Description:
Flash Advance Linker

The Flash Advance Linker is the first professionial mass produced development and backup device for the Gameboy™ Advance.

Just like a Cradle for your Palm or other Handheld Computer, the GBA Flash Advance Linker is plugged in to the printer port of your PC. Once connected, it can simply send and receive game ROM data from or to the plugged in game or Flash Cartridge.

Reading out game ROM data (dumping):
Once your original GBA game has been plugged in to the Flash Advance Linker, you can use the provided software to read out the rom data and save it to your local PC harddrive as a so-called ROM file. The Flash Advance Linker also lets you read out the savegame to store it in an extra file - you won't use any game data, e.g. when the battery in your original GBA game gets empty.

Sending ROM files to your empty cartridge:
Simply use the provided software to open the ROM file from your harddrive, it will then send the data through the printer port to the Flash Advance Linker, which will store the data in the Cartridge - just as when you connect your MP3 Player to your PC to 'fill' it with songs. Totally easy!

Flash Advance Card

The Flash Advance is the first professional mass produced flash Card for the Gameboy™ Advance.

Just like a Memory Stick from Sony, or like a Smart Card or Smart Media Card you are using for your MP3 Player, it will simply hold the game data in it's Flash Memory. Once you have sent games, demos or programs to it's memory using the Flash Advance Linker, it can simply be plugged into the Gameboy Advance and it will act like an original game!

The Flash Advance will also allow you to store savegame data. This means once you've opened a lot of levels or you got some extra points in your game, you won't need to start from the scratch - it will save the game status just like an original cartridge with the game. Savegame data can be stored on your local PC Harddrive too, so you won't loose any data when you are using the flash card for other games.

Flash Advance can be re-written, feel free to use it how often you want, as said, just like any other Flash Card on the market (Smart Media, Memory Stick etc.). The Flash Advance is furthermore the perfect choice for any professional Gameboy Advance developers or even home developers - Create your own games using your PC (free software is available) and simply use the Flash Advance to show your game/demo to friends or test it on real Hardware. If you believe it or not, even large software companies are developing their games using exactly this Hardware and this methods.
Only the new 256M cartridge has a built-in EEPROM, SRAM and Flash save capability.
FOR FULL INFORMATION, VISIT THE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE AT WWW.VISOLY.COM

The Flash Linker Advance WILL NOT play Gameboy or Gameboy Color games without the use of the Gameboy Bridge Adapter.

What you get in the set: 1 GBA Flash Linker, 1 Flashcard, 1 Cable for connecting to your PC.

For the latest software, download from the manufacturers website WWW.VISOLY.COM
LittleWriter Software for flashing the card http://mapage.noos.fr/dadywriter
For GBA Dev, check sites such as www.gbaemu.com