can't trade

[wandering mew]

Ok, so I found my old games(red and blue) and I want to start over fresh and get all 3 starters on my blue game. So I use this regular old link cable I have (I'm using my GBA and GBASP) but, one game says I can trade and the other says I can't. I switch the cable's links, and now the game that said I could trade says I can't, and vice versa! So, I get my fourway cable out, and try it with all four cables, but it's the same every time! One says I can trade and one says I can't! I even switched the game between the consels(sp?) and it didn't work! What am I doing wrong?;151;

 

[Shadow Hybrid.]

try using an old gbc with your gba if you have one and blow the the soket where it goes in to clear any dust, that doesn't workget 2 gbcs from somewhere

 

[azurill]

I'm not sure about this but I think that you can't trade between first generation games when using a third generation GameBoy.Again I'm not 100% about this.

 

[wandering mew]

Thanks for the help everyone, too bad I only have one GBC, I can live with just bulbasaur, if I fix the problem I'll tell you.