MBC30-Flashcart
MBC30 Version of the MBC3 flashcart for 4MB roms (by HDR)
FLASH-ROM-Adapter-for-GameBoy
AM29F016 or AM29F032 flash memory adapter board to easily DIY a Game Boy flash cartridge (by JRodrigoTech)

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MBC30-Flashcart
Posts with mentions or reviews of MBC30-Flashcart.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-03.
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My Toshinao Aoki tribute build!
Shell is cloud gaming store and label is nextstopplease. The board is hdr's design and those are not sellable sorry Link to hdr incase you want to make your own https://github.com/HDR/MBC30-Flashcart
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Got my label printed :)
Indeed. I do have a few other flashcarts like this one from insideGadgets (which I use for Crystal Clear - another Gen 2 ROM hack) and an MBC30 cart designed by HDR that I built (I use this one for Pokemon Coral which is not a finished game yet). But those are expensive and I already had the Japanese carts sitting around so it made more sense to convert one of those for my Prism cart.
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Newly Built HDR Flashcarts In Aluminum Shells
Ebay. These are the 2mb ones. You can spend more on 4mb ones (I used one of these to build an adapter for a crystal cart) but you're probably better off building a mbc30 cart with those.
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Flash Pokémon Crystal hack rom on japanese pcb
I just did this mod using a TSOP adapter. You can also build your own PCB.
- N64-freak Pocket Color build
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Slate Build complete! I am in love with this thing
That version on OSHPark seems to be outdated, newer versions are on github https://github.com/HDR/MBC30-Flashcart
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Not the best at soldering, but I finally got around to replacing the battery on the Pokemon Crystal I got from ebay. Works like a charm.
I removed the original ROM chip and soldered a new AM29F016B (2mb) flash chip to a custom tsop flex adapter I then flashed the new chip using BennVenn’s Joey jr but there’s and compatible flashes out there that’ll do the same job. You don’t have to cannibalise a Jap cart as you can order an MBC30 DIY cart Otherwise you can flash the chip prior to soldering it on the board with a different programmer. Lots of options.
- Use MBC5 instead of MBC3 chip?
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Looking for a DIY MBC1 flashcart project
MBC30:Github Repo
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Help with ordering game cartridge PCB's
Insider gadgets is probably a great company, but way too expensive for what I can afford for a hobby atm (and they don't have any RTC carts available either). I found an open source alternative: https://github.com/HDR/MBC30-Flashcart
FLASH-ROM-Adapter-for-GameBoy
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Is there anyone producing ROM chips?
I can't speak for all flash chips, but some at least have a write pin that isn't needed after programming. The best thing is to find a datasheet for the flash chip you want to use (or is on a cart you have) and check how it works. I've used the 2MB AM29F016 chip on some homebrew flashcarts (made from cheap Yu-Gi-Oh games and an adapter board from https://www.jrodrigo.net/) and that part has an active low write-enable (WE) pin that tells the chip to write if pulled low to ground (0V). If that pin is removed, you can't write to it anymore.
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Not the best at soldering, but I finally got around to replacing the battery on the Pokemon Crystal I got from ebay. Works like a charm.
I removed the original ROM chip and soldered a new AM29F016B (2mb) flash chip to a custom tsop flex adapter I then flashed the new chip using BennVenn’s Joey jr but there’s and compatible flashes out there that’ll do the same job. You don’t have to cannibalise a Jap cart as you can order an MBC30 DIY cart Otherwise you can flash the chip prior to soldering it on the board with a different programmer. Lots of options.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MBC30-Flashcart and FLASH-ROM-Adapter-for-GameBoy you can also consider the following projects:
GBA-LCD - Reverse engineered documentation on the Game Boy Advance(GBA) LCD Interface
MBC3-Flashcart - My own version of RetroReboot's MBC3 flashcart https://www.retroreboot.net/HTML/projectpage.html, please consider supporting him if you can https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/WadeVillines
MBC5-Flashcart - MBC5 Flashcart | 2x2MB or 4MB Flash | 32KB FRAM | Rumble
Gameboy-Camera-Flashcart - Available on PCBWay!
AGS_LIPO - LiPo adapter for Game Boy Advance SP. Same concept as my AGB adapters: https://github.com/makhowastaken/AGB_LIPO
CGZ - A circuit-level redesign of the Game Boy Color, adding modernized features to the original GBC
CH340C - Details for using the CH340C with a 328p

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