Before I take the plunge.

[miner2049er]

Come on guys, be honest all you Nintendudes.

Before I upgrade my GBA to a DS, what battery life are you getting?

I'll mainly be playing GBA titles or my Flash Cart, but I gotta try Yoshi Touch n Go.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Straight up ... I'm getting at least 6 hours ... probably more.

If you're REALLY worried about battery power, get the $10 extra battery/charger (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7267575&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat45400050010&id=1117177721718). For me, in 5 seconds, I'm on another battery. :)

We play forever on a charge ... it should be negligible in your decision. :)

[Zaphod]

I never have a problem with battery life. I killed in on a trip I recently took, but that was on the plane on the way back never having charged it the entire trip. It's really good, even better if you are playing GBA games due to the use of only one screen.

[miner2049er]

Thanks for the input.

I gotta look at the extras option too.

Do you have any problems playing in sunlight or have they got any screen problems licked?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Most games you can shut off the backlight. I rarely play in sunlight so ...

[Womp]

Playing in light is actually a drag sometimes but thats rare and only bothered me in a few games so far (Like Castlevania) and I'd rather have the backlight option anyway.

[lion2]

Come on guys, be honest all you Nintendudes.

Before I upgrade my GBA to a DS, what battery life are you getting?

I'll mainly be playing GBA titles or my Flash Cart, but I gotta try Yoshi Touch n Go.

The longest I've played has been 4 hours with no problems. I never tried to fully drain the battery so I can't say how long it will last.

[Shane R. Monroe]

I actually got a car charger too so I can charge during the morning commute. Weak .. the DS has made me a slave.

[miner2049er]

Shane, you are a real Nintend ho'

[gondar]

Sure he is, but he wasn't before (as any long time listener knows)...

That alone should tell you something about the DS :) And you know what, I can't say he's wrong. I think you'll be quite happy with it if you decide to buy one.

[miner2049er]

Sure he is, but he wasn't before (as any long time listener knows)...

That alone should tell you something about the DS :) And you know what, I can't say he's wrong. I think you'll be quite happy with it if you decide to buy one.

I definitely will, now it's just a case of when.

Mmmmmmm Year 6 DVD ~ Nintendo DS?

C Ya Shane

[Womp]

That's a classy Avatar you have there! LOA... ah, those were the days...

One of my favorites. I used to love entering a town, buy my wares do my stuff and then......Rob the bank and kill everyone in it as I left on my way out. :)


Good times!!

[Womp]

Come on guys, be honest all you Nintendudes.

Before I upgrade my GBA to a DS, what battery life are you getting?

I'll mainly be playing GBA titles or my Flash Cart, but I gotta try Yoshi Touch n Go.

I'd say about 6 hours myself, never really have a prob...if I feel that I've played it a lot at any given time, I will just plug into the charger on my nightstand before bed and let it charge over night.

[Shane R. Monroe]

One of my favorites. I used to love entering a town, buy my wares do my stuff and then......Rob the bank and kill everyone in it as I left on my way out. :)

Good times!!

Rob .. ha .. how about WINNING too much!???

[Turbo2Xs]

One of my favorites. I used to love entering a town, buy my wares do my stuff and then......Rob the bank and kill everyone in it as I left on my way out. :)


Good times!!Well.... By the time I was strong enough I didn't feel right wack'in all those poor people...

Perhaps thats why 10 years later I got into the protection occupation?

From people like you.

mwahahhahahaha

:)

[Demolition Man]

I'll mainly be playing GBA titles or my Flash Cart, but I gotta try Yoshi Touch n Go.

Expect to lose MANY hours of sleep over Yoshi Touch And Go. :D

[miner2049er]

Expect to lose MANY hours of sleep over Yoshi Touch And Go. :D

I'm trying to build up a sleep surplus right now. :)

[miner2049er]

Well, I did it.

I bought a DS.

Now has anyone modded it to take GB and GBC carts?

[Shane R. Monroe]

No, but there are emulators ... It cannot be hacked to run those games because it physically doesn't have the hardware inside to run those old games. They removed it.

[miner2049er]

Bummer!

I thought I may be able to open it and remove the tabs that stop the cart sliding in.

I emulate on a flash cart so GB games are no problem, it's just the GBC games are not always compatible unless they had a dual power utility in the original cart.

[miner2049er]

Bummer!

I thought I may be able to open it and remove the tabs that stop the cart sliding in.

I emulate on a flash cart so GB games are no problem, it's just the GBC games are not always compatible unless they had a dual power utility in the original cart.

Don't suppose the GBA wireless is compatible either right?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Nope ... According to the packaging I saw, it is not compatible.

I guess we gotta keep around the SPs for a little while longer :)

[miner2049er]

I can't get Goomba to work under XP even in compatibility mode.

Does anyone have any ideas or other conversion tools for my GB/GBC games?

[Shane R. Monroe]

Goomba seems to work fine here on WinXP SP2.

What's the problem you get?

[miner2049er]

Thanks, but I sorted it. I'm on SP2 as well btw.

It will only read and write ROMs in the Goomba parent folder.

I was trying to create the GBA ROM on my desktop. I got the created successfully window but nothing actually happened.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Yeah, weird system folders often reak havoc with homebrew stuff.

Glad you got it working.