u/ItsYa1UPBoy

So, I know that the disc swap trick can wear down the disc drive, so before I fuck it up, I decided to halt trying to do it after I had some trouble and did a little more research.

If my PSX is SPCH-7501, the disc swap trick probably won't work, even just to install Unirom, right? I've seen some pages that say it won't work and some that say you have to try doing specific methods. I was trying to do it the way I saw on Youtube, where you hold the button down with a toothpick (or something similar) with the lid open and swap the discs once. (I was having trouble with the multiple swaps because my hands are really clumsy sometimes.)

I'm looking at Pokemon Emerald carts to replace the one I had to sell some years ago, and get a Link Cable and Colo to give myself an experience I never got to have as a kid. Gamestop's running a sale, of course, but you can't see photos before you buy, so I was looking at eBay as well. I see a lot of (clearly labeled) repo carts that actually look like legit carts, and the sellers say that they run, save, etc. However, they don't say anything about link play, or in particular Gamecube connectivity, so I was wondering if anyone has one of these modern "high-end" repos and can tell me if they connect to Colo/XD/Box/other GBA games.