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ereader/GBA connection guide. Please improve
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* (i) means incomplete: these emulators will not recognize the games they're connected to. Normally, after choosing "Connection/to Game Boy Advance", the e-Reader should have "(Game Name) Game Data" pre-loaded in its internal EEPROM memory and appearing in a tiny black box on-screen, but this can't happen in either [[No$|No$GBA]], [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]], or VBA e-Reader mods. Without this step done, scanning e-Cards will just yield an error message. mGBA can emulate this correctly on the latest development version.
:e-Reader/GBA game pack emulation in these emulators can be still reached by ripping a save game from '''real e-Reader hardware''', with this step already done. Using this save with the e-Reader BIOS, it's possible to connect to the GBA game pack, and scan e-Cards... though it's a very less-than-ideal solution and there are only pre-baked e-Reader save files for Super Mario Advance 4 (U), Pokémon Emerald (J), LeafGreen (J) and FireRed (J).
====e-Reader Alone====
In the emulator, open the e-Reader BIOS. It's a regular GBA ROM. <br />
Press A. Choose Select "Scan Card.". Now the BIOS is waiting for you to scan a card. <br />Click on the file menu and select Go to ''File''>''Scan e-Reader dotcodes...'' A window should pop-up. Choose Select all the e-card files you'll need to load the game and click OK.<br />
The card data is now loaded.
If the application (NES game, minigame, promotional app) is stored in multiple e-Cards, the game will let you know ("You need [n] more Dot Code(s) to start. Scan [Application Name] 2/[n].") In that case, simply press A to scan another e-Card and get another part.<br />
If you're done with all parts (could be one part in many cases), the BIOS will prompt you to save the data to the e-Reader's SRAM.
This prevents the data from getting deleted when rebooting the device. You can then access it from the title menu with the new third option, "Access Saved Data".
====e-Reader/GBA Game====
Linking to a GBA game is very simple. Make sure your e-Reader BIOS is the correct region for the game. First open the game you wish to link to. Then select ''File''>''New multiplayer window'' and open the e-Reader bios in that new window. Go to where the e-Reader is used in the game. Navigate the e-Reader menu to select ''Communication'' and then''To Game Boy Advance''. Follow the prompts to download the linking software, which will be saved, erasing anything else on the e-Reader. Now you can scan cards by simply going to ''File''>''Scan e-Reader dotcodes...'' on the e-Reader window and scan the cards you wish to use with the game.
===No$GBA (v2.4+)===
