PicoBoot VS swiss-gc

SNES: FX Pak Pro, Internal BlueRetro mod (BT controllers), Voultar's RGB bypass, Recap. N64: Everdrive x7, Tim's RGB mod, Noctua fan, Recap. GC: PicoBoot, LaserBear's internal BlueRetro mod (BT controllers). PS1: xStation, Internal BlueRetro mod (BT controllers), Pico PSU + Noctua fan, Recap. PS2: Ultraslim mod with SD card reader in top Fat PS3: This is actually a sleeper PC with a GTX 1060 and a Ryzen 5 2600 for emulation purposes.

The PicoBoot Troubleshooting tips say that this can be caused by either a faulty SD2SP2 adapter or your SD card isn't set up correctly.

2 pico for the 2 GameCube as Pico Boot, a modchip for playing GameCube games store on an SD card

Sorry I forgot to reply! This guide has everything you will need to install, you just have to order the parts and do the simple soldering. Soooooo worth it.

-Tales of Symphonia - does it hang at a certain point in the game noted here: https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/issues/387

The issue was reported https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/issues/401 but was closed without resolution.

Yes. Here is a video demonstration of using the disc to access Swiss. You need this version of the Action Replay disc (ensuring it says US console if your console is a US model, or it says European console for PAL models). You then need an SD card adapter like this to store the Swiss files. You can also store Game Boy Interface files to load it from Swiss. Here is a visual comparison of Game Boy Interface. I can tell you it looks so much better on a modern TV.

Thanks for the reply! I'd never have thought to try that. Though, now instead of rebooting to the build-in IPL it just hard locks with a black screen instead. Much like this thread, so I guess I'm not alone as this seems to have been going on for a long time: https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/issues/364

In most cases, yes. As hanst3r said if the game requires streaming audio emulation (select the game in Swiss and it will tell you whether it uses this or not) then you can't also use virtual memory cards. This also applies if you enable read speed emulation, which as far as I know is only required with Tales of Symphonia.

You don't need the OEM disc for anything. You just need some way to boot homebrew. Some options are an Action Replay and an SD Card adapter, a memory card with an exploited save game and the game that goes with it, or using a modded GameCube with Picoboot, GCLoader, or XenoGC. You boot into Swiss and then select options for and boot into GBI.