Remember E-reader for the origional GBA? [Archive]

Stu-Stu22

Apr 18th, 2009, 11:07 PM

That big gameshark-like attachment that you swiped cards with codes on them in order to play special mini games?
Most of them were pokemon-related, so I thought it'd be fun to discuss, haha.

Destati

Apr 19th, 2009, 06:43 AM

most useless Nintendo add-on ever. I don't really know why I bought one. Damn thing doesn't even with with the DS. At least my Gameboy wormlight working with the GBA.

Eon-Rider

Apr 19th, 2009, 10:23 AM

I own an e-Reader. The only useful thing I've found from it is sending Eon Tickets over to Ruby and Sapphire.

Kris

Apr 19th, 2009, 05:24 PM

I think I've still got my e-Reader and Eon Ticket somewhere around the house. They also had some small card packs that had additional trainers you could scan in and battle, and some rare berries.

Greencat

Apr 19th, 2009, 05:30 PM

What about those E-Reader Pokemon Cards? What was the purpose of that? =/

Kris

Apr 19th, 2009, 06:12 PM

I never did figure that out. Maybe I'll have to find that stuff and take another look. If I work hard at finding it, I might be able to get back to you in a week or two. :p

Zengetsu

Apr 19th, 2009, 09:10 PM

I got one in a box from when they first came out but I do remember them I was younger so they occupied me alot

Destati

Apr 20th, 2009, 01:32 AM

The E-Reader Pokemon Cards had two purposes: They were for reading Pokedex entries and other card info (honestly, its pretty much the same stuff thats on the card itself) but it was mostly for the minigames. For example, I think it was if you had a Rapidash card and a Ho-oh card you could play this minigame where you tried jumping over hoops with Rapidash.

They were pretty fun. I wish they would compile them in a real game though. It would have worked well for DPP. There ARE roms of them online though.

One thing I always wanted to know was, if you printed out a scanned card and tried it in the e-reader, would it accept it?

- Greencat @ 10:36 PM
Oh, thanks for the info. :)

AtomicGreymon

Apr 20th, 2009, 01:49 PM

If the printout was precise enough, probably. There was also some tool floating around that was able to generate the dot code used by the E-Reader... though I'm not sure what kind of input it took.

The only E-Reader card I have is the Eon Ticket I bought off eBay back when the event was held; still with the brochure in perfect condition. These days, they're going on eBay for quite a bit more than I paid. There's one up to $46. Other Pokemon E-Reader cards seem readily available off eBay, though; maybe I'll pick them up.

Akaria

Apr 27th, 2009, 12:11 PM

That reminds me, does Project Pokemon have the e-Reader Colosseum Pokemon from the Japanese version, I can't seem to locate it.

Zowayix

Apr 27th, 2009, 02:48 PM

I believe that e-cards were used to battle certain "special" trainers in R/S, and to get enigma berries. There were two berries that had unique effects: one cured attraction, and another (japan only) raised a stat instead of lowering it (like if you were holding it, and the opponent used growl, you would eat the berry and your attack would raise instead).

In Japan, the e-reader was also compatible with FR/LG/E and Colosseum. They were used to battle special trainers, change the trainers in the trainer tower/trainer hill, and change the wild pokemon in altering cave. The room where you could battle special trainers was blocked off in all non-Japanese versions of FR/LG/E.

Some people say that all event tickets in Japan were distributed as e-cards, but I'm pretty sure only the Eon Ticket was released, and the rest were simple wireless distributions.

Fallen

Apr 27th, 2009, 04:23 PM

most useless Nintendo add-on ever. I don't really know why I bought one. Damn thing doesn't even with with the DS. At least my Gameboy wormlight working with the GBA.

Agreed. That's when the Pokemon cards got really really ugly. I don't even bother attempting to get into that.

derrick

Jul 8th, 2009, 09:45 PM

If some one could find out how to print fake e reader cards that could be scaned
i would love to get the eon ticket in my old ruby ive recently trey playing them again and got intrested in hack the gba games i want to use the events in my emerald to get ho-oh and lugia.. but to get back on topic wouldent it be cool to make some thing in your game happen like going to get deoxys on birth islend by just scaning a card?

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 9th, 2009, 02:50 AM

I have fake ones. No it does not work that way. Even the tiniest dot makes the code unusable.

derrick

Jul 10th, 2009, 01:35 PM

what do you mean tiniest dot makes the code unusable.?

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 10th, 2009, 01:38 PM

The Card works on a pattern based system. So if there is dirt or spots it is most likely not going to work.

derrick

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:23 PM

oh that sucks iam probly one of the few on here who never got a eon card i really wanted one! didnt you have to mix records to get it on emerald?

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:28 PM

oh that sucks iam probly one of the few on here who never got a eon card i really wanted one! didnt you have to mix records to get it on emerald?

Yes and don't worry i don't have one also.

derrick

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:39 PM

yeah but i really want one and i really cant bye one trough ebay right now....

but in the mean time i bought a action replay named ultimate action replay codes for pokemon its the gameboy advance one and its comeing trought the mail and i was wondering if you knew how i could use the event codes for emerald to get lugia ho-oh deoxys and mew and hopefully the other lati.. can you tell me how to use them?

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:44 PM

derrick

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:48 PM

well i want them to work on xd and collusem ive herd of people useing the warp codes and not being able to use them on collesum or xd but i dont know what games they where from.

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:49 PM

well i want them to work on xd and collusem ive herd of people useing the warp codes and not being able to use them on collesum or xd but i dont know what games they where from.

Mine worked without a problem.

derrick

Jul 10th, 2009, 03:52 PM

cool then i might just use warp codes to but when i get to the islend do i just take the boat back? or do i have to use another warp code?

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 10th, 2009, 04:05 PM

Stop the action replay, and use the nearby boat.

ifyfg

Jul 11th, 2009, 08:38 AM

you are able to print out e-reader cards.
he means that if the dots arn't right te e-reader will not recognise the pattern, the print out has to be [I]perfect[I].
i have been looking for roms of the japanese e reader colosseum cards, or even the real thing, i can't find them...

derrick

Jul 11th, 2009, 07:05 PM

i really want some..

Eon-Rider

Jul 13th, 2009, 08:30 AM

As long as you have a slot-1 flashcart and an e-Reader, you should be able to have access to all e-cards that were ever released. All the e-Reader was was a chunky GBA cartridge. It has a save file just like a normal GBA cartridge. In a DS Lite (not original or DSi), have the slot-1 flashcart in and the e-Reader is slot-2 and start a homebrew called GBA Backup Tool 0.2 by Rudolph. It will let you restore e-Reader save files containing the stored data that the e-Reader can keep.

I have access to the Eon Ticket without the actual e-card because of this. If anyone wants the save file or can't find it on the internet, feel free to ask me.

derrick

Jul 13th, 2009, 09:56 AM

can you give it to me iam going to try to get all the stuff you mentiond up there i really want to use that eon card!

ifyfg

Jul 13th, 2009, 02:01 PM

Eon-Rider

Jul 13th, 2009, 06:33 PM

yeah if you could post the .sav file that would be nice.
but we would need a e-reader to be able to use it?
or are you saying that with the sav we could get a rom of the e-reader, put it on a gba flash cart with the save, and link it to gba pokmeon and access the ticket?

Hmm, I'm not too sure about a GBA flashcart. It may work but I'm unable to test it because I don't own one. The way I do it is by restoring the save file back into the e-Reader itself because I bought one a few years back.

I've been debating in my head whether I should classify the Lati@s obtained from this method as legit or not. I suppose the method still doesn't it make it legit but it's closer to legit than any other of the current methods to get to Southern Island without the e-Card.

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 14th, 2009, 06:19 PM

That did not work for me. I guess that it does not work for R4...

Eon-Rider

Jul 14th, 2009, 10:56 PM

That did not work for me. I guess that it does not work for R4...

What didn't work for you?

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 15th, 2009, 06:35 AM

The thing you said before. About using that software. It does not work for me.

ifyfg

Jul 15th, 2009, 07:58 PM

you have an e-reader to test it on?
at least with actual gba games i can save/restore saves via my ds, so if the e-reader contains a .sav, i assume it would work.

and don't be silly about the lati@s not being legit since you didn't get to the island 100% legitimately, the pokemon still counts as morally legit. it's not hacked, even if you caught a mewtwo in some grass in fire red, once you pal park it doesn't know where you caught it.
it's like saying i you use walk through walls codes to get to some pokemon route you are not supposed to be yet, and catch a pokemon.
or if you are jewish and you catch a pokemon on sabbath.
(i hope i interpreted you right!)

Eon-Rider

Jul 16th, 2009, 01:10 AM

The thing you said before. About using that software. It does not work for me.

Okay, I made a short video demonstrating how I did it. It assumes you know how to use the GBA Backup Tool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JJJqgUIl4

Mewtwo Ex

Jul 28th, 2009, 01:28 PM

tkdtju

Oct 26th, 2009, 11:58 PM

Its like the Action Replay where if one number is messed up the code doesnt work quite right with the e-reader if one dot is off the card doesnt work

trance

Nov 16th, 2009, 01:16 AM

Just looking over this topic, and it really helped with working out some parts of getting the Eon Ticket for my Emerald cart. I used no$'s link ability for the whole process, with a random Ruby save from the internet as the scapegoat for Mystery Event.

ifyfg

Nov 19th, 2009, 12:09 PM

would you mind linking to the save? :) or saying where you got it?
i think i saw one on gbatemp's new download site, but i might be wrong.

trance

Nov 19th, 2009, 09:40 PM

It was one of the Gameshark saves off of GameFAQs, so I used VBA to import it and export the .sav for no$.

Pingouin7

Dec 9th, 2009, 08:59 PM

All the save files from GameFAQs seem to be corrupted.
I download them, try to move them, but it says the file is corrupted.

ifyfg

Jan 5th, 2010, 10:11 AM

have you tried more than one emulator?

trance

Jan 14th, 2010, 11:50 PM

All the save files from GameFAQs seem to be corrupted.
I download them, try to move them, but it says the file is corrupted.
That happens with a lot of saves on there. Just make sure you use the main fork of VBA to export your .sav files, since builds like VBALink screw over with formatting.

have you tried more than one emulator?
VBA is the only emulator to support Gameshark import, so it's important in the process of getting a save usable with no$

rhuffy7

Jan 15th, 2010, 09:14 PM

I think I've still got my e-Reader and Eon Ticket somewhere around our house. By the way, I just wanna know if it's any good or not. I read a lot, and my parents are tired of going out to buy books. So they wanna get an ebook reader thingy instead. How good is the Amazon Kindle too, if you can tell me? Or, does anyone know any better ones? Please give reasons why whichever is better or not. Thanks ^-^

Pingouin7

Jan 17th, 2010, 02:05 AM

Des regard my PM i sent you. This took a bit of working and getting to know the e-Reader a bit. I never used it too much. Well if someone has no Eon Ticket this is a pretty good way to obtain it. I have it on my Pokemon Ruby received and saved. It is completely real. I completely agree that this method works. I feel nostalgic after seeing the movie and getting the ticket in one day.

I apologize for being so very late in my reply, but i could not find the file until today, and was busy until yesterday... Thank you Eon Rider for supplying this method of obtaining the item.

You don't even need an e-Reader.
You can copy the rom and the Eon Ticket save file to the EZ3in1.
Then you put it in your GBA/SP and connect it with your Ruby/Sapphire cart.
If you have a lite-sized 3in1, use a Gameshark or something since it won't fit in a GBA/SP for obvious reasons.

Satetsu

Feb 6th, 2010, 09:47 AM

If anybody have or know where to download e-Reader ROM with all Pokemon e-cards scanned already please PM Me as fast as you can :)

Thanks

BTW, How did exactly e-Reader works? Two GBAs was needed or what? Let's say someone have GBA SP, Pokemon Ruby & e-Reader. How can he transfer Eon Ticket from e-Reader to Pokemon Ruby? Does he need two GBAs? I don't understand it.

DeathWatch

Mar 18th, 2010, 08:55 PM

I am actually kinda glad I didn't buy one.

BerserkLeon

Oct 12th, 2010, 05:32 PM

hah, I got one a long time after they came out, right around when I got a GBA SP.
I had a normal advance but i wanted the SP for its backlight...
Then I found out the hard way that the e-reader was only designed for the advance and wouldnt work with the SP, so that was more or less the last time i touched it.