I would highly advise going to KRIKzz's website, and reading the various forum posts and tests that are currently ongoing. Short version, while his carts don't do level translation the preferred way, the concerns are overblown, with no real danger to the console itself, and perhaps some reduced longevity on flash carts that actually use flash memory.
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Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
I would highly advise going to KRIKzz's website, and reading the various forum posts and tests that are currently ongoing. Short version, while his carts don't do level translation the preferred way, the concerns are overblown, with no real danger to the console itself, and perhaps some reduced longevity on flash carts that actually use flash memory.
Even kevtris weighed in, stating the following:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/242970-fpga-based-videogame-system/page-127#entry3804683
In other words, it ain't perfect, but I don't think we're going to need to worry about our consoles blowing up.