The future of the F2A ultra support page

Dear Flash 2 Advance users,

It's has been a very, very long time since we wrote anything new on the site.
We just felt it is time to tell you about the future of our popular and the only support site left for the F2A series.
We're sure that it would be nice to hear what happened to this site.
Not more than a few months ago the original www.flash2advance.com and www.flash2advanceultra.com disappeared from the internet.
The original makers finally gave up on support after 2.5 years, actually they didn't provide us any support at all (except for a few updates which
you should be able to count on your both hands).
There are no new programs to be added to this site now that the Official Team has left the scene.
As for the programs and files currently on the site this website will purely stay here as a resource page for the various Boot loaders and Writers.
I think these links may come in handy for all you F2A users.

What can we tell about the forums?

Well, currently we have a paid forum. We should have thought twice choosing a forum (Since it's not free and data
according to the makers CAN'T be exported to another forum like PHPBB or VBulletin.) but this is not a thing we can change anymore.
Going to another Forum is not possible without having to start with an empty Forum.Of course we don't want to do that, that's why the old one is still here.

Is there another reason why this website is loosing it's popularity?

Yes, and it isn't really so difficult to comprehend.
Due to new great products coming on the market in the Linker segment and especially for the Nintendo DS, not many people will buy any hardware for a GBA (SP) console.
The GBA has had its most glorious time we think, as a DS owner we can simple emphasize that thought.
Still the F2A carts is one of the best flashcarts available in the GBA (SP) segment.Only we don't use the F2A carts that often anymore. (It's DS baby! :P)

Is this a goodbye??

Yes and no...
Actually we must tell that we don't exactly know the future of this website..
This site will stay here as a resource site for all you F2A users. Perhaps it would be possible to put the Forum back online as well. We asked for Donations in our Forums but so far nobody responded.
The reason that we asked for donations was also to test whether you think it is worth to have the Forum back online again.
So far not many people showed much of an interest so we decided to leave it this way. What do you want? Please leave your comment.

What we do know is that this site was a great experience for us.
Three years ago it wasn't that easy to set up a decent website (hey we were 15).Luckily, back then we had quite a lot experience in writing software in VB 6.0 and designing webpages in the old simple HTML and DHTML. A decent webpage for the F2AU support was born.

The tools we have today weren't freely available. Now it only takes some good knowledge and a "bright" person to learn or write just anything.moreover, the possibilities are endless!A lot of tools are now open-source, the technology is already there and moreover it is all free!

We are not going to leave the GBA/NDS scene! We will always be interested in new DS hardware and or DS homebrew. Sometimes we still write some feedback or software applications for other "Homebrew Fanatics" or help other people who are having F2AU problems.....

Yep, The Internet has become a wonderful medium. Nonetheless, we think it is time to move on, do other stuff but don't forget to look back to those wonderful times when having such a site as this one was kinda special for two young guys.



Thanks VanAuberjim for writing the F2A U manual,
Thanks www.flashlinker-shop.com and Linker4u
for providing the hardware in the past.
Thanks Cory1492 and Joojootje for their additional contributions!

and of course,

Thank YOU for using this site over the years!

Penpvdbs

If you want to leave a comment or share your opinion about what you want with the forums please do so.

ANY COMMENTS WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATED! : )

NDS-lite is Available!!!!!

Finally! The NDS-lite is imported from Japan for European users.
This version comes with a optional Flasme v.7 already installed which means your Nds-lite is ''homebrew/Rom'' ready.
The new NDS-Lite has a much sleeker look than the normal Nintendo DS.
And probably the most wanted thing to have this summer.

Further specs:
- Improved smaller and lighter version of the Nintendo DS- Weights just 218g instead of 275g and measures 133mm x 73.9mm x 21.5mm
- The screen backlight can be adjusted in 4 steps
- Equipped with 2 LCD screens. Besides, the lower one features with PDA-like touch capabilities- Wireless multiplayer for up to 16 players.

The NDS with flashme installed is 220 Dollar (199 Euro).




For more detailed information click Here

New Nintendo DS Systems with Flashme Installed!

Anyone who does not own a Nintendo DS system yet, we recommend to check the available DS's here. It comes with Flashme already installed so you're all set to play NDS Roms in combination with a Supercard set. We think the price of 150 Euro (170 USD) is quite a good deal.



Check out the normal DS or the cool blue one:
Nintendo DS with FlashMe - Blue

Nintendo DS with FlashMe - Silver

A Supercard set is already available for only 59 Euro's (67 USD)
Supercard - SD to (GBA+SP+DS) Adapter

Play NDS games the best way

The Supercard SD + Superpass2 (Set) allows you to play tons of Roms on a SD card or CF (CompactFlash) card. The Superpass2 (read our review) combined with the SuperCard is in our opinion the best solution for enjoying NDS Roms. Have yours ordered today and play NDS Roms on your NDS and use the fastest and cheapest shipping by flashlinker-shop!




A bundle with Supercard - SD + SD card 512MB + cardreader, or even a 1 gig set is also availabe for 119.00EUR (135 dollar) or 149.00EUR (164 dollar) for the 1 Gig set .
A Superpass2 is not included, you have to have a Nintendo DS with
Flashme

installed (which is actually a modification of the Firmware) or buy the Superpass2 seperately for 20 dollar.

http://www.flashlinker-shop.com flash2advanceultra carts

Flashlinker-shop, fast and reliably.

This will interest most European gba fanatics. Buy cheap flash2advanceultra carts at
flashlinker-shop.com
Only 89.Euro for a 256 M flash2advanceultra cart and USB LINKER CABLE INCLUDED. Take a look around now! (Choose you language at the right of the screen.)

New release of Visual Boy Advance v1.8 beta 3

Probably the best GBA emulator.
Download from here:
http://vba.ngemu.com/

have fun..

Update f2aultra game tips

ANY GAMES worth playing?

What makes a gba game attractive to people? That's where this topic is about. There are a lot of games which get quite boring after a few minutes and you may start to ask yourself: "Why did I buy this game?"

Our opinion: games have to be simple but at the same time difficult/interesting to play. Can we say that every new new gba title is a fun to play? of course not. It depends of the game of course. Think about it. The reason that Mario is still so extremely successful is that every Mario game has an unique and simple concept(cartoon looking graphics, funny looking figures and don't forget interesting puzzles to solve) however the game play and story stays always the same. (most of the time defeat the bad guy(s) e.g. Bowser and save the good guys e.g. princess Peach)For example take a look at these 2 screenshots.
Both games look very interesting, however the first looks a bit more promising then the second one. Nevertheless, I'll bet that you'll will have more fun with the second one. Why? the second one has got fast and unique gameplay. The first one has got nice story line however the gameplay is really slow and stays always the same....

What gamers want nowadays is action, adventure and a good storyline just in one game.

That is why the Mario series will always be and will stay so successfully. I think you will have to agree with me on that...

Finaly which games will be definitively fun to play?
I can't tell you exactly of course but the
- Mario series are still always fun to play! (Mario DS, Allt the Super Mario Advance series, Mario Party GBA,
- Zelda series are just great too!

Any other good games?
less famous titles but still fun to play:
- Beatmania (GB/GBC)
- Kuru Kuru Kururin
- The old famous Tetris :)
- Super Puzzle Bubble Bobble
- Harvest moon series
- Spongebob (great fun for kids!)
- Pokemon (both for kids and adults :)
- Advance Wars
- Donkey Kong: King of Swing- Golden Sun series

Just try one of these above games and remember how fun GBA gaming is!

Info- Forum is online again, happy posting

Post as many posts as you would like! Nomore post limit!
http://8bit.be/phpbb/index.php?id=f2aultra
Happy gaming!

Dragon Basic- Flash2AdvanceUltra game development

Introduction to Flash2AdvanceUltra Development part1

In this post we'll introduce a making games for your flash cart. WE think playing games is fun but making games fantastic. Hmm.. some of you might think "how do I start programming for the GBA? I've never learned any programming languages." Well there is absolutly no need to learn C++ if you want to start making games.

Making games for the GBA can be easily done with the Basic programming language (Originally devised as an easy-to-use programming language).

The development Kit: Dragon Basic (Which it's development unfortunatly
has stopped) allows you to make great platform games. However I would recommend newbies who whould like to make a simple "hello world" program or even start making a first gba game to use DragonBasic.

Well here is a short introduction to the IDE.

We think it is a pitty this great Development Kit for the GBA isn't updated anymore.
Things you should know about DragonBasic.
-The official DragonBasic site is dead
-Cannot find any download of DragonBasic on the web anymore.
-DragonBasic has got a IDE (see picture above)
-I use a limited version of DragonBasic which allows you to build roms less than 128 Kb.

The limited version can be downloaded from our site.
-All docs and tutorials included

Please download from the links section of our web. Or download here.

WHY THIS BLOG?

Why a Flash2AdvanceUltra blog?

As you might have noticed in the previous posts you will find interesting games in this Blog. WHY? Firstly, we don't want you to get bored with your great Flash2Advanceultra cart so that is why we post nice games here to try out. (Always get to know the latest game development)

Why should you read this blog? Well you will never be bored again! If you going on holiday sure try out one of the adventure games> e.g. Manic Mansion, Larry and Space QuestThere is so much choice and it doesn't cost you anything.
Ofcourse you always can buy BrokenSword too. (Which has been ported to the GBA but that is old news) In sum this blog will be really interesting if you want to play unique games. And not the boring games and stuff. We will only cover up with the best games! Secondly we will post here the latest development of handy utilities and tools (e.g. new Flash2Advance Ultra software from the community)

Thirdly we will introduce making your own gba games. And quess what!?You won't need any programming skills at all (We won't start using the C++ language too.) One thing is for sure, you will never be bored again with your Flash2AdvanceUltra cart.

May the gba be with you!

If you want to contribute to our blog (maybe you are an affiliate or you have got news relating to the Flash2AdvanceUltra cart please join our blog, It will be great!) Ofcourse flash2advanceultra users can join too! Everyone is invited!

Scumm Adventure games on Flash2advanceultra?

Adventure games on the GBA part 3

In the previous blog I introduced Scumm games. I think Scumm games are the most famous of the adventure games.
Now what would be really great is that you can run your old adventure games like Indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis, Sam and Max hit the road or even the great Monkey Island game on your GBA.

Unfortunately I am afraid to tell you that this can't be done. There is no Virtual Machine or interpreter for the Scumm engine. So can't Scumm games be played on the GBA?
The awnser is NO. There is one way to play an Scumm game on our lovely nintendo console.

What do you think of running the point and click adventure game Manic Mansion on the GBA? Yes that is possible :)
How to do it? well it's quite easy. Remember the NES version of Manic Mansion?
HEHE some guys may get it here.

First of all download PocketNes and a ROM builder at http://www.pocketnes.org/downloads.html (I used Thingy v1.1 by loopy) But you might try some other ROM builders too.

Secondly simple get the NES version of Manic Mansion which can be downloaded from various emu site's and build the ROM.

Wel how does it play? JUST GREAT, I really enjoyed playing adventure games when I was young and now I can relive the good old times agian.

Check out these great ingame screenshots ON THE GBA!!










Don't stop playing till you get enough!

Sierra Adventure games on GBA

Explore new worlds, SIERRA ADVENTURE GAMES ON THE GBA
Adventure games on the gba part2
Before the real good graphics acceleration carts came games used to be simple. The game play and the good story made a game good. So that is why adventure games were very popular back in the 90's. Besides the famous Scumm point and click games from Lucas Arts (Monkey Island Series, Indianana Jones series, the Dig and Full Throttle) there was another adventure games maker.

You might know which company I mean: Sierra Entertainment. Very famous games(Larry series, Roger Wilco lost in space, King Quest, Police Quest) were developed by Sierra. NOW here is the great news! There is a emulator/interpreter available for the GBA to run your old Siera adventure games again. The name of this GBA emulator is GBAGI.

People with a flash2advance ultra cart are one of the luckiest people around. With the use of a flash cart on your GBA, you can play all your AGI games on the portable! Not only can you play Sierra's adventure games, but also your own, and dozens of homebrew games made by other enthusiasts!

Just simple download the GBAGI + ROM Injection Utility (current version 2.0)
Everything you need to play the classic Sierra games on the GBA!

Games are easily to install, this utillity see picture above only ask your rom data from the original adventure game and then builds the rom in gba format with the interpreter!

Have fun guys!

Download link here

Another World: Adventure games on Flash2AdvanceUltra

Adventure games on Flash2AdvanceUltra part1

AnotherWorld
Hi welcome to the first interesting blog at www.flash2advanceultra.cjb.net
There are a lot of GBA ports on the net but I think this one is best. Let me introduce
ANOTHER WORLD. Some of you might know the game, for other the game is completely new.
The game is a platform game and is very comparable with interplay's Heart of Darkness. I believe that it is developed by the same programmer.. Both games have the same gameplay too.

The port plays almost the same as the original on the pc. The port is done by http://www.foxysofts.com . Actually the port for the GBA is old news but I bet that a lot of people the game haven't heared of AnotherWorld yet..

The game features really smooth animations and has a great story. You might want to take a look at a few screen shots here:

The game might be a bit difficult in the begining but that makes the game so interesting.

The game it's current version is Another World GBA V2.1 FR/EN (28.04.2005)

Download the game from the author's website please.
Adventure gamers will love this game!

Flash2AdvanceUltraSupport Blog

Yes! You aren't dreaming Flash2AdvanceUltra Support has now a blog!

So why have we created a blog?

We know the world of gba gaming is just fantastic. But the development of gba games is more fantastic! So the things you will see here are posts of new homebrew-gba games, apps, or just great ports. All fun to play on your flash2advanceultra flashcart.