I was thinking of flashing... my DS!

[toomanymikes]

Hi
In order to pretend I'm actyually going backwards rather than forwards in time my lovely girlfriend bought me a DS for my Bday (all her own idea so cudos to her).
Anyhoos, I was reading an earlier post about the pros and cons on getting a flashcard reader for the DS and looked up the guides on Maxconsole. The one thing they dont really make clear is the software you can run with a flashcard reader - is it all homebrew flash applications or can you actaully run DS cartridge backups :rolleyes: and therefor run full commercial DS games?

[Demon Cleaner]

As far as I know you can run commercial games, JT has got the M3 DS Simply and it seems to work like a charm. The same is the R4 Revolution, and lately there's also the Supercard DSOne which has been released, which seems to be as good as the other two. Perhaps wait for JT or send him a PM for further info, or just have a look at the discussion we had in THIS (http://forum.classicamiga.com/showthread.php?t=60) thread.

[toomanymikes]

Thanks DC - great advice as usual;)

[J T]

Which are you after more - homebrew or playing ('Trial versions of' - Ed.) DS games?

As DC said, I have the M3DS Simply and it is utterly fab for DS roms (boots from clean roms, no patching of the roms or flashing of the DS itself required), it's easy easy peasy. It's not quite so good for homebrew, but that is being worked on. I have to say the only homebrew sort of thing I have tried was ScummVM for the LucasArts games (Monkey Island 1 & 2 for me) and it was a bit of a faff at first but not too hard.

Really, I personally can't fault the operation of this little card of joy. It's cheap, too. Only problem I've had with mine is the catch that holds the MicroSD card in broke, so I have to hold the card in with Steve's magical cure......... sellotape :whistle:

[toomanymikes]

Hmmm, it looks like thats a certain purchase then...
Thanks for the advice!

[J T]

No problem. I got a 1GB card for mine and that holds more than enough to keep me entertained, but a bigger one would only be a bonus, and there are 2 gig ones for keen prices now.

If you torrent, go to bitgamer and look for the 'no-intro' DS sets where you can find complete DS ROM sets (all clean, well seeded and updated regularly too).

Be SURE to check out the Ouendan games (I imported mine). The first one especially is made of PURE ACENESS.

Any other Q's or anything, just ask.

[toomanymikes]

So can you fit more than one game at a time on the SD cards or do you have to put them on seperate cards like normal DS games? If so, how do you select what you want to play?
Im not that interested in homebrew unless there are any decent Amiga remakes so i suppose its for the trial versions...:p

[Demon Cleaner]

I suppose this is the same as with the PSP, you can put several games on one card, and choose which one to play when you start/reset the console. Otherwise it would make no sense.

[J T]

Yep, you can fit as many games on as the card's capacity will allow*. When you turn on the DS the Simply boots to it's own menu and you select what you want to play from a list. Easy.

The new firmware even supports booting with cheats enabled, like Action Replay in a way.




*Remembering to leave 512k spare for each game, for the creation of the save file. This also makes backing up save files onto the PC drag n drop simplicity. ROMs of course vary in size, and can be trimmed to make them a bit smaller - I rarely bother with this, as it can (rarely) cause problems with stability or things like online or local multiplayer.

[toomanymikes]

How good is the m3 ds simply? Too good to mention! What an ace bit of kit!:D

[Submeg]

Where did you get it? Im looking into getting homebrew stuff running.....

[Harrison]

Here is something I couldn't quite believe. I did a quick Google search for the M3 DS Simply and guess what I found! Amazon sell it! :blink:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zappies-M3-SIMPLY-M3-DS-Simply/dp/B000PZVIEC

[Submeg]

Lol, why yes flooding topics is actually my speciality:cool:

[Demon Cleaner]

That does not look like Amazon's policy.

[toomanymikes]

I picked it up from clickstore - there a welsh company that specialises in mod chips etc. It cost me £38.00 including a 2 GB memory card and delivery.

[Submeg]

cool cool. there's one here in Aus, so should be able to get it from there :thumbs:

[toomanymikes]

Sweet. Its well worth the cash dude. Enjoy!

[sarek2k]

Hey guys i have a black ds, i also have a dsx extreme (4gb version) however when i last decorated my living room i hid it somewhere in a safe place so it wouldnt get lost..... well shit happens this was 6 months ago and i still ain't found it :nuts:. It might just be possible it's gotten chucked away by mistake so i'm after a new un anyway the old card was 512mb (4 gigabits i think). so i'd be happy with anything above a gig!

I've seen an R4 in action and it looked cool if the menu wasn't quite as slick as the old card i had however the dsx extreme did have problems dropping save games some times.

Anyway it's been a while since you all talked about this i'm leaning towards the R4 but might be tempted towards another device if you guys have any good suggestions which are better value etc.

I'd also like links & costs if possible.

Thanks in Advance :thumbs:

[Zetr0]

@Sarek

heys my friend, I have to admit the DSONE is indeed a fantastic bit of kit, both the wifie and daughter have them in thier DS's

they use micro SD cards and can handle upto 6GB "(FAT32) formated", my daughters alone has 37 titles on it, wich if you assume an average of £25 per title, she is 3 games short of £1,000 of software.. on a 2GB card.

I got mine from one company.... which i think i got the link form you indirectly....

http://www.consoleplus.co.uk/product_info.php?pName=supercard-ds-one-for-ds-and-ds-lite-slot-1

In the begining, its a little tricky to set up as software needed for the card wasn't working properly but now i have but nothing but good things to say about this card....

attached to this post is the software needed, just copy the files to the root of the Micro SD card. then drag and drop ya romz :D

[J T]

I saw lots of love for the M3 DS Simply (I have one) and the R4.

They aren't the newest around, mind. But they are cheap and do the job.