fast. I am not kidding; it's overclocked out of Nintendo's factory. A standard GameBoy "Brick" runs at 4.194304MHz, but a Super GameBoy runs with a faster clock at 4.295454MHz. It's running at barely 0.1MHz faster, and the sound pitch is WAY wrong, and the game run faster(in Nemesis, in particular, the faster clock of the Super GameBoy is VERY noticeable, since the music not only plays with a higher sound pitch, but it also plays too fast). If you get a Super GameBoy, you have to underclock it back to 4.194304MHz to get the authentic GameBoy experience.

Edited December 26, 2009 by Ace_1