[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

I've had an R4 for the past 2 weeks and I'm loving it for DS games.

Now I want to get the best possible GBA flash cart.

I'm really eyeing the G6 Lite, but I want to know one thing:

Can you use the G6 Lite in a GBA/SP/Micro when you use the included GBA-sized shell, or it that only for use in a DS Phat?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

G6 Lite auto-fails because it has no expandable memory...you are stuck with the built-in 512 megabytes to store all your ROMs, homebrew, etc.

If you really want "the best possible GBA flash cart," there is absolutely no practical reason to get it over an M3 Lite with a decent MicroSD card. I just picked up a 2 GB MicroSD card for $25 at a local Fry's the other day.

Well, I have some conditions/questions:

Does the M3 Lite:

-Work on a GBA (include some kind of shell to work on one)?
-Have as high compatibility as the G6 Lite (can it play 32mb games/support all save types/no slowdown)?
-Save directly to the card (not a battery)?

The G6 Lite has all these features, and 512MB is a TON of space for GBA games (the current flash cart I have right now is only 32MB). GBA games take up an average of like, 10-15 MB with trimming.

The reason I want to find this out is because I'm heading to Japan for a month and I want to hold a lot of games in the smallest amount of space. A GB Micro would be a good alternative to a DSLite in cramped conditions (plus, I can't just abandon my old gaming systems, especially not one that I just bought last year).

Plus, it looks like the M3 Lite is just as expensive as the G6 after taking into consideration a microSD card.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

1.) Unfortunately no, the M3 Lite was designed specifically for DS Lites and no GBA-compatible shell is included. Also, the GBA shell of the G6 Lite is only meant to be used with DS Phats. So I'm fairly certain you can't use the G6 Lite with a GBA either.

Hmm, as I was looking around, I came across these posts:
http://forums.qj.net/f-g6-flashcarts...441/page6.html

It seems like as long as these carts (any that can fit in a GBA) have a "GBA mode," they can be booted in a GBA/SP/Micro.

Anyhow, thanks for your help, you've replied really fast, I appreciate that.

Ultimately, I'll probably end up getting the G6. I don't mind how much money it is, I just want a dedicated GBA flash cart that has essentially 100% compatibility, a shape to fit in an older GBA, quick write/rewrite speed, enough room for 20+ roms, and no saving hassle.

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

After all this, I decided on getting an EZFlash 3in1 expansion cart.

Sure, it doesn't work on GBA, but it's way cheap (around 20-25 bucks), so I can pretty much just play around with it without feeling like I lost a lot of money.

Also, it uses your slot-1 card as the storage medium, so with my 1-gig microsd R4, I'll have enough. I know you need to "load" games larger than 16mb onto the NORFlash (which takes about 4 minutes the first time you do it for each game, until you pick a different 32mb game you want to store on it), but there are very few 32mb games for GBA anyway. Using Rudolph's 3in1 tool, you can just load the games 16mb and smaller into PSRAM (or whatever), which takes very little time to load.

Ultimately, I feel it's the best choice. I started reading up on the G6 Lite, and there were too many reports of the thing getting corrupted or going to a white screen and needing to be re-formatted... I can't afford that when I'm away from a computer for a month, I need to be completely self-sufficient.

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