Bootleg overwrite potential

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Bootleg overwrite potential

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So, I've been curious about this for a little bit, but it's never been done to the same extent as the GBA community. I'm not sure if that's simply because it's impossible or because of a lack of necessity, with R4 cards being abundant and rom hacks being few and far between.

Basically, the GBA has a piece of hardware called a Joey Joebags, or a GBA:RW which functions mostly the same. These exploit the bootleg cartridge's cheaper chips and force an overwrite of the data on them. Basically...

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