'K I might post in this thread, why not. I use a Supercard SD and I use the official (?) Super Card program to change my roms to make them suitable to put on the card. (Gosh I explain this stuff well, don't I?)

Anyway, I've never had a problem with any single game. Until now! I downloaded Chibi-Robo the other day and load in on my Supercard SD like I would any other game and press A to play it; it loads, but then there's just a white screen. Is there any way I can fix this little annoyance? (And please, nobody reply "Buy the game"; I'm stingy for Chibi-Robo)

Try to update the firmware.

Well, it looks like M3 has just came out with their latest card, the M3 DS Real. By all appearances, it looks to be a not-so-subtly re-branded G6DS Real with external storage, but on second glance, it comes with some interesting expansions...

The one that stands out is, of course, the GBA Expansion cart. Like the EZFlash 3-in-1, it loads games from slot-1 storage, but has features such as real-time save and cheat support, and will run patched AND clean ROMs. And the GBA compatibility will undoubtedly be excellent, if M3 lives up to the reputation they got from the M3 Perfect.

So far I'm quite impressed with the feature set, and just might get one over a CycloDS. It's definitely a bit cheaper, but most importantly, the stock won't be delayed for 2 months. :P

Ah, so it finally came out. Seems to be matching what the CycloDS has. Competition is good. Does it have save states for DS games like the CycloDS is promising (not sure if it has delivered that yet) ?

If I understand their terminology correctly, "real-time saves" is the same as save states, so I think the answer is yes, at least on the GBA side. I didn't check if they implemented it for DS games, as save states were never a big draw for me.

The M3 Real doesn't have save states for the DS games yet, and Team Cyclops has yet to deliver on that promise with the Cyclo DS as well. The M3 Real does look like a great alternative to the Cyclo for the price, but I'm still waiting to get my Cyclo. I've read up on comparisons, and although the Real seems to be able to accommodate slower micro SD brands, when it comes to the high end brands, the Cyclo still has significantly faster loading times. Furthermore, the Cyclo has proven that it plays virtually 100% of the "problem" roms out there without patching, and also supports direct download on roms which don't work with this on other carts. The compatibility of the Real is still unknown with many games, although I'm sure it'll play with most games. The real reason to get the Real is the GBA expansion, which seems to be head and shoulders above anything else that can play GBA roms.

Yeah, I'd take DS rom reliability, quicker load times, and excellent customer service over GBA support. I moved on from GBA long ago and the few games for it that I would want I'd rather just buy for cheap if I found them at Gamestop or play them on my PC.

I'm hoping Team Cyclops will just end up adding support for the GBA Expansion (I'm assuming it's possible). That would be pretty sweet.

Just have to say I'm living my CycloDS right now. Also got a 3-in-1 thing, but I haven't bothered putting any GBA games on my microSD card since I've been entertained with Picross and, umm, well, that's pretty much all the time I've had for the past two months. :(

Yay for thread bumpage.

Anyway, I'm asking my brother to get me a Flash Card for Christmas and I need an opinion on one.

Does anyone own a Supercard DS One? If so, how is it working for you and does it support Wi-Fi and all that other nice stuff? I just wanna make sure I'm getting the right one before I finalize the purchase.

I was also looking at the R4DS... Is that one any better?

I have a Supercard One, and they're great, but a little slow. The R4 is better, and the M3 DS Real is even better. The difference is, the Real supports up to 8GB micro SDHC, and the others only support up to 2GB micro SD. M3 Real also supports micro SD cards.

The original post is pretty outdated. :(

Oooh, looking at the M3 DS Real, it is good. :3:

Well, after talking with my brother, I decided not to settle for the card since it will take some time for him to order it and all that other crap.

I'll probably get that one on my own time later, given that I get one of those Debit Gift Cards for Christmas... :|

Sucks being a teenager with restricted use on the credit card you have.
Curse being linked to my mom's account :(

And i'm such a noob with this homebrew stuff... What the hell is the GBA Expansion Pack with the M3 DS Real?

I think the GBA Expansion Pack allow GBA game to be play (in GBA mode of course).

Also, the M3 DS Real have different Expansion Pack bundle like the rumble and RAM expansion.

You can read a review here at gbatemp.net.

I bought my brother and my mom each an R4DS from realhotstuff.com. They had the best price, are located a state away, and have fantastic reviews. I opted not to get them a CycloDS like I have because I'm getting semi-random MICROSD CARD NOT FOUND errors when I haven't taken the card out since the last time I played it (and I've seen some reports of people having the same problem), so I'd be worried about it happening to them too.

Since the R4DS is currently backordered from there, would I be better off getting a M3DS Real for them? It comes with a rumble pack, which I figure they would like, for about the same price.

So you have to reinsert the MicroSD card before you turn on your DS the next time or you'll get that message? Is that something they can fix thru firmware or is it a faulty Cyclone? Also might it be a bad MicroSD card?


I eventually want to get a card but I'm not sure which one. Are there more problems with Cyclone than the R4? I still need to read about the M3 DS Real but their website is down, they ran out of bandwidth.

Some of the earlier Cyclones had dead on arrival or failures at a later time. However, with the third batch it would seem the failure rate has gone down. I wouldn't worry about that issue when buying a Cyclo now.

RR, you should go talk to Team Cyclops about your problem.

I ended up paying the extra for a CycloDS because they actually have something resembling support. I've been pretty happy with it...so far my only complaints are cosmetic. Using a sticker to cover the chip is pretty ghetto, and the lack of a spring-loaded memory slot is kind of annoying. But functionality-wise, you can't really ask for more from a slot-1 cart. Combined with the EZFlash 3-in-1, it'll make your wildest dreams come true fulfill all your DS/GBA needs.

Acer, it's only been a pretty intermittent problem so far, so I'm not actually worried about it right now. I'm also stuck at home with no consoles or PC, so the DS is my only entertainment other than the books I got at the library today. If I keep having the problem over the next few weeks then I'll drop them a line when I get back to school.

I don't know if this talk is allowed, but I can't seem to get Hotel Dusk: Room 215 to work on my M3 DS Simply. I've tried both the American and European versions, but they both freeze somewhere in the opening cut scene. Any ideas?

I have the latest M3 DS Simply firmware.

Oh, for anyone else that has a CycloDS they just released a patch the other day that supports real-time saves. Apparently it's not quite done since there's still a number of glitches, but in the readme for the update they actually talk about what they're doing, how they're doing it, and what the current problems are (in clear English!).

It also seems to have fixed my problem with it not starting up properly so far, too.

Syndrome, try skipping the problematic cutscene if it's possible. You might be able to play the rest of the game.

RacinReaver, They're the first ones to offer real time saves right?
TeamCyclops seems to be good fixing problems with games and offering features.
So I'll probably go with the Evolution in the end.

There's lots of nice skins for various cards here: NDSthemes

Powder 0.92 - Roguelike

Another quick release as I try to keep the momentum going to the elusive version 100.

* When you are prompted to cast a spell you cam hit [SELECT] or [i] or [?] to get help on that spell. (Arthur Littlefield)
* Eating a book temporarily grants you the spells/skills in the book. (Fancy Carrot)
* Gold Beetles are now hostile if you are wearing anything they want.
* If timed unchanging expires the same turn as stoning takes effect, there is no longer the risk that the unchanging will expire first and thus turn you to stone. (Yes, this happened to me.)
* All creatures will now eat if they are not full, not just special ones like gelatinous cubes.
* Hungry creatures will pick up food that they can eat.
* RNG seed saved to hiscore table so starting games on the GBA should become more varied.
* Torches and flamingswords are extinguished by dropping into water.
* More consistent behaviour of lava/greekfire/acid/water with item interaction.
* New spells: Wizard's Eye, Possess.
* Artifact armour that has a melee attack will now allow you to attack appropriately on occasion. Ie, a head butt, punch, or kick with the helmet, ring, or boots. Improvised Weapons skill will greatly increase the chance of this happening.
* One more room.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6649/powder1zd2.png

WabbitDS - TI-83 emulator

WabbitDS is a TI-83+ Emulator. It features:

* ROM8xu loading
* RewindingFast Forwarding
* Rotatable Interface (ie portrait mode)
* Touchscreen Interface
* Disassembler
* Key Configuration
* Sleep Mode
* Fast Application Loading
* Perfect Gray Scale for Gaming

Source is included. Please give me Feed back on any issue you think there may be.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4213/wabbit1iu1.jpghttp://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7326/wabbit2ku4.jpg


Bunjallo 0.4 beta 1 - Web Browser

Changes from version 0.3.6 to 0.4-beta1:

Major changes
* Basic image support added
* gzip content-encoding supported
* Cache files to flash card (mostly optional - see config.ini)

Minor changes
* issue 32 - file that defines allowed cookies can now contain http:// at the start
* Plain text rendering semi works again (no font changes though)
* Unicode shrunk to 16 bits internally to use less memory
* !URIs with spaces are escaped to use "%20"
* libnds-20071023 compatibility changes

Build changes
* Build with devkitArm r21
* Changed to scons build system[/sub]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2...loods41bu3.png

Protein DScratch (Universal build) 071111 - audio sample manipulator

v071111:
# a file browser
# a sample recorder
# a live mic streaming mode
# "Retrig FX" has been rewritten to be synchronized to loop length and current pitch
# some display enhancements, new pretty colors :-p
# motion-controlled pitch tremolo
# 3 cool default samples (cf credits)
# now works fine on R4/M3

Known Issues:
# sample.wav is still limited to ~1MBytes
# file browser has only 24 entries for the moment
# maybe some cracklings in live mic streaming or sample recordings on some linkers (let me know)
# scratching can be a lot better, and will be in the future ;-)

YouTube - Protein DScratch - 2 - by Gorgull

DsKara v1.0 - karaoke viewer

you now have a single interface (Rom now weighs less than 200kb), which manages the karaokes. At the root of your memory card, you create a folder / DsKara / containing the songs. Raw and files in karaokes. The files must have the same name (for example, if you have a song.dsk get an song.raw, one for the karaoke, another for music)

Changelog:
- Lightweight changes on the skin
- Adding an interface to select the song
- Stop karaoke (which leads back to the choice of the song) with the B key
- Support external files. Dsk for karaoke. Raw for the song

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/6981/dskara2fz3.png

Woctochat v0.2 alpha - Online Pictochat clone

Who has never dream of a pictochat that instead of using the Nifi used instead the WFC, huh? Yes you at the bottom.
That your dreams become reality with a Woctochat!
It allows you to create a server on your PC and then log in with your DS on it to talk with your friends who also connected on the same server.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3329/screen02vi4.png

Tabbed 0.16 - guitar tab viewer

Another week, another version. There are actually a few more bits and bobs I wanted to fit into this version, nameley background and font loading off SD, but I got a flash of brilliance yesterday and decided to add and entirely new feature. I figured it would take me a week or so to get it working how I wanted it to, so I better release a new version now.

So what have we got then? I’ve fixed a bug or two, making sure right handed now default. I’ve vastly improved the file navigation with the inclusion of a handy dandy selected file bar, this also works in the options menu so you can see what your current settings are. I’ve also improved the edit screen a bit so you can now scroll up and down the document, it’s still not prefect, but until saving is working it doesn’t really need to be. The big new improvement is the MOD player I’ve thrown in, this is kind of a precursor to the MP3 player which will turn up one day, I added it so people can jam along to MOD drum loops, of which there doesn’t seem to be many :_( if you find any then give me a shout. Anyway, look out for big things next version. Laters.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1723/tabbed2wq3.jpg

PuzzleManiak 3.2.5 - Puzzle Game Collection

Quick update of the version 3.2 to change the option “Display wifi scores” by an “Autoconnect to Wifi” option. If you check this option, PuzzleManiak won’t ask you whether you want to connect to wifi or not (when needed), it’ll connect itself.

That’s all for this version!!!

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7...akintrouw7.gif





Jetfighter 0.4b - 2-player simultaneous competitive shooter

It was promised, a new version of Jetfighter recoded with Palib.

Controls:
- A, B, X, Y moves player 2 and R button shoots.
- D-Pad moves player 1 and L button shoots.

News:
- Management of the bar life.
- Collision and explosion.
- Score.
The jets were undergoing changes just to launch a laser at the same time.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6...ighter1ns4.png

Platdude's Retro Collection 12 - classic games remade

The Brief
A collection of retro styled games, kicked up a notch.
Gameplay>Graphics

The Notice
DLDI Patch the _dldi.nds version to keep your highscores. There are no other differences between the two versions.


The Games


Centipede

Blast away all the approaching Centipede bits. Every piece that escapes from play removes 25 of your hard earned points.
Rated 4/5

Snake

Guide the Snake towards the numbered blocks. Pick up the number of points displayed on the Block. If it reaches 0, the block becomes a solid brick. Try not to crash.
Rated 3/5

Invaders

Destroy all the Alien Invaders before they reach the bottom of the screen. No bases to hide with and plenty of enemy gunfire makes this a super-rapid version of Invaders. A fan favourite.
Rating 5/5

Light Cycles

Guide your way away from the enemy lines in a rather basic remake of the classic Tron game.
Rating 3/5

Asteroids

Shoot all the floating Asteroids for whatever reason there ever was for doing it in any other version of the game! Asteroids is fun!
Rating 4/5

Racer

This game sucks, and has since been hidden away like some kind of rubbish Easter Egg..
Rating 1/5

Escape

Grab the blue square and keep it away from the red ones. Pick up Green ones for extra points.
Rating 4/5 : Windows version by Magicman

Missile Command

Destroy the approaching missiles, before they destroy your bases! Every missile that hits the land takes away a point!.. The Green ones are worth extra.
Rating 4/5

Dot Pop

With 30 seconds on the clock, hit as many squares as you can.
Will probably be renamed by the time you play it! Then again, maybe not!
Rating 4/5

Pacman

With two full screens of pills to empty, and eight ghosts running around, you?d better get moving. (Strangely, it?s not as much fun as it oughta be..)
Rating 3/5

Frogger

No river, just 2 huge busy roads to pass. The top lot move faster, so you?re gonna have to be quick to score any points. Get to the top and start again, but with more cars.
Rating 5/5

Pong

Just you, a CPU, and a ball too. And another ball if you play on High.. .. And 3 on Extreme.
Rating 3/5

Tetris

Much requested, and so eventually added. This game tries to be a Good Tetris game, and hopefully you?ll enjoy it. I might add Bombliss later, since I really love that game, too!
Rating 4/5

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6866/col003qg2.png http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5135/col008ec1.png

DotaDS v 0.93 alpha - Warcraft Tower Defence clone

- 0.91: Record version
- 0.91b: path to plant less
- 0.92: patch of moveToAttack
- 0.93: Now you can kill the turrets and creeps attack automatically.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7228/dotads2br8.png

Sudoku v1.0 - Another Sudoku implementation

This is the first release of my version of Sudoku for the DS.

Features:
-Two generation options: random or seeded
-Quick puzzle generation (about a tenth of a second)
-Checker
-Corrector (can be turned on or off)
-Timer (can be turned on or off)
-Scoring system (can be turned on or off)
-Shows possibilities for current cell based on numbers you have already input in the puzzle (can be turned on or off)
-Select the number of givens
-Can use freebies if needed
-Choose from several backgrounds
-Choose from different music
-Nice touch-screen support

Known issues:
-On occasion, the program will freeze while trying to generate a puzzle. This happens, however, very rarely. Seeded puzzle #10 cause the program to freeze.
-The sound file for "Crossbones" is a little fuzzy due to several files conversions and compression. I'm planning on rerecording this file to improve sound quality.

Let me know what you think or if there are any bugs or improvements I could make

You can find more screens on my myspace page and eventually I will have a link there for updated versions.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1417/sudoku2tr1.jpg

First Strike - vertical scrolling shooter tech demo

Y - fire
B - bomb

The game is not finish yet. May occur some bugs...
I hope you guys like it!

Works great on R4 and no$gba.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1...strike2el2.jpg

pokeyDS 1.1 - Atari 800XL emulator

Small update because it seems that the joystick was a worry in the previous version ... Sorry ...

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2...dsv0103sj4.png

CrocoDS 2.0 - Amstrad CPC Emulator

- Save-states (load, read & erase).
- New design. (thanks to kukulcan)
- Bugfixes with the autostart.
- Beter support of the copy, shift, control and caps-lock keys.
- Single / multi-keys pressed for activate cheat code.
- Minor update in the Z80 emulation.
- Bugfixes in the timing of the sound module. (thanks to Alekmaul)
- All options are now available via icons.
- Screen capture (you need sna2png to convert the snapshot to bitmap)
- Speed limitator. (crocods is sometimes too fast)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4...screen2py2.jpg


:dovel:

Does that TI-83 emulator actually have full calculator functionality? That might actually be useful for when I forget my calculator in my office and am working on homework at home.

So, wow, there's a StarCraft DS homebrew port in the works. Two French guys are in the process of bringing the title to the DS, under the name "StarLite". It's only been in development for three weeks, but there's already a playable demo available here.

DS Fanboy's summary:
Sounds impressive! Hopefully they continue to work on it, I'd really like to see this come to fruition.

Demo:
http://heuer-michael.com/starlite/starlite.nds

Pics:
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.ds...01/image15.gif

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.ds...01/image17.gif

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.ds...01/image23.gif

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.ds...01/image22.gif

Hey folks. :)

I'm a newbie at this whole flashcard thing, but I had a friend visit recently who had an EZ flash V (I think it was called that) and it looked awesome. I'm thinking of picking up something similar.

Question is: which card is the best choice for someone who is a newbie at this but is a quick learner? I'd love to have a card that's essentially plug n'play (requires little to no setup and drag and drop capability). I'd rather not flash my DS either, since the idea of bricking my system is not appealing.

I've seen the EZ flash V (looks okay, but I heard there's better choices now) RS4 (supposedly great but has no GBA support), and M3 Real (looks wonderful, but I am unsure how GBA support works). Can anyone give me some suggestions? Thanks!