Hacking Omega in mass production

[element6]

I will have full stock in the next 7-10 days. I will be shipping with 2-3 day priority mail on all orders unless express or first class service is specially requested. No tricks, no fakes, no waiting for a month to receive the cartridge. US based, official cartridges. Link to come when stock is ready to go out.

 

[nickerous]

It is in stock at nds-card:

https://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=544

 

[RetrogamerX]

Any sellers from the UK?

 

[element6]

I highly recommend nds-card.com. Anyone who has purchased from them in the past knows that they are communicative and reliable. I have bought many cards from them over the years.

That said, keep in mind they are shipping from China and most deliveries to the US with the shipping method they use will take 3-4 weeks.

 

[leon315]

What is it? What are they made for?

 

[tiduscrying]

Damn, the price isn't that bad at all considering all the features it is packing. I am more than interested.

Curious to see how it stacks in a good ole fashioned GBATemp review though! Might wait for that before taking the plunge and ordering one for myself... Especially since my EZFlash IV technically works perfectly...

 

[Invader TAK]

It is in stock at nds-card:

https://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=544

WOO! Gonna order that bad boy TOMORROW!

 

[Mark2333]

WOO! Gonna order that bad boy TOMORROW!

Great price, can they ship from USA?

 

[Invader TAK]

Great price, can they ship from USA?

No, they ship from Hong Kong. But they're the GBATemp recommended seller so they're good.

 

[element6]

We will be shipping from NY, NY beginning on April 6. We are fully stocked. All orders will ship with Priority Mail - free shipping. Watch my sig for a link to come on 4/6.

I believe EZ can verify we have official stock.

 

[Localhorst86]

Haha that does not sound really secure. I'm also seeing some ads for omega, but with pictures of the reform. And some websites selling them for €65,-....

Just FYI, my order arrived today. And it is indeed an Omega . So, 40€, not bad. YMMV.

Note that the Omega and the Reform look very similar. The Omega also has a black transparent shell, it only seems slightly more transparent than the Reform. The packaging is also very much the same with the exception of the Omega packaging obviously missing the "Reform" lettering and instead having an Omega Logo embosed.

But, as it sometimes is with aliexpress: it might be a gamble

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Just FYI, my order arrived today. And it is indeed an Omega . So, 40€, not bad. YMMV.

Note that the Omega and the Reform look very similar. The Omega also has a black transparent shell, it only seems slightly more transparent than the Reform. The packaging is also very much the same with the exception of the Omega packaging obviously missing the "Reform" lettering and instead having an Omega Logo embosed.

But, as it sometimes is with aliexpress: it might be a gamble

Which seller did you purchase from on aliexpress? This one?

 

[Localhorst86]

Which seller did you purchase from on aliexpress? This one?

Nope, this one, allthough the listing looks identical appart from the name of the shop:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/201...e-with-EZ-refor-EZ4-ez-flash/32837601766.html

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Nope, this one, allthough the listing looks identical appart from the name of the shop:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/201...e-with-EZ-refor-EZ4-ez-flash/32837601766.html

Thanks for this.

 

[gnmmarechal]

We will start shipping to retailer in this weekend. The global sale should start on early April.

Nice, think I'll go for one of these.

 

[Localhorst86]

@EZ-Flash2 I have a sugestion regarding cheats:

currently, the cheats have to be named identical to the rom (According to the manual). I.e. Cheats for 'Pokemon Ruby.gba' need to be named 'Pokemon Ruby.cht'
WHy not use the same system as you're using for the game previews? I.e. Cheats for Pokemon Ruby would be named 'AXVP.cht' for the european ROM and 'AXVE.cht' for the US one?

 

[EZ-Flash2]

@EZ-Flash2 I have a sugestion regarding cheats:

currently, the cheats have to be named identical to the rom (According to the manual). I.e. Cheats for 'Pokemon Ruby.gba' need to be named 'Pokemon Ruby.cht'
WHy not use the same system as you're using for the game previews? I.e. Cheats for Pokemon Ruby would be named 'AXVP.cht' for the european ROM and 'AXVE.cht' for the US one?

that is a good question. use a tool to check a rom code and rename a file , or simple rename a file, which is quicker?
btw, auto match cheat library on the way.

 

[Localhorst86]

that is a good question. use a tool to check a rom code and rename a file , or simple rename a file, which is quicker?
btw, auto match cheat library on the way.

the first. I already have all my .cht files pretty much named that way (with a single, automated step in between) . This way people could also download a prepared archive of .cht files and drop it onto their SD without having to worry about the file name

EDIT: Renaming 2492 Files manually would be tedious

 

[Cartoni]

Just FYI, my order arrived today. And it is indeed an Omega . So, 40€, not bad. YMMV.

Note that the Omega and the Reform look very similar. The Omega also has a black transparent shell, it only seems slightly more transparent than the Reform. The packaging is also very much the same with the exception of the Omega packaging obviously missing the "Reform" lettering and instead having an Omega Logo embosed.

But, as it sometimes is with aliexpress: it might be a gamble

Ah great, very nice! Ordered mine from a local webshop here in the Netherlands and it is currently on its way. Hence, hope that it is as good as yours then

the first. I already have all my .cht files pretty much named that way (with a single, automated step in between) . This way people could also download a prepared archive of .cht files and drop it onto their SD without having to worry about the file name

EDIT: Renaming 2492 Files manually would be tedious
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What automation step did you use to get every cheat file to named after the games code?

 

[Localhorst86]

What automation step did you use to get every cheat file to named after the games code?

The automation took a few minutes (~10) of preparation.
I took the cheat files from the Revo K101 - these are, AFAIK, the correct format (Haven't been able to test it yet, I am at work currently). This contains the .cht files in a numbered fashion (1854.cht, 0867.cht etc.) but it also contains a GameID.dat conveniently pairing the file numbers to the game code in a format like this:

ABCD1234EFGH5678[...]

I used notepad++ and regular expressions to place a semicolon between the game code and the number ID and add a line break after each grouping of Code/ID, resulting in a nice, CSV list that looked like this:

ABCD;1234
EFGH;5678
[..]

with ABCD being the game code and 1234 being the name of the .cht file. Doing some excel magic, I changed the list to look like this:

1234.cht;ABCD.cht
5678.cht;EFGH.cht
[..]

added a new column containing only the word "rename" before those two, making it look like this:

rename;1234.cht;ABCD.cht
rename;5678.cht;EFGH.cht
[...]

used notepad++ again to replace the semicolon with spaces

rename 1234.cht ABCD.cht
rename 5678.cht EFGH.cht
[...]

and voilá: I have a batch file that automagically renames the files accordingly

EDIT: There might be more elegant solutions, but thats the quickest solution I was able to come up with using tools I already have. Most of my time was spent figuring out how the regex line I found online works and addapt it to my needs.