 XG2
Turbo Plus : XG2T Plus
The XG2Turbo Plus is a cart with a lot of potential. It's hardware
is very good and the Super Memory Stick function is original
and works very well. Plus version is built based on the older
XG2T.
The cartridge's power consummation is incredible: it can last up to 11 hours
on a GBA SP with backlight on! This is the best power consummation on any flash
cart up to date. Aside from the electrical usage, the hardware also has advanced
features such as a real-time clock, and the cartridge supports many saves without
patching, even 1Mb Flash, which is great as not many carts do so.
The cart also uses a new way to handle saves. While other carts use inner batteries,
the XG2 has changed things around by using a Super Memory Stick function. This
means that you will not have to ever worry about your saves being lost, as the
SMS will always keep your saves. However, the system may seem quite awkward at
first, as the SMS only keeps one active save at once, so if you decide to play
another game, you have to backup the save from the first game before switching.
It's weird, but I guess it would not be so hard to get used to it.
The software is average, but it does have dynamic writing, which is pretty cool.
A smaller flaw is that it does not have cheat support, but the biggest overall
flaw of this cart is the flashing speed. It's slooow. It takes about 12
minutes to flash 256Mb. With the EZFA, it takes about 5 minutes to do the same.
However, if patience is on your side, this would not be
so much of a disadvantage and you could live through it. In part this is do to
verification of the written data that other linker do not perform.
For the XG2 Turbo, the hardware is great. And the software is being updated and
impower all the time.
Summed up:
+ Incredible battery power consumption
+ SMS function to manage saves
+ SMS can hold 8M
+ RTC
+ 512Mb version
+ First GBA Flash Card that lets you change
an old save game battey without opening the cartridge. XG2 Turbo
Plus set box comes with 3 batteris that should in total last
for more than 3 years.
- No cheat function
- SMS function takes getting used to
- Slow rom write speed
- No Pogoshell support
Review XG2 Turbo Plus Linker and XG2T Plus card
Features:
Simple USB to GBA link port cable operation.
GBA and GBA SP compatible.
Realtime clock and calendar on.
Save Gam battery can be exchanged at any time.
Easy to open battery slot.
ideal for third-party PDA like applications.
Fast data transfer.
Play mini games via cable, no cart needed.
Hardware saver support.
Faster and higher density flash chips mounted.
128mbit capacity.
Easy to use software.
No additional power required.
Backup games to PC.
Move games from PC to cart.
For Gameboy Advance or Gameboy Advance SP.
No batteries required.
Backward compatible to older Flash Cards.
Download/upload gamesaves into/from your original carts.
Tons of free Software available.
One card holds many games/programs.
Stores a save game for EVERY game!
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XG2T Plus Software
