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Only ever played OOoT, MM, and WW. Just ordered an Analogue Pocket. Suggest an order. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: turns out these are all bootleg and I’m a moron. Only two Zelda games were officially released for GBA.

Just kicked off a return.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They might be tricking the GBA into thinking it's a GB cartridge (it has a built-in GBC "emulator"). I found different ways this could work online: perhaps by adding extra plastic to actuate a switch (that switches between 5 V (GBC) and 3.3 V (GBA) power to the cartridge); alternatively, the ROM chip is made to withstand both voltages and the system selection is done by a 0 in the top bit of the cartridge's "B" register.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Indeed that could be the case but they are definitely not official cartridges.