Compare
GBA Flash Cards
Which one should I buy?
It could be confusing for people new to Gameboy Flash Cards
& Linkers to choose the right one. That's why we created some
tables with comparison to make your choice easier.
If you are looking for a flash card that would play GBA ROMS on NDS check out our test results for Nintendo DS compatibility 
At this point only Flash Linker Kit capable of running Commercial NDS ROMS on Nintendo DS is XG-Flash + PassMe = NeoFlash 3in1 with Magic Key DS mod 
compatibility with GBA & SP & GB bridge
(for playing GB/GBC roms on ADV. or COLOR)
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GB
ADVANCE |
GBA SP |
GB-Bridge |
Game
Wallet
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Multi
Boot
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RealTime
Clock
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GBA X-ROM ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
? |
YES |
YES |
EZ-Flash 3 EZ3 ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
? |
YES |
YES |
QBus QBoy ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
? |
YES |
NO |
G6Flash 3, 2 & 1 ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
? |
YES |
YES |
EZ2 PowerStar ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
? |
YES |
YES |
EZFA Realtime Carts |
YES
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YES
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NO
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?
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YES
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YES
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FA Xtreme USB ™ |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES
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NO
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NO
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Xtreme Cards |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES
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NO
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NO
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XG-Flash ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
?
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NO
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v2
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XG Cards |
YES |
YES |
NO |
?
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NO
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NO
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Flash2Advance ™ |
YES |
NO |
YES |
YES
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NO
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NO
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F2A USB Linker ™ |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES
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NO
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NO
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F2A Cards |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES
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NO
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NO
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Wise Box ™ |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO
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NO
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NO
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Wise Card |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO
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NO
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NO
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To sum this up - I would suggest you to get one of the new generation GBA Flash Cards like GBA X-ROM 512M for $69.00 USD. Xrom USB linker connects
directly to the GBA or GBA SP similar to F2A and EZFA linker. All of the new cartridge can hold multiple games on a single cart (multiboot) and the best ones come with built-in Realtime
Clock that is needed for games like PoKeMoN and Golden Sun that have time related events.
Most of the GBA Flash Cards if used together with PassMe / MagicKey / PassKey DS mods will let you run unsigned code on the Nintendo DS and even play some NDS ROMS, but please check our GBA Flash Card compatibility with DS page for more details.
On a 512M card you will be able to save around 8 commercial
gba roms at a time or 100 gb, gbc roms or you can backup
couple of thousands of gba PD roms. Cheaper 256M would also work fine, but DO NOT buy a 128M card as there are games that require all of the 128M and some even 256M of space so you will not be able to play them on a 128M card!
One of our long time favorite was EZ-Flash
2 PowerStar Most of the features are the same as EZF Advance
but EZ-Flash 2 Power Star has some that are not found on any
other cart:
- To save the battery power and give you more game time it uses
1.8v memory chip instead of the 3.3v on the rest of the flash
cards (adds ~5h of play time)
- Password protection or the Cartridge - if you don't want other
to use your e-flash card without you knowing it.
- Built-in support for Cheat codes and Software reset
XG-Flash linker & card is a good choice for
people who to play only GBA game roms. For EEPROM and Flash game
saves XG uses AUTO software patches and the software for this linker
is updated frequently. XG-Flash also has support from the great LittleWriter software
- something that F2A lacks. On XG you can run a special version
of PogoShell and so yes
you can play NES roms with it!
Flash2Advance linker for the USB is the one that
you should look at if you need compatibility with older F2A cards
FA Pro and Turbo
cards and you need them to work on GBA SP. Other than that this
linker is similar to EZFA, but F2A is little more expensive and
can not be used as multiboot
cable!
The factory that made FA Xtreme USB and Flash Advance Linkers
has been closed so if you still can find some shops selling them
know
that soon they will be gone :(
Lets compare Flash Advance / Flash2Advance / XG-Flash Linker / FA Xtreme and 64M, 128M, 256M, 512M card compatibility with each other.
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EZFA
new |
XG
Flash |
Flash2Adv.
USB |
EZ-Flash Linker |
FA Pro
Turbo |
Wise Box
LPT |
Xtreme
FA |
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EZF Realtime Cart |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
XG-Flash Cards & EZ |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
FA Turbo Pro 64,128 |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
Wise Card 64 256M |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
FA Pro & F2A 256M |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
NO |
YES |
F2A 64M, 128M |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
FA Xtreme Cards |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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