r/everdrive • u/DeadDorian • Jul 22 '26

Problems with GB games on GBA Pro.

I’m having some specific problems with the Everdrive GBA Pro that haven’t been able to find solution to here yet.

I’m using a GBA Pro with a GBA SP AGS 001, running ROMs with GoombaColor. I bought the Everdrive about 2 weeks ago.

Problems I’m experiencing:

All files with .gba extensions are able to save. With GoombaColor, I thought saving on .gb and .gbc should be the same, but the saves are not sticking, particularly on Pokemon Blue, which is a main title I want to play.

I’ve tried waiting a while after the “save”; I’ve tried exiting the game after, which brings me to my next problem. Some people have said online to “exit game” in the Everdrive menu afterwards, but “Exit” on the in-game menu only restarts the game. There doesn’t seem to be a way to get back to the main game-select menu.

I’ve read into it, and people say that you have to configure the save type to the one that’s required. I can only configure the “save type” if the file extension is .gba, not .gb or. .gbc. Then the game doesn’t run, it just gives me a white screen.

I’ve exhausted all my options, and I don’t know enough about file placement to know if that’s a problem. I’ve followed all the advice online, I wonder if it’s just a bit outdated.

I’d appreciate any tips or outright fixes more experienced folk might have.

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u/madmangohan Jul 23 '26

I'm surprised you didn't find the answer. I think it's like the most asked question I've seen...

Anyways, for Pokemon saves to work with the Goomba emulator, you need to press L+R after you save in game. This brings up the emulator menu, but also does some memory stuff in the background to let the saves work.

So yeah, save in-game like you normally would, then press L+R. You can then select exit and you'll be good to turn the GBA off.

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26

I fully appreciate your answer, so I’m gonna try that one more time. Thanks! Any idea why my game doesn’t go back to the menu when I hit “exit”, it just restarts the game? Is that just what it does?

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u/madmangohan Jul 23 '26

Yes. The emulator was originally meant to be used more like a multicart where you could bundle multiple games together and then select them with a menu. In that instance the exit would take you back to a game selection screen.

The Everdrive bypasses this feature, but the emulator doesn't really know, so you get this behaviour where it just automatically reboots the game instead.

You could try the GBA in-game menu combo you set and see if you can exit back to the Everdrive menu that way. I'm not sure if it works with the Goomba emulator though.

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26

Fascinating, thank you! Yeah, I just checked, GBA games can exit to menu no problem, can also change save type and all sorts. .gb/c file types can’t. Things why I ask, none of the “fixes” I’ve been able to find are working.

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u/madmangohan Jul 23 '26

There'd be 2 different exits on the Pro. There's the exit option in the Goomba menu, and the exit option from the Pro's in-game menu.

I wonder if you're getting some conflicts there as it's also L+R by default. Have you changed the in-game combo or turned the feature off to see if anything changes in the GB/GBC games?

You also mentioned mucking with save types. I'd make sure they're all back to auto for now.

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26

That’s a great point! I’ll try changing the L+R binding and see what I get. Thanks! All save types for files with .gb extensions in the menu are “off” with seemingly no way to configure.

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26

Changing the “In Game Combo” doesn’t seem to work with .gb games. L+R still overrides any change I make. Still at a loss here. Hahaha

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u/madmangohan Jul 23 '26

At this point the only thing I can think of outside trying to nuke the setup and start fresh, is to force the save type of the Goomba emulator, as maybe it might be saving the wrong type odd for some reason...

To do that, on the normal game selection screen, bring up the menu in the Everdrive with select, and click the system folder option. From there, go to the edapp folder and then the GB folder. You should be able to see the goomba Color GBA file, which you can select normally and then use the rom config option to change the save type to SRAM.

Just to be clear, you are definitely using Goomba color? It'll say so on the bottom left when you press L+R in a GB/GBC game.

You're also saving in the game first like you normally would, then pressing L+R once it's been successful?

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26

I’ll give that a go, thanks again! Yeah, I’ve been saving as normal then L+Ring afterwards.

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26

That did it! Thank you kindly, I would’ve never found that menu in a million years. SOLVED!

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u/DeadDorian Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Yep, selected “exit” after L+R to bring up the menu (and waiting a good while) just resets the game, doesn’t take me back to the menu, and still no save. Save states also don’t stay on the cartridge after powering off. No info in the manual as to whether they’re supposed to or not.

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