[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

On the topic of Slot-2 devices, I'm curious about something.

First off, does the device itself hold the GBA games, or are they held on the Slot-1's memory? In the case that they're held on the slot-2, will it hold more than one at a time?

And finally, let's say I load Pokemon Emerald [for example] onto the slot-2 device, can I use it with Pokemon DP's 'Pal Park' function, or will it even read?

Also, any suggestions for devices? I'm currently looking at the M3 set with the GBA/Rumble device, and the CycloDS + EZFlash V, but I'm not sure if there's anything better out there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Thanks for the info, Dhsu. The GBA connectivity was just what I was looking for.

I'm thinking I'm gonna go with the Evo. I did some reading on the different carts, and it's looking like the best one, with the new Beta firmwares they're putting out. The only downside I think would be the price, and having to buy the 3-in-1 separately. Ah well.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Oh wait. By dump roms did you mean something completely different? =o

I think what he meant was putting a real GBA game in slot-2 and dumping a ROM to the Cyclo card. And... I'm not sure if you can.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, this is a bit of a piss-off. I got my CycloDS the other day, but I only had a 256mb microSD to go with it. So tonight, I picked up a Kingston 4gb microSDHC, and... well, the Cyclo USB adapter works fine with the 256mb card, as do both of my SD adapter cards. But NONE of them will read the 4gb card--the explorer window just freezes up until I remove the card. Any ideas?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It did come with an micro-to-SD adapter card, but it doesn't seem to read the microSD either. It'll read the 256mb card, though.

I tried them out in my RAZR phone, and the same thing comes up. However, when I plug it in with the 4gb card, it actually recognizes the device... just not the card. It tells me to 'Insert a memory card in drive x:'.

I put it in the CycloDS to test the 'faulty' theory--it reads the card, only it tells me that it hasn't been formatted as FAT16/FAT32. I'm wondering if a boot into Ubuntu or something [though I'd have to use a LiveCD] would make it work.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I tried that out too, it just locks up the formatter until I pull out the SD card. I've just concluded that my card reader isn't SDHC-compatible, and neither is the little USB transflas they included... Which is kind of stupid. In any case, I'm either going to return the card [and get the one with the USB transflash packaged with it... for $10 more] or just pick up an external card reader this week. We'll see what happens.

[edit] Now that you mention it, it very well could have been the firmware update... That's the first thing I did when I got the Cyclo, so I don't know. But the smaller 256mb card still works fine?

[another edit] Ahaha, I just saw this post:

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Usually I can get it to detect the card by pulling the reader out and putting it back in a few times, which is odd, because there is no problems with the USB connection. I've tried the readers with 3 computers, and all have the same problem. It may have somthing to do with the SDHC compatibility of the reader, but it seems strange that it would only do it sometimes. I can't use the MicroSD to SD adapter, because my computers SD reader is not SDHC compatible.

So I put the card in the Cyclo's transflash reader and just slipped it in and out of a USB port a few times, and POOF! The red light came on. I'm happy that it works, even if I have to do that a few times to get it to go.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah, in the options there's a 'Load from Slot-2' option. You still need a slot-2 device to run GBA titles, though.

If the Cyclo can run GBA games without one though, I stand corrected. Would be nice, though.

FELIPE NO