Using this save with the e-Reader BIOS, it's possible to connect to the GBA game pack, and scan e-Cards. Without this step done, scanning e-Cards will just yield an error message.Į-Reader/GBA game pack emulation in these emulators can be still reached by ripping a save game from real e-Reader hardware, with this step already done. Normally, after choosing "Connection/to Game Boy Advance", the e-Reader should have "(Game Name) Game Data" pre-loaded in its internal EEPROM memory and appearing in a tiny black box on-screen, but this can't happen in either No$GBA, VBA-M, or VBA e-Reader mods. (i) means incomplete: these emulators will not recognize the games they're connected to.Make sure the e-Reader BIOS region, the e-Card region, and -if used- the GBA/GCN game region, all match. Card e-Reader (Japan) (not recommended).Three versions exist, be sure to pick up the one with the same region as the e-Card. No European-region dumps exist (even though really rare e-Cards do).
The dumps are around 2.2KB and are region-locked.
Either download the set or hunt down the device and obscenely rare cards to archive them. Donkey Kong Card e+ and Pokémon TCG - Battle Road 2002 Trophy Cards. The "No-Intro Game Boy Advance (e-Cards)" romset is only missing a few JP ones: Mario vs. The e-Card images: Yes, these have actual data in them. Notable examples include Animal Crossing, Pikmin 2, and Pokémon Colosseum.
Notable use includes NES Classics (often mapper 0 ones), Promotional event cards with nifty animations, and the Pokémon Trading Cards for example. The e-Reader add-on is plugged into a GBA unit, and e-Cards are scanned with it.
Standalone: The only mode supported by the initial Japan-only release (the second Japanese release, "e-Reader+", and the US release supported the other two uses).That second version was released under the name e-Reader in the USA and Australia. The e-Reader was originally released in Japan in 2001 without Link cable support (thus unable to link to other GBA/GC games), but that was added in a second version released in 2002 as e-Reader+ in Japan. It has a LED scanner that reads paper cards with data printed on them, called "e-Reader cards" or "e-Cards". It was also slated for release in Europe, but the release of the device was canceled, though the (now extremely rare, and undumped) European cards had an accidental limited release. The GBA e-Reader is an add-on for the Game Boy Advance released in Japan, the USA, and Australia.