[Renew] Backing up GB/GBA saves

Discussion in 'Dumping and Backing Up Your Games and Prototypes' started by [Keksdose], Mar 8, 2016.

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    [Keksdose] Newly Registered

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    Hey there,
    to be honest I just joined the scene this year and after digging through quite recent and older threads, I wasn't able to come to a conclusion.
    I'm looking for a device/software-solution to back up my save games from original cartridges - for emulator (PSP/PC) and Everdrive-use.
    The conditions are the following:
    - Ideal price under 50-75 dollar/euro
    - Works with Windows 7 or higher
    - Works with (nearly) every GB/GBC/GBA cartridge
    - Can backup saves and is capable of kicking 'em back to the cartridge

    Solutions I found:
    - Mega Memory with USB Smart Card -> Quite expensive
    - Retrode -> Is reported as not reliable on all GB(/C/A) cartridges
    - Smartboy -> Should work, stock unknown
    - Transferer 2 -> Compatibility to newer GBA cartridges not clearly determined (SRAM/EEPROM); Unknown if working with USB-Adapter under Win7/10

    Can you help me out with your experience?

    Edit:
    Another possible solution I found:
    Would it be possible to transfer the saves from an original cartridge to the Everdrive, via a Transferer Machine (here) and thus from the Everdrive to a PC?

    Regards
    [Keksdose]
     
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    Looks really good.
    Did I get the functionality right? It can read out saves/roms from the cartridges and write them back to writable ones. The only other device I could possibly need would be an empty cartridge to get all my games in one place.
     
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