I'm going to do a GIVEAWAY of all my previous generation Everdrives/Flash carts soon, so follow me on social media for the details.

I have literally no retro games or systems but I friggin love this channel.

Every kid in the UK during the mid 2000’s Dad would bring back a DS R4 cart full of games back lol. Good times

This is so convenient if you cannot access to a physical library, for example in colombia those cartridges of n64 are so difficult and expensive to get. Thanks for the info!

Put the MODE in the dreamcast and use a Satiator on your saturn (it lets you still use discs!)

I would Install the Mode in the Dreamcast! So many hidden Gems!

This is all you need. You don't need to spend $100k for every cartridge in existence.

I have a MODE in a Dreamcast and love it! So many cool aftermarket games and ports. Recently there was many Atomiswave arcade games converted to the Dreamcast.

Wonderful video! You’re the grand daddy of retro gaming for sure! I’ve been following your channel for years. Lots of respect for you. Love from India

man I'm obsessed with flash carts for some reason, this video makes me so happy.

I think you should install the MODE in your Saturn, The Saturn doesn't get enough love.

The nes everdrive is my main in my setup. I love it! I've found so many games I want to add to my physical collection while simultaneously letting me preserve the collection I have. And who doesn't enjoy introducing their friends and family to great games they never played back in the day? The weekend of my brother's wedding, I got to introduce my cousins (who were born past 2000) to some nes classics and their reaction to those games are exactly why I love collecting / preserving all of gaming past and present. And I have you to thank. The first videos of yours I saw were the fps and racing series of forgotten games and that nostalgia bug got me good :P

I bought an everdrive for my pc engine to attempt to stop buying expensive hucards. Still buy expensive hucards lol.

They collect Everdrives now? They collect Everdrives now.

I've had my flashcart for NeoGeo Pocket Color for years - by the Flashmasta company. I have also installed a frontlight from HandHeld Legends. There is also a replacement screen on AlliExpress. I love my NGP and I have enjoyed your video with Reggie about it a lot!

Thanks dude i was waiting for this update video.

Good video! Good info, on all the ever drives available for all the systems! Interesting to see them running!

Backlit replacement screens for the Neo Geo Pocket are available and really easy to install. The screens are a bit smaller than the original but the jump in quality is absolutely worth it. They even have touch sensors to control screen brightness. One tip: Get a set that includes a bracket so the screen will sit in the correct position.

recent discoverer of your channel... I have almost all the everdrives... apart from the mega cd one (have just mega drive) and love them. For me I had to move my entire collection into storage a few years ago, when my daughter still living with us had a baby... living in the uk in a 2 bedroom appartment, meant my collection had to be boxed away. 3 years later and I have changed my retro focus to everdrives and cd sd cards and a powerful gaming pc with launchbox front end. I also invested in adaptors, so I can plug in real controllers in to the pc. I have to say I am blown away for all the reasons you give in your video. Everdrives is real deal, but Emulation for most part has really impressed me with Dolphin, Duck Station, redream., pcsx2, project 64, tekno parrot and Saturn, all upscaling the graphics if you want...making them look better than they ever did and as you think you remembered it. I still retro collect, although have definitely slowed down, partly like you have many of the main ones I like... Of course one day I hope to have a bigger place and my own game collection on display, as I do miss them... but having my beautiful 3 year old grand daughter in our place and our daughter, bringing joy is something worth infinitely more than me having a game room. Anyway keep up the fab vids, loving them and your hidden gems vids have introduced me to many new games.

Dude this is super sick!

Love this video Metal!

MJ, love this video! The Dreamcast please!

Amazing video! It was very interesting that you mentioned My Life in Gaming channel because when I saw the title and thumbnail I thought it was a video from their channel, haha.

I have ever drives with full libraries on them. I watch your hidden gems videos to quickly get at those solid choices ☺️

Just wanted to throw out a little correction so no one gets confused. You showed the Mega Everdrive Pro but then mention the X7 running CD games while showing Sonic CD. The Mega Everdrive X7 does not run CD games (sadly haha because that is what I’ve had for a while), still an awesome flash cart though.

Buying a busted dmg at goodwill has sparked an excitement in me that I haven’t felt for a game in years and this channel keeps that excitement going!

Wow, this is my first I heard of these devices. I was poking around to see if anything like this existed. It just popped into my head and here I am.

Been buying flash carts for over 12 years now. First was one was the PowerPak from retroUSB. My first ODE was the GDEMU, almost 6 years ago now. It's great to see these products evolve and get more features and have competing devices.

That Genesis Everdrive with the Sega CD emulation sounds great! I bought a secondhand Sega CD but it never worked so maybe this is something I need to finally play those Sega CD games I haven’t gotten to play.

Man these carts are so cool. Def great since some games cost a pretty penny to get. Thx for the vid MJR!

Thank you for making this video. For the mode I would put it in the Sega Saturn since the format conversion involves a lot of work. The mode solves this problem makes dealing with conversions a lot easier.

I've been watching your old Best Album videos. You had some great picks I even bought a couple of the Albums. You should do a current top 10 Albums list maybe like the last 20 years or so.

Everdrives were tempting for a while, but I'm glad I waited for the classic systems to come out. I have hacked NES, SNES, GEN, and PSX classics with my favorite games on them that suit me just fine.

It’s awesome that there’s an Everdrive for the NeoGeo Pocket Color because that’s one I definitely wouldn’t buy all the games for.

I have the MegaSD with my Mega Sg and couldn’t be happier. The perfect way to enjoy Sega Genesis / Mega Drive / Mega CD.

I’ve just started using the EZFlash 4 Omega for Game Boy Advance, works great with a huge library. You can also throw Game Boy, Game Boy Color and NES roms onto it and they’ll emulate on your GBA device. Thanks for the video!

I have Everdrives for Genesis, Snes, N64 and Terraonion's MODE installed on my Japanese Saturn (I also have a european Saturn and a PAL disc collection). Downloading the entire library of Genesis/SNES/N64 games was easy, but I've been obsessively downloading absolutely everything I possibly can on the Saturn, it runs everything region free and there are so many Japanese games that I missed and it offers an entire world of unexplored games and translation hacks, 4MB ram hacks and so forth. Saturn is my favorite system and getting the Terraonion MODE for my Saturn was the best thing I've done in a long time.

When you say no save states, if the game has a save feature itself, like an rpg, is that still useable?

I've been using Everdrives and other flash carts for years and have tried to get as many ODEs installed as I can in recent times. I can now play ROM/ISO files from an SD card on NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Master System, Megadrive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, Gameboy/Color, Gameboy Advance and DS. These days I collect systems rather than games. So nice to be able to play any game you want on any system without having to spend millions and have a house full of stuff. HDMI mods + Everdrive/ODE is the end goal for all of my retro systems.

Great video loved it would be cool to see you stream all the games you have on twitch

I've never scene the Neo Geo Pocket Color drive! Amazing collection bruh

Hello Metaljesus I love ur vids

No doubt. This is the best gaming channel out there by a long distance. Just good vibes all along. I feel like I'm just sitting in a friend's basement couch talking about stuff with Alice in Chains playing in the background.

Wow... the prices of some of the flash carts. Ouch. Man they sent you a ton of stuff thats hard for someone like me to find the spare cash for

Man, watching this reminds me of when I was a kid and a carried around a bag full of gameboy games, and there was always a chance they would get lost or stolen. I wish I had one of these as a kid.

I've got a SD2SNES and an Everdrive N8 that I use with my RetroUSB AVS and Super NT.

Love my Everdrive cartridges! So convenient!

MetalJesusRocks WOW!!! Just WOW!!! I'm just now discovered the everdrive carts through this video. Don't ask me where Ive been because I don't know! Lol!! 😂 but seriously I'm going to invest in some of these!

Great Vid MJ, Flash carts are brilliant since you don;t need to pay scalper prices to play "rare" games on real hardware now. The Flash Carts i've got is the Master Everdrive, Everdrive MD, N8 for Famicom, Terraonion NeoSD AES, SD2SNES pro, PSIO, the 1541 Ultimate2+ for the commodore 64 and the DivMMC future for the ZX Spectrum

Great video. I’m using the one for the GameBoy and the one for the GameBoy ADVANCE. I’m planning to get the mode

I have the Everdrive 64 X7. With MAME and Neon64, its turned my N64 into my universal retro console

Good timing, I was just thinking about picking one up lol.

New subscriber here! such an awesome channel! keep it up!

METAL JESUS VIDEO!!! Day is made!! Hoping for another switch video soon! Thoughts on Streets of Rage 4? =]

This is an interesting overview of these items, I may consider getting one of these in the future. I mean, I got one of those Satisfye game grips because of you, and it made playing on the Nintendo Switch easier, and less likely to give hand cramps. You could even sell a can of Mountain Dew that you farted on, an chances are, I'd still buy it.

My Life In Gaming's intro music is just the best

I need one of these. I really do. I’d love one for NES, SNES, or N64. Maybe even GBA.

NGPC getting some love recently. I used to find them all the time in the junk bins at Hard Off, now I rarely see them in the wild

Happy Friday! Hope you have a nice weekend!

To awnser your question, I use ODE for my GameCube (GC Loader) and Dreamcast (GD Emu Clone) and use Hard Drive Backup mod for my PS2 fat (with Free HD Boot), Xbox (Rocky Softmod) and Wii U. I wait my Everdrive 64, Super Sd System for my PC Engine and a Møde for my Saturn 🤘

I own a MegaDrive/Genesis Everdrive. Very handy. Got some homebrew on there which are amazing.

It took him so long to get around to the MegaSD that it became a hidden gem.

I have an everdrive in my sega megadrive (your sega genesis), a 150 games in 1 for my NES, and de GDEMU installed in the dreamcast with a 128Gb SD that is AMAZING.

I've got some crazy flash carts and RAM carts myself. -Bung MGD³ "Multi Game Doctor" with V64jr512, GB X-Changer, Doctor GB Card 64M, and Multi X-Changer This one literally lets me plug a Game Boy flash cart into the back of a PlayStation and then lets me use the PlayStation to load games from CD-R onto the N64 RAM cart. -UperGrafx UGX-02 Like the Super SD System³, this thing has built-in flash cart and CD-ROM² emulation... but it also works like a plug & play Hi-Def NES/UltraHDMI for PC Engine. That's right: It doesn't convert analog video to digital... it taps into the digital video bus on the back which normally goes to a VCE/DAC (Video Color Encoder/Digital to Analog Converter). It uses the FPGA to replicate the function of the VCE except instead of spitting out analog it spits out DVI/HDMI, much like the Hi-Def NES replicates the PPU (Pixel Processing Unit) of an NES. The original PPU only has composite video so they had to replicate it's internal functions and clone it in FPGA to get digital video. -Datel Max Media Drive Believe it or not, this one was bought at Walmart and can be used to play commercial Nintendo DS games from a Compact Flash card in the GBA slot (Slot-2). ;) You have to patch the games but it really does work. It was supposedly intended for playing music and movies from CF card, but I'm not so sure I believe that since Datel also made the SD Media Launcher for GameCube. ;) Speaking of which, I may be part of the reason that thing exists. Right after the Cobra BIOS was extracted from the ViperGC modchip and released as a DOL called "Anaconda," I went to the #Dextrose IRC channel and suggested that someone could use a Datel Action Replay cheat to bootstrap the code from a memory card. This prompted a discussion about bootloaders, micro-bootloaders, entry points, etc and in a matter of days we had Samson's AR Loader. -Naki Game Saver Plus I also got this at Walmart even though it's secretly Bung hardware in disguise (Professor SF/Game Doctor series, Multi Game Doctor series, etc). Most people think it's just a cheat device with true slo-mo and save states, but you will note that it looks an awful lot like a Doctor V64jr with its horizontal pass-thru cart on the back and battery door above that. Open it up and you will find a big, fat, "Bung" chip. Makes sense because this was something their game copiers could do, like Game Doctor SF7. It even has an unpopulated parallel port connection inside. I believe it's basically a Bung MGD² Super NES backup unit with less RAM and more-restrictive Naki-branded firmware. Even the famous Doctor V64 shipped with firmware that disables backup support (users always had to download/flash the "Backup Enabled" FW themselves). Though there are a lot of talking about this thing I seem to be the only person pointing out that it is from Bung and is basically a piracy device. Fun fact: The scan of the code sheet that everyone shows when they talk about it is actually my copy where my twin brother shared it on ZSNES boards. ;) I still have it in the box with my Walmart receipt from the '90s and it has the exact same stains and creases seen in videos about it today. ;) -RetroActive UltraHDMI Update Cartridge with UltraSave flash linker and 64Drive HW2 programmer/flashcart. Years ago RetroActive was working on a line of low-cost N64 flashcart PCBs with built-in UltraCIC support No, they would not have intruded in 64Drive because these were intended to make dedicated universal-region games (homebrew, hacks, translations, repros, etc), though they could be flashed/reprogrammed with a RetroActive UltraSave. That's an interface device originally intended for backing up save games and dumping original N64 games (RetroActive UltraSave). The 64Drive is needed as the FPGA "brain" and the USB interface, since the UltraSave itself just has power and two cartridge slots (no USB). The flashcart boards were finished but the RetroActive UltraHDMI really took off and focus obviously shifted. Eventually many other flashcart solutions appeared and production of the 64Drive HW2 had fallen behind (still is), so RetroActive dropped all ambitions of making cheap flashcart PCBs. I received the PCBs back in 2017 pre-loaded with UltraHDMI 1.07 update ROM only days before 1.07A was released (DOH!). Since I didn't have what I needed to reprogram them I ended up making my own UltraHDMI 1.07A Update loaner cartridge out of a RetroStage N64 Blaster board and updated it again when FW1.08 came out, but I needed to modify both updater ROMs to support a different CIC security chip. Marshall at RetroActive actually reverse engineered the CIC/PIF chips with some friends (look up Mike Ryan's RE:Con 2015 presentation upload) and released the design for everyone to make their own clone CICs but kept the universal CIC they developed for things like 64Drive, and these UltraHDMI Update Cartridges. When you look at the board there is no clone CIC because they implemented it in the same FPGA that controls the ROM addressing. I figured an FPGA would be more expensive than a PIC chip CIC clone but these were only $7.50 each. Anyway, an UltraHDMI competitor was just announced with WiFi updating, so UltraHDMI customers without a flash cart need to know that they will be able to update even without WiFi. UltraHDMI HW2 shipped literally 2 days before the announcement with FW that was never intended to be shipping FW. That means new FW is on the way and I need to update my updater boards and make several loaner carts. I mentioned this to Marshall/RetroActive and he threw his personal 64Drive and UltraSave into a box with 150 UltraHDMI HW2 kits and shipped them on the first of this month. :) I ended up getting the earlier package with 80 UltraHDMI HW2 on the same day (5th). Yes, I have a lot of mainstream flashcarts and ODEs too, like Everdrives and SD2SNES/FX Pak Pro and even more obscure ones like a Wii ODE that connects to a PC instead of a HDD/USB/SD/flash (I built a Pico-ITX PC into the Wii's horizontal stand and now the stand itself is considered rare/valuable ;)). I'd love to show all of this someday. ;)

That blue NES cartridge is a thing of beauty!

I just got a Satiator for my Saturn this week, so all of my consoles now have some SD card system. Anyone that collects home computers from the 80s can also find similar flash-based carts for them to simulate floppy drives.

I love physical games too but financially it's impossible to own an NES, SNES, N64, and Genesis collection. I played those consoles as a kid but wasn't into game collecting back then. It's a great way to keep the history of older gen games alive by sharing it with other gamers and play on the original hardware. We get to play those rare/expensive games too. I really appreciate these Everdrives.

More Jason = Like. Great to see your flash cart collection.

Still have my original Lynx my parents ordered from FAO Schwarz when I was a young kid. Still works great.

I just got a Hyperkin 2 HD NES/SNES. I regret tossing out my old NES back in the early 1990s and the 30 cartridges I had. I figured since I cannot find a PS5 I rather blow my money on a Retro console and now going to just start collecting the games I once had as a child. Would love to see the other more affordable Multi Carts for these systems. Thanks!

I am a big fan of the the Everdrive flash carts I love playing on real hardware but having a large selection of games to choose from.

I have a few of these everdrives, and the biggest things I like about these is that I can backup saves from games with save files without needing the special tools (like GB game carts) and use them on a different machine, but also because I can use them in lieu of the actual carts themselves*, so they don't suffer wear and tear. Having all games in one place is also a huge bonus. *I love collecting physical copies, I absolutely hate them when actually using them however, and would absolutely prefer digital medium.

Hey man loving the vids you've made over the years. I was wondering if you were gonna make a vid about the genesis console itself. My pref is model 2 but any model review by you would be excellent. I just started collecting again for this system it's been many many years.

I have the everdrive for the n64. Me and my friends does retro night often and have a blast with it . Bit expensive but worth it

I don't have any of these but I have the R4 for DS and the R4 for 3DS/DSi. Both are great! I'm surprised you didn't talk about these two in the video.

“I still really like having the physical games on the shelf, with the manuals and boxes”. It’s funny, as more time goes on, the more I wish I could bite the bullet and purge all my physical games. If I want cool stuff on the wall, I’ll buy some art or something, haha.

Harmony for Atari 2600! Very affordable. Also really practical because it super common to change games often during a 2600 session.

These flash carts sound expensive until you think of what some games run on the used market. Like, the FXPAK Pro is only a little more expensive than buying a Chrono Trigger cartridge. If you're a collector, a flash cart won't get you anywhere, but if you just want to play games, there's no other way.

Pretty cool you can play the lynx sideways like that

Ordered my very first everdrive for the n64. I am looking forward to playing with it once it arrives next week, so until then, I am going to be cleaning my n64 in preparation for it.😊

I love ever drives, especially for getting footage and streaming :)

Greetings from Tacoma Washington,Love the channel man,my kids do too.

The SD2SNES and FXPak Pro can both play the Super FX, SA1 games and etc. You might want to revise it. The NES N8 Pro comes with more mappers to allow more games to be playable.

My mind was blown when I saw that GameCube. Definitely want one one day for myself!

Zombies Ate My Neighbour! Wow! Loved that game. Went through some days with that game. Helped a lot. - Toronto, Canada.

I just preordered the MVS pro version, quite a pricey addition to the collection. This will be my first ever drive.

Okaaaaaay. I have a ever drive of turbografx for my DS?? couldn't find the mini so I settled....Was happy that parasol stars was on there

I know nothing about ever drives. Is it exactly as if you had the original gaming running? Or are there noticeable differences, like with most emulators?

Lynx Batman Returns rules man!!! Do yourself a favor and use different combos of the A B and start buttons to go through menus for different enemy sets. Also that menu music is great once it loops

Good to see some old classics being played there. I would consider the system to put the board in would be the one where you find the games are becoming really expensive even for imports but also which system do u have more games for? If u have 200+ for dream cast then put it in the Saturn or vice/versa hope this helps and keep up the great work. Plus get dmp to install it and put in on this channel has I know there will be a lot of interest in this.

No TerraOnion Super SD System 3 CD-ROM emulator? That's the the best one!

i use the nes one myself it’s a blast playing games i grew up with my 8 year old nephew :) i want to get a snes one that was the system i played the most

I have GB Everdrive for my GBC and Flash IV for my GBA, love em

I couldn't live without my SD2SNES or NES Everdrive X7.. for the simple fact of randomizers. My partner and I often sit down to play a co-op run of Dragon Warrior randomizer. So often that I generate them in batches of 20 so we don't run out too quickly.

Wow your collection keeps growing if you have kids they will inherit a gold mine.

I had something like this in the 90s for nes. Chinese, had hundreds of games, but many were duplicates. So cool To see the retro repurpose

Never heard of this before. Thanks for the information. Did you like the new Foo Fighters album?

I have something like that for my nintendo ds lite and goes directly to the gba slot, that means also works in the gba sp and gba too. A treasure

I have the SD2SNES ( Now FXPAK Pro ), very great product.

Greatest thing ever made.